diff --git a/media/libmedia/CodecCapabilitiesUtils.cpp b/media/libmedia/CodecCapabilitiesUtils.cpp
index 7f1463e..edfc9be 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/CodecCapabilitiesUtils.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/CodecCapabilitiesUtils.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cmath>
+#include <regex>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -29,4 +30,24 @@
 
 namespace android {
 
+std::optional<Range<int>> ParseIntRange(const std::string &str) {
+    if (str.empty()) {
+        ALOGW("could not parse empty integer range");
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+    int lower, upper;
+    std::regex regex("([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)");
+    std::smatch match;
+    if (std::regex_match(str, match, regex)) {
+        lower = std::atoi(match[1].str().c_str());
+        upper = std::atoi(match[2].str().c_str());
+    } else if (std::atoi(str.c_str()) != 0) {
+        lower = upper = std::atoi(str.c_str());
+    } else {
+        ALOGW("could not parse integer range: %s", str.c_str());
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+    return std::make_optional<Range<int>>(lower, upper);
+}
+
 }  // namespace android
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