How to find out whether a codec supports hardware-acceleration on Android?
Using Android's MediaCodec API, I can get a list of codecs registered in the system.
All the things I can get from this API are the name, supported media types and whether it is an encoder or decoder.
But how can I figure out whether a codec supports hardware-acceleration?
android asked Oct 16 '13 at 7:03
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Using Android's MediaCodec API, I can get a list of codecs registered in the system.
All the things I can get from this API are the name, supported media types and whether it is an encoder or decoder.
But how can I figure out whether a codec supports hardware-acceleration?
android asked Oct 16 '13 at 7:03
fyraimarfyraimar
584
I guess that all provided codecs by the API are hardware ones. Why do you need this info?
– user2399321
Oct 19 '13 at 10:52
@user2399321 Why do you need this info
– san
Jan 1 '14 at 23:20
@san The knowledge if some codec "really hw" looks useless because of resolving some tasks: - task 1. regular developer want to decode A encoded video. What should the app do if A is not hw accelerated? - task 2. regular developer want to decode A and decode it to B. What should the app do if A and B are not hw accelerated? Ok, probably B is not fixed and there's will be C on the device which is "hw", for example it will be uploaded to some server which can support C, but there always will be some next device with D which is not supported by the server.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:20
@san task 3. not android developer[?] want to collect stats about hw codecs on different devices. In this case I believe that the guy probably will get more info somewhere at grepcode or elsewhere like this. Best Regards.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:21
@user2399321 Bottomline is, if you know the answer you can just answer and move on, without questioning user2885276's motives and being presumptuous. Unless what you are asking for helps compose a better answer, which I doubt.
– san
Jan 3 '14 at 19:28
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Using Android's MediaCodec API, I can get a list of codecs registered in the system.
All the things I can get from this API are the name, supported media types and whether it is an encoder or decoder.
But how can I figure out whether a codec supports hardware-acceleration?
android asked Oct 16 '13 at 7:03
fyraimarfyraimar
584
Using Android's MediaCodec API, I can get a list of codecs registered in the system.
All the things I can get from this API are the name, supported media types and whether it is an encoder or decoder.
But how can I figure out whether a codec supports hardware-acceleration?
android android asked Oct 16 '13 at 7:03
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asked Oct 16 '13 at 7:03
fyraimarfyraimar
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asked Oct 16 '13 at 7:03
fyraimarfyraimar
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asked Oct 16 '13 at 7:03
fyraimarfyraimar
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asked Oct 16 '13 at 7:03
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I guess that all provided codecs by the API are hardware ones. Why do you need this info?
– user2399321
Oct 19 '13 at 10:52
@user2399321 Why do you need this info
– san
Jan 1 '14 at 23:20
@san The knowledge if some codec "really hw" looks useless because of resolving some tasks: - task 1. regular developer want to decode A encoded video. What should the app do if A is not hw accelerated? - task 2. regular developer want to decode A and decode it to B. What should the app do if A and B are not hw accelerated? Ok, probably B is not fixed and there's will be C on the device which is "hw", for example it will be uploaded to some server which can support C, but there always will be some next device with D which is not supported by the server.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:20
@san task 3. not android developer[?] want to collect stats about hw codecs on different devices. In this case I believe that the guy probably will get more info somewhere at grepcode or elsewhere like this. Best Regards.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:21
@user2399321 Bottomline is, if you know the answer you can just answer and move on, without questioning user2885276's motives and being presumptuous. Unless what you are asking for helps compose a better answer, which I doubt.
– san
Jan 3 '14 at 19:28
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show 1 more comment
I guess that all provided codecs by the API are hardware ones. Why do you need this info?
– user2399321
Oct 19 '13 at 10:52
@user2399321 Why do you need this info
– san
Jan 1 '14 at 23:20
@san The knowledge if some codec "really hw" looks useless because of resolving some tasks: - task 1. regular developer want to decode A encoded video. What should the app do if A is not hw accelerated? - task 2. regular developer want to decode A and decode it to B. What should the app do if A and B are not hw accelerated? Ok, probably B is not fixed and there's will be C on the device which is "hw", for example it will be uploaded to some server which can support C, but there always will be some next device with D which is not supported by the server.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:20
@san task 3. not android developer[?] want to collect stats about hw codecs on different devices. In this case I believe that the guy probably will get more info somewhere at grepcode or elsewhere like this. Best Regards.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:21
@user2399321 Bottomline is, if you know the answer you can just answer and move on, without questioning user2885276's motives and being presumptuous. Unless what you are asking for helps compose a better answer, which I doubt.
– san
Jan 3 '14 at 19:28
I guess that all provided codecs by the API are hardware ones. Why do you need this info?
– user2399321
Oct 19 '13 at 10:52
I guess that all provided codecs by the API are hardware ones. Why do you need this info?
– user2399321
Oct 19 '13 at 10:52
@user2399321 Why do you need this info
– san
Jan 1 '14 at 23:20
@user2399321 Why do you need this info
– san
Jan 1 '14 at 23:20
@san The knowledge if some codec "really hw" looks useless because of resolving some tasks: - task 1. regular developer want to decode A encoded video. What should the app do if A is not hw accelerated? - task 2. regular developer want to decode A and decode it to B. What should the app do if A and B are not hw accelerated? Ok, probably B is not fixed and there's will be C on the device which is "hw", for example it will be uploaded to some server which can support C, but there always will be some next device with D which is not supported by the server.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:20
@san The knowledge if some codec "really hw" looks useless because of resolving some tasks: - task 1. regular developer want to decode A encoded video. What should the app do if A is not hw accelerated? - task 2. regular developer want to decode A and decode it to B. What should the app do if A and B are not hw accelerated? Ok, probably B is not fixed and there's will be C on the device which is "hw", for example it will be uploaded to some server which can support C, but there always will be some next device with D which is not supported by the server.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:20
@san task 3. not android developer[?] want to collect stats about hw codecs on different devices. In this case I believe that the guy probably will get more info somewhere at grepcode or elsewhere like this. Best Regards.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:21
@san task 3. not android developer[?] want to collect stats about hw codecs on different devices. In this case I believe that the guy probably will get more info somewhere at grepcode or elsewhere like this. Best Regards.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:21
@user2399321 Bottomline is, if you know the answer you can just answer and move on, without questioning user2885276's motives and being presumptuous. Unless what you are asking for helps compose a better answer, which I doubt.
– san
Jan 3 '14 at 19:28
@user2399321 Bottomline is, if you know the answer you can just answer and move on, without questioning user2885276's motives and being presumptuous. Unless what you are asking for helps compose a better answer, which I doubt.
– san
Jan 3 '14 at 19:28
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My smartphone has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) SoC, and using the MediaCodecInfo app I see two encoding alternatives for the AVC(H264) codec:
- OMX.qcom.video.encoder.avc
- OMX.google.h264.encoder
As far as I know, you get access to the hardware encoding/decoding through the "qcom" package (Qualcomm), in my case, and the google one is just a software based alternative that comes with Android in case no hardware acceleration is available.
A more experienced person could confirm this.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 0:51
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My smartphone has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) SoC, and using the MediaCodecInfo app I see two encoding alternatives for the AVC(H264) codec:
- OMX.qcom.video.encoder.avc
- OMX.google.h264.encoder
As far as I know, you get access to the hardware encoding/decoding through the "qcom" package (Qualcomm), in my case, and the google one is just a software based alternative that comes with Android in case no hardware acceleration is available.
A more experienced person could confirm this.
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My smartphone has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) SoC, and using the MediaCodecInfo app I see two encoding alternatives for the AVC(H264) codec:
- OMX.qcom.video.encoder.avc
- OMX.google.h264.encoder
As far as I know, you get access to the hardware encoding/decoding through the "qcom" package (Qualcomm), in my case, and the google one is just a software based alternative that comes with Android in case no hardware acceleration is available.
A more experienced person could confirm this.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 0:51
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My smartphone has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) SoC, and using the MediaCodecInfo app I see two encoding alternatives for the AVC(H264) codec:
- OMX.qcom.video.encoder.avc
- OMX.google.h264.encoder
As far as I know, you get access to the hardware encoding/decoding through the "qcom" package (Qualcomm), in my case, and the google one is just a software based alternative that comes with Android in case no hardware acceleration is available.
A more experienced person could confirm this.
answered Nov 15 '18 at 0:51
EduardoEduardo
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My smartphone has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) SoC, and using the MediaCodecInfo app I see two encoding alternatives for the AVC(H264) codec:
- OMX.qcom.video.encoder.avc
- OMX.google.h264.encoder
As far as I know, you get access to the hardware encoding/decoding through the "qcom" package (Qualcomm), in my case, and the google one is just a software based alternative that comes with Android in case no hardware acceleration is available.
A more experienced person could confirm this.
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I guess that all provided codecs by the API are hardware ones. Why do you need this info?
– user2399321
Oct 19 '13 at 10:52
@user2399321 Why do you need this info
– san
Jan 1 '14 at 23:20
@san The knowledge if some codec "really hw" looks useless because of resolving some tasks: - task 1. regular developer want to decode A encoded video. What should the app do if A is not hw accelerated? - task 2. regular developer want to decode A and decode it to B. What should the app do if A and B are not hw accelerated? Ok, probably B is not fixed and there's will be C on the device which is "hw", for example it will be uploaded to some server which can support C, but there always will be some next device with D which is not supported by the server.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:20
@san task 3. not android developer[?] want to collect stats about hw codecs on different devices. In this case I believe that the guy probably will get more info somewhere at grepcode or elsewhere like this. Best Regards.
– user2399321
Jan 3 '14 at 10:21
@user2399321 Bottomline is, if you know the answer you can just answer and move on, without questioning user2885276's motives and being presumptuous. Unless what you are asking for helps compose a better answer, which I doubt.
– san
Jan 3 '14 at 19:28