Disallow vp8 MediaCodec in MediaCodecUtil instead of AVDA.

media/base/android/java/src/org/chromium/media/MediaCodecUtil.java

 // Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 package org.chromium.media;
 
 import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.media.MediaCodec;
 import android.media.MediaCodecInfo;
 import android.media.MediaCodecList;
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      * Some devices cannot decode certain codecs, while other codecs work fine.
      * @param mime MIME type as passed to mediaCodec.createDecoderByType(mime).
      * @return true if this codec is supported for decoder on this device.
      */
     @CalledByNative
     static boolean isDecoderSupportedForDevice(String mime) {
         // *************************************************************
         // *** DO NOT ADD ANY NEW CODECS WITHOUT UPDATING MIME_UTIL. ***
         // *************************************************************
         if (mime.equals("video/x-vnd.on2.vp8")) {
+            // Only support VP8 on Android versions where we don't have to synchronously
+            // tear down the MediaCodec on surface destruction because VP8 requires us to
+            // completely drain the decoder before releasing it, which is difficult and
+            // time consuming to do while the surface is being destroyed.
+            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR2) return false;
+
             if (Build.MANUFACTURER.toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault()).equals("samsung")) {
                 // Some Samsung devices cannot render VP8 video directly to the surface.
 
                 // Samsung Galaxy S4.
                 // Only GT-I9505G with Android 4.3 and SPH-L720 (Sprint) with Android 5.0.1
                 // were tested. Only the first device has the problem.
                 // We blacklist popular Samsung Galaxy S4 models before Android L.
                 if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP
                         && (Build.MODEL.startsWith("GT-I9505")
                                    || Build.MODEL.startsWith("GT-I9500"))) {
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             MediaCodecInfo.CodecCapabilities capabilities = info.getCapabilitiesForType(mime);
             return (capabilities != null)
                     && capabilities.isFeatureSupported(
                                MediaCodecInfo.CodecCapabilities.FEATURE_AdaptivePlayback);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Cannot retrieve codec information", e);
         }
         return false;
     }
 }