diff --git a/doc/formats.texi b/doc/formats.texi
index e1797551ee..de6cb76fe4 100644
--- a/doc/formats.texi
+++ b/doc/formats.texi
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ non-monotonic negative timestamps.
 Flush the underlying I/O stream after each packet. Default 1 enables it, and
 has the effect of reducing the latency; 0 disables it and may slightly
 increase performance in some cases.
+
+@item probe_score @var{integer} (@emph{input})
+This field is only accessible programatically, its value represents the score
+by which the format was detected.
 @end table
 
 @c man end FORMAT OPTIONS
diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index 77efc61e72..5c07887e9b 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -1237,6 +1237,15 @@ typedef struct AVFormatContext {
      */
     int flush_packets;
 
+    /**
+     * format probing score.
+     * The maximal score is AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX, its set when the demuxer probes
+     * the format.
+     * - encoding: unused
+     * - decoding: set by avformat, read by user via av_format_get_probe_score() (NO direct access)
+     */
+    int probe_score;
+
     /*****************************************************************
      * 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
@@ -1296,6 +1305,8 @@ typedef struct AVFormatContext {
     int io_repositioned;
 } AVFormatContext;
 
+int av_format_get_probe_score(const AVFormatContext *s);
+
 /**
  * Returns the method used to set ctx->duration.
  *
@@ -1504,9 +1515,17 @@ AVInputFormat *av_probe_input_format3(AVProbeData *pd, int is_opened, int *score
  * @param logctx the log context
  * @param offset the offset within the bytestream to probe from
  * @param max_probe_size the maximum probe buffer size (zero for default)
- * @return 0 in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
+ * @return the score in case of success, a negative value corresponding to an
+ *         the maximal score is AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX
  * AVERROR code otherwise
  */
+int av_probe_input_buffer2(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
+                           const char *filename, void *logctx,
+                           unsigned int offset, unsigned int max_probe_size);
+
+/**
+ * Like av_probe_input_buffer2() but returns 0 on success
+ */
 int av_probe_input_buffer(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
                           const char *filename, void *logctx,
                           unsigned int offset, unsigned int max_probe_size);
diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index ab2f424146..cae81f52c0 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ static int64_t wrap_timestamp(AVStream *st, int64_t timestamp)
 
 MAKE_ACCESSORS(AVStream, stream, AVRational, r_frame_rate)
 
+int av_format_get_probe_score(const AVFormatContext *s)
+{
+    return s->probe_score;
+}
+
 /* an arbitrarily chosen "sane" max packet size -- 50M */
 #define SANE_CHUNK_SIZE (50000000)
 
@@ -309,7 +314,7 @@ int av_demuxer_open(AVFormatContext *ic){
 }
 
 
-int av_probe_input_buffer(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
+int av_probe_input_buffer2(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
                           const char *filename, void *logctx,
                           unsigned int offset, unsigned int max_probe_size)
 {
@@ -390,6 +395,15 @@ int av_probe_input_buffer(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
     return ret;
 }
 
+int av_probe_input_buffer(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
+                          const char *filename, void *logctx,
+                          unsigned int offset, unsigned int max_probe_size)
+{
+    int ret = av_probe_input_buffer2(pb, fmt, filename, logctx, offset, max_probe_size);
+    return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
+}
+
+
 /* open input file and probe the format if necessary */
 static int init_input(AVFormatContext *s, const char *filename, AVDictionary **options)
 {
@@ -400,7 +414,7 @@ static int init_input(AVFormatContext *s, const char *filename, AVDictionary **o
     if (s->pb) {
         s->flags |= AVFMT_FLAG_CUSTOM_IO;
         if (!s->iformat)
-            return av_probe_input_buffer(s->pb, &s->iformat, filename, s, 0, s->probesize);
+            return av_probe_input_buffer2(s->pb, &s->iformat, filename, s, 0, s->probesize);
         else if (s->iformat->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE)
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Custom AVIOContext makes no sense and "
                                       "will be ignored with AVFMT_NOFILE format.\n");
@@ -409,14 +423,14 @@ static int init_input(AVFormatContext *s, const char *filename, AVDictionary **o
 
     if ( (s->iformat && s->iformat->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE) ||
         (!s->iformat && (s->iformat = av_probe_input_format2(&pd, 0, &score))))
-        return 0;
+        return score;
 
     if ((ret = avio_open2(&s->pb, filename, AVIO_FLAG_READ | s->avio_flags,
                           &s->interrupt_callback, options)) < 0)
         return ret;
     if (s->iformat)
         return 0;
-    return av_probe_input_buffer(s->pb, &s->iformat, filename, s, 0, s->probesize);
+    return av_probe_input_buffer2(s->pb, &s->iformat, filename, s, 0, s->probesize);
 }
 
 static AVPacket *add_to_pktbuf(AVPacketList **packet_buffer, AVPacket *pkt,
@@ -476,6 +490,7 @@ int avformat_open_input(AVFormatContext **ps, const char *filename, AVInputForma
 
     if ((ret = init_input(s, filename, &tmp)) < 0)
         goto fail;
+    s->probe_score = ret;
     avio_skip(s->pb, s->skip_initial_bytes);
 
     /* check filename in case an image number is expected */
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index 1dfde221a2..d735f9d81d 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR 55
-#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR 14
-#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO 102
+#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR 15
+#define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MINOR, \