diff --git a/ext/wavpack/gstwavpackdec.c b/ext/wavpack/gstwavpackdec.c
index 133b51b60a..365544b179 100644
--- a/ext/wavpack/gstwavpackdec.c
+++ b/ext/wavpack/gstwavpackdec.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ gst_wavpack_dec_handle_frame (GstAudioDecoder * bdec, GstBuffer * buf)
   format_changed =
       (dec->sample_rate != WavpackGetSampleRate (dec->context)) ||
       (dec->channels != WavpackGetNumChannels (dec->context)) ||
-      (dec->depth != WavpackGetBitsPerSample (dec->context)) ||
+      (dec->depth != WavpackGetBytesPerSample (dec->context) * 8) ||
 #ifdef WAVPACK_OLD_API
       (dec->channel_mask != dec->context->config.channel_mask);
 #else
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ gst_wavpack_dec_handle_frame (GstAudioDecoder * bdec, GstBuffer * buf)
 
     dec->sample_rate = WavpackGetSampleRate (dec->context);
     dec->channels = WavpackGetNumChannels (dec->context);
-    dec->depth = WavpackGetBitsPerSample (dec->context);
+    dec->depth = WavpackGetBytesPerSample (dec->context) * 8;
 
 #ifdef WAVPACK_OLD_API
     channel_mask = dec->context->config.channel_mask;
diff --git a/ext/wavpack/gstwavpackenc.c b/ext/wavpack/gstwavpackenc.c
index e2e19d4d38..8595798f47 100644
--- a/ext/wavpack/gstwavpackenc.c
+++ b/ext/wavpack/gstwavpackenc.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate src_factory = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
     GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/x-wavpack, "
         "width = (int) [ 1, 32 ], "
-        "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ], "
+        "channels = (int) [ 1, 8 ], "
         "rate = (int) [ 6000, 192000 ], " "framed = (boolean) TRUE")
     );