diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1e2c1a3c90..9b4023c392 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2005-02-21  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	* ext/dirac/gstdiracdec.cc:
+	(gst_diracdec_chain):
+	  Since dirac 0.5.0 the framerate in dirac is expressed as a
+	  rational number. Fix build and up requirement to 0.5.0, and
+	  also pass parameters to gst_diracdec_link in the right order
+	  (fixes #167959).
+
 2005-02-21  Maciej Katafiasz  <mathrick@freedesktop.org>
 
 	* ext/faad/gstfaad.c: (gst_faad_sinkconnect), (gst_faad_chain):
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4c1d31e35a..4cd6b5b3ae 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -887,9 +887,9 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_HEADER(cdda_paranoia.h, :, HAVE_CDPARANOIA=no)
 dnl *** dirac ***
 translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_DIRAC, true)
 GST_CHECK_FEATURE(DIRAC, [dirac plug-ins], dirac, [
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DIRAC, dirac-pic >= 0.4, HAVE_DIRAC="yes", HAVE_DIRAC="no")
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DIRAC, dirac-pic >= 0.5.0, HAVE_DIRAC="yes", HAVE_DIRAC="no")
   if test x$HAVE_DIRAC = xno ; then
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DIRAC, dirac >= 0.4, HAVE_DIRAC="yes", HAVE_DIRAC="no")
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DIRAC, dirac >= 0.5.0, HAVE_DIRAC="yes", HAVE_DIRAC="no")
   fi
   AC_SUBST(DIRAC_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(DIRAC_LIBS)
diff --git a/ext/dirac/gstdiracdec.cc b/ext/dirac/gstdiracdec.cc
index 6a9c3abf60..c9f8501aa7 100644
--- a/ext/dirac/gstdiracdec.cc
+++ b/ext/dirac/gstdiracdec.cc
@@ -253,13 +253,18 @@ gst_diracdec_chain (GstPad * pad, GstData * _data)
 
       case STATE_SEQUENCE:{
         guint8 *buf[3];
+        gint fps_num, fps_denom;
+
+        fps_num = diracdec->decoder->seq_params.frame_rate.numerator;
+        fps_denom = diracdec->decoder->seq_params.frame_rate.denominator;
 
         /* start-of-sequence - allocate buffer */
         if (!gst_diracdec_link (diracdec,
                 diracdec->decoder->seq_params.width,
                 diracdec->decoder->seq_params.height,
+                (gdouble) fps_num / (gdouble) fps_denom,
                 gst_diracdec_chroma_to_fourcc (diracdec->decoder->seq_params.
-                    chroma), diracdec->decoder->seq_params.frame_rate)) {
+                    chroma))) {
           GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (diracdec, CORE, NEGOTIATION, (NULL),
               ("Failed to set caps to %dx%d @ %d fps (format=" GST_FOURCC_FORMAT
                   "/%d)", diracdec->decoder->seq_params.width,