Windows Forms: How to Add or Embed Youtube Video into a Windows Form in C#

By FoxLearn 7/27/2017 7:43:18 PM   5.66K
How to Add or Embed Youtube Video into a Windows Form in C#.

Step 1Click New Project, then select Visual C# on the left, then Windows and then select Windows Forms Application. Name your project "EmbedYoutube" and then click OK

c# embed youtubeStep 2: Design your form as below

embed youtube using c#

Step 3: Add code to handle your form as below

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace EmbedYoutube
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        string _ytUrl;
        //Get video id
        public string VideoId
        {
            get
            {
                var ytMatch = new Regex(@"youtu(?:\.be|be\.com)/(?:.*v(?:/|=)|(?:.*/)?)([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)").Match(_ytUrl);
                return ytMatch.Success ? ytMatch.Groups[1].Value : string.Empty;
            }
        }

        private void btnGo_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            _ytUrl = txtUrl.Text;
            webBrowser.Navigate($"http://youtube.com/v/{VideoId}?version=3");
        }
    }
}

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