Proposal: MediaPlayerElement enhancement

1. Bring native MediaPlayerElement UI to Xbox. For more details, please refer to Bring native MediaPlayerElement UI to Xbox

2. Keep the playback rate. Currently, MediaPlayerElement reset the playback rate when playing a new media, even I set the rate manually. This means developers can’t set the rate, this is annoying when playing a series drama. Users want 2x rate, they have to set every episode… This code doesn’t work.

xMediaPlayer.Source = mediaPlaybackItem;
mediaPlayer.PlaybackSession.PlaybackRate = 2.0;

1. Add debug panel and relative APIs. Currently, Apple TV player supports debug panel like YouTube’s stats for nerds. This debug panel is critically important for developers to check the network status.

2. More. The above is what I’m facing now, but I think there is more to improve. Cause the UWP user voice forum is closed, I can’t find any more info.

[hupo376787]

@hupo376787 can you check playback session state in the PlaybackSession_PlaybackRateChanged?

Thanks, @maxkatz6 . I can keep the playback rate now by checking MediaPlaybackState.

        private void PlaybackSession_PlaybackRateChanged(MediaPlaybackSession sender, object args)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine(mediaPlayer.PlaybackSession.PlaybackState);
            if(mediaPlayer.PlaybackSession.PlaybackState != MediaPlaybackState.None)
                Globals.playbackRate = mediaPlayer.PlaybackSession.PlaybackRate;
        }

[StephenLPeters]

@Austin-Lamb or @codendone I’m struggling to remember where this should get pathed, I think reach is correct?