Media element in clock mode
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"> <StackPanel> <TextBlock Name="ten" Text="10 seconds" Background="White" /> <MediaElement Name="media" /> <StackPanel.Triggers> <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="StackPanel.Loaded"> <BeginStoryboard> <Storyboard SlipBehavior="Slip"> <MediaTimeline Source="c:\your.wma" Storyboard.TargetName="media" /> <ColorAnimation BeginTime="0:0:10" Duration="0:0:0.2" Storyboard.TargetName="ten" To="PaleGreen" Storyboard.TargetProperty= "(TextBlock.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" /> </Storyboard> </BeginStoryboard> </EventTrigger> </StackPanel.Triggers> </StackPanel> </Page>