The only flags, for now, indicate if metadata was updated and are set after 
each call to
av_read_frame(). This comes with the caveat that, on stream start, it might not 
be set properly
as packets might be buffered in AVFormatContext.packet_buffer before being 
given to the user
in av_read_frame().
---
 doc/APIchanges         |  4 ++++
 libavformat/avformat.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
 libavformat/version.h  |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 261993b..a677e42 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ libavutil:     2013-12-xx
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavf 55.21.0 - avformat.h
+  Add AVFormatContext.event_flags for signaling to the user when events
+  have happened in the stream.
+
 2014-07-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.19.0 - avstring.h
   Make name matching function from lavf public as av_match_name().
 
diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index ab2081a..6b25d6a 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ struct AVFormatContext;
  *    -  sorting  -- a modified version of a tag that should be used for
  *       sorting will have '-sort' appended. E.g. artist="The Beatles",
  *       artist-sort="Beatles, The".
+ * - Some protocols and demuxers support metadata updates. After a successful
+ *   call to av_read_packet(), AVFormatContext.event_flags will be updated to
+ *   indicate if metadata was updated. Currently, only file (AVFormatContext)
+ *   and stream (AVStream) metadata change.
  *
  * -  Demuxers attempt to export metadata in a generic format, however tags
  *    with no generic equivalents are left as they are stored in the container.
@@ -1177,6 +1181,16 @@ typedef struct AVFormatContext {
      * @see AVCodecContext.strict_std_compliance
      */
     int strict_std_compliance;
+
+    /**
+     * Flags for the user to detect events happening on the stream. Flags must
+     * be cleared by the user once the event has been handled.
+     * A combination of AVFMT_EVENT_FLAG_*.
+     */
+    int event_flags;
+#define AVFMT_EVENT_FLAG_METADATA_UPDATED        0x0001 ///< The call resulted 
in updated metadata for the whole file.
+#define AVFMT_EVENT_FLAG_STREAM_METADATA_UPDATED 0x0002 ///< The call resulted 
in updated metadata for a stream.
+
     /*****************************************************************
      * All fields below this line are not part of the public API. They
      * may not be used outside of libavformat and can be changed and
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index 6e9ce67..fbf5a0c 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR 55
-#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR 20
+#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR 21
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR, \
-- 
2.0.1

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