How to play mp3 stream using the MediaElement class from WPF?

I wondering if the MediaElement component (from WPF) is capable of playing and buffering mp3 streams.

I need play mp3 memory stream(not mp3 file) using MediaElement of WPF, if p开发者_开发问答ossible would you please tell me how to do it.

thanks a lot

Sadly this is functionality has not been implemented in WPF. There is a workaround quoting from a codeproject

"Since MediaElement control with Source property from WPF cannot receive byte[] or Stream, we can manipulate it using ASP.NET as a video stream."

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Alternatively you could embed a plugin such as the VideoLan DotNet for WinForm & WPF which can stream files, and has very wide codec support. The downside to this is VideoLAN needs to be installed locally on the machine.

On another note there is a feature request to implement this in WPF. If you feel obliged, then vote;

WPF Feature Suggestions - Add stream capability to MediaElement

MemoryStream s;
...

MediaElement m = new MediaElement();
m.SetSource(s);