WhatTheCodec

4.2.1

Javernaut

3.60

24 reviews

1,000+
Downloads

Free

Displays video, audio and subtitle information of a video or audio file

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About WhatTheCodec

WhatTheCodec is a tools app developed by Javernaut.

Download Statistics

WhatTheCodec has been downloaded 3.5 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 5 times.

User Ratings

WhatTheCodec is rated 3.60 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 24 ratings.

App Information

WhatTheCodec is FREE to download. The APK download size is 17.85 MB. The latest version available is 4.2.1. The last update was on May 25, 2026.

Technical Requirements

WhatTheCodec requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play August 2019.

Description

This app shows information about all media streams inside a video or audio files.

For video streams the app shows: file format name, video codec name and frame size. Also the app the app shows 4 equidistant frames from a video file.
For audio streams: audio codec name, bit rate, number of channels, channel layout, sample rate and format.
For subtitle streams: title and language from stream’s metadata.

Internally the app uses the FFmpeg library and supports all video/audio/subtitle codecs from it.

The READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is used to actually read data from files that reside on the external storage and to reconstruct the file path.

The source code of the the app and more technical description can be found here: https://github.com/Javernaut/WhatTheCodec

Recent changes:
- UI twiks and improved landscape mode
- 16kb page support for recent Android OS versions

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More data about WhatTheCodec

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	3.5 thousand
Recent downloads	5
Rating	3.60 based on 24 ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	4.2.1
APK size	17.8 MB
Number of libraries	10
Designed for Android	4.1+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Google Play Rating history and histogram

Downloads over time

WhatTheCodec has been downloaded 3.5 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it has been downloaded 5 times.

Changelog of WhatTheCodec

May 25, 2026UpdateVersion 4.2.1
May 4, 2024UpdateVersion 4.1.0
Feb 2, 2024UpdateVersion 3.6.1
Mar 26, 2022UpdateVersion 3.6.0
Sep 12, 2021UpdateVersion 3.5.0
May 13, 2021Installs1,000+ installs
Nov 14, 2020Installs500+ installs
Oct 9, 2020UpdateVersion 3.4.2
Jul 10, 2020UpdateVersion 3.4.1
Jun 30, 2020UpdateVersion 3.4.0
Jun 5, 2020Installs100+ installs
Apr 17, 2020UpdateVersion 3.3.0
Mar 7, 2020Installs50+ installs
Dec 29, 2019UpdateVersion 3.2.0
Nov 16, 2019UpdateVersion 3.1.0
Oct 28, 2019UpdateVersion 3.0.0
Oct 9, 2019Installs10+ installs
Sep 15, 2019UpdateVersion 1.0.3
Sep 10, 2019Installs5+ installs
Aug 10, 2019New AppVersion 1.0.2 in TOOLS for Free

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Developer information for Javernaut

Javernaut

what.the.codec@gmail.com

Website

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Comments on WhatTheCodec for Android

★★★★★ Samanawaya Datta · Apr 10, 2022

Pretty cool one. And a material one, on top. Good stuff.

★★★★★ Joe Tucker · Jul 14, 2023

Simple. Help cull. (Any chance that the Play Store still offer Codec Packs?)

Google Play Rankings for WhatTheCodec

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Technologies used by WhatTheCodec

WhatTheCodec is requesting 2 permissions and is using 11 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Extra

com.javernaut.whatthecodec.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable Android Jetpack Annotations Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Annotations Android Jetpack Widgets Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Widgets Android Jetpack AppCompat Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack AppCompat AndroidX Activity Android Library Icon

AndroidX Activity Android Activity Saved State Android Library Icon

Android Activity Saved State Kotlin Android Library Icon

Kotlin

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