MediaSource.CreateFromUri() cannot retrieve the file.

Question

Here is my code........

var mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer.IsLoopingEnabled = true;
var soundPath = "D:\Documents\comunit\WinCom\Phonemar\otCom\bin\x86\Debug\AppX\Assets\Sound\ringing_tone.mp3"
try
{
mediaPlayer.Source = MediaSource.CreateFromUri(new Uri(soundPath));
}
catch (FileNotFoundException fex)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("{0} : {1}", DateTime.Now.ToString(), fex.Message);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("{0} : {1}", DateTime.Now.ToString(), ex.Message);
}

Crashing error message - System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

This crash is happened rendering. Whats the problem with this? I am using mediaplayer for MediaPlayer.Source . How can I get proper MediaSource using my first method? Help me please.

Answer 1

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Are you trying to play the mp3 file that you added to the Assets folder? If it is, then the issue is caused by your URI.
You could not pass the file path parameter to CreateFromUri directly. In general, the Uri parameter is HTTP protocol address such as http://www.xxx.com/xxx/test.mp4. But you could assign some the file path with UWP file access URI scheme.
If you want to access the Assets folder in your project, you could try to use the following Uri:

var soundPath = "ms-appx:///Assets/xxxxxx/xxx.mp3";  

Thank you.

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Answer 2

Use "\" in your path or @ :

var soundPath = @"D:\Documents\comunit\WinCom\Phonemar\otCom\bin\x86\Debug\AppX\Assets\Sound\ringing_tone.mp3";