1 page.title=Android Supported Media Formats 2 @jd:body 3 4 <div id="qv-wrapper"> 5 <div id="qv"> 6 7 <h2>In this document</h2> 8 9 <ol> 10 <li><a href="#network">Network Protocols</a></li> 11 <li><a href="#core">Core Media Formats</a></li> 12 <li><a href="#recommendations">Video Encoding Recommendations</a></li> 13 </ol> 14 15 <h2>See also</h2> 16 <ol> 17 <li><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/media/index.html">Multimedia and Camera</a></li> 18 </ol> 19 20 <h2>Key classes</h2> 21 <ol> 22 <li>{@link android.media.MediaPlayer MediaPlayer}</li> 23 <li>{@link android.media.MediaRecorder MediaRecorder}</li> 24 </ol> 25 26 </div> 27 </div> 28 29 <p>This document describes the media codec, container, and network protocol support provided by the Android platform.</p> 30 31 <p>As an application developer, you are free to make use of any media codec that is available on any Android-powered device, including those provided by the Android platform and those that are device-specific. <strong>However, it is a best practice to use media encoding profiles that are device-agnostic</strong>.</p> 32 33 34 <h2 id="network">Network Protocols</h2> 35 36 <p>The following network protocols are supported for audio and video playback:</p> 37 38 <ul> 39 <li>RTSP (RTP, SDP)</li> 40 <li>HTTP/HTTPS progressive streaming</li> 41 <li>HTTP/HTTPS live streaming <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming">draft protocol</a>: <ul> 42 <li>MPEG-2 TS media files only</li> 43 <li>Protocol version 3 (Android 4.0 and above)</li> 44 <li>Protocol version 2 (Android 3.x)</li> 45 <li>Not supported before Android 3.0</li> 46 </ul></li> 47 </ul> 48 49 <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> HTTPS is not supported before Android 3.1.</p> 50 51 52 <h2 id="core">Core Media Formats</h2> 53 54 <p>The table below describes the media format support built into the Android platform. Note that any given mobile device may provide support for additional formats or file types not listed in the table.</p> 55 56 <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Media codecs that are not guaranteed to be available on all Android platform versions are accordingly noted in parentheses—for example "(Android 3.0+)".</p> 57 58 <p class="table-caption" id="formats-table"><strong>Table 1.</strong> Core media format and codec support.</p> 59 60 <table> 61 <tbody> 62 63 <tr> 64 <th>Type</th> 65 <th>Format / Codec</th> 66 <th>Encoder</th> 67 <th>Decoder</th> 68 <th>Details</th> 69 <th>Supported File Type(s) / Container Formats</th> 70 </tr> 71 72 <tr> 73 <td rowspan="10">Audio</td> 74 <td>AAC LC/LTP</td> 75 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 76 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 77 <td rowspan="3">Mono/Stereo content in any combination of standard bit 78 rates up to 160 kbps and sampling rates from 8 to 48kHz</td> 79 <td rowspan="3"> 80 • 3GPP (.3gp)<br> 81 • MPEG-4 (.mp4, .m4a)<br> 82 • ADTS raw AAC (.aac, decode in Android 3.1+, encode in Android 4.0+, ADIF not supported)<br> 83 • MPEG-TS (.ts, not seekable, Android 3.0+)</td> 84 </tr> 85 86 <tr> 87 <td>HE-AACv1 (AAC+)</td> 88 <td> </td> 89 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 90 </tr> 91 92 <tr> 93 <td>HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+)</td> 94 <td> </td> 95 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 96 </tr> 97 98 <tr> 99 <td>AMR-NB</td> 100 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 101 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 102 <td>4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz</td> 103 <td> 104 3GPP (.3gp)</td> 105 </tr> 106 107 <tr> 108 <td>AMR-WB</td> 109 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 110 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 111 <td>9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz</td> 112 <td> 113 3GPP (.3gp)</td> 114 </tr> 115 116 <tr> 117 <td>FLAC</td> 118 <td> </td> 119 <td style="text-align: center;" nowrap><big>•</big><br><small>(Android 3.1+)</small></td> 120 <td>Mono/Stereo (no multichannel). Sample rates up to 48 kHz (but up to 44.1 121 kHz is recommended on devices with 44.1 kHz output, as the 48 to 44.1 kHz 122 downsampler does not include a low-pass filter). 16-bit recommended; 123 no dither applied for 24-bit. 124 </td> 125 <td> 126 FLAC (.flac) only</td> 127 </tr> 128 129 <tr> 130 <td>MP3</td> 131 <td> </td> 132 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 133 <td>Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bit-rate (VBR) 134 </td> 135 <td> 136 MP3 (.mp3)</td> 137 </tr> 138 139 <tr> 140 <td>MIDI</td> 141 <td> </td> 142 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 143 <td>MIDI Type 0 and 1. DLS Version 1 and 2. XMF and Mobile XMF. Support for ringtone formats RTTTL/RTX, OTA, and iMelody </td> 144 <td> 145 • Type 0 and 1 (.mid, .xmf, .mxmf)<br> 146 • RTTTL/RTX (.rtttl, .rtx)<br> 147 • OTA (.ota)<br> 148 • iMelody (.imy)</td> 149 </tr> 150 151 <tr> 152 <td>Vorbis</td> 153 <td> </td> 154 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 155 <td> </td> 156 <td> 157 • Ogg (.ogg)<br> 158 • Matroska (.mkv, Android 4.0+)</td> 159 </tr> 160 161 <tr> 162 <td>PCM/WAVE</td> 163 <td> </td> 164 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 165 <td>8- and 16-bit linear PCM (rates up to limit of hardware)</td> 166 <td> 167 WAVE (.wav)</td> 168 </tr> 169 170 <tr> 171 <td rowspan="5">Image</td> 172 <td>JPEG</td> 173 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 174 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 175 <td>Base+progressive</td> 176 <td> 177 JPEG (.jpg)</td> 178 </tr> 179 180 <tr> 181 <td>GIF</td> 182 <td> </td> 183 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 184 <td> </td> 185 <td> 186 GIF (.gif)</td> 187 </tr> 188 189 <tr> 190 <td>PNG</td> 191 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 192 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 193 <td> </td> 194 <td> 195 PNG (.png)</td> 196 </tr> 197 198 <tr> 199 <td>BMP</td> 200 <td> </td> 201 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 202 <td> </td> 203 <td> 204 BMP (.bmp)</td> 205 </tr> 206 207 <tr> 208 <td>WEBP</td> 209 <td style="text-align: center;" nowrap><big>•</big><br><small>(Android 4.0+)</small></td> 210 <td style="text-align: center;" nowrap><big>•</big><br><small>(Android 4.0+)</small></td> 211 <td> </td> 212 <td> 213 WebP (.webp)</td> 214 </tr> 215 216 217 <tr> 218 <td rowspan="4">Video</td> 219 <td>H.263</td> 220 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 221 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 222 <td> </td> 223 <td> 224 • 3GPP (.3gp)<br> 225 • MPEG-4 (.mp4)</td> 226 </tr> 227 228 <tr> 229 <td>H.264 AVC</td> 230 <td style="text-align: center;" nowrap><big>•</big><br><small>(Android 3.0+)</small></td> 231 <td style="text-align: center;" nowrap><big>•</big></td> 232 <td>Baseline Profile (BP)</td> 233 <td> 234 • 3GPP (.3gp)<br> 235 • MPEG-4 (.mp4)<br> 236 • MPEG-TS (.ts, AAC audio only, not seekable, Android 3.0+)</td> 237 </tr> 238 239 <tr> 240 <td>MPEG-4 SP</td> 241 <td> </td> 242 <td style="text-align: center;"><big>•</big></td> 243 <td> </td> 244 <td> 245 3GPP (.3gp)</td> 246 </tr> 247 248 <tr> 249 <td>VP8</td> 250 <td> </td> 251 <td style="text-align: center;" nowrap><big>•</big><br><small>(Android 2.3.3+)</small></td> 252 <td>Streamable only in Android 4.0 and above</td> 253 <td> 254 • <a href="http://www.webmproject.org/">WebM</a> (.webm)<br> 255 • Matroska (.mkv, Android 4.0+)</td> 256 </tr> 257 258 </tbody></table> 259 260 261 <h2 id="recommendations">Video Encoding Recommendations</h2> 262 263 <p>Table 2, below, lists examples of video encoding profiles and parameters that the Android media framework supports for playback. In addition to these encoding parameter recommendations, a device's available <em>video recording</em> profiles can be used as a proxy for media playback capabilities. These profiles can be inspected using the {@link android.media.CamcorderProfile CamcorderProfile} class, which is available since API level 8.</p> 264 265 <p class="table-caption" id="encoding-recommendations-table"><strong>Table 2.</strong> Examples of supported video encoding parameters.</p> 266 267 <table> 268 <thead> 269 <tr> 270 <th> </th> 271 <th><acronym title="Standard definition">SD</a> (Low quality)</th> 272 <th><acronym title="Standard definition">SD</a> (High quality)</th> 273 <th><acronym title="High definition">HD</a> (Not available on all devices)</th> 274 </tr> 275 </thead> 276 <tbody> 277 <tr> 278 <th>Video codec</th> 279 <td>H.264 Baseline Profile</td> 280 <td>H.264 Baseline Profile</td> 281 <td>H.264 Baseline Profile</td> 282 </tr> 283 <tr> 284 <th>Video resolution</th> 285 <td>176 x 144 px</td> 286 <td>480 x 360 px</td> 287 <td>1280 x 720 px</td> 288 </tr> 289 <tr> 290 <th>Video frame rate</th> 291 <td>12 fps</td> 292 <td>30 fps</td> 293 <td>30 fps</td> 294 </tr> 295 <tr> 296 <th>Video bitrate</th> 297 <td>56 Kbps</td> 298 <td>500 Kbps</td> 299 <td>2 Mbps</td> 300 </tr> 301 <tr> 302 <th>Audio codec</th> 303 <td>AAC-LC</td> 304 <td>AAC-LC</td> 305 <td>AAC-LC</td> 306 </tr> 307 <tr> 308 <th>Audio channels</th> 309 <td>1 (mono)</td> 310 <td>2 (stereo)</td> 311 <td>2 (stereo)</td> 312 </tr> 313 <tr> 314 <th>Audio bitrate</th> 315 <td>24 Kbps</td> 316 <td>128 Kbps</td> 317 <td>192 Kbps</td> 318 </tr> 319 </tbody> 320 </table> 321 322 <p style="margin-top: 2em">For video content that is streamed over HTTP or RTSP, there are additional requirements:</p> 323 324 <ul> 325 <li>For 3GPP and MPEG-4 containers, the <code>moov</code> atom must precede any <code>mdat</code> atoms, but must succeed the 326 <code>ftyp</code> atom.</li> 327 <li>For 3GPP, MPEG-4, and WebM containers, audio and video samples corresponding to the same time offset may be no more than 500 KB apart. 328 To minimize this audio/video drift, consider interleaving audio and video in smaller chunk sizes.</li> 329 </ul> 330
