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<p>The <a href="#core">Core Media Formats</a> 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. </p>
<p>For your convenience, the table <a href="#g1">T-Mobile G1 Media Formats</a> describes additional media format details for the T-Mobile G1 device. </p>


<h2 id="core">Core Media Formats</h2>

<table>
<tbody>
<tr>

<th>Type</th>
<th>Format</th>
<th>Encoder</th>
<th>Decoder</th>
<th>Details</th>
<th>File Type(s) Supported</th>
</tr>

<tr>
<td rowspan="9">Audio</td>
<td>AAC LC/LTP</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td rowspan="3">Mono/Stereo content in any combination of standard bit rates up to 160 kbps and sampling rates from 8 to 48kHz</td>
<td rowspan="3">3GPP (.3gp) and MPEG-4 (.mp4, .m4a). No support for raw AAC (.aac)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>HE-AACv1 (AAC+)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+)</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>AMR-NB</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz</td>
<td>3GPP (.3gp)
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>AMR-WB</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz</td>
<td>3GPP (.3gp)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>MP3</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bit-rate (VBR)
</td>
<td>MP3 (.mp3)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>MIDI</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>MIDI Type 0 and 1. DLS Version 1 and 2. XMF and Mobile XMF. Support for ringtone formats RTTTL/RTX, OTA, and iMelody </td>
<td>Type 0 and 1 (.mid, .xmf, .mxmf). Also RTTTL/RTX (.rtttl, .rtx), OTA (.ota), and iMelody (.imy)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Ogg Vorbis</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Ogg (.ogg)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>PCM/WAVE</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>8- and 16-bit linear PCM (rates up to limit of hardware)</td>
<td>WAVE (.wav)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td rowspan="4">Image</td>
<td>JPEG</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>Base+progressive</td>
<td>JPEG (.jpg)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>GIF</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>GIF (.gif)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>PNG</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>PNG (.png)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>BMP</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>BMP (.bmp)</td>
</tr>

 
<tr>
<td rowspan="3">Video</td>
<td>H.263</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3GPP (.3gp)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>H.264 AVC</td>
<td style="text-align: center;"></td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3GPP (.3gp) and MPEG-4 (.mp4)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>MPEG-4 SP</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3GPP (.3gp)</td>
</tr>

</tbody></table>

<h2 id="g1">T-Mobile G1 Media Formats</h2>

<p>In addition to the core media formats supported in the Android platform, the T-Mobile G1 also supports the formats listed below.</p>

<table>
<tbody>

<tr>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Format</th>
<th>Encoder</th>
<th>Decoder</th>
<th>Details</th>
<th>File Type(s) Supported</th>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Audio</td>
<td>WMA</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>Supports WMA standard L1-L3:
<ul>
<li>L1: 64 kbps - 161 kbps @ 44.1kHz</li>
<li>L2: &lt;=161 kbps &lt;=48 kHz</li>
<li>L3: &lt;385 kbps &lt;=48 kHz</li>
</ul>
Mono and stereo profiles with 16-bits per sample. Decoder does not support WMA Pro, Lossless, or Speech codecs.
</td>
<td>Windows Media Audio (.wma)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td rowspan="3">Video</td>
<td>WMV</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>Versions 7, 8 and 9. Simple profile only</td>
<td>Windows Media Video (.wmv)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>H.263</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>3GPP (.3gp) and MPEG-4 (.mp4)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>H.264&nbsp;AVC</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">X</td>
<td>Limited to baseline profile up to 480x320, and 600 kbps average bitrate for the video stream.</td>
<td>3GPP (.3gp) and MPEG-4 (.mp4)</td>
</tr>

</tbody></table>


<p>Note that Windows Media codecs are not part of the Android platform and require special licensing from Microsoft or an authorized developer such as Packet Video.</p>
