Displaying Pictures and Playing Video

This section provides overviews about how to use the Media API to retrieve system media, including pictures, songs, and video.

In This Section

• Media Overview
  Provides a high-level overview about the capabilities—such as playing music and video and accessing pictures—of the Media API in XNA Game Studio.
• Accessing Pictures from a Picture Album
  Demonstrates how to access pictures in a picture album using the Media API on Windows Phone.
• Playing a Video
  Demonstrates how to use the VideoPlayer to play a video.
• Playing a Video on a Surface
  Demonstrates how to use the VideoPlayer to play back videos on the surface of a quad.

Related Overview Topics

• Playing a Song
  Demonstrates how to play a song from a user's media library.
• Playing a Song from a URI
  Demonstrates how to use the MediaPlayer to play a song from a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).