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:

  1. Open File Explorer.
  2. On the Computer tab, click the Access Media button and then select Connect to a media server.
  3. In the Add devices and printers dialog, select the media server that you want to connect to and click Next.
The selected media server will now appear in the Network Location section of Windows Explorer. You can pair as many media servers as you like. When you run the sample, the list of paired media servers will appear.

To obtain an evaluation copy of Windows 8.1, go to Windows 8.1.

To obtain an evaluation copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, go to Visual Studio 2013.

Note  For Windows 8 app samples, download the Windows 8 app samples pack. The samples in the Windows 8 app samples pack will build and run only on Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

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
Windows 8.1
Server
Windows Server 2012 R2

Build the sample

  1. Start Visual Studio 2013 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.