# MetadataDecoder

Artifact: [androidx.media3:media3-extractor](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/media3) [View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/MetadataDecoder.java+class:androidx.media3.extractor.metadata.MetadataDecoder)

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```
@UnstableApi
public interface MetadataDecoder
```

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Known direct subclasses [SimpleMetadataDecoder](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/SimpleMetadataDecoder)

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| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/SimpleMetadataDecoder` | A `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/MetadataDecoder` base class that validates input buffers. |

Known indirect subclasses [AppInfoTableDecoder](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/dvbsi/AppInfoTableDecoder), [EventMessageDecoder](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/emsg/EventMessageDecoder), [IcyDecoder](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/icy/IcyDecoder), [Id3Decoder](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/id3/Id3Decoder), [SpliceInfoDecoder](https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/scte35/SpliceInfoDecoder)

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| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/dvbsi/AppInfoTableDecoder` | Decoder for the DVB Application Information Table (AIT). |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/emsg/EventMessageDecoder` | Decodes data encoded by `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/emsg/EventMessageEncoder`. |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/icy/IcyDecoder` | Decodes ICY stream information. |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/id3/Id3Decoder` | Decodes ID3 tags. |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/scte35/SpliceInfoDecoder` | Decodes splice info sections and produces splice commands. |

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Decodes metadata from binary data.

## Summary

| ### Public methods |
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| `abstract @https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/annotation/Nullable https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/common/Metadata` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/MetadataDecoder#decode(androidx.media3.extractor.metadata.MetadataInputBuffer)(https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/MetadataInputBuffer inputBuffer)` Decodes a `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/common/Metadata` element from the provided input buffer. |

## Public methods

### decode

```
abstract @Nullable Metadata decode(MetadataInputBuffer inputBuffer)
```

Decodes a `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/common/Metadata` element from the provided input buffer.

Respects `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/Buffer.html#limit()` of `inputBuffer.data`, but assumes `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/Buffer.html#position()` and `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteBuffer.html#arrayOffset()` are both zero and `https://developer.android.com/reference/java/nio/ByteBuffer.html#hasArray()` is true.

| Parameters |
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| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/extractor/metadata/MetadataInputBuffer inputBuffer` | The input buffer to decode. |

| Returns |
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| `@https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/annotation/Nullable https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/media3/common/Metadata` | The decoded metadata object, or `null` if the metadata could not be decoded. |