androidx / androidx/media

Support Matroska zlib compressed tracks

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Since Apr 23, 2025.

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Description

Use case description

Today, the Matroska extractor only supports header stripping (method 3) for Matroska track compression. However, zlib compressed tracks (method 0) exist in the wild, not uncommonly for subtitles (eg PGS). (Google "Muxing mode : zlib")

Proposed solution

Add support for zlib compressed tracks in the Matroska extractor.
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