diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index aac9d8c0aae1c2947ea2eb3ea0bf638035c9772c..2bb45fad10ed03b410adb40d415205eadc4114ff 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ libavutil:     2012-10-22
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2013-07-XX - xxxxxxx - XXXXXXXXXXXXXX - avcodec.h
+  Add avcodec_chroma_pos_to_enum()
+  Add avcodec_enum_to_chroma_pos()
+
 2013-07-03 - xxxxxxx - lavfi 3.78.100 - avfilter.h
   Deprecate avfilter_graph_parse() in favor of the equivalent
   avfilter_graph_parse_ptr().
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index bcef2a454d6c83464c23020e6b9b1bc624a8d322..98217b8be57a89f47a289668370fe6721bddddf3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -3617,6 +3617,17 @@ void avcodec_align_dimensions2(AVCodecContext *s, int *width, int *height,
  */
 int avcodec_enum_to_chroma_pos(int *xpos, int *ypos, enum AVChromaLocation pos);
 
+/**
+ * Converts swscale x/y chroma position to AVChromaLocation.
+ *
+ * The positions represent the chroma (0,0) position in a coordinates system
+ * with luma (0,0) representing the origin and luma(1,1) representing 256,256
+ *
+ * @param xpos  horizontal chroma sample position
+ * @param ypos  vertical   chroma sample position
+ */
+enum AVChromaLocation avcodec_chroma_pos_to_enum(int xpos, int ypos);
+
 #if FF_API_OLD_DECODE_AUDIO
 /**
  * Wrapper function which calls avcodec_decode_audio4.
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 0b33170079656cc14023aa61a1ee94e7f136c570..64bae3eea562721f3a4a6dd3d896bd1fbabe534b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -350,6 +350,17 @@ int avcodec_enum_to_chroma_pos(int *xpos, int *ypos, enum AVChromaLocation pos)
     return 0;
 }
 
+enum AVChromaLocation avcodec_chroma_pos_to_enum(int xpos, int ypos)
+{
+    int pos, xout, yout;
+
+    for (pos = AVCHROMA_LOC_UNSPECIFIED + 1; pos < AVCHROMA_LOC_NB; pos++) {
+        if (avcodec_enum_to_chroma_pos(&xout, &yout, pos) == 0 && xout == xpos && yout == ypos)
+            return pos;
+    }
+    return AVCHROMA_LOC_UNSPECIFIED;
+}
+
 int avcodec_fill_audio_frame(AVFrame *frame, int nb_channels,
                              enum AVSampleFormat sample_fmt, const uint8_t *buf,
                              int buf_size, int align)
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 32834460b55a74f1d6bd09db1f0bd72dbd320837..06777bf3a0c05d6a7b2bd1e7b908ff67f12c85ac 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 55
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  18
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 102
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  19
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR, \