diff --git a/libavutil/Makefile b/libavutil/Makefile
index 9ed24cfc82..27b548d7cf 100644
--- a/libavutil/Makefile
+++ b/libavutil/Makefile
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ OBJS = adler32.o                                                        \
        aes_ctr.o                                                        \
        audio_fifo.o                                                     \
        avstring.o                                                       \
+       avsscanf.o                                                       \
        base64.o                                                         \
        blowfish.o                                                       \
        bprint.o                                                         \
diff --git a/libavutil/avsscanf.c b/libavutil/avsscanf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c61b860ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavutil/avsscanf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,971 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Rich Felker, et al.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <float.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "common.h"
+#include "mem.h"
+#include "avassert.h"
+#include "avstring.h"
+#include "bprint.h"
+
+typedef struct FFFILE {
+    size_t buf_size;
+    unsigned char *buf;
+    unsigned char *rpos, *rend;
+    unsigned char *shend;
+    off_t shlim, shcnt;
+    void *cookie;
+    size_t (*read)(struct FFFILE *, unsigned char *, size_t);
+} FFFILE;
+
+#define SIZE_hh -2
+#define SIZE_h  -1
+#define SIZE_def 0
+#define SIZE_l   1
+#define SIZE_L   2
+#define SIZE_ll  3
+
+#define shcnt(f) ((f)->shcnt + ((f)->rpos - (f)->buf))
+
+static int fftoread(FFFILE *f)
+{
+    f->rpos = f->rend = f->buf + f->buf_size;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static size_t ffstring_read(FFFILE *f, unsigned char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+    char *src = f->cookie;
+    size_t k = len+256;
+    char *end = memchr(src, 0, k);
+
+    if (end) k = end-src;
+    if (k < len) len = k;
+    memcpy(buf, src, len);
+    f->rpos = (void *)(src+len);
+    f->rend = (void *)(src+k);
+    f->cookie = src+k;
+
+    return len;
+}
+
+static int ffuflow(FFFILE *f)
+{
+    unsigned char c;
+    if (!fftoread(f) && f->read(f, &c, 1)==1) return c;
+    return EOF;
+}
+
+static void ffshlim(FFFILE *f, off_t lim)
+{
+    f->shlim = lim;
+    f->shcnt = f->buf - f->rpos;
+    /* If lim is nonzero, rend must be a valid pointer. */
+    if (lim && f->rend - f->rpos > lim)
+        f->shend = f->rpos + lim;
+    else
+        f->shend = f->rend;
+}
+
+static int ffshgetc(FFFILE *f)
+{
+    int c;
+    off_t cnt = shcnt(f);
+    if (f->shlim && cnt >= f->shlim || (c=ffuflow(f)) < 0) {
+        f->shcnt = f->buf - f->rpos + cnt;
+        f->shend = 0;
+        return EOF;
+    }
+    cnt++;
+    if (f->shlim && f->rend - f->rpos > f->shlim - cnt)
+        f->shend = f->rpos + (f->shlim - cnt);
+    else
+        f->shend = f->rend;
+    f->shcnt = f->buf - f->rpos + cnt;
+    if (f->rpos[-1] != c) f->rpos[-1] = c;
+    return c;
+}
+
+#define shlim(f, lim) ffshlim((f), (lim))
+#define shgetc(f) (((f)->rpos != (f)->shend) ? *(f)->rpos++ : ffshgetc(f))
+#define shunget(f) ((f)->shend ? (void)(f)->rpos-- : (void)0)
+
+static const unsigned char table[] = { -1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,
+    25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,
+    25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+    -1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,
+};
+
+static unsigned long long ffintscan(FFFILE *f, unsigned base, int pok, unsigned long long lim)
+{
+    const unsigned char *val = table+1;
+    int c, neg=0;
+    unsigned x;
+    unsigned long long y;
+    if (base > 36 || base == 1) {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return 0;
+    }
+    while (av_isspace((c=shgetc(f))));
+    if (c=='+' || c=='-') {
+        neg = -(c=='-');
+        c = shgetc(f);
+    }
+    if ((base == 0 || base == 16) && c=='0') {
+        c = shgetc(f);
+        if ((c|32)=='x') {
+            c = shgetc(f);
+            if (val[c]>=16) {
+                shunget(f);
+                if (pok) shunget(f);
+                else shlim(f, 0);
+                return 0;
+            }
+            base = 16;
+        } else if (base == 0) {
+            base = 8;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (base == 0) base = 10;
+        if (val[c] >= base) {
+            shunget(f);
+            shlim(f, 0);
+            errno = EINVAL;
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+    if (base == 10) {
+        for (x=0; c-'0'<10U && x<=UINT_MAX/10-1; c=shgetc(f))
+            x = x*10 + (c-'0');
+        for (y=x; c-'0'<10U && y<=ULLONG_MAX/10 && 10*y<=ULLONG_MAX-(c-'0'); c=shgetc(f))
+            y = y*10 + (c-'0');
+        if (c-'0'>=10U) goto done;
+    } else if (!(base & base-1)) {
+        int bs = "\0\1\2\4\7\3\6\5"[(0x17*base)>>5&7];
+        for (x=0; val[c]<base && x<=UINT_MAX/32; c=shgetc(f))
+            x = x<<bs | val[c];
+        for (y=x; val[c]<base && y<=ULLONG_MAX>>bs; c=shgetc(f))
+            y = y<<bs | val[c];
+    } else {
+        for (x=0; val[c]<base && x<=UINT_MAX/36-1; c=shgetc(f))
+            x = x*base + val[c];
+        for (y=x; val[c]<base && y<=ULLONG_MAX/base && base*y<=ULLONG_MAX-val[c]; c=shgetc(f))
+            y = y*base + val[c];
+    }
+    if (val[c]<base) {
+        for (; val[c]<base; c=shgetc(f));
+        errno = ERANGE;
+        y = lim;
+        if (lim&1) neg = 0;
+    }
+done:
+    shunget(f);
+    if (y>=lim) {
+        if (!(lim&1) && !neg) {
+            errno = ERANGE;
+            return lim-1;
+        } else if (y>lim) {
+            errno = ERANGE;
+            return lim;
+        }
+    }
+    return (y^neg)-neg;
+}
+
+static long long scanexp(FFFILE *f, int pok)
+{
+    int c;
+    int x;
+    long long y;
+    int neg = 0;
+
+    c = shgetc(f);
+    if (c=='+' || c=='-') {
+        neg = (c=='-');
+        c = shgetc(f);
+        if (c-'0'>=10U && pok) shunget(f);
+    }
+    if (c-'0'>=10U) {
+        shunget(f);
+        return LLONG_MIN;
+    }
+    for (x=0; c-'0'<10U && x<INT_MAX/10; c = shgetc(f))
+        x = 10*x + c-'0';
+    for (y=x; c-'0'<10U && y<LLONG_MAX/100; c = shgetc(f))
+        y = 10*y + c-'0';
+    for (; c-'0'<10U; c = shgetc(f));
+    shunget(f);
+    return neg ? -y : y;
+}
+
+#define LD_B1B_DIG 2
+#define LD_B1B_MAX 9007199, 254740991
+#define KMAX 128
+#define MASK (KMAX-1)
+#define CONCAT2(x,y) x ## y
+#define CONCAT(x,y) CONCAT2(x,y)
+
+static double decfloat(FFFILE *f, int c, int bits, int emin, int sign, int pok)
+{
+    uint32_t x[KMAX];
+    static const uint32_t th[] = { LD_B1B_MAX };
+    int i, j, k, a, z;
+    long long lrp=0, dc=0;
+    long long e10=0;
+    int lnz = 0;
+    int gotdig = 0, gotrad = 0;
+    int rp;
+    int e2;
+    int emax = -emin-bits+3;
+    int denormal = 0;
+    double y;
+    double frac=0;
+    double bias=0;
+    static const int p10s[] = { 10, 100, 1000, 10000,
+        100000, 1000000, 10000000, 100000000 };
+
+    j=0;
+    k=0;
+
+    /* Don't let leading zeros consume buffer space */
+    for (; c=='0'; c = shgetc(f)) gotdig=1;
+    if (c=='.') {
+        gotrad = 1;
+        for (c = shgetc(f); c=='0'; c = shgetc(f)) gotdig=1, lrp--;
+    }
+
+    x[0] = 0;
+    for (; c-'0'<10U || c=='.'; c = shgetc(f)) {
+        if (c == '.') {
+            if (gotrad) break;
+            gotrad = 1;
+            lrp = dc;
+        } else if (k < KMAX-3) {
+            dc++;
+            if (c!='0') lnz = dc;
+            if (j) x[k] = x[k]*10 + c-'0';
+            else x[k] = c-'0';
+            if (++j==9) {
+                k++;
+                j=0;
+            }
+            gotdig=1;
+        } else {
+            dc++;
+            if (c!='0') {
+                lnz = (KMAX-4)*9;
+                x[KMAX-4] |= 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (!gotrad) lrp=dc;
+
+    if (gotdig && (c|32)=='e') {
+        e10 = scanexp(f, pok);
+        if (e10 == LLONG_MIN) {
+            if (pok) {
+                shunget(f);
+            } else {
+                shlim(f, 0);
+                return 0;
+            }
+            e10 = 0;
+        }
+        lrp += e10;
+    } else if (c>=0) {
+        shunget(f);
+    }
+    if (!gotdig) {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        shlim(f, 0);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /* Handle zero specially to avoid nasty special cases later */
+    if (!x[0]) return sign * 0.0;
+
+    /* Optimize small integers (w/no exponent) and over/under-flow */
+    if (lrp==dc && dc<10 && (bits>30 || x[0]>>bits==0))
+        return sign * (double)x[0];
+    if (lrp > -emin/2) {
+        errno = ERANGE;
+        return sign * DBL_MAX * DBL_MAX;
+    }
+    if (lrp < emin-2*DBL_MANT_DIG) {
+        errno = ERANGE;
+        return sign * DBL_MIN * DBL_MIN;
+    }
+
+    /* Align incomplete final B1B digit */
+    if (j) {
+        for (; j<9; j++) x[k]*=10;
+        k++;
+        j=0;
+    }
+
+    a = 0;
+    z = k;
+    e2 = 0;
+    rp = lrp;
+
+    /* Optimize small to mid-size integers (even in exp. notation) */
+    if (lnz<9 && lnz<=rp && rp < 18) {
+        if (rp == 9) return sign * (double)x[0];
+        if (rp < 9) return sign * (double)x[0] / p10s[8-rp];
+        int bitlim = bits-3*(int)(rp-9);
+        if (bitlim>30 || x[0]>>bitlim==0)
+            return sign * (double)x[0] * p10s[rp-10];
+    }
+
+    /* Drop trailing zeros */
+    for (; !x[z-1]; z--);
+
+    /* Align radix point to B1B digit boundary */
+    if (rp % 9) {
+        int rpm9 = rp>=0 ? rp%9 : rp%9+9;
+        int p10 = p10s[8-rpm9];
+        uint32_t carry = 0;
+        for (k=a; k!=z; k++) {
+            uint32_t tmp = x[k] % p10;
+            x[k] = x[k]/p10 + carry;
+            carry = 1000000000/p10 * tmp;
+            if (k==a && !x[k]) {
+                a = (a+1 & MASK);
+                rp -= 9;
+            }
+        }
+        if (carry) x[z++] = carry;
+        rp += 9-rpm9;
+    }
+
+    /* Upscale until desired number of bits are left of radix point */
+    while (rp < 9*LD_B1B_DIG || (rp == 9*LD_B1B_DIG && x[a]<th[0])) {
+        uint32_t carry = 0;
+        e2 -= 29;
+        for (k=(z-1 & MASK); ; k=(k-1 & MASK)) {
+            uint64_t tmp = ((uint64_t)x[k] << 29) + carry;
+            if (tmp > 1000000000) {
+                carry = tmp / 1000000000;
+                x[k] = tmp % 1000000000;
+            } else {
+                carry = 0;
+                x[k] = tmp;
+            }
+            if (k==(z-1 & MASK) && k!=a && !x[k]) z = k;
+            if (k==a) break;
+        }
+        if (carry) {
+            rp += 9;
+            a = (a-1 & MASK);
+            if (a == z) {
+                z = (z-1 & MASK);
+                x[z-1 & MASK] |= x[z];
+            }
+            x[a] = carry;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Downscale until exactly number of bits are left of radix point */
+    for (;;) {
+        uint32_t carry = 0;
+        int sh = 1;
+        for (i=0; i<LD_B1B_DIG; i++) {
+            k = (a+i & MASK);
+            if (k == z || x[k] < th[i]) {
+                i=LD_B1B_DIG;
+                break;
+            }
+            if (x[a+i & MASK] > th[i]) break;
+        }
+        if (i==LD_B1B_DIG && rp==9*LD_B1B_DIG) break;
+        /* FIXME: find a way to compute optimal sh */
+        if (rp > 9+9*LD_B1B_DIG) sh = 9;
+        e2 += sh;
+        for (k=a; k!=z; k=(k+1 & MASK)) {
+            uint32_t tmp = x[k] & (1<<sh)-1;
+            x[k] = (x[k]>>sh) + carry;
+            carry = (1000000000>>sh) * tmp;
+            if (k==a && !x[k]) {
+                a = (a+1 & MASK);
+                i--;
+                rp -= 9;
+            }
+        }
+        if (carry) {
+            if ((z+1 & MASK) != a) {
+                x[z] = carry;
+                z = (z+1 & MASK);
+            } else x[z-1 & MASK] |= 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Assemble desired bits into floating point variable */
+    for (y=i=0; i<LD_B1B_DIG; i++) {
+        if ((a+i & MASK)==z) x[(z=(z+1 & MASK))-1] = 0;
+        y = 1000000000.0L * y + x[a+i & MASK];
+    }
+
+    y *= sign;
+
+    /* Limit precision for denormal results */
+    if (bits > DBL_MANT_DIG+e2-emin) {
+        bits = DBL_MANT_DIG+e2-emin;
+        if (bits<0) bits=0;
+        denormal = 1;
+    }
+
+    /* Calculate bias term to force rounding, move out lower bits */
+    if (bits < DBL_MANT_DIG) {
+        bias = copysignl(scalbn(1, 2*DBL_MANT_DIG-bits-1), y);
+        frac = fmodl(y, scalbn(1, DBL_MANT_DIG-bits));
+        y -= frac;
+        y += bias;
+    }
+
+    /* Process tail of decimal input so it can affect rounding */
+    if ((a+i & MASK) != z) {
+        uint32_t t = x[a+i & MASK];
+        if (t < 500000000 && (t || (a+i+1 & MASK) != z))
+            frac += 0.25*sign;
+        else if (t > 500000000)
+            frac += 0.75*sign;
+        else if (t == 500000000) {
+            if ((a+i+1 & MASK) == z)
+                frac += 0.5*sign;
+            else
+                frac += 0.75*sign;
+        }
+        if (DBL_MANT_DIG-bits >= 2 && !fmodl(frac, 1))
+            frac++;
+    }
+
+    y += frac;
+    y -= bias;
+
+    if ((e2+DBL_MANT_DIG & INT_MAX) > emax-5) {
+        if (fabs(y) >= CONCAT(0x1p, DBL_MANT_DIG)) {
+            if (denormal && bits==DBL_MANT_DIG+e2-emin)
+                denormal = 0;
+            y *= 0.5;
+            e2++;
+        }
+        if (e2+DBL_MANT_DIG>emax || (denormal && frac))
+            errno = ERANGE;
+    }
+
+    return scalbnl(y, e2);
+}
+
+static double hexfloat(FFFILE *f, int bits, int emin, int sign, int pok)
+{
+    uint32_t x = 0;
+    double y = 0;
+    double scale = 1;
+    double bias = 0;
+    int gottail = 0, gotrad = 0, gotdig = 0;
+    long long rp = 0;
+    long long dc = 0;
+    long long e2 = 0;
+    int d;
+    int c;
+
+    c = shgetc(f);
+
+    /* Skip leading zeros */
+    for (; c=='0'; c = shgetc(f))
+        gotdig = 1;
+
+    if (c=='.') {
+        gotrad = 1;
+        c = shgetc(f);
+        /* Count zeros after the radix point before significand */
+        for (rp=0; c=='0'; c = shgetc(f), rp--) gotdig = 1;
+    }
+
+    for (; c-'0'<10U || (c|32)-'a'<6U || c=='.'; c = shgetc(f)) {
+        if (c=='.') {
+            if (gotrad) break;
+            rp = dc;
+            gotrad = 1;
+        } else {
+            gotdig = 1;
+            if (c > '9') d = (c|32)+10-'a';
+            else d = c-'0';
+            if (dc<8) {
+                x = x*16 + d;
+            } else if (dc < DBL_MANT_DIG/4+1) {
+                y += d*(scale/=16);
+            } else if (d && !gottail) {
+                y += 0.5*scale;
+                gottail = 1;
+            }
+            dc++;
+        }
+    }
+    if (!gotdig) {
+        shunget(f);
+        if (pok) {
+            shunget(f);
+            if (gotrad) shunget(f);
+        } else {
+            shlim(f, 0);
+        }
+        return sign * 0.0;
+    }
+    if (!gotrad) rp = dc;
+    while (dc<8) x *= 16, dc++;
+    if ((c|32)=='p') {
+        e2 = scanexp(f, pok);
+        if (e2 == LLONG_MIN) {
+            if (pok) {
+                shunget(f);
+            } else {
+                shlim(f, 0);
+                return 0;
+            }
+            e2 = 0;
+        }
+    } else {
+        shunget(f);
+    }
+    e2 += 4*rp - 32;
+
+    if (!x) return sign * 0.0;
+    if (e2 > -emin) {
+        errno = ERANGE;
+        return sign * DBL_MAX * DBL_MAX;
+    }
+    if (e2 < emin-2*DBL_MANT_DIG) {
+        errno = ERANGE;
+        return sign * DBL_MIN * DBL_MIN;
+    }
+
+    while (x < 0x80000000) {
+        if (y>=0.5) {
+            x += x + 1;
+            y += y - 1;
+        } else {
+            x += x;
+            y += y;
+        }
+        e2--;
+    }
+
+    if (bits > 32+e2-emin) {
+        bits = 32+e2-emin;
+        if (bits<0) bits=0;
+    }
+
+    if (bits < DBL_MANT_DIG)
+        bias = copysignl(scalbn(1, 32+DBL_MANT_DIG-bits-1), sign);
+
+    if (bits<32 && y && !(x&1)) x++, y=0;
+
+    y = bias + sign*(double)x + sign*y;
+    y -= bias;
+
+    if (!y) errno = ERANGE;
+
+    return scalbnl(y, e2);
+}
+
+static double fffloatscan(FFFILE *f, int prec, int pok)
+{
+    int sign = 1;
+    size_t i;
+    int bits;
+    int emin;
+    int c;
+
+    switch (prec) {
+    case 0:
+        bits = FLT_MANT_DIG;
+        emin = FLT_MIN_EXP-bits;
+        break;
+    case 1:
+        bits = DBL_MANT_DIG;
+        emin = DBL_MIN_EXP-bits;
+        break;
+    case 2:
+        bits = DBL_MANT_DIG;
+        emin = DBL_MIN_EXP-bits;
+        break;
+    default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    while (av_isspace((c = shgetc(f))));
+
+    if (c=='+' || c=='-') {
+        sign -= 2*(c=='-');
+        c = shgetc(f);
+    }
+
+    for (i=0; i<8 && (c|32)=="infinity"[i]; i++)
+        if (i<7) c = shgetc(f);
+    if (i==3 || i==8 || (i>3 && pok)) {
+        if (i!=8) {
+            shunget(f);
+            if (pok) for (; i>3; i--) shunget(f);
+        }
+        return sign * INFINITY;
+    }
+    if (!i) for (i=0; i<3 && (c|32)=="nan"[i]; i++)
+        if (i<2) c = shgetc(f);
+    if (i==3) {
+        if (shgetc(f) != '(') {
+            shunget(f);
+            return NAN;
+        }
+        for (i=1; ; i++) {
+            c = shgetc(f);
+            if (c-'0'<10U || c-'A'<26U || c-'a'<26U || c=='_')
+                continue;
+            if (c==')') return NAN;
+            shunget(f);
+            if (!pok) {
+                errno = EINVAL;
+                shlim(f, 0);
+                return 0;
+            }
+            while (i--) shunget(f);
+            return NAN;
+        }
+        return NAN;
+    }
+
+    if (i) {
+        shunget(f);
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        shlim(f, 0);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (c=='0') {
+        c = shgetc(f);
+        if ((c|32) == 'x')
+            return hexfloat(f, bits, emin, sign, pok);
+        shunget(f);
+        c = '0';
+    }
+
+    return decfloat(f, c, bits, emin, sign, pok);
+}
+
+static void *arg_n(va_list ap, unsigned int n)
+{
+    void *p;
+    unsigned int i;
+    va_list ap2;
+    va_copy(ap2, ap);
+    for (i=n; i>1; i--) va_arg(ap2, void *);
+    p = va_arg(ap2, void *);
+    va_end(ap2);
+    return p;
+}
+
+static void store_int(void *dest, int size, unsigned long long i)
+{
+    if (!dest) return;
+    switch (size) {
+    case SIZE_hh:
+        *(char *)dest = i;
+        break;
+    case SIZE_h:
+        *(short *)dest = i;
+        break;
+    case SIZE_def:
+        *(int *)dest = i;
+        break;
+    case SIZE_l:
+        *(long *)dest = i;
+        break;
+    case SIZE_ll:
+        *(long long *)dest = i;
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+static int ff_vfscanf(FFFILE *f, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    int width;
+    int size;
+    int base;
+    const unsigned char *p;
+    int c, t;
+    char *s;
+    void *dest=NULL;
+    int invert;
+    int matches=0;
+    unsigned long long x;
+    double y;
+    off_t pos = 0;
+    unsigned char scanset[257];
+    size_t i;
+
+    for (p=(const unsigned char *)fmt; *p; p++) {
+
+        if (av_isspace(*p)) {
+            while (av_isspace(p[1])) p++;
+            shlim(f, 0);
+            while (av_isspace(shgetc(f)));
+            shunget(f);
+            pos += shcnt(f);
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (*p != '%' || p[1] == '%') {
+            shlim(f, 0);
+            if (*p == '%') {
+                p++;
+                while (av_isspace((c=shgetc(f))));
+            } else {
+                c = shgetc(f);
+            }
+            if (c!=*p) {
+                shunget(f);
+                if (c<0) goto input_fail;
+                goto match_fail;
+            }
+            pos += shcnt(f);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        p++;
+        if (*p=='*') {
+            dest = 0; p++;
+        } else if (av_isdigit(*p) && p[1]=='$') {
+            dest = arg_n(ap, *p-'0'); p+=2;
+        } else {
+            dest = va_arg(ap, void *);
+        }
+
+        for (width=0; av_isdigit(*p); p++) {
+            width = 10*width + *p - '0';
+        }
+
+        if (*p=='m') {
+            s = 0;
+            p++;
+        }
+
+        size = SIZE_def;
+        switch (*p++) {
+        case 'h':
+            if (*p == 'h') p++, size = SIZE_hh;
+            else size = SIZE_h;
+            break;
+        case 'l':
+            if (*p == 'l') p++, size = SIZE_ll;
+            else size = SIZE_l;
+            break;
+        case 'j':
+            size = SIZE_ll;
+            break;
+        case 'z':
+        case 't':
+            size = SIZE_l;
+            break;
+        case 'L':
+            size = SIZE_L;
+            break;
+        case 'd': case 'i': case 'o': case 'u': case 'x':
+        case 'a': case 'e': case 'f': case 'g':
+        case 'A': case 'E': case 'F': case 'G': case 'X':
+        case 's': case 'c': case '[':
+        case 'S': case 'C':
+        case 'p': case 'n':
+            p--;
+            break;
+        default:
+            goto fmt_fail;
+        }
+
+        t = *p;
+
+        /* C or S */
+        if ((t&0x2f) == 3) {
+            t |= 32;
+            size = SIZE_l;
+        }
+
+        switch (t) {
+            case 'c':
+                if (width < 1) width = 1;
+            case '[':
+                break;
+            case 'n':
+                store_int(dest, size, pos);
+                /* do not increment match count, etc! */
+                continue;
+            default:
+                shlim(f, 0);
+                while (av_isspace(shgetc(f)));
+                shunget(f);
+                pos += shcnt(f);
+        }
+
+        shlim(f, width);
+        if (shgetc(f) < 0) goto input_fail;
+        shunget(f);
+
+        switch (t) {
+            case 's':
+            case 'c':
+            case '[':
+                if (t == 'c' || t == 's') {
+                    memset(scanset, -1, sizeof scanset);
+                    scanset[0] = 0;
+                    if (t == 's') {
+                        scanset[1 + '\t'] = 0;
+                        scanset[1 + '\n'] = 0;
+                        scanset[1 + '\v'] = 0;
+                        scanset[1 + '\f'] = 0;
+                        scanset[1 + '\r'] = 0;
+                        scanset[1 + ' ' ] = 0;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if (*++p == '^') p++, invert = 1;
+                    else invert = 0;
+                    memset(scanset, invert, sizeof scanset);
+                    scanset[0] = 0;
+                    if (*p == '-') p++, scanset[1+'-'] = 1-invert;
+                    else if (*p == ']') p++, scanset[1+']'] = 1-invert;
+                    for (; *p != ']'; p++) {
+                        if (!*p) goto fmt_fail;
+                        if (*p=='-' && p[1] && p[1] != ']')
+                            for (c=p++[-1]; c<*p; c++)
+                                scanset[1+c] = 1-invert;
+                        scanset[1+*p] = 1-invert;
+                    }
+                }
+                s = 0;
+                i = 0;
+                if ((s = dest)) {
+                    while (scanset[(c=shgetc(f))+1])
+                        s[i++] = c;
+                } else {
+                    while (scanset[(c=shgetc(f))+1]);
+                }
+                shunget(f);
+                if (!shcnt(f)) goto match_fail;
+                if (t == 'c' && shcnt(f) != width) goto match_fail;
+                if (t != 'c') {
+                    if (s) s[i] = 0;
+                }
+                break;
+            case 'p':
+            case 'X':
+            case 'x':
+                base = 16;
+                goto int_common;
+            case 'o':
+                base = 8;
+                goto int_common;
+            case 'd':
+            case 'u':
+                base = 10;
+                goto int_common;
+            case 'i':
+                base = 0;
+int_common:
+                x = ffintscan(f, base, 0, ULLONG_MAX);
+                if (!shcnt(f))
+                    goto match_fail;
+                if (t=='p' && dest)
+                    *(void **)dest = (void *)(uintptr_t)x;
+                else
+                    store_int(dest, size, x);
+                break;
+            case 'a': case 'A':
+            case 'e': case 'E':
+            case 'f': case 'F':
+            case 'g': case 'G':
+                y = fffloatscan(f, size, 0);
+                if (!shcnt(f))
+                    goto match_fail;
+                if (dest) {
+                    switch (size) {
+                    case SIZE_def:
+                        *(float *)dest = y;
+                        break;
+                    case SIZE_l:
+                        *(double *)dest = y;
+                        break;
+                    case SIZE_L:
+                        *(double *)dest = y;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+
+        pos += shcnt(f);
+        if (dest) matches++;
+    }
+    if (0) {
+fmt_fail:
+input_fail:
+        if (!matches) matches--;
+    }
+match_fail:
+    return matches;
+}
+
+static int ff_vsscanf(const char *s, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+    FFFILE f = {
+        .buf = (void *)s, .cookie = (void *)s,
+        .read = ffstring_read,
+    };
+
+    return ff_vfscanf(&f, fmt, ap);
+}
+
+int av_sscanf(const char *string, const char *format, ...)
+{
+    int ret;
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, format);
+    ret = ff_vsscanf(string, format, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/libavutil/avstring.c b/libavutil/avstring.c
index f03dd25141..c3f2ce4604 100644
--- a/libavutil/avstring.c
+++ b/libavutil/avstring.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "avassert.h"
 #include "avstring.h"
 #include "bprint.h"
+#include "float.h"
 
 int av_strstart(const char *str, const char *pfx, const char **ptr)
 {
diff --git a/libavutil/avstring.h b/libavutil/avstring.h
index 04d2695640..37dd4e2da0 100644
--- a/libavutil/avstring.h
+++ b/libavutil/avstring.h
@@ -400,6 +400,12 @@ int av_utf8_decode(int32_t *codep, const uint8_t **bufp, const uint8_t *buf_end,
  */
 int av_match_list(const char *name, const char *list, char separator);
 
+/**
+ * See libc sscanf manual for more information.
+ * Locale-independent sscanf implementation.
+ */
+int av_sscanf(const char *string, const char *format, ...);
+
 /**
  * @}
  */
