diff --git a/libswresample/Makefile b/libswresample/Makefile
index 6393598ab7..6e4e468495 100644
--- a/libswresample/Makefile
+++ b/libswresample/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ FFLIBS = avutil
 
 HEADERS = swresample.h
 
-OBJS = swresample.o audioconvert.o resample.o rematrix.o
+OBJS = swresample.o audioconvert.o resample.o rematrix.o dither.o
 
 TESTPROGS = swresample_test
diff --git a/libswresample/dither.c b/libswresample/dither.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e39cceb0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libswresample/dither.c
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Michael Niedermayer (michaelni@gmx.at)
+ *
+ * This file is part of libswresample
+ *
+ * libswresample is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * libswresample is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with libswresample; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include "libavutil/avassert.h"
+#include "swresample_internal.h"
+
+void swri_get_dither(void *dst, int len, unsigned seed, enum AVSampleFormat out_fmt, enum AVSampleFormat in_fmt, enum SwrDitherType method) {
+    double scale = 0;
+    int i;
+
+    if(in_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLT || in_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_DBL){
+        if(out_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S32) scale = 1.0/(1L<<31);
+        if(out_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16) scale = 1.0/(1L<<15);
+        if(out_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_U8 ) scale = 1.0/(1L<< 7);
+    }
+    if(in_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S32 && out_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16) scale = 1L<<16;
+    if(in_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S32 && out_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_U8 ) scale = 1L<<24;
+    if(in_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16 && out_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_U8 ) scale = 1L<<8;
+
+    for(i=0; i<len; i++){
+        double v;
+        seed = seed* 1664525 + 1013904223;
+
+        switch(method){
+            case SWR_DITHER_RECTANGULAR: v= ((double)seed) / UINT_MAX - 0.5; break;
+            default: av_assert0(0);
+        }
+
+        v*= scale;
+
+        switch(in_fmt){
+            case AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16: ((int16_t*)dst)[i] = v; break;
+            case AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S32: ((int32_t*)dst)[i] = v; break;
+            case AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLT: ((float  *)dst)[i] = v; break;
+            case AV_SAMPLE_FMT_DBL: ((double *)dst)[i] = v; break;
+            default: av_assert0(0);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libswresample/rematrix.c b/libswresample/rematrix.c
index e9f919cf50..1dc8ffbaa4 100644
--- a/libswresample/rematrix.c
+++ b/libswresample/rematrix.c
@@ -272,6 +272,14 @@ int swri_rematrix_init(SwrContext *s){
     return 0;
 }
 
+void swri_sum2(enum AVSampleFormat format, void *dst, const void *src0, const void *src1, float coef0, float coef1, int len){
+    if(format == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLT){
+        sum2_float((float  *)dst, (const float  *)src0, (const float  *)src1, coef0, coef1, len);
+    }else{
+        sum2_s16  ((int16_t*)dst, (const int16_t*)src0, (const int16_t*)src1, lrintf(coef0 * 32768), lrintf(coef1 * 32768), len);
+    }
+}
+
 int swri_rematrix(SwrContext *s, AudioData *out, AudioData *in, int len, int mustcopy){
     int out_i, in_i, i, j;
 
@@ -295,15 +303,8 @@ int swri_rematrix(SwrContext *s, AudioData *out, AudioData *in, int len, int mus
             }
             break;
         case 2:
-            if(s->int_sample_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLT){
-                sum2_float((float  *)out->ch[out_i], (const float  *)in->ch[ s->matrix_ch[out_i][1] ],           (const float  *)in->ch[ s->matrix_ch[out_i][2] ],
-                                 s->matrix[out_i][ s->matrix_ch[out_i][1] ], s->matrix[out_i][ s->matrix_ch[out_i][2] ],
-                           len);
-            }else{
-                sum2_s16  ((int16_t*)out->ch[out_i], (const int16_t*)in->ch[ s->matrix_ch[out_i][1] ],           (const int16_t*)in->ch[ s->matrix_ch[out_i][2] ],
-                                 s->matrix32[out_i][ s->matrix_ch[out_i][1] ], s->matrix32[out_i][ s->matrix_ch[out_i][2] ],
-                           len);
-            }
+            swri_sum2(s->int_sample_fmt, out->ch[out_i], in->ch[ s->matrix_ch[out_i][1] ],           in->ch[ s->matrix_ch[out_i][2] ],
+                        s->matrix[out_i][ s->matrix_ch[out_i][1] ], s->matrix[out_i][ s->matrix_ch[out_i][2] ], len);
             break;
         default:
             if(s->int_sample_fmt == AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLT){
diff --git a/libswresample/swresample.c b/libswresample/swresample.c
index 73e88f08dc..23b7449930 100644
--- a/libswresample/swresample.c
+++ b/libswresample/swresample.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static const AVOption options[]={
 {"rmvol", "rematrix volume"     , OFFSET(rematrix_volume), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, {.dbl=1.0}, -1000, 1000, 0},
 {"flags", NULL                  , OFFSET(flags)        , AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, {.dbl=0}, 0,  UINT_MAX, 0, "flags"},
 {"res", "force resampling", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.dbl=SWR_FLAG_RESAMPLE}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, 0, "flags"},
+{"dither", "dither method"      , OFFSET(dither_method), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl=0}, 0, SWR_DITHER_NB-1, 0},
 
 {0}
 };
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ void swr_free(SwrContext **ss){
         free_temp(&s->midbuf);
         free_temp(&s->preout);
         free_temp(&s->in_buffer);
+        free_temp(&s->dither);
         swri_audio_convert_free(&s-> in_convert);
         swri_audio_convert_free(&s->out_convert);
         swri_audio_convert_free(&s->full_convert);
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ int swr_init(struct SwrContext *s){
     free_temp(&s->midbuf);
     free_temp(&s->preout);
     free_temp(&s->in_buffer);
+    free_temp(&s->dither);
     swri_audio_convert_free(&s-> in_convert);
     swri_audio_convert_free(&s->out_convert);
     swri_audio_convert_free(&s->full_convert);
@@ -281,6 +284,8 @@ av_assert0(s->out.ch_count);
         s->in_buffer.planar = 1;
     }
 
+    s->dither = s->preout;
+
     if(s->rematrix)
         return swri_rematrix_init(s);
 
@@ -505,6 +510,21 @@ static int swr_convert_internal(struct SwrContext *s, AudioData *out, int out_co
     }
 
     if(preout != out && out_count){
+        if(s->dither_method){
+            int ch, i;
+            av_assert0(preout != in);
+
+            if((ret=realloc_audio(&s->dither, out_count))<0)
+                return ret;
+            if(ret)
+                for(ch=0; ch<s->dither.ch_count; ch++)
+                    swri_get_dither(s->dither.ch[ch], s->dither.count, 12345678913579<<ch, s->out_sample_fmt, s->int_sample_fmt, s->dither_method);
+            av_assert0(s->dither.ch_count == preout->ch_count);
+
+            for(ch=0; ch<preout->ch_count; ch++){
+                swri_sum2(s->int_sample_fmt, preout->ch[ch], preout->ch[ch], s->dither.ch[ch], 1, 1, out_count);
+            }
+        }
 //FIXME packed doesnt need more than 1 chan here!
         swri_audio_convert(s->out_convert, out, preout, out_count);
     }
diff --git a/libswresample/swresample.h b/libswresample/swresample.h
index f912bac042..1f87617d9d 100644
--- a/libswresample/swresample.h
+++ b/libswresample/swresample.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/samplefmt.h"
 
 #define LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MINOR 10
+#define LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MINOR 11
 #define LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBSWRESAMPLE_VERSION_MAJOR, \
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
 //TODO use int resample ?
 //long term TODO can we enable this dynamically?
 
+enum SwrDitherType {
+    SWR_DITHER_NONE = 0,
+    SWR_DITHER_RECTANGULAR,
+    SWR_DITHER_NB,              ///< not part of API/ABI
+};
 
 typedef struct SwrContext SwrContext;
 
diff --git a/libswresample/swresample_internal.h b/libswresample/swresample_internal.h
index 618afc11ff..ebc275913d 100644
--- a/libswresample/swresample_internal.h
+++ b/libswresample/swresample_internal.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct SwrContext {
     float rematrix_volume;                          ///< rematrixing volume coefficient
     const int *channel_map;                         ///< channel index (or -1 if muted channel) map
     int used_ch_count;                              ///< number of used input channels (mapped channel count if channel_map, otherwise in.ch_count)
+    enum SwrDitherType dither_method;
 
     int int_bps;                                    ///< internal bytes per sample
     int resample_first;                             ///< 1 if resampling must come first, 0 if rematrixing
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ struct SwrContext {
     AudioData preout;                               ///< pre-output audio data: used for rematrix/resample
     AudioData out;                                  ///< converted output audio data
     AudioData in_buffer;                            ///< cached audio data (convert and resample purpose)
+    AudioData dither;                               ///< cached audio data (convert and resample purpose)
     int in_buffer_index;                            ///< cached buffer position
     int in_buffer_count;                            ///< cached buffer length
     int resample_in_constraint;                     ///< 1 if the input end was reach before the output end, 0 otherwise
@@ -89,5 +91,8 @@ int swri_resample_double(struct ResampleContext *c,double  *dst, const double  *
 
 int swri_rematrix_init(SwrContext *s);
 int swri_rematrix(SwrContext *s, AudioData *out, AudioData *in, int len, int mustcopy);
+void swri_sum2(enum AVSampleFormat format, void *dst, const void *src0, const void *src1, float coef0, float coef1, int len);
+
+void swri_get_dither(void *dst, int len, unsigned seed, enum AVSampleFormat out_fmt, enum AVSampleFormat in_fmt, enum SwrDitherType type);
 
 #endif