diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Extensions/AppInfoUtils.windows.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Extensions/AppInfoUtils.windows.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec66b91d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Extensions/AppInfoUtils.windows.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using Windows.ApplicationModel;
+
+namespace CommunityToolkit.Maui.Extensions;
+
+// Since MediaElement can't access .NET MAUI internals we have to copy this code here
+// https://github.com/dotnet/maui/blob/main/src/Essentials/src/AppInfo/AppInfo.uwp.cs
+static class AppInfoUtils
+{
+	static readonly Lazy<bool> isPackagedAppLazy = new Lazy<bool>(() =>
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			if (Package.Current != null)
+			{
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		catch
+		{
+			// no-op
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	});
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets if this app is a packaged app.
+	/// </summary>
+	public static bool IsPackagedApp => isPackagedAppLazy.Value;
+
+	static readonly Lazy<string> platformGetFullAppPackageFilePath = new Lazy<string>(() =>
+	{
+		return IsPackagedApp
+			? Package.Current.InstalledLocation.Path
+			: AppContext.BaseDirectory;
+	});
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets full application path.
+	/// </summary>
+	public static string PlatformGetFullAppPackageFilePath => platformGetFullAppPackageFilePath.Value;
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Converts a <see cref="PackageVersion"/> object to a <see cref="Version"/> object.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="version">The <see cref="PackageVersion"/> to convert.</param>
+	/// <returns>A new <see cref="Version"/> object with the version information of this app.</returns>
+	public static Version ToVersion(this PackageVersion version) =>
+		new Version(version.Major, version.Minor, version.Build, version.Revision);
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets the version information for this app.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="assembly">The assembly to retrieve the version information for.</param>
+	/// <param name="name">The key that is used to retrieve the version information from the metadata.</param>
+	/// <returns><see langword="null"/> if <paramref name="name"/> is <see langword="null"/> or empty, or no version information could be found with the value of <paramref name="name"/>.</returns>
+	public static Version GetAppInfoVersionValue(this Assembly assembly, string name)
+	{
+		if (assembly.GetAppInfoValue(name) is string value && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
+		{
+			return Version.Parse(value);
+		}
+
+		return null!;
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets the app info from this apps' metadata.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="assembly">The assembly to retrieve the app info for.</param>
+	/// <param name="name">The key of the metadata to be retrieved (e.g. PackageName, PublisherName or Name).</param>
+	/// <returns>The value that corresponds to the given key in <paramref name="name"/>.</returns>
+	public static string GetAppInfoValue(this Assembly assembly, string name) =>
+		assembly.GetMetadataAttributeValue("Microsoft.Maui.ApplicationModel.AppInfo." + name);
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets the value for a given key from the assembly metadata.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="assembly">The assembly to retrieve the information for.</param>
+	/// <param name="key">The key of the metadata to be retrieved (e.g. PackageName, PublisherName or Name).</param>
+	/// <returns>The value that corresponds to the given key in <paramref name="key"/>.</returns>
+	public static string GetMetadataAttributeValue(this Assembly assembly, string key)
+	{
+		foreach (var attr in assembly.GetCustomAttributes<AssemblyMetadataAttribute>())
+		{
+			if (attr.Key == key)
+			{
+				return attr.Value!;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null!;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Extensions/FileSystemUtils.windows.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Extensions/FileSystemUtils.windows.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d24c4a294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Extensions/FileSystemUtils.windows.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+
+namespace CommunityToolkit.Maui.Extensions;
+
+// Since MediaElement can't access .NET MAUI internals we have to copy this code here
+// https://github.com/dotnet/maui/blob/main/src/Essentials/src/AppInfo/AppInfo.uwp.cs
+static class FileSystemUtils
+{
+	//
+	// Summary:
+	//     Normalizes the given file path for the current platform.
+	//
+	// Parameters:
+	//   filename:
+	//     The file path to normalize.
+	//
+	// Returns:
+	//     The normalized version of the file path provided in filename. Forward and backward
+	//     slashes will be replaced by System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar so that it
+	//     is correct for the current platform.
+	public static string NormalizePath(string filename)
+	{
+		return filename.Replace('\\', Path.DirectorySeparatorChar).Replace('/', Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
+	}
+
+	public static bool AppPackageFileExists(string filename)
+	{
+		string path = PlatformGetFullAppPackageFilePath(filename);
+		return File.Exists(path);
+	}
+
+	public static string PlatformGetFullAppPackageFilePath(string filename)
+	{
+		if (filename == null)
+		{
+			throw new ArgumentNullException("filename");
+		}
+
+		filename = NormalizePath(filename);
+		return Path.Combine(AppInfoUtils.PlatformGetFullAppPackageFilePath, filename);
+	}
+
+	public static bool TryGetAppPackageFileUri(string filename, [NotNullWhen(true)] out string? uri)
+	{
+		string text = PlatformGetFullAppPackageFilePath(filename);
+		if (File.Exists(text))
+		{
+			if (AppInfoUtils.IsPackagedApp)
+			{
+				uri = "ms-appx:///" + filename.Replace('\\', '/');
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				uri = "file:///" + text.Replace('\\', '/');
+			}
+
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		uri = null;
+		return false;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Views/MediaManager.windows.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Views/MediaManager.windows.cs
index a62a32b9a..6801b0704 100644
--- a/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Views/MediaManager.windows.cs
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Views/MediaManager.windows.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Numerics;
 using CommunityToolkit.Maui.Core.Primitives;
+using CommunityToolkit.Maui.Extensions;
 using CommunityToolkit.Maui.Views;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls;
@@ -301,14 +302,21 @@ protected virtual async partial ValueTask PlatformUpdateSource()
 		}
 		else if (MediaElement.Source is ResourceMediaSource resourceMediaSource)
 		{
-			string path = "ms-appx:///" + resourceMediaSource.Path;
+			if(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(resourceMediaSource.Path))
+			{
+				Logger.LogInformation("ResourceMediaSource Path is null or empty");
+				return;
+			}
+
+			// To test this run app as unpackaged and packaged.
+			string path = FileSystemUtils.PlatformGetFullAppPackageFilePath(resourceMediaSource.Path);
 			if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
 			{
 				Player.Source = WinMediaSource.CreateFromUri(new Uri(path));
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
+	
 	protected virtual partial void PlatformUpdateShouldLoopPlayback()
 	{
 		if (Player is null)