diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
index 9943da9118..253cc7ec55 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ create_pad_for_stream (MpegTSBase * base, MpegTSBaseStream * bstream,
       /* interlace-mode, sampling, depth */
       gst_caps_set_simple (caps, "width", G_TYPE_INT, jpegxs.horizontal_size,
           "height", G_TYPE_INT, jpegxs.vertical_size, "depth", G_TYPE_INT,
-          (jpegxs.schar >> 4) & 0xf, NULL);
+          ((jpegxs.schar >> 4) & 0xf) + 1, NULL);
       switch (jpegxs.schar & 0xf) {
         case 0:
           gst_caps_set_simple (caps, "sampling", G_TYPE_STRING, "YCbCr-4:2:2",
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsmux/gstbasetsmux.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsmux/gstbasetsmux.c
index 829fb9e6ef..87ce645158 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsmux/gstbasetsmux.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsmux/gstbasetsmux.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ gst_base_ts_mux_jpegxs_descriptor (GstBaseTsMux * mux,
   }
 
   {
-    guint16 schar = (depth & 0xf) << 4;
+    guint16 schar = ((depth - 1) & 0xf) << 4;
     /* FIXME : Support all other variants */
     if (!g_strcmp0 (sampling, "YCbCr-4:2:2")) {
       schar |= 0;