title: Play rtsp stream in WPF (or WinForms)
body: <p>Is there a way to play a rtsp:// stream in WPF (or alternatively WinForms)?</p>
  
  <p>I have tried <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.mediaelement.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>MediaElement</code></a> and <a href="http://wpfmediakit.codeplex.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>MediaUriElement</code></a> and none of them worked. I have also read a lot about WMP being able to play rtsp (which should translate to <code>MediaElement</code> too) but in reality WMP doesn't play it on a Windows 7 x64. I have seen <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9335456/mediaelement-and-rtsp">this</a> but I am hoping that is not a definite answer.</p>
  
  <p>Has this anything to do with the video codec being used?</p>
  
  <p>VLC plays the rtsp stream just fine.</p>
  
  <p>I am looking for either a WPF or WinForms component or an alternative solution.</p>