Video Class

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Plays a media file (video or audio) in a Web page.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Web.Helpers.Video

Namespace:  Microsoft.Web.Helpers
Assembly:  Microsoft.Web.Helpers (in Microsoft.Web.Helpers.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Video
'Usage
You do not need to declare an instance of a static class in order to access its members.

public static class Video

public ref class Video abstract sealed

public final class Video

The Video type exposes the following members.

Methods

  Name Description
Public methodStatic member Flash Plays a video (.swf file) using the Adobe Flash player.
Public methodStatic member MediaPlayer Plays a media file (.wmv video or audio file) using the Windows MediaPlayer player.
Public methodStatic member Silverlight Plays a video using the Silverlight player.

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Remarks

This class represents a helper, which is a component that simplifies Web programming in ASP.NET Web Pages. You can use the Video class to display a media player on a Web page and specify the media file (video or audio) to play.

There are several of formats for video files, and each format typically requires a different player and a different way to configure the player. The Video class simplifies the process of embedding videos or audio files in a web page because it automatically generates the object object and Html elements that are normally used to add media to the page.

The Video class supports the following media players:

  • Adobe Flash

  • Windows MediaPlayer

  • Microsoft Silverlight

When a browser downloads a file, the browser makes sure that the file type matches the MIME type (the content type or media type of a file) that is specified for the document that is being rendered. The Video class supports the following MIME types:

  • application/x-shockwave-flash

  • application/x-mplayer2

  • application/x-silverlight-2

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Web.Helpers Namespace

Other Resources

ASP.NET Web Pages with Razor Syntax