How do I display video in my view? - ASP.NET MVC

Question

I am using asp.net mvc, and I'd like to add media player control in my view page, so how do I do that?

Answer 1

My first three google finds:

1) A control (doesn't know if it works with mvc though)

http://www.beansoftware.com/free-asp.net-controls/asp.net-media-player-control.aspx

2) Silverlight Player

http://www.asp.net/aspnet-in-net-35-sp1/videos/introduction-to-the-aspnet-mediaplayer-control

3) Embed if it doesnt matter which mediaplayer will be used:

<embed id="videocontent" width="550" height="480" type="video/avi" autstart="true" loop="false" runat="server" style="border: gray 1px solid"></embed>.

or in valid xhtml

<object classid="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" id="player" width="320" height="260">
    <param name="url" value="<%= ViewData["src"] %>" />
    <param name="src" value="<%= ViewData["src"] %>" />
    <param name="showcontrols" value="true" />
    <param name="autostart" value="true" />
    <!--[if !IE]>-->
    <object type="video/x-ms-wmv" data="<%= ViewData["src"] %>" width="320" height="260">
        <param name="src" value="<%= ViewData["src"] %>" />
        <param name="autostart" value="true" />
        <param name="controller" value="true" />
    </object>
    <!--<![endif]-->
</object>

Answer 2

+1 to Christina, but #1 may not work in an MVC app.

Her answers, plus you'll want to create a controller action that returns a FileResult. Check this question (its about an image, but a file is a file all the web round):

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/186062/can-an-asp-net-mvc-controller-return-an-image