diff --git a/libavformat/segment.c b/libavformat/segment.c
index 13d8c43..7f5b947 100644
--- a/libavformat/segment.c
+++ b/libavformat/segment.c
@@ -174,11 +174,24 @@ static int segment_start(AVFormatContext *s, int write_header)
     int err = 0;
 
     if (write_header) {
+
+	AVDictionary *tmp = NULL;
+
+	if (av_dict_count(s->metadata) != 0)
+	{
+            av_dict_copy(&tmp, s->metadata, 0);
+	} 
+	else if (av_dict_count(oc->metadata) != 0)
+	{	    
+	    av_dict_copy(&tmp, oc->metadata, 0);
+	}
+
         avformat_free_context(oc);
         seg->avf = NULL;
         if ((err = segment_mux_init(s)) < 0)
             return err;
         oc = seg->avf;
+	av_dict_copy(&oc->metadata, tmp, 0);
     }
 
     seg->segment_idx++;