diff --git a/examples/client-record-format-h264-from-disk/main.go b/examples/client-record-format-h264-from-disk/main.go
index 54c9d920..9ee202fa 100644
--- a/examples/client-record-format-h264-from-disk/main.go
+++ b/examples/client-record-format-h264-from-disk/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -27,6 +28,15 @@ func findTrack(r *mpegts.Reader) (*mpegts.Track, error) {
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("H264 track not found")
 }
 
+func randUint32() (uint32, error) {
+	var b [4]byte
+	_, err := rand.Read(b[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return uint32(b[0])<<24 | uint32(b[1])<<16 | uint32(b[2])<<8 | uint32(b[3]), nil
+}
+
 func main() {
 	// open a file in MPEG-TS format
 	f, err := os.Open("myvideo.ts")
@@ -73,6 +83,11 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	randomStart, err := randUint32()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
 	timeDecoder := mpegts.NewTimeDecoder2()
 	var firstDTS *int64
 	var startTime time.Time
@@ -105,7 +120,7 @@ func main() {
 		// we don't have to perform any conversion
 		// since H264 clock rate is the same in both MPEG-TS and RTSP
 		for _, packet := range packets {
-			packet.Timestamp = uint32(pts)
+			packet.Timestamp = randomStart + uint32(pts)
 		}
 
 		// write packets to the server
diff --git a/examples/client-record-format-mjpeg-from-image/main.go b/examples/client-record-format-mjpeg-from-image/main.go
index b7133a09..528f88ee 100644
--- a/examples/client-record-format-mjpeg-from-image/main.go
+++ b/examples/client-record-format-mjpeg-from-image/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/rand"
 	"image"
 	"image/color"
 	"image/jpeg"
@@ -25,6 +26,15 @@ func multiplyAndDivide(v, m, d int64) int64 {
 	return (secs*m + dec*m/d)
 }
 
+func randUint32() (uint32, error) {
+	var b [4]byte
+	_, err := rand.Read(b[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return uint32(b[0])<<24 | uint32(b[1])<<16 | uint32(b[2])<<8 | uint32(b[3]), nil
+}
+
 func createRandomImage(i int) *image.RGBA {
 	img := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, 640, 480))
 
@@ -73,6 +83,11 @@ func main() {
 
 	start := time.Now()
 
+	randomStart, err := randUint32()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
 	// setup a ticker to sleep between frames
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(200 * time.Millisecond)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
@@ -102,7 +117,7 @@ func main() {
 
 		// write packets to the server
 		for _, pkt := range pkts {
-			pkt.Timestamp = pts
+			pkt.Timestamp = randomStart + pts
 
 			err = c.WritePacketRTP(desc.Medias[0], pkt)
 			if err != nil {