# unosquare/ffmediaelement

FFME: The Advanced WPF MediaElement (based on FFmpeg)

Repository: https://github.com/unosquare/ffmediaelement
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ffmediaelement
Homepage: https://unosquare.github.io/ffmediaelement/
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ffmpeg, ffplay, mediaelement, wpf, video, h264, mpeg, codec, audio, media-playback, ffmpeg-binaries, volume, audio-processing, mp3, mp4, dotnet, dotnet-framework, macos, xamarin
Last push: 2024-06-26T19:16:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3872, "days_push": 798, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1274, forks 259 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:12.764312+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, ui-components
- domain: media, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: wpf, ffmpeg, mediaelement, media-playback, csharp, nuget, desktop

## Member repositories
- unosquare/ffmediaelement (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:12.764312+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:03:09.652828+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/unosquare/ffmediaelement (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:12.764312+00:00, sha 898cfd7d81d1)
  - homepage: https://unosquare.github.io/ffmediaelement/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:14:15.357438+00:00, sha 84d795af7886)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.