public java.lang.String getCodec() {
      java.lang.Object ref = codec_;
      if (!(ref instanceof java.lang.String)) {
        com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
        java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
        codec_ = s;
        return s;
      } else {
        return (java.lang.String) ref;
      }
    }
<pre>
The codec for this audio stream. The default is `aac`.

Supported audio codecs:

- `aac`
- `aac-he`
- `aac-he-v2`
- `mp3`
- `ac3`
- `eac3`
</pre>

<code>string codec = 1;</code>

@return The codec.
java-video-transcoder/proto-google-cloud-video-transcoder-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/video/transcoder/v1/AudioStream.java