How to stream audio in Windows Phone 8.1?
I have a Windows Phone Silverlight 8.0 app I want to update to 8.1 using WinRT. It streams audio in the background. In Silverlight, I used
BackgroundAudioPlayer to set the Track to a Uri. It's not clear how to do this with
MediaPlayer in WinRT. I don't think I can just use a Uri. Instead, I wonder if I have to use
MediaPlayer.SetStreamSource(IRandomAccessStream
stream). If so, I don't know how to get an IRandomAccessStream from a
Uri. I want to stream from a Uri on the internet over HTTP, not from a local file. Any help?
Refer following links to stream audio in background in Windows Phone 8.1 Runtime app.
https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Background-Audio-in-WinRT-344bcf4d
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/johnkenn/archive/2013/12/31/supporting-background-audio-in-your-windows-8-1-app.aspx
Thank you for thinking about my problem. I may be mistaken, but I think the above links refer to Windows 8 apps, not Windows
Phone 8.1 apps. I'm under the impression that background audio is done differently in Windows Phone 8.1 from Windows 8. The
Background Audio Overview for Windows Phone Store apps explains more.
It's a good overview, but does not explain how to play audio from a stream rather than a file. That's what I'm stuck on.
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