Disallow vp8 MediaCodec in MediaCodecUtil instead of AVDA.

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

Index: media/base/android/java/src/org/chromium/media/MediaCodecUtil.java
diff --git a/media/base/android/java/src/org/chromium/media/MediaCodecUtil.java b/media/base/android/java/src/org/chromium/media/MediaCodecUtil.java
index a8adcd7beb2d8df1ef4f26be5608c9f6da7f2387..f6d97af9f23fd9c05cb4d45dcdbe26f5cffca74e 100644
--- a/media/base/android/java/src/org/chromium/media/MediaCodecUtil.java
+++ b/media/base/android/java/src/org/chromium/media/MediaCodecUtil.java
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ class MediaCodecUtil {
         // *** 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.