Decoding an RTP stream with H264 data on Android Using MediaCodec

Question

I am currently attempting to parse H264 data from an RTP stream and then send it to the MediaCodec to render on a SurfaceView for Android.

However, I'm not certain how to:

• build the H264 slices properly from the RTP packets
• send the H264 slices to the media codec once they are assembled into slices

I have not seen any examples of this implemented in a clear and concise way and I haven't found the MediaCodec docs to be at all helpful.

Anyone have any experience in this domain?

void videoCodec(ByteBuffer input, int flags) {

    bufferInfo.set(0, 0, 0, flags);

    int inputBufferId = codec.dequeueInputBuffer(10000);

    if (inputBufferId >= 0) {

        //put data
        ByteBuffer inputData = inputBuffers[inputBufferId];

        inputData.clear();
        inputData.put(input);

        //queue it up
        codec.queueInputBuffer(inputBufferId, 0, input.limit(), 0, flags);
    }

    int outputBufferId = codec.dequeueOutputBuffer(bufferInfo, 10000);

    if (outputBufferId >= 0) {
        // outputBuffers[outputBufferId] is ready to be processed or rendered.
        Timber.e("Rendering Data with Index of: %s", outputBufferId);
        codec.releaseOutputBuffer(outputBufferId, true);

    } else if (outputBufferId == MediaCodec.INFO_OUTPUT_BUFFERS_CHANGED) {
        outputBuffers = codec.getOutputBuffers();
    } else if (outputBufferId == MediaCodec.INFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT_CHANGED) {
        // Subsequent data will conform to new format.
        //format = codec.getOutputFormat();
    }
}

 MediaFormat format = MediaFormat.createVideoFormat(MediaFormat.MIMETYPE_VIDEO_AVC, 1920, 1080);
                    codec = MediaCodec.createDecoderByType(MediaFormat.MIMETYPE_VIDEO_AVC);
                    codec.configure(format, surfaceVideo.getHolder().getSurface(), null, 0);
                    codec.start();


                    inputBuffers = codec.getInputBuffers();
                    outputBuffers = codec.getOutputBuffers();

      while (streaming) {

          //receive RTP Packet
          h264Parser(rtpPacket.getPayload());

      }

And the the h264Parser looks something like this:

void h264Parser(byte[] payload) {

    int packetType = (byte) payload[0] & (byte) 0x1F;
    boolean startBit = (payload[1] & 0x80) != 0;
    boolean endBit = (payload[1] & 0x40) != 0;
    int flags = 0;

    switch (packetType) {
        case 7:
            pps = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            pps.write(prefix);
            pps.write(payload);
            break;
        case 8:
            if (pps.size() > 0) {
               pps.write(payload);
               hasPps = true;
               flags = MediaCodec.BUFFER_FLAG_CODEC_CONFIG;
               payload = pps.toByteArray();
               //Send packet to decoder
               videoCodec(ByteBuffer.wrap(payload), flags);
            break;
        case 28:

            if (hasPps) {
                if (startBit) {
                    baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                    baos.write(prefix);
                    baos.write(payload);
                } else if (endBit) {
                        if(baos != null) {
                            baos.write(payload);
                            flags = MediaCodec.BUFFER_FLAG_KEY_FRAME;
                            payload = baos.toByteArray();
                            //Send packet to decoder
                            videoCodec(ByteBuffer.wrap(payload), flags);
                            hasPps = false;
                } else {
                        if(baos != null ) {
                            baos.write(payload);
                        }
                }
            }

            break;
        case 1:
            break;
        default:
    }

Answer 1

As far as i remember MediaCodec uses full acess units, not only slices (someone correct me of i'm wrong)

So you have to build a complete acess unit form RTP and feed it to the decoder (sadly i have no experience with RTP and cannot help you with building one).

You send the access units to the decoder as follows:

Dequeue a inputbuffer

int inputBufferIndex = decoder.dequeueInputBuffer(TIMEOUT_USEC); ByteBuffer inputBuffer = videoDecoderInputBuffers[videoInputBufIndex];

Fill it with your access unit

inputBuffer.put(acessUnit); inputBuffer.flip();

Queue the buffer for decoding

decoder.queueInputBuffer(inputBufferIndex,0,inputBuffer.limit(), 0, FLAGS);

I hope this helps a little