androidx/media

Features

• Media Capture and Playback - Implements a comprehensive system for audio and video streaming with controls for pausing, seeking, and session management.
• Multimedia APIs - Provides a comprehensive programming interface for raw media stream processing, MIDI device management, and video frame rendering.
• Audio Hardware Routing - Provides mechanisms to route audio streams to specific hardware outputs and system sound tracks.
• Audio Routing Policies - Defines audio attributes and usage policies to control how sound is routed and captured on the device.
• Content Mapping Schemas - Links media items to descriptive labels and DRM configurations using a structured metadata schema.
• Local Media Library Management - Organizes media content libraries and metadata to allow users to browse and select items for playback.
• Media Content Streaming - Plays audio or video using standardized player implementations or custom base classes.
• Media Playback Controls - Shares playback state with external controllers and handles remote commands for media applications.
• Playback Session Management - Handles audio and video playback sessions and controls the state of the media stream.
• Remote Session Synchronization - Shares playback state with external sources and receives remote control commands.
• Session Controllers - Synchronizes playback state with external controllers and manages media shortcuts on wearable devices.
• Media Metadata Managers - Provides tools for attaching and organizing descriptive labels and structural metadata for media items and playlists.
• MIDI Hardware Integration - Enables interaction with MIDI hardware and the processing of musical data streams within applications.
• Android Media Frameworks - Provides the primary framework library for audio and video playback, session management, and media routing on Android.
• Metadata Managers - Organizes descriptive labels, content channels, and DRM configurations for media items and playlists.
• Player Abstractions - Decouples playback logic from specific media engines using a common set of controls and state query methods.
• Media Content Managers - Defines media content configurations including DRM, live playback settings, clipping, and subtitles.
• Usage & Capture Policies - Sets audio usage, content types, and capture policies to define the platform audio track.
• Media Editing Tools - Provides capabilities for transcoding formats, trimming clips, cropping frames, and adding custom effects.
• Premium Audiovisual Enhancements - Integrates advanced enhancements including HDR, spatial audio, and picture-in-picture modes for media playback.
• Raw Media Data Transport - Transports uncompressed media data between processes using shared memory and data streams.
• Video Frame Processing - Applies changes and visual effects to individual video frames using a processing graph.
• Processing Graphs - Implements a graph-based pipeline for applying sequential visual effects and transformations to video frames.
• Video Playback Components - Displays video frames and playback controls using dedicated view components or drawing surfaces.
• Video Editing - Provides tools for transcoding formats, trimming clips, and applying visual effects to video files.
• Media Library Access - Provides interfaces for navigating structured content libraries to select media items for playback.
• Shared Memory Arrays - Moves raw media data between processes using shared memory mapped files to avoid expensive copying.
• Playback State Synchronizations - Synchronizes playback state between external controllers and OS overlays to maintain consistency.

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