Add livestream to silverlight player built in Expression Blend 4?

Question

Hello, I am completley new to Expression Blend 4 but just started a new project trying to create a silverligt live stream player.

My problem right now is that I don´t know how to add the livestream url (example http://my.livestream.com/channel1.isml/manifest) to my player so it can play the stream. Can anyone tell me how to do that?

Answer 1

I would suggest at least doing some searches for tutorials aimed towards your requirements, trying to implement them, and then if you're still having issues try to utilize a community to answer something more specific regarding your problem. For example, a quick search for something like "live stream silverlight tutorial" or something similar would probably get you a lot further than requesting a complete adhoc education from folks whose first question will almost always first be "well, what have you tried?"

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Answer 2

I did alot of research before I came here and I came because I couldn´t find a solution to my problem. I just want to build a custom player in Blend 4 for my live stream wich I have done. I just don´t know how to add the "livestream URL" to it. I tried to put in a .wmv video into the players media element and that plays fine but I have no clue on how to use an URL as mentioned earlier and get that to play.

Answer 3

It seems like "Blend 4" does not support smoothstreaming so I had to use "Visual Studio" and add the code there instead.

xmlns:SSME="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Web.Media.SmoothStreaming;assembly=Microsoft.Web.Media.SmoothStreaming"

mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="640" d:DesignHeight="480">

  
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">

<SSME:SmoothStreamingMediaElement AutoPlay="True" x:Name="SmoothPlayer" SmoothStreamingSource="http://my.livestream.com/channel1.isml/manifest" Grid.Row="0" />