From 98bee122fee2270d287a714c266abf0415465a89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Gutman <aicommander@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 17:14:16 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Don't report any HEVC decoders on pre-Lollipop devices

---
 .../com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecHelper.java     | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecHelper.java
index 085c6c6f..1df8d7db 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/binding/video/MediaCodecHelper.java
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ public class MediaCodecHelper {
 		if (Build.DEVICE.equalsIgnoreCase("shieldtablet")) {
 			return false;
 		}
+
+		// Google didn't have official support for HEVC (or more importantly, a CTS test) until
+		// Lollipop. I've seen some MediaTek devices on 4.4 crash when attempting to use HEVC,
+		// so I'm restricting HEVC usage to Lollipop and higher.
+		if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		return isDecoderInList(whitelistedHevcDecoders, decoderName);
 	}