WPFMediaKit 3.0.1

.NET 8.0

dotnet add package WPFMediaKit --version 3.0.1

NuGet\Install-Package WPFMediaKit -Version 3.0.1

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="WPFMediaKit" Version="3.0.1" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

paket add WPFMediaKit --version 3.0.1

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#r "nuget: WPFMediaKit, 3.0.1"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

// Install WPFMediaKit as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=WPFMediaKit&version=3.0.1

// Install WPFMediaKit as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=WPFMediaKit&version=3.0.1

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WPF MediaKit

This is the official new home of WPF MediaKit (the former was https://wpfmediakit.codeplex.com/). A library to quickly build DirectShow media player controls in WPF. The kit comes with a video player MediaUriElement (a WPF MediaElement replacement), a VideoCaptureElement for web cams and a DVDPlayerElement that plays DVDs and supports interactive menus.

For questions and answers follow the tag wpf-mediakit on StackOverflow:

NuGet Package:

Many thanks to Jeremiah Morrill who originally created and developed this awesome control!

Contribute

There is still a lot to do! So, please feel free to help, if you are an advanced developer! 😃 Answer issues, open PR, or become a maintainer. Open an issue, if you are willing to help maintaning this project.

Changelog

Version 3.0:

Added .NET 8 & .NET 9 compatibility, removed .NET Framework compatibility. If you are still using .NET Framework, please use Version 2.3.0 of WPF MediaKit!

Version 2.3:

Bugfixes
Upgraded to .NET Framework 4.8
Test Application with x64 support

Version 2.2:

Video snapshots by D3DRenderer.CloneSingleFrameImage()
D3DRenderer optimizations.
NuGet package.

Version 2.1:

Bugfixes (Memory Leak)
fallback mechanism to auto generate graph if manually generated graph doesn't work
fix video playback if no audio device is available
LAV Splitter Source is not hardcorded anymore
EVR is default Video Renderer

Version 2.0:

EVR Presenter uses DXVA2 hardware acceleration (thanks to Siegfried Krüger!).
EVR Presenter doesn't require the DirectX March 2009 Runtimes anymore (thanks to Siegfried Krüger!).
DirectShow graph will be built manually to have full control.
Options to set the desired Video, Audio and Splitter Codecs.

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net8.0-windows7.0 is compatible. net9.0-windows was computed. net9.0-windows7.0 is compatible.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

net8.0-windows7.0
- DirectShowLib.Net (>= 3.0.0)
- Microsoft.CSharp (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.DataSetExtensions (>= 4.5.0)
net9.0-windows7.0
- DirectShowLib.Net (>= 3.0.0)
- Microsoft.CSharp (>= 4.7.0)
- System.Data.DataSetExtensions (>= 4.5.0)

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GitHub repositories

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Version	Downloads	Last updated
3.0.1	101	1/23/2025
3.0.0	100	1/17/2025
2.3.0	2,076	3/5/2024
2.2.0	104,758	1/19/2017

Added .NET 8 & .NET 9 compatibility, removed .NET Framework compatibility. Fixed DirectShowLib. If you are still using .NET Framework, please use Version 2.3.0 of WPF MediaKit!