diff --git a/ffmpeg-sys-the-third/src/avutil/pixfmt.rs b/ffmpeg-sys-the-third/src/avutil/pixfmt.rs
index b927bbf..c2b0d9c 100644
--- a/ffmpeg-sys-the-third/src/avutil/pixfmt.rs
+++ b/ffmpeg-sys-the-third/src/avutil/pixfmt.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,26 @@
-use crate::AVPixelFormat;
+use libc::c_int;
+
+use crate::{AVChromaLocation, AVPixelFormat};
 use crate::AVPixelFormat::*;
 
+impl AVChromaLocation {
+    pub fn from_c_int(n: c_int) -> Option<Self> {
+        use AVChromaLocation as AVCL;
+
+        Some(match n {
+            n if n == AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_UNSPECIFIED as c_int => AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_UNSPECIFIED,
+            n if n == AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_LEFT as c_int => AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_LEFT,
+            n if n == AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_CENTER as c_int => AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_CENTER,
+            n if n == AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_TOPLEFT as c_int => AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_TOPLEFT,
+            n if n == AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_TOP as c_int => AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_TOP,
+            n if n == AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_BOTTOMLEFT as c_int => AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_BOTTOMLEFT,
+            n if n == AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_BOTTOM as c_int => AVCL::AVCHROMA_LOC_BOTTOM,
+
+            _ => return None,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
 pub const AV_PIX_FMT_RGB32: AVPixelFormat = AV_PIX_FMT_BGRA;
 #[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
diff --git a/src/util/chroma/location.rs b/src/util/chroma/location.rs
index 3022937..2a8b611 100644
--- a/src/util/chroma/location.rs
+++ b/src/util/chroma/location.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+use std::ffi::CString;
+
 use crate::ffi::AVChromaLocation::*;
 use crate::ffi::*;
+use crate::utils;
+use crate::Error;
 #[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -15,6 +19,55 @@ pub enum Location {
     Bottom,
 }
 
+impl Location {
+    /// Returns the name of this location. Should usually return Some(name).
+    pub fn name(self) -> Option<&'static str> {
+        unsafe { utils::optional_str_from_c_ptr(av_chroma_location_name(self.into())) }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a chroma location for the given name or an error if the `name` is invalid
+    /// or no location was found.
+    pub fn from_name<S: AsRef<str>>(name: S) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let Ok(cstr) = CString::new(name.as_ref()) else {
+            // invalid argument (contains a nul byte)
+            return Err(Error::from(AVERROR(libc::EINVAL)));
+        };
+
+        let ret = unsafe { av_chroma_location_from_name(cstr.as_ptr()) };
+
+        if ret < 0 {
+            Err(Error::from(ret))
+        } else {
+            AVChromaLocation::from_c_int(ret)
+                .map(Location::from)
+                .ok_or(Error::from(AVERROR(libc::EINVAL)))
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the swscale (x, y) chroma positions for this chroma location.
+    /// Will panic if `self` is [`Unspecified`][Location::Unspecified].
+    #[cfg(feature = "ffmpeg_6_0")]
+    pub fn pos(self) -> (i32, i32) {
+        let mut xpos = 0;
+        let mut ypos = 0;
+        let ret = unsafe { av_chroma_location_enum_to_pos(&mut xpos, &mut ypos, self.into()) };
+        assert_eq!(ret, 0, "av_chroma_location_enum_to_pos returned an error");
+
+        (xpos as i32, ypos as i32)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a chroma location for the given swscale chroma position.
+    #[cfg(feature = "ffmpeg_6_0")]
+    pub fn from_pos(x: i32, y: i32) -> Self {
+        unsafe {
+            Self::from(av_chroma_location_pos_to_enum(
+                x as libc::c_int,
+                y as libc::c_int,
+            ))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<AVChromaLocation> for Location {
     fn from(value: AVChromaLocation) -> Self {
         match value {
@@ -46,3 +99,50 @@ impl From<Location> for AVChromaLocation {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use libc::EINVAL;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn name() {
+        assert_eq!(Location::BottomLeft.name(), Some("bottomleft"));
+        assert_eq!(Location::Center.name(), Some("center"));
+        assert_eq!(Location::Unspecified.name(), Some("unspecified"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn from_name() {
+        assert_eq!(Location::from_name("topleft"), Ok(Location::TopLeft));
+        assert_eq!(
+            Location::from_name("asdf"),
+            Err(Error::Other { errno: EINVAL })
+        );
+
+        let name = "test".to_string() + "\0something else";
+
+        // important: no panic or segfault!
+        assert_eq!(
+            Location::from_name(name),
+            Err(Error::Other { errno: EINVAL })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "ffmpeg_6_0")]
+    fn pos() {
+        assert_eq!(Location::BottomLeft.pos(), (0, 256));
+        assert_eq!(Location::Left.pos(), (0, 128));
+        assert_eq!(Location::Center.pos(), (128, 128));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "ffmpeg_6_0")]
+    fn from_pos() {
+        assert_eq!(Location::from_pos(0, 128), Location::Left);
+        assert_eq!(Location::from_pos(128, 0), Location::Top);
+        assert_eq!(Location::from_pos(10, 20), Location::Unspecified);
+    }
+}