1 # 5\. Multimedia Compatibility 2 3 Device implementations: 4 5 * [C-0-1] MUST support the media formats, encoders, decoders, file types, 6 and container formats defined in [section 5.1](#5_1_media-codecs.md) 7 for each and every codec declared by `MediaCodecList`. 8 * [C-0-2] MUST declare and report support of the encoders, decoders available 9 to third-party applications via [`MediaCodecList`]( 10 http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaCodecList.html). 11 * [C-0-3] MUST be able to decode and make available to third-party apps all 12 the formats it can encode. This includes all bitstreams that its encoders 13 generate and the profiles reported in its [`CamcorderProfile`]( 14 http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/CamcorderProfile.html). 15 16 17 Device implementations: 18 19 * SHOULD aim for minimum codec latency, in others words, they 20 * SHOULD NOT consume and store input buffers and return input buffers only 21 once processed. 22 * SHOULD NOT hold onto decoded buffers for longer than as specified by the 23 standard (e.g. SPS). 24 * SHOULD NOT hold onto encoded buffers longer than required by the GOP 25 structure. 26 27 All of the codecs listed in the section below are provided as software 28 implementations in the preferred Android implementation from the Android Open 29 Source Project. 30 31 Please note that neither Google nor the Open Handset Alliance make any 32 representation that these codecs are free from third-party patents. Those 33 intending to use this source code in hardware or software products are advised 34 that implementations of this code, including in open source software or 35 shareware, may require patent licenses from the relevant patent holders. 36
