How to get a bitmap (frames) from a video using MediaCodec

Question

I am trying to get all frames from a video file using MediaCodec. If I try to show the video on SurfaceView, everything will be fine. But if the surface is NULL, and when I try to get a bitmap from an array of bytes, alwaus get a null exception or a runtime.

This is my code:

private class PlayerThread extends Thread {
    private MediaExtractor extractor;
    private MediaCodec decoder;
    private Surface surface;

    public PlayerThread(Surface surface) {
        this.surface = surface;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        extractor = new MediaExtractor();
        extractor.setDataSource(videoPath);

        for (int i = 0; i < extractor.getTrackCount(); i++) {
            MediaFormat format = extractor.getTrackFormat(i);
            String mime = format.getString(MediaFormat.KEY_MIME);
            if (mime.startsWith("video/")) {
                extractor.selectTrack(i);
                decoder = MediaCodec.createDecoderByType(mime);
                decoder.configure(format, /*surface*/ null, null, 0);
                break;
            }
        }

        if (decoder == null) {
            Log.e("DecodeActivity", "Can't find video info!");
            return;
        }

        decoder.start();

        ByteBuffer[] inputBuffers = decoder.getInputBuffers();
        ByteBuffer[] outputBuffers = decoder.getOutputBuffers();
        BufferInfo info = new BufferInfo();
        boolean isEOS = false;

        while (!Thread.interrupted()) {
            ++numFrames;
            if (!isEOS) {
                int inIndex = decoder.dequeueInputBuffer(10000);
                if (inIndex >= 0) {
                    ByteBuffer buffer = inputBuffers[inIndex];
                    int sampleSize = extractor.readSampleData(buffer, 0);
                    if (sampleSize < 0) {
                        // We shouldn't stop the playback at this point,
                        // just pass the EOS
                        // flag to decoder, we will get it again from the
                        // dequeueOutputBuffer
                        Log.d("DecodeActivity",
                                "InputBuffer BUFFER_FLAG_END_OF_STREAM");
                        decoder.queueInputBuffer(inIndex, 0, 0, 0,
                                MediaCodec.BUFFER_FLAG_END_OF_STREAM);
                        isEOS = true;
                    } else {
                        decoder.queueInputBuffer(inIndex, 0, sampleSize,
                                extractor.getSampleTime(), 0);
                        extractor.advance();
                    }
                }
            }

            int outIndex = decoder.dequeueOutputBuffer(info, 10000);
            switch (outIndex) {
            case MediaCodec.INFO_OUTPUT_BUFFERS_CHANGED:
                Log.d("DecodeActivity", "INFO_OUTPUT_BUFFERS_CHANGED");
                outputBuffers = decoder.getOutputBuffers();
                break;
            case MediaCodec.INFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT_CHANGED:
                Log.d("DecodeActivity",
                        "New format " + decoder.getOutputFormat());
                break;
            case MediaCodec.INFO_TRY_AGAIN_LATER:
                Log.d("DecodeActivity", "dequeueOutputBuffer timed out!");
                break;
            default:
                // I tried get Bitmap on few ways
                //1.
                //ByteBuffer buffer = outputBuffers[outIndex];
                //byte[] ba = new byte[buffer.remaining()];
                //buffer.get(ba);
                //final Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(ba, 0, ba.length);// this return null
                //2. 
                //ByteBuffer buffer = outputBuffers[outIndex];
                //final Bitmap bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(1920, 1080, Config.ARGB_8888);//using MediaFormat object I know width and height
                //int a = bmp.getByteCount(); //8294400
                //buffer.rewind();
                //int b = buffer.capacity();//3137536
                //int c = buffer.remaining();//3137536
                //bmp.copyPixelsFromBuffer(buffer); // java.lang.RuntimeException: Buffer not large enough for pixels
                //I know what exception mean, but i don't know why xception occurs

                //In this place I need bitmap

                // We use a very simple clock to keep the video FPS, or the
                // video
                // playback will be too fast
                while (info.presentationTimeUs / 1000 > System
                        .currentTimeMillis() - startMs) {
                    try {
                        sleep(10);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        break;
                    }
                }
                decoder.releaseOutputBuffer(outIndex, true);
                break;
            }

            // All decoded frames have been rendered, we can stop playing
            // now
            if ((info.flags & MediaCodec.BUFFER_FLAG_END_OF_STREAM) != 0) {
                Log.d("DecodeActivity",
                        "OutputBuffer BUFFER_FLAG_END_OF_STREAM");
                break;
            }
        }

        decoder.stop();
        decoder.release();
        extractor.release();
    }
}

I do not know how to solve it.

Samos

Answer 1

There are several issues with your code (or possibly with MediaCodec).

Firstly, ByteBuffer processing in MediaCodec is small, so you need to manually set the buffer parameters from the values ​​in the BufferInfo object filled out dequeueOutputBuffer().

-, , MediaCodec, YUV, RGB. Android 4.4, Android , Bitmap. YUV-to-RGB ( - ). , .

MediaCodec - CTS EncodeDecodeTest (, checkFrame()).

- , OpenGL ES. ExtractMpegFramesTest , .

Answer 2

:

switch reset ByteBuffer, :

ByteBuffer buffer = outputBuffers[outIndex];
byte[] ba = new byte[buffer.remaining()];
buffer.get(ba); 

-

ByteBuffer buffer = outputBuffers[outIndex];
buffer.position(info.offset);
buffer.limit(info.offset + info.size);
byte[] ba = new byte[buffer.remaining()];
buffer.get(ba); 

, ByteBuffer () 0.