diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
index e812659768..730f9adbae 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/video/MediaCodecVideoRenderer.java
@@ -486,6 +486,14 @@ public class MediaCodecVideoRenderer extends MediaCodecRenderer
   @Override
   protected @Capabilities int supportsFormat(MediaCodecSelector mediaCodecSelector, Format format)
       throws DecoderQueryException {
+        return rendererSupportsFormat(context, mediaCodecSelector, format);
+      }
+
+  public static @Capabilities int rendererSupportsFormat(
+      Context context,
+      MediaCodecSelector mediaCodecSelector,
+      Format format)
+      throws DecoderQueryException {  
     String mimeType = format.sampleMimeType;
     if (!MimeTypes.isVideo(mimeType)) {
       return RendererCapabilities.create(C.FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE);