MediaCodecInfo.CodecCapabilities

COLOR_Format12bitRGB444

public static final int COLOR_Format12bitRGB444

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format24bitBGR888.

Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)

COLOR_Format16bitARGB1555

public static final int COLOR_Format16bitARGB1555

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888.

Constant Value: 5 (0x00000005)

COLOR_Format16bitARGB4444

public static final int COLOR_Format16bitARGB4444

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

COLOR_Format16bitBGR565

public static final int COLOR_Format16bitBGR565

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format16bitRGB565.

Constant Value: 7 (0x00000007)

COLOR_Format16bitRGB565

public static final int COLOR_Format16bitRGB565

16 bits per pixel RGB color format, with 5-bit red & blue and 6-bit green component.

Using 16-bit little-endian representation, colors stored as Red 15:11, Green 10:5, Blue 4:0.

            byte                   byte
  <--------- i --------> | <------ i + 1 ------>
 +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
 |     BLUE     |      GREEN      |     RED      |
 +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
  0           4  5     7   0     2  3           7
 bit
 

Constant Value: 6 (0x00000006)

COLOR_Format18BitBGR666

public static final int COLOR_Format18BitBGR666

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format24bitBGR888.

Constant Value: 41 (0x00000029)

COLOR_Format18bitARGB1665

public static final int COLOR_Format18bitARGB1665

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888.

Constant Value: 9 (0x00000009)

COLOR_Format18bitRGB666

public static final int COLOR_Format18bitRGB666

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format24bitBGR888.

Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

COLOR_Format19bitARGB1666

public static final int COLOR_Format19bitARGB1666

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888.

Constant Value: 10 (0x0000000a)

COLOR_Format24BitABGR6666

public static final int COLOR_Format24BitABGR6666

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888.

Constant Value: 43 (0x0000002b)

COLOR_Format24BitARGB6666

public static final int COLOR_Format24BitARGB6666

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888.

Constant Value: 42 (0x0000002a)

COLOR_Format24bitARGB1887

public static final int COLOR_Format24bitARGB1887

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888.

Constant Value: 13 (0x0000000d)

COLOR_Format24bitBGR888

public static final int COLOR_Format24bitBGR888

24 bits per pixel RGB color format, with 8-bit red, green & blue components.

Using 24-bit little-endian representation, colors stored as Red 7:0, Green 15:8, Blue 23:16.

         byte              byte             byte
  <------ i -----> | <---- i+1 ----> | <---- i+2 ----->
 +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
 |       RED       |      GREEN      |       BLUE      |
 +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
 

Constant Value: 12 (0x0000000c)

COLOR_Format24bitRGB888

public static final int COLOR_Format24bitRGB888

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format24bitBGR888 or COLOR_FormatRGBFlexible.

Constant Value: 11 (0x0000000b)

COLOR_Format25bitARGB1888

public static final int COLOR_Format25bitARGB1888

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888.

Constant Value: 14 (0x0000000e)

COLOR_Format32bitABGR2101010

public static final int COLOR_Format32bitABGR2101010

32 bits per pixel RGBA color format, with 10-bit red, green, blue, and 2-bit alpha components.

Using 32-bit little-endian representation, colors stored as Red 9:0, Green 19:10, Blue 29:20, and Alpha 31:30.

         byte              byte             byte              byte
  <------ i -----> | <---- i+1 ----> | <---- i+2 ----> | <---- i+3 ----->
 +-----------------+---+-------------+-------+---------+-----------+-----+
 |       RED           |      GREEN          |       BLUE          |ALPHA|
 +-----------------+---+-------------+-------+---------+-----------+-----+
  0               7 0 1 2           7 0     3 4       7 0         5 6   7
 

Constant Value: 2130750114 (0x7f00aaa2)

COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888

public static final int COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888

32 bits per pixel RGBA color format, with 8-bit red, green, blue, and alpha components.

Using 32-bit little-endian representation, colors stored as Red 7:0, Green 15:8, Blue 23:16, and Alpha 31:24.

         byte              byte             byte              byte
  <------ i -----> | <---- i+1 ----> | <---- i+2 ----> | <---- i+3 ----->
 +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
 |       RED       |      GREEN      |       BLUE      |      ALPHA      |
 +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
 

Constant Value: 2130747392 (0x7f00a000)

COLOR_Format32bitARGB8888

public static final int COLOR_Format32bitARGB8888

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888 Or COLOR_FormatRGBAFlexible.

Constant Value: 16 (0x00000010)

COLOR_Format32bitBGRA8888

public static final int COLOR_Format32bitBGRA8888

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888 Or COLOR_FormatRGBAFlexible.

Constant Value: 15 (0x0000000f)

COLOR_Format64bitABGRFloat

public static final int COLOR_Format64bitABGRFloat

64 bits per pixel RGBA color format, with 16-bit signed floating point red, green, blue, and alpha components.

         byte              byte             byte              byte
  <-- i -->|<- i+1 ->|<- i+2 ->|<- i+3 ->|<- i+4 ->|<- i+5 ->|<- i+6 ->|<- i+7 ->
 +---------+---------+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
 |        RED        |       GREEN       |       BLUE        |       ALPHA       |
 +---------+---------+-------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
  0       7 0       7 0       7 0       7 0       7 0       7 0       7 0       7
 

Constant Value: 2130710294 (0x7f000f16)

COLOR_Format8bitRGB332

public static final int COLOR_Format8bitRGB332

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format24bitBGR888.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

COLOR_FormatCbYCrY

public static final int COLOR_FormatCbYCrY

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible.

Constant Value: 27 (0x0000001b)

COLOR_FormatCrYCbY

public static final int COLOR_FormatCrYCbY

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible.

Constant Value: 28 (0x0000001c)

COLOR_FormatL16

public static final int COLOR_FormatL16

16 bits per pixel, little-endian Y color format.

            byte                   byte
  <--------- i --------> | <------ i + 1 ------>
 +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
 |                       Y                       |
 +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
  0                    7   0                    7
 bit
 

Constant Value: 36 (0x00000024)

COLOR_FormatL2

public static final int COLOR_FormatL2

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatL8.

Constant Value: 33 (0x00000021)

COLOR_FormatL24

public static final int COLOR_FormatL24

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatL16.

Constant Value: 37 (0x00000025)

COLOR_FormatL32

public static final int COLOR_FormatL32

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatL16.

32 bits per pixel, little-endian Y color format.

         byte              byte             byte              byte
  <------ i -----> | <---- i+1 ----> | <---- i+2 ----> | <---- i+3 ----->
 +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
 |                                   Y                                   |
 +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
  0               7 0               7 0               7 0               7
 bit
 

Constant Value: 38 (0x00000026)

COLOR_FormatL4

public static final int COLOR_FormatL4

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatL8.

Constant Value: 34 (0x00000022)

COLOR_FormatL8

public static final int COLOR_FormatL8

8 bits per pixel Y color format.

Each byte contains a single pixel. This format corresponds to PixelFormat.L_8.

Constant Value: 35 (0x00000023)

COLOR_FormatMonochrome

public static final int COLOR_FormatMonochrome

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_Format24bitBGR888.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

COLOR_FormatRGBAFlexible

public static final int COLOR_FormatRGBAFlexible

Flexible 32 bits per pixel RGBA color format with 8-bit red, green, blue, and alpha components.

Use this format with Image. This format corresponds to ImageFormat.FLEX_RGBA_8888, and can represent COLOR_Format32bitBGRA8888, COLOR_Format32bitABGR8888 and COLOR_Format32bitARGB8888 formats.

Constant Value: 2134288520 (0x7f36a888)

COLOR_FormatRGBFlexible

public static final int COLOR_FormatRGBFlexible

Flexible 24 bits per pixel RGB color format with 8-bit red, green and blue components.

Use this format with Image. This format corresponds to ImageFormat.FLEX_RGB_888, and can represent COLOR_Format24bitBGR888 and COLOR_Format24bitRGB888 formats.

Constant Value: 2134292616 (0x7f36b888)

COLOR_FormatRawBayer10bit

public static final int COLOR_FormatRawBayer10bit

SMIA 10-bit Bayer format.

Constant Value: 31 (0x0000001f)

COLOR_FormatRawBayer8bit

public static final int COLOR_FormatRawBayer8bit

SMIA 8-bit Bayer format. Each byte represents the top 8-bits of a 10-bit signal.

Constant Value: 30 (0x0000001e)

COLOR_FormatRawBayer8bitcompressed

public static final int COLOR_FormatRawBayer8bitcompressed

SMIA 8-bit compressed Bayer format. Each byte represents a sample from the 10-bit signal that is compressed into 8-bits using DPCM/PCM compression, as defined by the SMIA Functional Specification.

Constant Value: 32 (0x00000020)

COLOR_FormatSurface

public static final int COLOR_FormatSurface

Constant Value: 2130708361 (0x7f000789)

COLOR_FormatYCbYCr

public static final int COLOR_FormatYCbYCr

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible.

Constant Value: 25 (0x00000019)

COLOR_FormatYCrYCb

public static final int COLOR_FormatYCrYCb

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible.

Constant Value: 26 (0x0000001a)

COLOR_FormatYUV411PackedPlanar

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV411PackedPlanar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible.

Constant Value: 18 (0x00000012)

COLOR_FormatYUV411Planar

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV411Planar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible.

Constant Value: 17 (0x00000011)

COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible

Flexible 12 bits per pixel, subsampled YUV color format with 8-bit chroma and luma components.

Chroma planes are subsampled by 2 both horizontally and vertically. Use this format with Image. This format corresponds to ImageFormat.YUV_420_888, and can represent the COLOR_FormatYUV411Planar, COLOR_FormatYUV411PackedPlanar, COLOR_FormatYUV420Planar, COLOR_FormatYUV420PackedPlanar, COLOR_FormatYUV420SemiPlanar and COLOR_FormatYUV420PackedSemiPlanar formats.

Constant Value: 2135033992 (0x7f420888)

COLOR_FormatYUV420PackedPlanar

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV420PackedPlanar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible.

Constant Value: 20 (0x00000014)

COLOR_FormatYUV420PackedSemiPlanar

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV420PackedSemiPlanar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible.

Constant Value: 39 (0x00000027)

COLOR_FormatYUV420Planar

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV420Planar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible.

Constant Value: 19 (0x00000013)

COLOR_FormatYUV420SemiPlanar

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV420SemiPlanar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible.

Constant Value: 21 (0x00000015)

COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible

Flexible 16 bits per pixel, subsampled YUV color format with 8-bit chroma and luma components.

Chroma planes are horizontally subsampled by 2. Use this format with Image. This format corresponds to ImageFormat.YUV_422_888, and can represent the COLOR_FormatYCbYCr, COLOR_FormatYCrYCb, COLOR_FormatCbYCrY, COLOR_FormatCrYCbY, COLOR_FormatYUV422Planar, COLOR_FormatYUV422PackedPlanar, COLOR_FormatYUV422SemiPlanar and COLOR_FormatYUV422PackedSemiPlanar formats.

Constant Value: 2135042184 (0x7f422888)

COLOR_FormatYUV422PackedPlanar

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV422PackedPlanar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible.

Constant Value: 23 (0x00000017)

COLOR_FormatYUV422PackedSemiPlanar

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV422PackedSemiPlanar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible.

Constant Value: 40 (0x00000028)

COLOR_FormatYUV422Planar

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV422Planar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible.

Constant Value: 22 (0x00000016)

COLOR_FormatYUV422SemiPlanar

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV422SemiPlanar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV422Flexible.

Constant Value: 24 (0x00000018)

COLOR_FormatYUV444Flexible

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV444Flexible

Flexible 24 bits per pixel YUV color format with 8-bit chroma and luma components.

Chroma planes are not subsampled. Use this format with Image. This format corresponds to ImageFormat.YUV_444_888, and can represent the COLOR_FormatYUV444Interleaved format.

Constant Value: 2135181448 (0x7f444888)

COLOR_FormatYUV444Interleaved

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUV444Interleaved

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV444Flexible.

Constant Value: 29 (0x0000001d)

COLOR_FormatYUVP010

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUVP010

P010 is 10-bit-per component 4:2:0 YCbCr semiplanar format.

This format uses 24 allocated bits per pixel with 15 bits of data per pixel. Chroma planes are subsampled by 2 both horizontally and vertically. Each chroma and luma component has 16 allocated bits in little-endian configuration with 10 MSB of actual data.

            byte                   byte
  <--------- i --------> | <------ i + 1 ------>
 +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
 |     UNUSED      |      Y/Cb/Cr                |
 +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
  0               5 6   7 0                    7
 bit
 

Constant Value: 54 (0x00000036)

COLOR_FormatYUVP210

public static final int COLOR_FormatYUVP210

P210 is 10-bit-per component 4:2:2 YCbCr semiplanar format.

This format uses 32 allocated bits per pixel with 20 bits of data per pixel. Chroma planes are subsampled by 2 both horizontally. Each chroma and luma component has 16 allocated bits in little-endian configuration with 10 MSB of actual data.

            byte                   byte
  <--------- i --------> | <------ i + 1 ------>
 +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
 |     UNUSED      |      Y/Cb/Cr                |
 +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
  0               5 6   7 0                    7
 bit
 

Constant Value: 60 (0x0000003c)

COLOR_QCOM_FormatYUV420SemiPlanar

public static final int COLOR_QCOM_FormatYUV420SemiPlanar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible.

Constant Value: 2141391872 (0x7fa30c00)

COLOR_TI_FormatYUV420PackedSemiPlanar

public static final int COLOR_TI_FormatYUV420PackedSemiPlanar

This constant was deprecated in API level 23.
Use COLOR_FormatYUV420Flexible.

Constant Value: 2130706688 (0x7f000100)

FEATURE_AdaptivePlayback

public static final String FEATURE_AdaptivePlayback

video decoder only: codec supports seamless resolution changes.

Constant Value: "adaptive-playback"

FEATURE_DetachedSurface

public static final String FEATURE_DetachedSurface

video decoder only: codec supports detaching the output surface when in Surface mode.

If true, the codec can be configured in Surface mode without an actual surface (in detached surface mode).

Constant Value: "detached-surface"

FEATURE_DynamicColorAspects

public static final String FEATURE_DynamicColorAspects

video decoder only: codec supports dynamically changing color aspects.

If true, the codec can propagate color aspect changes during decoding. This is only meaningful at session boundaries, e.g. upon processing Picture Parameter Sets prior to a new IDR. The color aspects may come from the bitstream, or may be provided using MediaCodec.setParameters calls.

If the codec supports both 8-bit and 10-bit profiles, this feature means that the codec can dynamically switch between 8 and 10-bit profiles, but this is restricted to Surface mode only.

If the device supports HDR transfer functions, switching between SDR and HDR transfer is also supported. Together with the previous clause this means that switching between SDR and HDR sessions are supported in Surface mode, as SDR is typically encoded at 8-bit and HDR at 10-bit.

Constant Value: "dynamic-color-aspects"

FEATURE_DynamicTimestamp

public static final String FEATURE_DynamicTimestamp

If true, the timestamp of each output buffer is derived from the timestamp of the input buffer that produced the output. If false, the timestamp of each output buffer is derived from the timestamp of the first input buffer.

Constant Value: "dynamic-timestamp"

FEATURE_EncodingStatistics

public static final String FEATURE_EncodingStatistics

video encoder only: codec supports exporting encoding statistics. Encoders with this feature can provide the App clients with the encoding statistics information about the frame. The scope of encoding statistics is controlled by MediaFormat.KEY_VIDEO_ENCODING_STATISTICS_LEVEL.

Constant Value: "encoding-statistics"

FEATURE_FrameParsing

public static final String FEATURE_FrameParsing

decoder onlyIf true, the codec supports partial (including multiple) access units per input buffer.

Constant Value: "frame-parsing"

FEATURE_HdrEditing

public static final String FEATURE_HdrEditing

video encoder only: codec supports HDR editing.

HDR editing support means that the codec accepts 10-bit HDR input surface, and it is capable of generating any HDR metadata required from both YUV and RGB input when the metadata is not present. This feature is only meaningful when using an HDR capable profile (and 10-bit HDR input).

This feature implies that the codec is capable of encoding at least one HDR format, and that it supports RGBA_1010102 as well as P010, and optionally RGBA_FP16 input formats, and that the encoder can generate HDR metadata for all supported HDR input formats.

Constant Value: "hdr-editing"

FEATURE_HlgEditing

public static final String FEATURE_HlgEditing

video encoder only: codec supports HLG editing.

HLG editing support means that the codec accepts 10-bit HDR input surface in both YUV and RGB pixel format. This feature is only meaningful when using a 10-bit (HLG) profile and 10-bit input.

This feature implies that the codec is capable of encoding 10-bit format, and that it supports RGBA_1010102 as well as P010, and optionally RGBA_FP16 input formats.

The difference between this feature and ERROR(/FEATURE_HdrEditing) is that HLG does not require the generation of HDR metadata and does not use an explicit HDR profile.

Constant Value: "hlg-editing"

FEATURE_IntraRefresh

public static final String FEATURE_IntraRefresh

video encoder only: codec supports intra refresh.

Constant Value: "intra-refresh"

FEATURE_LowLatency

public static final String FEATURE_LowLatency

decoder only: codec supports low latency decoding. If supported, clients can enable the low latency mode for the decoder. When the mode is enabled, the decoder doesn't hold input and output data more than required by the codec standards.

Constant Value: "low-latency"

FEATURE_MultipleFrames

public static final String FEATURE_MultipleFrames

If true, the codec supports multiple access units (for decoding, or to output for encoders). If false, the codec only supports single access units. Producing multiple access units for output is an optional feature.

Constant Value: "multiple-frames"

FEATURE_PartialFrame

public static final String FEATURE_PartialFrame

video decoder only: codec supports queuing partial frames.

Constant Value: "partial-frame"

FEATURE_QpBounds

public static final String FEATURE_QpBounds

video encoder only: codec supports quantization parameter bounds.

Constant Value: "qp-bounds"

FEATURE_Roi

public static final String FEATURE_Roi

video encoder only: codec supports region of interest encoding.

RoI encoding support means the codec accepts information that specifies the relative importance of different portions of each video frame. This allows the encoder to separate a video frame into critical and non-critical regions, and use more bits (better quality) to represent the critical regions and de-prioritize non-critical regions. In other words, the encoder chooses a negative qp bias for the critical portions and a zero or positive qp bias for the non-critical portions.

At a basic level, if the encoder decides to encode each frame with a uniform quantization value 'qpFrame' and a 'qpBias' is chosen/suggested for an LCU of the frame, then the actual qp of the LCU will be 'qpFrame + qpBias', although this value can be clamped basing on the min-max configured qp bounds for the current encoding session.

In a shot, if a group of LCUs pan out quickly they can be marked as non-critical thereby enabling the encoder to reserve fewer bits during their encoding. Contrarily, LCUs that remain in shot for a prolonged duration can be encoded at better quality in one frame thereby setting-up an excellent long-term reference for all future frames.

Note that by offsetting the quantization of each LCU, the overall bit allocation will differ from the originally estimated bit allocation, and the encoder will adjust the frame quantization for subsequent frames to meet the bitrate target. An effective selection of critical regions can set-up a golden reference and this can compensate for the bit burden that was introduced due to encoding RoI's at better quality. On the other hand, an ineffective choice of critical regions might increase the quality of certain parts of the image but this can hamper quality in subsequent frames.

Constant Value: "region-of-interest"

FEATURE_SecurePlayback

public static final String FEATURE_SecurePlayback

video decoder only: codec supports secure decryption.

Constant Value: "secure-playback"

FEATURE_TunneledPlayback

public static final String FEATURE_TunneledPlayback

video or audio decoder only: codec supports tunneled playback.

Constant Value: "tunneled-playback"

colorFormats

public int[] colorFormats

The color format for the media. This is one of the color constants defined in this class.

profileLevels

public CodecProfileLevel[] profileLevels

CodecCapabilities

public CodecCapabilities ()

createFromProfileLevel

public static MediaCodecInfo.CodecCapabilities createFromProfileLevel (String mime, 
                int profile, 
                int level)

Retrieve the codec capabilities for a certain mime type, profile and level. If the type, or profile-level combination is not understood by the framework, it returns null.

In Build.VERSION_CODES.M, calling this method without calling any method of the MediaCodecList class beforehand results in a NullPointerException.

getAudioCapabilities

public MediaCodecInfo.AudioCapabilities getAudioCapabilities ()

Returns the audio capabilities or null if this is not an audio codec.

getDefaultFormat

public MediaFormat getDefaultFormat ()

Returns a MediaFormat object with default values for configurations that have defaults.

getEncoderCapabilities

public MediaCodecInfo.EncoderCapabilities getEncoderCapabilities ()

Returns the encoding capabilities or null if this is not an encoder.

getMaxSupportedInstances

public int getMaxSupportedInstances ()

Returns the max number of the supported concurrent codec instances.

This is a hint for an upper bound. Applications should not expect to successfully operate more instances than the returned value, but the actual number of concurrently operable instances may be less as it depends on the available resources at time of use.

getMimeType

public String getMimeType ()

Returns the mime type for which this codec-capability object was created.

getVideoCapabilities

public MediaCodecInfo.VideoCapabilities getVideoCapabilities ()

Returns the video capabilities or null if this is not a video codec.

isFeatureRequired

public boolean isFeatureRequired (String name)

Query codec feature requirements.

These features are required to be used by the codec, and as such, they are always turned on.

isFeatureSupported

public boolean isFeatureSupported (String name)

Query codec feature capabilities.

These features are supported to be used by the codec. These include optional features that can be turned on, as well as features that are always on.

isFormatSupported

public boolean isFormatSupported (MediaFormat format)

Query whether codec supports a given MediaFormat.

Note: On Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP, format must not contain a frame rate. Use format.setString(MediaFormat.KEY_FRAME_RATE, null) to clear any existing frame rate setting in the format.

The following table summarizes the format keys considered by this method. This is especially important to consider when targeting a higher SDK version than the minimum SDK version, as this method will disregard some keys on devices below the target SDK version.