Windows Media Player

Hi I am looking to create a C# windows forms application that embeds four media player controls on the page in a square like the crude diagram below. X X X X I have a multi-screen presentation that runs as 4 mpg 1 on each media player object. The problem i have is running them in sync so that images appear to float from one player to another easily. Has anybody had any experience in this or advice. Thanks in advance Anthony

If you want to control the sequence that the players start, why not just use a timer and do something like this. (the example has two media player controls with the URL properties already set; I am using an int variable called timerTime to keep track of the time and I set the timer to have an interval value of 1000 msec; this example starts the first player at 2 seconds in and the second one at 6 seconds in)

public partial class Form1 : Form
{

private int timerTime = 0;

     public Form1()
     {
          InitializeComponent();
     }

     private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
          axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Ctlcontrols.stop();
          axWindowsMediaPlayer2.Ctlcontrols.stop();
          timer1.Enabled = true;
     }

     private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
          timerTime += 1;

          switch (timerTime)
          {
               case 2:
                    axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Ctlcontrols.play();
                    break;
               case 6:
                    axWindowsMediaPlayer2.Ctlcontrols.play();
                    break;
               default:
                    break;
          }
     }
}

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Ebin Roy19y ago
use system.Threading.Timer for better performance.Thanks
Scott Lysle19y ago
If you want to control the sequence that the players start, why not just use a timer and do something like this. (the example has two media player controls with the URL properties already set; I am using an int variable called timerTime to keep track of the time and I set the timer to have an interval value of 1000 msec; this example starts the first player at 2 seconds in and the second one at 6 seconds in)

public partial class Form1 : Form
{

     private int timerTime = 0;

     public Form1()
     {
          InitializeComponent();
     }

     private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
          axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Ctlcontrols.stop();
          axWindowsMediaPlayer2.Ctlcontrols.stop();
          timer1.Enabled = true;
     }

     private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
          timerTime += 1;

          switch (timerTime)
          {
               case 2:
                    axWindowsMediaPlayer1.Ctlcontrols.play();
                    break;
               case 6:
                    axWindowsMediaPlayer2.Ctlcontrols.play();
                    break;
               default:
                    break;
          }
     }
}