16. Multimedia

The Windows Runtime includes a range of options for working with audio and video multimedia content within your Windows Store apps. Several available components provide out-of-the-box experiences for both playback and capture, and they require only a few lines of code to get running. Additionally, the Windows Runtime provides mechanisms to offer highly customized experiences and deep integration into your apps, depending on your specific needs.

You have already seen some examples of the Windows Runtime multimedia functionality in action throughout other chapters in this book. Chapter 7, “Connecting to the Cloud,” showed how to play back multimedia files stored in OneDrive. Chapter 11, “Windows Charms Integration,” showed how you ...

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