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+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package androidx.media3.transformer;
+
+import androidx.annotation.IntDef;
+import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi;
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Repository of chipset-specific recommendations and/or optimizations for using Android platform
+ * provided {@linkplain android.media.MediaCodec video codecs}.
+ *
+ * <p>Recommendations made by this class are based on Google-collected benchmark data collected on
+ * production devices leveraging the chipsets represented.
+ */
+@UnstableApi
+public final class CodecDbLite {
+
+  private CodecDbLite() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Internal entry in CodecDB Lite which represents a single codec and the recommended B-frame
+   * configuration for that codec.
+   */
+  private static final class VideoEncoderEntry {
+
+    /**
+     * The MIME type of the recommended video encoder to use.
+     *
+     * <p>This value can be passed into Transformer via {@link
+     * Transformer.Builder#setVideoMimeType(String)}.
+     */
+    private final String mimeType;
+
+    /**
+     * The recommended value for {@link android.media.MediaFormat#KEY_MAX_B_FRAMES}, where any value
+     * greater than 0 indicates that B-Frames should be used.
+     *
+     * <p>If a non-zero value is recommended, enabling B-frames will generally result in a gain in
+     * user-perceived video quality versus not enabling them.
+     */
+    private final int maxBFrames;
+
+    /**
+     * A composite spatial resolution (width x height) indicating where B-frames should be disabled.
+     *
+     * <p>In general, B-frame encoding for hardware-encoders in the Android ecosystem tend to
+     * perform better at lower-resolutions. This resolution indicates a cutoff above which B-frames
+     * should not be enabled.
+     */
+    private final int bFrameResolutionCutoff;
+
+    /**
+     * Flags that indicate other optimizations that should be performed on the video encoder
+     * specified by this recommendation.
+     */
+    private final @VideoEncoderEntry.FormatOptimization int formatOptimizations;
+
+    private VideoEncoderEntry(
+        String mimeType,
+        int maxBFrames,
+        int bFrameResolutionCutoff,
+        @VideoEncoderEntry.FormatOptimization int formatOptimizations) {
+      this.mimeType = mimeType;
+      this.maxBFrames = maxBFrames;
+      this.bFrameResolutionCutoff = bFrameResolutionCutoff;
+      this.formatOptimizations = formatOptimizations;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Flags that indicate a specific optimization should be made to the {@link
+     * android.media.MediaFormat} used to configure a specific video encoder.
+     */
+    @Documented
+    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
+    @Target({ElementType.TYPE_USE, ElementType.TYPE_PARAMETER})
+    @IntDef(
+        flag = true,
+        value = {
+          VideoEncoderEntry.FormatOptimization.FORMAT_OPTIMIZATION_NONE,
+          VideoEncoderEntry.FormatOptimization
+              .FORMAT_OPTIMIZATION_SET_TEMPORAL_LAYERING_FOR_B_FRAMES
+        })
+    private @interface FormatOptimization {
+      /** Flag indicating that no additional optimizations need to be made to the encoder. */
+      int FORMAT_OPTIMIZATION_NONE = 0;
+
+      /**
+       * Flag indicating that to enable B-frames on a given device, that {@link
+       * android.media.MediaFormat#KEY_TEMPORAL_LAYERING} must also be set.
+       */
+      int FORMAT_OPTIMIZATION_SET_TEMPORAL_LAYERING_FOR_B_FRAMES = 1;
+    }
+  }
+}