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Detailed listing of multimedia codecs on an Android device

release_2.6.0

3 months ago

NOTE: Included APKs are for the "standard" product flavor and, as a result, does not contain app rating and in-app update.

  • Added an option to save info for a selected codec/DRM to Logcat.
  • Added querying for a resource rating tier and decrypt hash function for Widevine.
  • Added more known codec and device issues.
  • Added 12 more color formats from Samsung.
  • Viewing info for an already seen codec/DRM should be much faster now.
  • Improved reporting of the max resolution for codecs on devices that underreport it.
  • Bugfixes and general improvements.

release_2.5.1

8 months ago

NOTE: Included APKs are for the "standard" product flavor and, as a result, does not contain app rating and in-app update.

  • Removed support for Android 4.4 and older.
  • Removed support for legacy gestures on a few very old Samsung phones.
  • Added known color formats from SPRD/PacketVideo.
  • Bugfixes and general improvements.

release_2.5.0

11 months ago

NOTE: Included APKs are for the "standard" product flavor and, as a result, does not contain app rating, in-app update and support for Samsung gestures using the legacy Gestures SDK.

  • Added detecting features introduced in Android 14.
  • Added more known codec issues.
  • Added more known color formats.
  • Added showing an optional indicator icon if a codec is hardware-accelerated.
  • Added showing supported vendor parameters on Android 12+ devices.
  • DRM detection should be now much faster on Android 11+ devices.
  • Improved low latency dectection on Android 12+ devices.
  • Bugfixes and general improvements.

release_2.4.0

1 year ago

NOTE: Included APKs are for the "standard" product flavor and, as a result, does not contain app rating, in-app update and support for Samsung gestures using the legacy Gestures SDK.

  • Added detecting features introduced in Android 13.
  • Improved detecting hardware acceleration for audio codecs.
  • Added more known codec issues.
  • Added a second database for known multimedia issues with devices regardless of a used codec.
  • AC3 codecs should now provide a correct max sampling rates also on older devices.
  • Fixed some video encoders under-reporting their 1080p/4K capabilities.
  • Dynamic theming can now be used on most Android 5.0+ devices.
  • Bugfixes and general improvements.

release_2.3.0

2 years ago

NOTE: Included APKs are for the "standard" product flavor and, as a result, does not contain app rating and support for Samsung gestures using the legacy Gestures SDK.

  • Added detecting features introduced in Android 12.
  • Added optional dynamic theming on Android 12 and newer.
  • Input channel count now shows both minimal and maximal values.
  • Bugfixes and general improvements.

release_2.2.2

2 years ago

NOTE: Included APKs are for the "standard" product flavor and, as a result, does not contain app rating and support for Samsung gestures using the legacy Gestures SDK.

  • Bugfixes and small improvements.

release_2.2.1

2 years ago

NOTE: Included APKs are for the "standard" product flavor and, as a result, does not contain app rating and support for Samsung gestures using the legacy Gestures SDK.

2.2.1:

  • Improved UI for bigger tablets and Chromebooks in a landscape orientation.
  • Improved compatibility with Samsung DeX.
  • Improved searching for codec/DRM names.
  • Bugfixes and small improvements.

2.2.0:

  • Added querying for System Renawability Message (SRM) properties for Widevine.
  • Listing secure decoders on Android 5.0-6.0 should now be more reliable.
  • Added a workaround for Oppo R9 not listing a generic raw audio decoder.
  • (Android TV) Significant APK size reduction.
  • Reported max resolution should be now more accurate for some codecs.

release_2.1.0

3 years ago

NOTE: Included APKs are for the "standard" product flavor and, as a result, does not contain app rating and support for Samsung gestures using the legacy Gestures SDK. Starting from this version, there will be a separate APK for Android TVs to lower the APK and app size for most users.

  • Codec Info will now detect and inform users about known issues with some codecs. If you know about an issue that's not being displayed, please submit an issue (preferably with additional references) or send a feedback email about it!
  • Added more known color formats from Broadcom, MediaTek, Qualcomm and Samsung.
  • Getting supported profile levels for VP9 codecs should be now more accurate on Android <= 6.0.
  • Provide better estimates for DivX codecs.
  • Bugfixes and general improvements.

release_2.0.0

3 years ago

NOTE: Included APK is for the "openSource" product flavor and, as a result, does not contain app rating and support for Samsung gestures using the legacy Gestures SDK.

  • Added a new tab with DRM types (and their properties) supported by the device.
  • Added a search functionality - search for info in a current list of codecs/DRM or codec/DRM properties!
  • UI overhaul providing improvements for larger screens, landscape orientation and dark mode.
  • Bugfixes and general improvements.

release_1.11.0

3 years ago

NOTE: Included APK is for the "openSource" product flavor and, as a result, does not contain app rating and support for Samsung gestures using the legacy Gestures SDK.

  • Improved hardware acceleration detection for some older Qualcomm codecs.
  • (Android 10 and newer) Aliases for other codecs are now hidden by default; this can be changed in settings.
  • Added color formats from newer Qualcomm SoCs.
  • Bugfixes and general improvements.