How add my own new codec to Android

[Akash Guttedar]

Hi

I'm very new to Android. Now i need to work on Adding my own codec to
Android.I mean, I want to know what all the steps i need to take to
add my own codec to android.

I'm very fresh to this i need some basic things, so can someone please
explain the steps I need to take in order to add a new codec to
Android?

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Best Regards
Akash Guttedar

[Glenn Kasten]

"codec" has many meanings (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec ),
so I'll assume you mean a lossy or lossless codec for audio/video
media such as MP3, AAC, H.264, etc. I don't have a step-by-step
checklist, but recommend reading this code in frameworks/base/media/
libstagefright/ : include/*Decoder.h, codecs/, omx/, and OMX* and
following the examples of the existing codecs. You should also skim
the files *Extractor.cpp and include/*Extractor.h as there is often a
close relationship between the container formats and the codecs that
can be in each container.

[Mahya Rabani]

did you get the answer, i have this problem now and i don't knoe what to do