Transcode/Convert Video to Mp4 on Android

Question

I\'ve a requirement where I need to transcode small video clips shot from Native camera app to lower bitrate/resolution Mp4 which is shreable via email etc.

What is the

Answer 1

Your best bet would be to use something like ffmpeg which has been ported to Android (see this SO post: ffmpeg for a android (using tutorial: "ffmpeg and Android.mk") and the ffmpeg port for android which is here: http://bambuser.com/opensource). You'll have to use JNI etc, but that will save you the hassle of dealing with the byte stream yourself.

Answer 2

Haven't tried it on Android myself, so YMMV:

Is there a Java API for mp4 files?

http://code.google.com/p/mp4parser/

Answer 3

If you're recording on-device, why not set the expected format from your code? It appears the api lets you set video size, framerate etc. in the MediaRecorder class.