diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3ee36b4d81..ca0f35a450 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2007-01-25  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
+
+	Patch by: David Schleef <ds at schleef dot org>
+
+	* docs/libs/gstreamer-libs-sections.txt:
+	* libs/gst/base/gstadapter.c: (gst_adapter_copy):
+	* libs/gst/base/gstadapter.h:
+	API: gst_adapter_copy() that can reduce the amount of memcpy when
+	getting data from the adapter. Fixes #388201.
+
 2007-01-25  Edward Hervey  <edward@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/gstregistrybinary.c: (gst_registry_binary_read_cache):
diff --git a/docs/libs/gstreamer-libs-sections.txt b/docs/libs/gstreamer-libs-sections.txt
index f027750985..4279ec9da6 100644
--- a/docs/libs/gstreamer-libs-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/libs/gstreamer-libs-sections.txt
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ gst_adapter_new
 gst_adapter_clear
 gst_adapter_push
 gst_adapter_peek
+gst_adapter_copy
 gst_adapter_flush
 gst_adapter_available
 gst_adapter_available_fast
diff --git a/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.c b/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.c
index 36af32cf95..1bd0e526b9 100644
--- a/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.c
+++ b/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.c
@@ -302,6 +302,58 @@ gst_adapter_peek (GstAdapter * adapter, guint size)
   return adapter->assembled_data;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_adapter_copy:
+ * @adapter: a #GstAdapter
+ * @dest: the memory where to copy to
+ * @offset: the bytes offset in the adapter to start from
+ * @size: the number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Copies @size bytes of data starting at @offset out of the buffers
+ * contained in @GstAdapter into an array @dest provided by the caller.
+ *
+ * The array @dest should be large enough to contain @size bytes.
+ * The user should check that the adapter has (@offset + @size) bytes
+ * available before calling this function.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.12
+ */
+void
+gst_adapter_copy (GstAdapter * adapter, guint8 * dest, guint offset, guint size)
+{
+  GSList *g;
+  int skip;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_ADAPTER (adapter));
+  g_return_if_fail (size > 0);
+
+  /* we don't have enough data, return. This is unlikely
+   * as one usually does an _available() first instead of copying a
+   * random size. */
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (offset + size > adapter->size))
+    return;
+
+  skip = adapter->skip;
+  for (g = adapter->buflist; g && size > 0; g = g_slist_next (g)) {
+    GstBuffer *buf;
+
+    buf = g->data;
+    if (offset < GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buf) - skip) {
+      int n;
+
+      n = MIN (GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buf) - skip - offset, size);
+      memcpy (dest, GST_BUFFER_DATA (buf) + skip + offset, n);
+
+      dest += n;
+      offset = 0;
+      size -= n;
+    } else {
+      offset -= GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buf) - skip;
+    }
+    skip = 0;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * gst_adapter_flush:
  * @adapter: a #GstAdapter
diff --git a/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.h b/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.h
index 1ae993b627..3dc52c0e39 100644
--- a/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.h
+++ b/libs/gst/base/gstadapter.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ GstAdapter *		gst_adapter_new			(void);
 void			gst_adapter_clear		(GstAdapter *adapter);
 void			gst_adapter_push		(GstAdapter *adapter, GstBuffer* buf);
 const guint8 *		gst_adapter_peek      		(GstAdapter *adapter, guint size);
+void    		gst_adapter_copy      		(GstAdapter *adapter, guint8 *dest,
+                                                         guint offset, guint size);
 void			gst_adapter_flush		(GstAdapter *adapter, guint flush);
 guint8*			gst_adapter_take		(GstAdapter *adapter, guint nbytes);
 GstBuffer*		gst_adapter_take_buffer		(GstAdapter *adapter, guint nbytes);