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BitmapImage throwing NotSupportedException on EndInit()

I am trying to create an Image in WPF out of a base 64 string, however, whenever I try to create the BitmapImage for the images Source property, I get a NotSupportedException.
Code:
public ScreenCaptureWindow(string screenCaptureBase64) {
InitializeComponent();
byte[] imageBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(screenCaptureBase64);
BitmapImage bitmapImage = new BitmapImage();
bitmapImage.BeginInit();
bitmapImage.StreamSource = new MemoryStream(imageBytes);
bitmapImage.EndInit(); //Crashes here
image.Source = bitmapImage;
}
Link to stacktrace
Attached is a screenshot of the exception details.
Any ideas?

Update BitmapImage every second flickers

I am trying to update an image by setting the source property every second, this works however causes a flicker when updated.
CurrentAlbumArt = new BitmapImage();
CurrentAlbumArt.BeginInit();
CurrentAlbumArt.UriSource = new Uri((currentDevice as AUDIO).AlbumArt);
CurrentAlbumArt.CreateOptions = BitmapCreateOptions.IgnoreImageCache;
CurrentAlbumArt.EndInit();
If I don't set IgnoreImageCache, the image does not update thus no flickering either.
Is there a way around this caveat?
Cheers.

The following code snippet downloads the whole image buffer before setting the Image's Source property to a new BitmapImage. This should eliminate any flicker.
var webClient = new WebClient();
var url = ((currentDevice as AUDIO).AlbumArt;
var bitmap = new BitmapImage();
using (var stream = new MemoryStream(webClient.DownloadData(url)))
{
bitmap.BeginInit();
bitmap.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
bitmap.StreamSource = stream;
bitmap.EndInit();
}
image.Source = bitmap;
If the download takes some time, it would make sense to run it in a separate thread. You would then have to take care for proper cross-thread access by also calling Freeze on the BitmapImage and assigning Source in the Dispatcher.
var bitmap = new BitmapImage();
using (var stream = new MemoryStream(webClient.DownloadData(url)))
{
bitmap.BeginInit();
bitmap.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
bitmap.StreamSource = stream;
bitmap.EndInit();
}
bitmap.Freeze();
image.Dispatcher.Invoke((Action)(() => image.Source = bitmap));

Set WPF Image Source from a Hyper Link (from Internet)

I try to set WPF image source from an Internet link. How can I do this?
I tried this, but doesn't work:
Image image1 = new Image();
BitmapImage bi3 = new BitmapImage();
bi3.BeginInit();
bi3.UriSource = new Uri("link" + textBox2.Text + ".png", UriKind.Relative);
bi3.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
bi3.EndInit();

Prepending "link" to the URL is certainly incorrect. Just make sure that you type the full path of your image into your textbox.
// For example, type the following address into your text box:
textBox2.Text = "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ccac9a107581b343e832a2b040278b98?s=128&d=identicon&r=PG";
bi3.UriSource = new Uri(textBox2.Text, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);

Update image file from parallel Task issue

I use this code to populate WPF Image Control.
string pathToImage = System.IO.Path.Combine(Settings.ContentFolderPath, file);
Image image = new Image();
BitmapImage src = new BitmapImage();
src.BeginInit();
src.UriSource = new Uri(pathToImage, UriKind.Absolute);
src.EndInit();
double ratio = src.Width / src.Height;
image.Source = src;
image.Stretch = Stretch.Uniform;
image.Height = marquee1.Height;
image.Width = marquee1.Height * ratio;
lstItems.Items.Add(image);
Also I have some parallel Task to update this image file.
But when I try to delete it I am getting the error: File is busy by other process you cannot delete this file.
How to resolve this issue?
Thank you!
UPDATES
So thank you all of you!
The final solution needs to implement
src.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
src.CreateOptions = BitmapCreateOptions.IgnoreImageCache;
the working code looks like
Image image = new Image();
BitmapImage src = new BitmapImage();
src.BeginInit();
src.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
src.CreateOptions = BitmapCreateOptions.IgnoreImageCache;
src.UriSource = new Uri(pathToImage, UriKind.Absolute);
src.EndInit();
double ratio = src.Width / src.Height;
image.Source = src;
image.Stretch = Stretch.Uniform;
image.Height = marquee1.Height;
image.Width = marquee1.Height * ratio;
lstItems.Items.Add(image);
result = image.Width;

MSND BitmapImage.CacheOption says:
Set the CacheOption to BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad if you wish to close a
stream used to create the BitmapImage.
Set the BitmapImage.CacheOption to OnLoad:
BitmapImage src = new BitmapImage();
src.BeginInit();
src.UriSource = new Uri(pathToImage, UriKind.Absolute);
src.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
src.EndInit();

Set the CacheOption property of the BitmapImage to BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad. This will cause it to load the image into memory and close the original file, which should allow you to delete it.

Also I have some parallel Task to update this image file ... when I try to delete it I am getting the error
In general, you can't delete a Windows file while a process is using it. The consumer Windows FAQs include this page to describe this restriction. And as MSDN describes, File.Delete will refuse to delete a file that's in use.

read local image in wp7

In my app i need to open a local image for cropping. I tried this by setting the path of the image as source to a BitmapImage but it raising an error. How i can read and assign that local image to BitmapImage in WP Mango.

private WriteableBitmap ReadLocalImage(string Uri)
{
StreamResourceInfo sri = null;
Uri uri = new Uri(Uri, UriKind.Relative);
sri = Application.GetResourceStream(uri);
BitmapImage bitmap = new BitmapImage();
bitmap.CreateOptions = BitmapCreateOptions.None;
bitmap.SetSource(sri.Stream);
WriteableBitmap wb = new WriteableBitmap(bitmap);
return wb;
}
use this method for reading local image.