android Supported Media Formats

This document describes the media codec, container, and network protocol support provided by the Android platform.

》The following network protocols are supported for audio and video playback:

• RTSP (RTP, SDP)
• HTTP/HTTPS progressive streaming
• HTTP/HTTPS live streaming draft protocol:
  • MPEG-2 TS media files only
  • Protocol version 3 (Android 4.0 and above)
  • Protocol version 2 (Android 3.x)
  • Not supported before Android 3.0

Note: HTTPS is not supported before Android 3.1.

> Android platform versions for Core media format and codec support
Audio: AAC LC;HE-AACv1 (AAC+);HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+);AAC ELD (enhanced low delay AAC);AMR-NB;AMR-WB;FLAC;MP3;MIDI;Vorbis;PCM/WAVE;Opus
Image: JPEG;GIF;PNG;BMP;WebP
Video: H.263;H.264 AVC;H.265 HEVC;MPEG-4 SP;VP8:VP9

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Table 2. Examples of supported video encoding parameters for the H.264 Baseline Profile codec.

	SD (Low quality)	SD (High quality)	HD 720p (N/A on all devices)
Video resolution	176 x 144 px	480 x 360 px	1280 x 720 px
Video frame rate	12 fps	30 fps	30 fps
Video bitrate	56 Kbps	500 Kbps	2 Mbps
Audio codec	AAC-LC	AAC-LC	AAC-LC
Audio channels	1 (mono)	2 (stereo)	2 (stereo)
Audio bitrate	24 Kbps	128 Kbps	192 Kbps

Table 3. Examples of supported video encoding parameters for the VP8 codec.

	SD (Low quality)	SD (High quality)	HD 720p (N/A on all devices)	HD 1080p (N/A on all devices)
Video resolution	320 x 180 px	640 x 360 px	1280 x 720 px	1920 x 1080 px
Video frame rate	30 fps	30 fps	30 fps	30 fps
Video bitrate	800 Kbps	2 Mbps	4 Mbps	10 Mbps