Microsoft Media Platform: Player Framework

New Post: Creating a custom marker control

bubchi89 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:57:04 GMT

Hey thanks so much for responding!

Unfortunately, I stopped work on this project in August and don't even have access to the code base. When I get back into Silverlight in the coming months I'll be sure to look at your suggestion to guide me! FYI, I ended up rolling a crappy DIY media player and made basic markers for it. I learned a lot of Silverlight in the process (though I didn't get the experience of working with the much more powerful MMP) and the project turned out pretty nicely.

Thanks again!

New Post: DRM video without Silverlight

grupovida — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:35:00 GMT

Hi lokexstream,

I will keep on diggin into it and come back with what I find. Thanks for the answer.

The issue seems to be on the big players agenda already.
http://alt1040.com/2012/02/google-netflix-y-microsoft-proponen-drm-para-html5

Hope they can come up with a solution, currently the chances of going to html5 with Microsoft drm are few to impossible.

Can anybody point out something different?.

Thanks,

Jose

New Post: WP: a way to exclude more assemblies?

AndrejT — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:21:21 GMT

Thanks Tim. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get hold of that collection. Must be some mixture of statics and internal modifiers. No problem when I attach the SMF projects to my solution.

Andrej

New Post: WP: a way to exclude more assemblies?

timgreenfield — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:20:57 GMT

AndrejT, there is a "backdoor" to accomplish this...

Correction: Add to the static PluginsManager.AssembliesToExclude list.

By default we exclude:

            AssembliesToExclude.Add("Microsoft.Phone.Controls,");
            AssembliesToExclude.Add("Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit,");
            AssembliesToExclude.Add("Microsoft.Web.Media.SmoothStreaming,");
            AssembliesToExclude.Add("System.Windows.Interactivity,");

Note: This is for the WP version only.

Regards, Tim

New Post: WP: a way to exclude more assemblies?

AndrejT — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:27:22 GMT

Please add a way to exclude more assemblies that seem to interfere with the plugin loading process on Windows Phone. I just figured out that the latest MVVMLight for Windows Phone is one of them. Manual compilation is the only solution in such cases.

The way this bug represents itself is video not playing (obviously) and with logging enabled, you get the "UnableToLocateMediaPlugin" log message.

New Post: Change Styles with C# Code

renevazquez — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:22:45 GMT

Hi, does anyone know how to change styles programmatically in C#?

What I want is to change the ImageSource of the timeline style

Thanks in advance for any help!

New Post: SMF Player - which video formats does it support?

jdcarwill — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:58:23 GMT

Julienv42,

Yes, I have added everything that I have seen documented. I just tried it with that Progressive addin, but is still does not work. Just for documentation here, I added these references:

Microsoft.SilverlightMediaFramework.Core, Microsoft.SilverlightMediaFramework.Plugins, Microsoft.SilverlightMediaFramework.Plugins.Progressive, Microsoft.SilverlightMediaFramework.Plugins.SmoothStreaming, Microsoft.SilverlightMediaFramework.Uilities and Microsoft.Web.Media.SmoothStreaming.

As I said above, with the wav file it appears that it is in a playlist, but nothing happens. The player's counters both are 00:00:00. Based on what I have read elsewhere, I believe there is still a bug in smf v2.6.1. I have not yet heard of anyone successfully playing a wav file with SMFPlayer under Silverlight v5.

New Post: Create Marker through Javascript API

carmenpilar — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:08:30 GMT

I´d achieved it with:

var slCtl = null;
function pluginLoaded(sender, args) {
            slCtl = sender.getHost().Content;
            createNewPlaylistItem();
}

function createNewPlaylistItem() {
            var NewPlaylistItem = slCtl.Player.CreatePlaylistItem('http://smf.vertigo.com/videos/wildlife.wmv', '', 'Title', 'Description');
            NewPlaylistItem.DeliveryMethod = 'ProgressiveDownload';
            var marker1 = slCtl.Player.CreateMarker();
            var marker2 = slCtl.Player.CreateMarker();
            marker1.Id = "1";
            marker1.Begin = 0;
            marker1.End = 5;
            marker1.Content = "Marker 1";
            marker1.Type = "timeline"
            marker2.Id = "2";
            marker2.Begin = 10;
            marker2.End = 15;
            marker2.Content = "Marker 2";
            marker2.Type = "timeline"
            NewPlaylistItem.AddMarker(marker1);
            NewPlaylistItem.AddMarker(marker2);
            var NewPlaylist = slCtl.Player.CreatePlaylist();
            NewPlaylist.AddPlaylistItem(NewPlaylistItem);
            slCtl.Player.SetPlaylist(NewPlaylist);
        }

New Post: Creating a custom marker control

carmenpilar — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:59:35 GMT

Hello,

I´d achieved it with:

[TemplateVisualState(Name = "timelinecustom", GroupName = "MarkerTypes")]
public class MarkerControlCustom: MarkerControl
{

}

public class CustomMarker: TimelineMediaMarker
{
    
}
<Core:MarkerItemsControl Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Grid.Column="0" EndPosition="{TemplateBinding EndPosition}" IsLive="{TemplateBinding IsLive}" ItemsSource="{TemplateBinding Markers}" LivePosition="{TemplateBinding LivePosition}" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" StartPosition="{TemplateBinding StartPosition}" ThumbWidth="{Binding Width, ElementName=HorizontalThumb}" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource DataTemplateCustom}"/>

<Style x:Key="MarkerControlCustom" TargetType="local:MarkerControlCustom">
        	<Setter Property="Template">
        		<Setter.Value>
        			<ControlTemplate TargetType="Core:MarkerControl">
        				<Grid x:Name="grid" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="7" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" ToolTipService.ToolTip="{Binding Content}" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Width="7">
        					<Grid.Projection>
        						<PlaneProjection/>
        					</Grid.Projection>
        					<Grid.RenderTransform>
        						<CompositeTransform/>
        					</Grid.RenderTransform>
        					<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
        						<VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
        							<VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
        							<VisualState x:Name="StateMouseOver"/>
        						</VisualStateGroup>
        						<VisualStateGroup x:Name="MarkerTypes">
        							<VisualState x:Name="timeline">
        								<Storyboard>
        									<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="timeline_path">
        										<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
        											<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
        												<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
        											</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
        										</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
        									</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
        								</Storyboard>
        							</VisualState>
                                    <VisualState x:Name="timelinecustom">
                                        <Storyboard>
                                            <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="timelinecustom_path">
                                                <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
                                                    <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                                                        <Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
                                                    </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
                                                </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
                                            </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                        </Storyboard>
                                    </VisualState>
                                    <VisualState x:Name="chapter">
        								<Storyboard>
        									<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="rectangle">
        										<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
        											<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
        												<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
        											</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
        										</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
        									</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
        								</Storyboard>
        							</VisualState>
        						</VisualStateGroup>
        					</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
        					<Path x:Name="timeline_path" Data="M0.044930875,0.044930875 L0.044930875,13.928502 L14.310663,0.067577466 z" Fill="#FF8DE6FC" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="7" Margin="0" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Stretch="Fill" Stroke="#FF2A2A2A" StrokeThickness="0.5" UseLayoutRounding="False" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="7" d:LayoutOverrides="HorizontalMargin">
        						<Path.RenderTransform>
        							<CompositeTransform TranslateY="-8"/>
        						</Path.RenderTransform>
        					</Path>
                            <Path x:Name="timelinecustom_path" Data="M0.044930875,0.044930875 L0.044930875,13.928502 L14.310663,0.067577466 z" Fill="Red" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="7" Margin="0" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" Stretch="Fill" Stroke="#FF2A2A2A" StrokeThickness="0.5" UseLayoutRounding="False" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="7" d:LayoutOverrides="HorizontalMargin">
                                <Path.RenderTransform>
                                    <CompositeTransform TranslateY="-8"/>
                                </Path.RenderTransform>
                            </Path>
                            <Rectangle x:Name="rectangle" Fill="White" Height="5" Opacity="0.6" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5" StrokeThickness="0.5" Visibility="Collapsed" Width="1">
        						<Rectangle.RenderTransform>
        							<CompositeTransform TranslateY="-1"/>
        						</Rectangle.RenderTransform>
        					</Rectangle>
        				</Grid>
        			</ControlTemplate>
                </Setter.Value>
        	</Setter>
        </Style>
        <DataTemplate x:Key="DataTemplateCustom">
        	<local:MarkerControlCustom HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Style="{StaticResource MarkerControlCustom}" d:IsHidden="True" >
        	</local:MarkerControlCustom>
        </DataTemplate>

New Post: Custom TimelineMediaMarker

renevazquez — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:08:24 GMT

We achieve to add the markers in c# code with the following code:

public class CustomPlayer : SMFPlayer
    {

        public override void OnApplyTemplate()
        {
            base.OnApplyTemplate();

            this.TimelineMarkers = new MediaMarkerCollection<TimelineMediaMarker>();
            this.TimelineMarkers.Add(new TimelineMediaMarker()
            {
                Begin = new TimeSpan(0),
                End = new TimeSpan(5),
                Id = "1",
                Type = "timeline",
                Content = "Marker 1"
            });

            this.TimelineMarkers.Add(new TimelineMediaMarkerSystem()
            {
                Begin = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 2, 0, 0),
                End = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 2, 0, 0),
                Id = "2",
                Type = "timeline",
                Content = "Marker 2"
            });

        }

    }

New Post: Custom TimelineMediaMarker

renevazquez — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:10:54 GMT

Hi, does anyone have seen a valid sample for creating a custom TimelineMediaMarker and change it´s appereance.

I also tried to add markers in code but it doesn't work,

public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            TimelineMediaMarker timelineMediaMarker = new TimelineMediaMarker()
            {
                Begin = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10),
                End = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10),
                Content = string.Format("{0}s Marker", 10),
                AllowSeek = true
            };

            Player.TimelineMarkers = new MediaMarkerCollection<TimelineMediaMarker>();
            Player.TimelineMarkers.Add(timelineMediaMarker);
        }

Thanks in advance for any help!

Created Issue: When a MediaFailed event occurs while opening, PlayState remains Opening [22262]

Julienv42 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:17:08 GMT

When an error occurs while the player is in the Opening state, it stays in that state, although the MediaPlugin state switch to Closed.
Two easy ways to reproduce: file not found or DRM error.

This prevents from using the VisualStateManager to display informations about the current state, or to use DataBinding on the PlayState (with a ValueConverter obviously) for the same purpose.

I've made a brutal fix in my local copy of MMPPF: I've added "PlayState = MediaPluginState.Closed;" in the OnMediaFailed event.
Note: PlayState.set is not accessible from derived class, which prevents working around in my custom SMFPlayer derived class.

I think a proper fix would ensure that SMFPlayer.PlayState stays in sync with its ActiveMediaPlugin's state.

New Post: Cannot play media files in OOB mode

Prophet189 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:49:44 GMT

Hello.

I recently updated my Silverlight 5 player from SMF v2.3 to MMPPF v2.6.1. In In-Browser mode everything is working OK, but when I go to Out-Of-Browser mode - media files not loading (not local, not progressive download, not smooth streaming media). I tried to debug it and it seems that OnMediaPluginLoaded event is not fired.

Also could you please guide me how to enable logging (all necessary steps, if possible)? My LogLevel = All and LoggingConsoleVisibility = Visible, but there are no entries in Log (Debug) Screen. Am I missing a reference of some kind?

Please let me know.

Thank You.

Commented Issue: Add AdCount and Total Duration to AdvertisementState events in VAST handler [22256]

karlssberg — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:01:47 GMT

It would be good to be able to inform users of the number of ads/remaining time in an ad break. It seems like a sensible place for this information to be exposed is on the AdvertisementStateChanged event.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: karlssberg **

Ads are a necessary evil. Anything that eases the pain is gladly welcomed!

New Post: SMF Player - which video formats does it support?

Julienv42 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:43:42 GMT

Have you added references to appropriate plugins? For instance Microsoft.SilverlightMediaFramework.Plugins.Progressive.

Commented Issue: Add AdCount and Total Duration to AdvertisementState events in VAST handler [22256]

jodieorourke — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:56:57 GMT

Agree with reporter - Allowing users to understand how long the ad break will be is an important UX feature and key in preventing drop-out.

Created Issue: Add AdCount and Total Duration to AdvertisementState events in VAST handler [22256]

chrispike — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:49:24 GMT

New Post: Multiple close caption options

Julienv42 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:58:35 GMT

With a Smooth Streaming pipeline, you should be able to define multiple captions streams (should be visible in Manifest) and have them recognized in the SMF player out of the box.

If you have them as standalone files (MarkerResources), it's where you'll have to do as I've done.

New Post: SMF Player - which video formats does it support?

jdcarwill — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:54:57 GMT

I've just tried out the SMFPlayer for the first time and am configured with silverlight 5 and smf 2.6.1. I've been trying to get it to work with a wmv file, and avi file and a swf file. None is played by the player. I have two playlists set up for testing and the second points to the 'Big Buck Bunny' video

http://video3.smoothhd.com.edgesuite.net/ondemand/Big%20Buck%20Bunny%20Adaptive.ism/Manifest

and that video works well. I have tried to find a simple statement online stating which video formats are supported by the player, but have had no luck. I would think that at least wmv would be supported. I'm build a new website and want to use the player to show demonstrations of a new piece of software.

I have already tried to load the wmv file to my project and set it as a resource. Nothing I've tried so far has worked. Any ideas, anyone?

New Post: Multiple close caption options

PabloOses — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:13:23 GMT

Hi Julien, thanks for asking,

I´m using a derived SMFPlayer that implement some DRM libraries for Playready security. Regard the delivery method is set up to adaptative streaming with several .ismv files according user internet connection.

The subtitles are in .dfxp format (converted form original srt by Expression Encoder 4)

If you think that your work can help me, please let me know or tell me where I can find info on how to build a new blend project to implement muliple dfxp captions.

Best regards,

Pablo