diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5397a35380..8a7427647b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 /doc/examples/metadata
 /doc/examples/muxing
 /doc/examples/pc-uninstalled
+/doc/examples/remuxing
 /doc/examples/resampling_audio
 /doc/examples/scaling_video
 /doc/examples/transcode_aac
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7c479b2633..0b4a8ae129 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1246,6 +1246,7 @@ EXAMPLE_LIST="
     filtering_video_example
     metadata_example
     muxing_example
+    remuxing_example
     resampling_audio_example
     scaling_video_example
     transcode_aac_example
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 26bd9f59cb..4092f52d1f 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_FILTERING_AUDIO_EXAMPLE)   += filtering_audio
 DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_FILTERING_VIDEO_EXAMPLE)   += filtering_video
 DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_METADATA_EXAMPLE)          += metadata
 DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_MUXING_EXAMPLE)            += muxing
+DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_REMUXING_EXAMPLE)          += remuxing
 DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_RESAMPLING_AUDIO_EXAMPLE)  += resampling_audio
 DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_SCALING_VIDEO_EXAMPLE)     += scaling_video
 DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_TRANSCODE_AAC_EXAMPLE)     += transcode_aac
diff --git a/doc/examples/Makefile b/doc/examples/Makefile
index f085532ffe..a25455e08c 100644
--- a/doc/examples/Makefile
+++ b/doc/examples/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ EXAMPLES=       decoding_encoding                  \
                 filtering_audio                    \
                 metadata                           \
                 muxing                             \
+                remuxing                           \
                 resampling_audio                   \
                 scaling_video                      \
                 transcode_aac                      \
diff --git a/doc/examples/remuxing.c b/doc/examples/remuxing.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e58393bf53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/remuxing.c
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Stefano Sabatini
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * libavformat/libavcodec demuxing and muxing API example.
+ *
+ * Remux streams from one container format to another.
+ * @example doc/examples/remuxing.c
+ */
+
+#include <libavutil/timestamp.h>
+#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
+
+static void log_packet(const AVFormatContext *fmt_ctx, const AVPacket *pkt, const char *tag)
+{
+    AVRational *time_base = &fmt_ctx->streams[pkt->stream_index]->time_base;
+
+    printf("%s: pts:%s pts_time:%s dts:%s dts_time:%s duration:%s duration_time:%s stream_index:%d\n",
+           tag,
+           av_ts2str(pkt->pts), av_ts2timestr(pkt->pts, time_base),
+           av_ts2str(pkt->dts), av_ts2timestr(pkt->dts, time_base),
+           av_ts2str(pkt->duration), av_ts2timestr(pkt->duration, time_base),
+           pkt->stream_index);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    AVOutputFormat *ofmt = NULL;
+    AVFormatContext *ifmt_ctx = NULL, *ofmt_ctx = NULL;
+    AVPacket pkt;
+    const char *in_filename, *out_filename;
+    int ret, i;
+
+    if (argc < 3) {
+        printf("usage: %s input output\n"
+               "API example program to remux a media file with libavformat and libavcodec.\n"
+               "The output format is guessed according to the file extension.\n"
+               "\n", argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    in_filename  = argv[1];
+    out_filename = argv[2];
+
+    av_register_all();
+
+    if ((ret = avformat_open_input(&ifmt_ctx, in_filename, 0, 0)) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Could not open input file '%s'", in_filename);
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+    if ((ret = avformat_find_stream_info(ifmt_ctx, 0)) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to retrieve input stream information");
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+    av_dump_format(ifmt_ctx, 0, in_filename, 0);
+
+    avformat_alloc_output_context2(&ofmt_ctx, NULL, NULL, out_filename);
+    if (!ofmt_ctx) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Could not create output context\n");
+        ret = AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+    ofmt = ofmt_ctx->oformat;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ifmt_ctx->nb_streams; i++) {
+        AVStream *in_stream = ifmt_ctx->streams[i];
+        AVStream *out_stream = avformat_new_stream(ofmt_ctx, in_stream->codec->codec);
+        if (!out_stream) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Failed allocating output stream\n");
+            ret = AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
+            goto end;
+        }
+
+        ret = avcodec_copy_context(out_stream->codec, in_stream->codec);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to copy context from input to output stream codec context\n");
+            goto end;
+        }
+        if (ofmt_ctx->oformat->flags & AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER)
+            out_stream->codec->flags |= CODEC_FLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
+    }
+    av_dump_format(ofmt_ctx, 0, out_filename, 1);
+
+    if (!(ofmt->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE)) {
+        ret = avio_open(&ofmt_ctx->pb, out_filename, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Could not open output file '%s'", out_filename);
+            goto end;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret = avformat_write_header(ofmt_ctx, NULL);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error occurred when opening output file\n");
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+    while (1) {
+        AVStream *in_stream, *out_stream;
+
+        ret = av_read_frame(ifmt_ctx, &pkt);
+        if (ret < 0)
+            break;
+
+        in_stream  = ifmt_ctx->streams[pkt.stream_index];
+        out_stream = ofmt_ctx->streams[pkt.stream_index];
+
+        log_packet(ifmt_ctx, &pkt, "in");
+
+        /* copy packet */
+        pkt.pts = av_rescale_q_rnd(pkt.pts, in_stream->time_base, out_stream->time_base, AV_ROUND_NEAR_INF|AV_ROUND_PASS_MINMAX);
+        pkt.dts = av_rescale_q_rnd(pkt.dts, in_stream->time_base, out_stream->time_base, AV_ROUND_NEAR_INF|AV_ROUND_PASS_MINMAX);
+        pkt.duration = av_rescale_q(pkt.duration, in_stream->time_base, out_stream->time_base);
+        pkt.pos = -1;
+        log_packet(ofmt_ctx, &pkt, "out");
+
+        ret = av_interleaved_write_frame(ofmt_ctx, &pkt);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error muxing packet\n");
+            break;
+        }
+        av_free_packet(&pkt);
+    }
+
+    av_write_trailer(ofmt_ctx);
+end:
+
+    avformat_close_input(&ifmt_ctx);
+
+    /* close output */
+    if (ofmt_ctx && !(ofmt->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE))
+        avio_close(ofmt_ctx->pb);
+    avformat_free_context(ofmt_ctx);
+
+    if (ret < 0 && ret != AVERROR_EOF) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error occurred: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}