diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af89e3048..90f5e7871 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "smallvec",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/gstreamer-audio/Cargo.toml b/gstreamer-audio/Cargo.toml
index 4019fea2e..aafb2b3ed 100644
--- a/gstreamer-audio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gstreamer-audio/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ glib = { git = "https://github.com/gtk-rs/gtk-rs-core" }
 gst = { package = "gstreamer", path = "../gstreamer" }
 gst-base = { package = "gstreamer-base", path = "../gstreamer-base" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
+smallvec = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 itertools = "0.12"
diff --git a/gstreamer-audio/src/audio_buffer.rs b/gstreamer-audio/src/audio_buffer.rs
index 88b5a093c..bc5b66cc3 100644
--- a/gstreamer-audio/src/audio_buffer.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-audio/src/audio_buffer.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use std::{fmt, marker::PhantomData, mem, ops, ptr, slice};
 
 use glib::translate::{from_glib, Borrowed, ToGlibPtr};
 
+use smallvec::SmallVec;
+
 pub enum Readable {}
 pub enum Writable {}
 
@@ -134,6 +136,16 @@ impl<T> AudioBuffer<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn planes_data(&self) -> SmallVec<[&[u8]; 8]> {
+        let mut planes = SmallVec::default();
+
+        for plane in 0..self.n_planes() {
+            planes[plane as usize] = self.plane_data(plane).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        planes
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn as_audio_buffer_ref(&self) -> AudioBufferRef<&gst::BufferRef> {
         AudioBufferRef {
@@ -241,6 +253,19 @@ impl AudioBuffer<Writable> {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn planes_data_mut(&mut self) -> SmallVec<[&mut [u8]; 8]> {
+        let mut planes = SmallVec::default();
+
+        unsafe {
+            for plane in 0..self.n_planes() {
+                let slice = self.plane_data_mut(plane).unwrap();
+                planes.push(slice::from_raw_parts_mut(slice.as_mut_ptr(), slice.len()));
+            }
+        }
+
+        planes
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn as_mut_audio_buffer_ref(&mut self) -> AudioBufferRef<&mut gst::BufferRef> {
         AudioBufferRef {
@@ -397,6 +422,16 @@ impl<T> AudioBufferRef<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn planes_data(&self) -> SmallVec<[&[u8]; 8]> {
+        let mut planes = SmallVec::default();
+
+        for plane in 0..self.n_planes() {
+            planes[plane as usize] = self.plane_data(plane).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        planes
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn as_ptr(&self) -> *const ffi::GstAudioBuffer {
         &*self.audio_buffer
@@ -520,6 +555,19 @@ impl<'a> AudioBufferRef<&'a mut gst::BufferRef> {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn planes_data_mut(&mut self) -> SmallVec<[&mut [u8]; 8]> {
+        let mut planes = SmallVec::default();
+
+        unsafe {
+            for plane in 0..self.n_planes() {
+                let slice = self.plane_data_mut(plane).unwrap();
+                planes.push(slice::from_raw_parts_mut(slice.as_mut_ptr(), slice.len()));
+            }
+        }
+
+        planes
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn as_mut_ptr(&mut self) -> *mut ffi::GstAudioBuffer {
         &mut *self.audio_buffer