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I am confused with what codec is used by Android MediaCodec ?

From the below link: 

https://vec.io/tags/ffmpeg

I could sense that, MediaCodec is used for hardware encoding.

But then, when I look at

"New Low-Level Media APIs in Android" presentation by Dave Burke, from Google Summit 2012, MediaCodec is a framework providing an architecture to introduce new codec by means of OMX IL in the HAL Layer. [ Please correct me if i am wrong ? ] that means, it can be either hardware codec, or software codec.

How can I assure that if hardware codec is used?

Alexey Malev
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  • Both are available. Which is used depends on the codec in question and your platform. For example, hardware AVC codecs are available on all Nexus devices, but the emulator uses a software AVC codec. Are you asking generally, or did you want a runtime check on a specific instance of MediaCodec? – fadden Apr 03 '14 at 14:40
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    @fadden If you have any advice on how to check at runtime if the codec is hardware of software, I'd like to hear it. Thanks! – Arnaud Dec 24 '14 at 04:59
  • @fadden,@ganesh 'is there any runtime checks, or any hints to verify which is used by MediaCodec ? In Samsung devices I usually see logs printing MFC adapter, What does it mean to? – nmxprime Sep 23 '15 at 08:34

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