How to use Video in XNA

In this mini-article I will show you how to use Video in XNA.

We have a project Structure like this:

 

We will be using Wildlife.wmv for demonstration in our sample(which can be found in your Videos folder inside My Documents)

We are adding these variables first:

Video myVideoFile;

VideoPlayer videoPlayer = new VideoPlayer();

After that add these to LoadContent:

myVideoFile = Content.Load<Video>("Videos\\Wildlife");

Inside Update call:

videoPlayer.Play(myVideoFile);

And in Draw Function:

spriteBatch.Begin();

spriteBatch.Draw(videoPlayer.GetTexture(), new Rectangle(0, 0, myVideoFile.Width, myVideoFile.Height),Color.CornflowerBlue);

spriteBatch.End(); 

When you run the project you will see a video running inside XNA Window.

Well Done. You have successfully displayed Video in XNA.