Media3 Inspector

The androidx.media3.inspector module lets you inspect media files by extracting information from them. You don't need to instantiate a full player, which makes the module ideal for non-playback scenarios.

This module includes the following APIs:

• MetadataRetriever: Retrieves high-level metadata.
• FrameExtractor: Extracts individual decoded video frames and thumbnails.
• MediaExtractorCompat: Extracts raw, encoded media samples.

Getting started

Add the dependencies for the required modules:

implementation("androidx.media3:media3-inspector:1.11.0")
implementation("androidx.media3:media3-inspector-frame:1.11.0")

implementation"androidx.media3:media3-inspector:1.11.0"
implementation"androidx.media3:media3-inspector-frame:1.11.0"

If you are migrating your app from platform APIs, these features provide equivalent functionality: