MediaCodecInfo

public final class MediaCodecInfo
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.media.MediaCodecInfo

Provides information about a given media codec available on the device. You can iterate through all codecs available by querying MediaCodecList. For example, here's how to find an encoder that supports a given MIME type:

 private static MediaCodecInfo selectCodec(String mimeType) {
     int numCodecs = MediaCodecList.getCodecCount();
     for (int i = 0; i < numCodecs; i++) {
         MediaCodecInfo codecInfo = MediaCodecList.getCodecInfoAt(i);

         if (!codecInfo.isEncoder()) {
             continue;
         }

         String[] types = codecInfo.getSupportedTypes();
         for (int j = 0; j < types.length; j++) {
             if (types[j].equalsIgnoreCase(mimeType)) {
                 return codecInfo;
             }
         }
     }
     return null;
 }

Summary

Nested classes
`class`	`MediaCodecInfo.AudioCapabilities` A class that supports querying the audio capabilities of a codec.
`class`	`MediaCodecInfo.CodecCapabilities` Encapsulates the capabilities of a given codec component.
`class`	`MediaCodecInfo.CodecProfileLevel` Encapsulates the profiles available for a codec component.
`class`	`MediaCodecInfo.EncoderCapabilities` A class that supports querying the encoding capabilities of a codec.
`class`	`MediaCodecInfo.VideoCapabilities` A class that supports querying the video capabilities of a codec.

Public methods
`MediaCodecInfo.CodecCapabilities`	`getCapabilitiesForType(String type)` Enumerates the capabilities of the codec component.
`String`	`getName()` Retrieve the codec name.
`String[]`	`getSupportedTypes()` Query the media types supported by the codec.
`boolean`	`isEncoder()` Query if the codec is an encoder.

Inherited methods

From class



          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long millis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long millis)` Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.

Public methods

getCapabilitiesForType

added in API level 16

public MediaCodecInfo.CodecCapabilities getCapabilitiesForType (String type)

Enumerates the capabilities of the codec component. Since a single component can support data of a variety of types, the type has to be specified to yield a meaningful result.

Parameters
`type`	`String`: The MIME type to query

Returns
`MediaCodecInfo.CodecCapabilities`

getName

added in API level 16

public String getName ()

Retrieve the codec name.

Returns
`String`

getSupportedTypes

added in API level 16

public String[] getSupportedTypes ()

Query the media types supported by the codec.

Returns
`String[]`

isEncoder

added in API level 16

public boolean isEncoder ()

Query if the codec is an encoder.

Returns
`boolean`

MediaCodecInfo

Summary

Nested classes

Public methods

Inherited methods

Public methods

getCapabilitiesForType

getName

getSupportedTypes

isEncoder

Annotations

Interfaces

Classes

Exceptions