diff --git a/gstreamer-video/src/lib.rs b/gstreamer-video/src/lib.rs
index 5720e2130..23adff87d 100644
--- a/gstreamer-video/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-video/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub use gst_base;
 
 macro_rules! assert_initialized_main_thread {
     () => {
+        #[allow(unused_unsafe)]
         if unsafe { gst::ffi::gst_is_initialized() } != glib::ffi::GTRUE {
             panic!("GStreamer has not been initialized. Call `gst::init` first.");
         }
diff --git a/gstreamer-video/src/video_format_info.rs b/gstreamer-video/src/video_format_info.rs
index cc7bb26ce..44722a6e2 100644
--- a/gstreamer-video/src/video_format_info.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-video/src/video_format_info.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ use glib::translate::{from_glib, IntoGlib, ToGlibPtr};
 pub struct VideoFormatInfo(&'static ffi::GstVideoFormatInfo);
 
 impl VideoFormatInfo {
+    pub unsafe fn from_ptr(format_info: *const ffi::GstVideoFormatInfo) -> Self {
+        assert_initialized_main_thread!();
+        assert!(!format_info.is_null());
+        Self(&*format_info)
+    }
+
     pub fn from_format(format: crate::VideoFormat) -> Self {
         assert_initialized_main_thread!();
 
diff --git a/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs b/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs
index cad8c10ba..92c5ff42c 100644
--- a/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ impl<T> VideoFrame<T> {
         self.flags().contains(crate::VideoFrameFlags::ONEFIELD)
     }
 
+    pub fn is_bottom_field(&self) -> bool {
+        self.flags().contains(crate::VideoFrameFlags::ONEFIELD)
+            && !self.flags().contains(crate::VideoFrameFlags::TFF)
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_top_field(&self) -> bool {
+        self.flags().contains(crate::VideoFrameFlags::ONEFIELD)
+            && self.flags().contains(crate::VideoFrameFlags::TFF)
+    }
+
     pub fn n_planes(&self) -> u32 {
         self.info().n_planes()
     }
@@ -136,6 +146,43 @@ impl<T> VideoFrame<T> {
         self.info().offset()
     }
 
+    pub fn comp_data(&self, component: u32) -> Result<&[u8], glib::BoolError> {
+        let poffset = self.info().comp_poffset(component as u8) as usize;
+        Ok(&self.plane_data(self.format_info().plane()[component as usize])?[poffset..])
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_depth(&self, component: u32) -> u32 {
+        self.info().comp_depth(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_height(&self, component: u32) -> u32 {
+        self.info().comp_height(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_width(&self, component: u32) -> u32 {
+        self.info().comp_width(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_offset(&self, component: u32) -> usize {
+        self.info().comp_offset(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_poffset(&self, component: u32) -> u32 {
+        self.info().comp_poffset(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_pstride(&self, component: u32) -> i32 {
+        self.info().comp_pstride(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_stride(&self, component: u32) -> i32 {
+        self.info().comp_stride(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_plane(&self, component: u32) -> u32 {
+        self.info().comp_plane(component as u8)
+    }
+
     pub fn buffer(&self) -> &gst::BufferRef {
         unsafe { gst::BufferRef::from_ptr(self.frame.buffer) }
     }
@@ -364,6 +411,11 @@ impl VideoFrame<Writable> {
         unsafe { gst::BufferRef::from_mut_ptr(self.frame.buffer) }
     }
 
+    pub fn comp_data_mut(&mut self, component: u32) -> Result<&mut [u8], glib::BoolError> {
+        let poffset = self.info().comp_poffset(component as u8) as usize;
+        Ok(&mut self.plane_data_mut(self.format_info().plane()[component as usize])?[poffset..])
+    }
+
     pub fn plane_data_mut(&mut self, plane: u32) -> Result<&mut [u8], glib::BoolError> {
         if plane >= self.n_planes() {
             return Err(glib::bool_error!(
@@ -510,6 +562,16 @@ impl<T> VideoFrameRef<T> {
         self.flags().contains(crate::VideoFrameFlags::ONEFIELD)
     }
 
+    pub fn is_bottom_field(&self) -> bool {
+        self.flags().contains(crate::VideoFrameFlags::ONEFIELD)
+            && !self.flags().contains(crate::VideoFrameFlags::TFF)
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_top_field(&self) -> bool {
+        self.flags().contains(crate::VideoFrameFlags::ONEFIELD)
+            && self.flags().contains(crate::VideoFrameFlags::TFF)
+    }
+
     pub fn n_planes(&self) -> u32 {
         self.info().n_planes()
     }
@@ -526,6 +588,43 @@ impl<T> VideoFrameRef<T> {
         self.info().offset()
     }
 
+    pub fn comp_data(&self, component: u32) -> Result<&[u8], glib::BoolError> {
+        let poffset = self.info().comp_poffset(component as u8) as usize;
+        Ok(&self.plane_data(self.format_info().plane()[component as usize])?[poffset..])
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_depth(&self, component: u32) -> u32 {
+        self.info().comp_depth(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_height(&self, component: u32) -> u32 {
+        self.info().comp_height(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_width(&self, component: u32) -> u32 {
+        self.info().comp_width(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_offset(&self, component: u32) -> usize {
+        self.info().comp_offset(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_poffset(&self, component: u32) -> u32 {
+        self.info().comp_poffset(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_pstride(&self, component: u32) -> i32 {
+        self.info().comp_pstride(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_stride(&self, component: u32) -> i32 {
+        self.info().comp_stride(component as u8)
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_plane(&self, component: u32) -> u32 {
+        self.info().comp_plane(component as u8)
+    }
+
     pub fn plane_data(&self, plane: u32) -> Result<&[u8], glib::BoolError> {
         if plane >= self.n_planes() {
             return Err(glib::bool_error!(
@@ -764,6 +863,11 @@ impl<'a> VideoFrameRef<&'a mut gst::BufferRef> {
         self.buffer.as_mut().unwrap()
     }
 
+    pub fn comp_data_mut(&mut self, component: u32) -> Result<&mut [u8], glib::BoolError> {
+        let poffset = self.info().comp_poffset(component as u8) as usize;
+        Ok(&mut self.plane_data_mut(self.format_info().plane()[component as usize])?[poffset..])
+    }
+
     pub fn plane_data_mut(&mut self, plane: u32) -> Result<&mut [u8], glib::BoolError> {
         if plane >= self.n_planes() {
             return Err(glib::bool_error!(
diff --git a/gstreamer-video/src/video_info.rs b/gstreamer-video/src/video_info.rs
index ba16adab2..23e53c57b 100644
--- a/gstreamer-video/src/video_info.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-video/src/video_info.rs
@@ -630,11 +630,15 @@ impl VideoInfo {
             return crate::VideoFormat::Unknown;
         }
 
-        unsafe { from_glib((*self.0.finfo).format) }
+        self.format_info().format()
     }
 
     pub fn format_info(&self) -> crate::VideoFormatInfo {
-        crate::VideoFormatInfo::from_format(self.format())
+        unsafe { crate::VideoFormatInfo::from_ptr(self.0.finfo) }
+    }
+
+    pub fn name<'a>(&self) -> &'a str {
+        self.format_info().name()
     }
 
     pub fn width(&self) -> u32 {
@@ -679,6 +683,39 @@ impl VideoInfo {
         unsafe { VideoColorimetry(ptr::read(&self.0.colorimetry)) }
     }
 
+    pub fn comp_depth(&self, component: u8) -> u32 {
+        self.format_info().depth()[component as usize]
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_height(&self, component: u8) -> u32 {
+        self.format_info().scale_height(component, self.height())
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_width(&self, component: u8) -> u32 {
+        self.format_info().scale_width(component, self.width())
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_offset(&self, component: u8) -> usize {
+        self.offset()[self.format_info().plane()[component as usize] as usize]
+            + self.format_info().poffset()[component as usize] as usize
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_plane(&self, component: u8) -> u32 {
+        self.format_info().plane()[component as usize]
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_poffset(&self, component: u8) -> u32 {
+        self.format_info().poffset()[component as usize]
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_pstride(&self, component: u8) -> i32 {
+        self.format_info().pixel_stride()[component as usize]
+    }
+
+    pub fn comp_stride(&self, component: u8) -> i32 {
+        self.stride()[self.format_info().plane()[component as usize] as usize]
+    }
+
     pub fn par(&self) -> gst::Fraction {
         gst::Fraction::new(self.0.par_n, self.0.par_d)
     }
@@ -687,6 +724,16 @@ impl VideoInfo {
         gst::Fraction::new(self.0.fps_n, self.0.fps_d)
     }
 
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "v1_16", feature = "dox"))]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "dox", doc(cfg(feature = "v1_16")))]
+    pub fn field_rate(&self) -> gst::Fraction {
+        if self.interlace_mode() == crate::VideoInterlaceMode::Alternate {
+            2 * self.fps()
+        } else {
+            self.fps()
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn offset(&self) -> &[usize] {
         &self.0.offset[0..(self.format_info().n_planes() as usize)]
     }