This sample demonstrates how to create a Media Server client using the Media Server API.
The Media Server sample demonstrates how to programmatically browse a Digital Media Server on your local network and display all of its video files.
Pairing Media Servers
Media servers must be paired on your machine in order for the sample code to discover them. Paired media servers appear in Windows Explorer in the Network Location section. If you do not see any paired media servers in the Network Location section, you can do the following:
- Open File Explorer.
- On the Computer tab, click the Access Media button and then select Connect to a media server.
- In the Add devices and printers dialog, select the media server that you want to connect to and click Next.
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Related topics
- Roadmaps
- Adding multimedia
- Designing UX for apps
- Roadmap for apps using C# and Visual Basic
- Roadmap for apps using C++
- Roadmap for apps using JavaScript
- Windows 8 app samples
- Tasks
- Quickstart: Using Play To in applications (JavaScript)
- Quickstart: Using Play To in applications (C#)
- Reference
- Windows.Media.PlayTo
Operating system requirements
| Client | |
|---|---|
| Server |
Build the sample
- Start Visual Studio 2013 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Go to the directory in which you unzipped the sample. Go to the directory named for the sample, and double-click the Visual Studio 2013 Solution (.sln) file.
- Press F7 or use Build > Build Solution to build the sample.
Run the sample
To debug the app and then run it, press F5 or use Debug > Start Debugging. To run the app without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or use Debug > Start Without Debugging.