unosquare/ffmediaelement
FFME: The Advanced WPF MediaElement (based on FFmpeg) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3872
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 798
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1274 stars · 259 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
FFME is a WPF MediaElement replacement control for .NET applications built on top of FFmpeg shared libraries. It provides advanced audio and video playback of files and streams with a simple XAML-embeddable control.
Use cases
- play video files in a WPF application
- embed an FFmpeg-based media player control in .NET
- play audio and video streams in a desktop app
- replace the built-in WPF MediaElement with better codec support
- play h264 and mp4 media in a C# app
When to choose
- you are building a WPF desktop app on .NET 5+ and need robust media playback
- you need codec support beyond what the native MediaElement offers
- you want fine-grained control over playback via async Open/Close APIs
When to avoid
- you are not targeting Windows/WPF
- you need a cross-platform UI framework like Avalonia or MAUI
- you cannot ship FFmpeg shared binaries alongside your app
Facets
library · maturity active
video-processing audio-processing ui-components media desktop-applications cross-platform windows dotnet wpf ffmpeg mediaelement media-playback csharp nuget desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/unosquare/ffmediaelement · fetched 2026-08-28 · 898cfd7d81d1
- homepage: https://unosquare.github.io/ffmediaelement/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 84d795af7886
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| unosquare/ffmediaelement | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="unosquare/ffmediaelement")
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