Hi Jonathan,

 I went to sleep on this post and have only picked it upi gain now. I have managed to get the media element playing, it was a little tricky at first but I understand how it is done now. It is added from the asset library and then dragged and dropped onto the stage. I was looking for an actual media element. The second part of your post has me confused though. Where is it added into the code behind file? I keep on getting build error's so I must be adding it incorrectly.

/* where in the code behind file does this code get added? */  

private void PlayMedia(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            media.Stop();
            media.Play();
        }

Thanks for your input so far.