Playing media from Isolated storage on Windows Phone 7

[Ishaant Avasthi]

I have downloaded one MP3 file which has been saved on an isolated storage. But when i am trying to play this file then it is not working. Even i have tried playing it from the web server which didn't worked as well. Getting the same MP3 file from the my laptop works perfectly. The issue seems to be related to the MediaElement.SetSource throws a 'not implemented' exception. What you say guys?

[Eldon]

I guess there are many things which are not accessible on Windows Phone 7 and one of them is playing the music from an Isolated storage. I suggest you to play the media by transferring it from the system itself until microsoft releases the updates for the Windows Phone 7. And i think there would be no way out to play the media from an isolated storage so it would be better you don't try for it much harder.

[Simond]

I have found information which might be helpful to you for an issue which you are facing while playing the media from an Isolated Storage. Actually the XNA SoundEffect.FromStream API only accepts PCM wave files and here you are looking for the XNA Song.FromUri() function to get the sound file from the server. Now the thing is that the Song.FromUri does not works with the file which has been placed on an isolated storage. It seems to that an API would be allowing you to stream within the MediaElement object.

[Daley]

Streaming an audio files or a video files online from the Windows Phone 7 is not at all good idea this operating system has many things which have not been provided or they need to some better solutions or an options such as Wifi or playing the media from the isolated space or local database issue. So it is much better to use an older version of the Windows Mobile so that you can enjoy using your phone instead of getting an errors and new issues on your phone due to this new operating system.

[Pugsly]

I have given you one code as follows which helps you to use the bit.ly to create a short URL containing the parameters which you would be able to use in the Song.FromUri but you have to register the name/key. You have to put the given code in an appropriate Silverlight app.

protected override void Init()
{
	WebClient user = new WebClient();
	user.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(user_DownloadStringCompleted);

	string trueUrl = "yourfullurl;
	string bitlyLoginname = "yourbitlyname";
	string bitlyTokenNo = "yourbitlytoken";
	string bitly = string.Format(
		"http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl={0}&login={1}&apiKey={2}&format=xml", 
		trueUrl, bitlyLoginname, bitlyTokenNo);
	user.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri(bitly));

	base.Init();
}

void client_DownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
{
	if (e.Error != null)
		return;

	XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(e.Result);
	string shortUrl = doc.Descendants("shortUrl").First().Value;
	MediaPlayer.Volume = 1f;
	MediaPlayer.Play(Song.FromUri("My Song", new Uri(shortUrl + "?.mp3")));
}