The Core Media Formats table below describes the media format support built into the Android platform. Note that any given mobile device may provide support for additional formats or file types not listed in the table.
For your convenience, the table T-Mobile G1 Media Formats describes additional media formats and characteristics provided by the T-Mobile G1 device. Other devices may support additional formats not listed on this page.
As an application developer, you are free to make use of any media codec that is available on any Android-powered device, including those provided by the Android platform and those that are device-specific.
| Type | Format | Encoder | Decoder | Details | File Type(s) Supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | AAC LC/LTP | X | Mono/Stereo content in any combination of standard bit rates up to 160 kbps and sampling rates from 8 to 48kHz | 3GPP (.3gp) and MPEG-4 (.mp4, .m4a). No support for raw AAC (.aac) | |
| HE-AACv1 (AAC+) | X | ||||
| HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+) | X | ||||
| AMR-NB | X | X | 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz | 3GPP (.3gp) | |
| AMR-WB | X | 9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz | 3GPP (.3gp) | ||
| MP3 | X | Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bit-rate (VBR) | MP3 (.mp3) | ||
| MIDI | X | MIDI Type 0 and 1. DLS Version 1 and 2. XMF and Mobile XMF. Support for ringtone formats RTTTL/RTX, OTA, and iMelody | Type 0 and 1 (.mid, .xmf, .mxmf). Also RTTTL/RTX (.rtttl, .rtx), OTA (.ota), and iMelody (.imy) | ||
| Ogg Vorbis | X | Ogg (.ogg) | |||
| PCM/WAVE | X | 8- and 16-bit linear PCM (rates up to limit of hardware) | WAVE (.wav) | ||
| Image | JPEG | X | X | Base+progressive | JPEG (.jpg) |
| GIF | X | GIF (.gif) | |||
| PNG | X | PNG (.png) | |||
| BMP | X | BMP (.bmp) | |||
| Video | H.263 | X | X | 3GPP (.3gp) and MPEG-4 (.mp4) | |
| H.264 AVC | X | 3GPP (.3gp) and MPEG-4 (.mp4) | |||
| MPEG-4 SP | X | 3GPP (.3gp) |
The table below lists media formats supported by the T-Mobile G1 in addition to those provided as part of the Android platform. This table also details G1-specific performance characteristics of some Android core media formats.
| Type | Format | Encoder | Decoder | Comment | File Type(s) Supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | WMA | X | Supports WMA standard L1-L3:
|
Windows Media Audio (.wma) | |
| Video | WMV | X | Versions 7, 8 and 9. Simple profile only | Windows Media Video (.wmv) | |
| H.264 AVC | X | On the G1, this decoder is limited to baseline profile up to 480x320, and 600 kbps average bitrate for the video stream. | 3GPP (.3gp) and MPEG-4 (.mp4) |
