Embed And Play YouTube Videos In C# Application

hi there;
I’ll show you how to play a youtube video in C# Form Application without using Shockwave Flash Player. Youtube had support flash play previous but now It does not support it. So for playing the video I used webBrowser component.

Let’s start creating project. Click File / New /Project in Visual Studio. Then Create Windows Form Application.

I created the project with Label, Button, TextBox and WebBrowser Component.

Here is the project output:

Click double to “Button Component” and add the following code into “Form1 class” as public


        string _url;
        public string VideoID
        {
            get
            {
                var yMatch = new Regex(@"http(?:s?)://(?:www\.)?youtu(?:be\.com/watch\?v=|\.be/)([\w\-]+)(&(amp;)?[\w\?=]*)?").Match(_url);
                return yMatch.Success ? yMatch.Groups[1].Value : String.Empty;
            }
        }

string _url;

public string VideoID

{

get

{

var yMatch = new Regex(@"http(?:s?)://(?:www\.)?youtu(?:be\.com/watch\?v=|\.be/)([\w\-]+)(&(amp;)?[\w\?=]*)?").Match(_url);

return yMatch.Success ? yMatch.Groups[1].Value : String.Empty;

}

Then add the code into button1_Click method


        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            _url = textBox1.Text;
            webBrowser1.DocumentText = String.Format( "<html><head>" +
                    "<meta http-equiv=\"X-UA-Compatible\" content=\"IE=Edge\"/>" +
                    "</head><body>" +
                    "<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/{0}?autoplay=1\"" +
                    "frameborder = \"0\" allow = \"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen></iframe>" +
                    "</body></html>", VideoID);
        }

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

_url = textBox1.Text;

webBrowser1.DocumentText = String.Format( "<html><head>" +

"<meta http-equiv=\"X-UA-Compatible\" content=\"IE=Edge\"/>" +

"</head><body>" +

"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/{0}?autoplay=1\"" +

"frameborder = \"0\" allow = \"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen></iframe>" +

"</body></html>", VideoID);

}

Output:

All Codes: Play YouTube Video in C# Form


    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        string _url;
        public string VideoID
        {
            get
            {
                var yMatch = new Regex(@"http(?:s?)://(?:www\.)?youtu(?:be\.com/watch\?v=|\.be/)([\w\-]+)(&(amp;)?[\w\?=]*)?").Match(_url);
                return yMatch.Success ? yMatch.Groups[1].Value : String.Empty;
            }
        }
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            textBox1.Text = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnXSeqKQuqo";
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            _url = textBox1.Text;
            webBrowser1.DocumentText = String.Format( "<html><head>" +
                    "<meta http-equiv=\"X-UA-Compatible\" content=\"IE=Edge\"/>" +
                    "</head><body>" +
                    "<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/{0}?autoplay=1\"" +
                    "frameborder = \"0\" allow = \"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen></iframe>" +
                    "</body></html>", VideoID);
        }
    }

public partial class Form1 : Form

{

string _url;

public string VideoID

{

get

{

var yMatch = new Regex(@"http(?:s?)://(?:www\.)?youtu(?:be\.com/watch\?v=|\.be/)([\w\-]+)(&(amp;)?[\w\?=]*)?").Match(_url);

return yMatch.Success ? yMatch.Groups[1].Value : String.Empty;

}

public Form1()

{

InitializeComponent();

textBox1.Text = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnXSeqKQuqo";

}