Methods and apparatus to collect media metrics on computing devices

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least:

• determine a permission level of a meter, and in response to the determination, request a permission to access media data of an application programming interface (API);
• in response to determining a media session notification is available as indicated by the API, package media session data associated with the media session notification, the media session data extracted from metadata of the media session notification;
• in response to determining the packaged media session data includes audio metrics, obtain foreground information;
• and
• generate a package of metrics, the package of metrics including the packaged media session data, the audio metrics and the foreground information.

A method to provide media data comprising:

• determining a permission level of a meter, and in response to the determination, requesting a permission to access media data of an application programming interface (API);
• in response to determining a media session notification is available as indicated by the API, packaging media session data associated with the media session notification, the media session data extracted from metadata of the media session notification;
• in response to determining the packaged media session data includes audio metrics, obtaining foreground information;
• and
• generating a package of metrics, the package of metrics including the packaged media session data, the audio metrics and the foreground information.