diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 463a7e4bb8..aa47e190d7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-09-19  Zaheer Abbas Merali  <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>
+
+	* gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c: (gst_wavenc_init), (gst_wavenc_chain):
+	* gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.h:
+	Added newmedia support to wavenc
+
 2004-09-17  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/tcp/gstfdset.c: (gst_fdset_fd_has_closed),
diff --git a/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c b/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c
index 10f7754778..afb6067f64 100644
--- a/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c
+++ b/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ gst_wavenc_init (GstWavEnc * wavenc)
 
   wavenc->setup = FALSE;
   wavenc->flush_header = TRUE;
-
+  wavenc->newmediacount = 0;
   GST_FLAG_SET (wavenc, GST_ELEMENT_EVENT_AWARE);
 }
 
@@ -619,6 +619,17 @@ gst_wavenc_chain (GstPad * pad, GstData * _data)
       gst_wavenc_stop_file (wavenc);
       gst_pad_push (wavenc->srcpad, _data);
       gst_element_set_eos (GST_ELEMENT (wavenc));
+    } else if (GST_EVENT_TYPE (buf) == GST_EVENT_DISCONTINUOUS) {
+      if (GST_EVENT_DISCONT_NEW_MEDIA (buf)) {
+        /* new media */
+        if (wavenc->newmediacount++ > 0) {
+          gst_wavenc_stop_file (wavenc);
+          wavenc->setup = FALSE;
+          wavenc->flush_header = TRUE;
+          gst_wavenc_setup (wavenc);
+        }
+        gst_pad_event_default (wavenc->srcpad, GST_EVENT (buf));
+      }
     } else {
       gst_pad_event_default (wavenc->srcpad, GST_EVENT (buf));
     }
diff --git a/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.h b/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.h
index 8810001a63..03292f2937 100644
--- a/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.h
+++ b/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ struct _GstWavEnc {
   
   gboolean setup, flush_header, pad_eos;
   guchar header[WAV_HEADER_LEN];
+
+  guint16 newmediacount;
 };
 
 struct _GstWavEncClass {