diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioGraph.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioGraph.java
index f5f29add47..924f91dd8d 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioGraph.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioGraph.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedDeque;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 /** Processes raw audio samples. */
-/* package */ final class AudioGraph implements SampleConsumer, OnMediaItemChangedListener {
+/* package */ final class AudioGraph implements GraphInput {
   private static final int MAX_INPUT_BUFFER_COUNT = 10;
   private final AudioFormat outputAudioFormat;
   private final SilentAudioGenerator silentAudioGenerator;
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioSampleExporter.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioSampleExporter.java
index 57fca918aa..a9fac0dab4 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioSampleExporter.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioSampleExporter.java
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ import androidx.media3.decoder.DecoderInputBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.Pure;
 
-/** Processes, re-encodes and muxes raw audio samples. */
+/** Processes, encodes and muxes raw audio samples. */
 /* package */ final class AudioSampleExporter extends SampleExporter {
+
   private static final int DEFAULT_ENCODER_BITRATE = 128 * 1024;
 
   private final Codec encoder;
@@ -96,23 +97,8 @@ import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.Pure;
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void onMediaItemChanged(
-      EditedMediaItem editedMediaItem,
-      long durationUs,
-      @Nullable Format trackFormat,
-      boolean isLast) {
-    audioGraph.onMediaItemChanged(editedMediaItem, durationUs, trackFormat, isLast);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  @Nullable
-  public DecoderInputBuffer getInputBuffer() {
-    return audioGraph.getInputBuffer();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean queueInputBuffer() {
-    return audioGraph.queueInputBuffer();
+  public GraphInput getInput() {
+    return audioGraph;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/EncodedSampleExporter.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/EncodedSampleExporter.java
index 0ef946561a..707024be11 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/EncodedSampleExporter.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/EncodedSampleExporter.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedDeque;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 /** Muxes encoded samples without any transcoding or transformation. */
-/* package */ final class EncodedSampleExporter extends SampleExporter {
+/* package */ final class EncodedSampleExporter extends SampleExporter implements GraphInput {
 
   private static final int MAX_INPUT_BUFFER_COUNT = 10;
 
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
     return true;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public GraphInput getInput() {
+    return this;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void release() {}
 
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/GraphInput.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/GraphInput.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76498683b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/GraphInput.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package androidx.media3.transformer;
+
+/** Represents one input stream to a processing graph. */
+/* package */ interface GraphInput extends SampleConsumer, OnMediaItemChangedListener {}
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SampleExporter.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SampleExporter.java
index ff8e37e3e4..287db5457a 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SampleExporter.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/SampleExporter.java
@@ -38,14 +38,8 @@ import java.util.List;
  * Exporter that processes media data.
  *
  * <p>This exporter can be used to implement transformations of audio or video samples.
- *
- * <p>The {@link SampleConsumer} and {@link OnMediaItemChangedListener} methods must be called from
- * the same thread. This thread can change when the {@link
- * OnMediaItemChangedListener#onMediaItemChanged(EditedMediaItem, long, Format, boolean) MediaItem}
- * changes, and can be different from the thread used to call the other {@code SampleExporter}
- * methods.
  */
-/* package */ abstract class SampleExporter implements SampleConsumer, OnMediaItemChangedListener {
+/* package */ abstract class SampleExporter {
 
   private final MuxerWrapper muxerWrapper;
   private final @C.TrackType int outputTrackType;
@@ -59,6 +53,17 @@ import java.util.List;
     outputTrackType = getProcessedTrackType(firstInputFormat.sampleMimeType);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns an {@link GraphInput} to the underlying processing graph.
+   *
+   * <p>The {@link GraphInput} methods must be called from the same thread. This thread can change
+   * when the {@linkplain GraphInput#onMediaItemChanged MediaItem changes}, and can be different
+   * from the thread used to call the other {@link GraphInput} methods. All subsequent {@link
+   * GraphInput} method calls must be made from the thread on which {@link
+   * GraphInput#onMediaItemChanged} is called.
+   */
+  public abstract GraphInput getInput();
+
   /**
    * Processes the input data and returns whether it may be possible to process more data by calling
    * this method again.
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
index b81d13d8f3..8e15fda052 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/TransformerInternal.java
@@ -526,18 +526,20 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
       @C.TrackType int trackType = getProcessedTrackType(assetLoaderOutputFormat.sampleMimeType);
       AddedTrackInfo trackInfo = checkStateNotNull(addedTrackInfoByTrackType.get(trackType));
       SampleExporter sampleExporter = getSampleExporter(assetLoaderOutputFormat, trackInfo);
+      GraphInput sampleExporterInput = sampleExporter.getInput();
 
       OnMediaItemChangedListener onMediaItemChangedListener =
           (editedMediaItem, durationUs, trackFormat, isLast) -> {
             onMediaItemChanged(trackType, durationUs, isLast);
-            sampleExporter.onMediaItemChanged(editedMediaItem, durationUs, trackFormat, isLast);
+            sampleExporterInput.onMediaItemChanged(
+                editedMediaItem, durationUs, trackFormat, isLast);
           };
       sequenceAssetLoaders
           .get(sequenceIndex)
           .addOnMediaItemChangedListener(onMediaItemChangedListener, trackType);
 
       internalHandler.obtainMessage(MSG_REGISTER_SAMPLE_EXPORTER, sampleExporter).sendToTarget();
-      return sampleExporter;
+      return sampleExporterInput;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSampleExporter.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSampleExporter.java
index 1de4302d07..7d08abf4ad 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSampleExporter.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoSampleExporter.java
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
 import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.Pure;
 
-/** Processes, re-encodes and muxes raw video frames. */
-/* package */ final class VideoSampleExporter extends SampleExporter {
+// TODO: b/289986435 - Remove implementations of GraphInput after creating VideoGraph.
+/** Processes, encodes and muxes raw video frames. */
+/* package */ final class VideoSampleExporter extends SampleExporter implements GraphInput {
 
   private static final String TAG = "VideoSampleExporter";
   private final AtomicLong mediaItemOffsetUs;
@@ -266,6 +267,11 @@ import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.Pure;
     videoFrameProcessor.signalEndOfInput();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public GraphInput getInput() {
+    return this;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void release() {
     videoFrameProcessor.release();