diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.c b/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.c
index b8870fc4c9..8a6c433f1b 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.c
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * GStreamer
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Luis de Bethencourt <luis@debethencourt.com>
- * 
+ * Copyright (C) <2010-2012> Luis de Bethencourt <luis@debethencourt.com>
+ *
  * Chromium - burning chrome video effect.
  * Based on Pete Warden's FreeFrame plugin with the same name.
  *
@@ -67,17 +67,17 @@
 #include "gstplugin.h"
 #include "gstchromium.h"
 
-#include <gst/video/video.h>
-
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_chromium_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_chromium_debug
 
 #if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-#define CAPS_STR GST_VIDEO_CAPS_BGRx ";" GST_VIDEO_CAPS_RGBx
+#define CAPS_STR GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE ("{  BGRx, RGBx }")
 #else
-#define CAPS_STR GST_VIDEO_CAPS_xRGB ";" GST_VIDEO_CAPS_xBGR
+#define CAPS_STR GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE ("{  xBGR, xRGB }")
 #endif
 
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstChromium, gst_chromium, GST_TYPE_VIDEO_FILTER);
+
 /* Filter signals and args. */
 enum
 {
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate src_factory = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_STATIC_CAPS (CAPS_STR)
     );
 
-GST_BOILERPLATE (GstChromium, gst_chromium, GstVideoFilter,
-    GST_TYPE_VIDEO_FILTER);
-
 static void gst_chromium_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
     const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
 static void gst_chromium_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
@@ -142,30 +139,24 @@ static GstFlowReturn gst_chromium_transform (GstBaseTransform * btrans,
 
 /* GObject vmethod implementations */
 
-static void
-gst_chromium_base_init (gpointer gclass)
-{
-  GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
-
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
-      "Chromium",
-      "Filter/Effect/Video",
-      "Chromium breaks the colors of the video signal.",
-      "Luis de Bethencourt <luis@debethencourt.com>");
-
-  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
-      gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
-  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
-      gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
-}
-
 /* Initialize the chromium's class. */
 static void
 gst_chromium_class_init (GstChromiumClass * klass)
 {
   GObjectClass *gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
+  GstElementClass *gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
   GstBaseTransformClass *trans_class = (GstBaseTransformClass *) klass;
 
+  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Chromium",
+      "Filter/Effect/Video",
+      "Chromium breaks the colors of the video signal.",
+      "Luis de Bethencourt <luis@debethencourt.com>");
+
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
+  gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
+      gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
+
   gobject_class->set_property = gst_chromium_set_property;
   gobject_class->get_property = gst_chromium_get_property;
 
@@ -193,7 +184,7 @@ gst_chromium_class_init (GstChromiumClass * klass)
  * initialize instance structure.
  */
 static void
-gst_chromium_init (GstChromium * filter, GstChromiumClass * gclass)
+gst_chromium_init (GstChromium * filter)
 {
   filter->edge_a = DEFAULT_EDGE_A;
   filter->edge_b = DEFAULT_EDGE_B;
@@ -256,20 +247,25 @@ static gboolean
 gst_chromium_set_caps (GstBaseTransform * btrans, GstCaps * incaps,
     GstCaps * outcaps)
 {
-  GstChromium *filter = GST_CHROMIUM (btrans);
-  GstStructure *structure;
-  gboolean ret = FALSE;
+  GstChromium *chromium = GST_CHROMIUM (btrans);
+  GstVideoInfo info;
 
-  structure = gst_caps_get_structure (incaps, 0);
+  if (!gst_video_info_from_caps (&info, incaps))
+    goto invalid_caps;
 
-  GST_OBJECT_LOCK (filter);
-  if (gst_structure_get_int (structure, "width", &filter->width) &&
-      gst_structure_get_int (structure, "height", &filter->height)) {
-    ret = TRUE;
+  chromium->info = info;
+
+  chromium->width = GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH (&info);
+  chromium->height = GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT (&info);
+
+  return TRUE;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+invalid_caps:
+  {
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (btrans, "could not parse caps");
+    return FALSE;
   }
-  GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (filter);
-
-  return ret;
 }
 
 /* Actual processing. */
@@ -279,10 +275,16 @@ gst_chromium_transform (GstBaseTransform * btrans,
 {
   GstChromium *filter = GST_CHROMIUM (btrans);
   gint video_size, edge_a, edge_b;
-  guint32 *src = (guint32 *) GST_BUFFER_DATA (in_buf);
-  guint32 *dest = (guint32 *) GST_BUFFER_DATA (out_buf);
+  guint32 *src, *dest;
   GstClockTime timestamp;
   gint64 stream_time;
+  GstVideoFrame in_frame, out_frame;
+
+  gst_video_frame_map (&in_frame, &filter->info, in_buf, GST_MAP_READ);
+  gst_video_frame_map (&out_frame, &filter->info, out_buf, GST_MAP_WRITE);
+
+  src = GST_VIDEO_FRAME_PLANE_DATA (&in_frame, 0);
+  dest = GST_VIDEO_FRAME_PLANE_DATA (&out_frame, 0);
 
   /* GstController: update the properties */
   timestamp = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (in_buf);
diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.h b/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.h
index 4f41f1d7ad..e93b34f69d 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.h
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * GStreamer
  * Copyright (C) 2010 Luis de Bethencourt <luis@debethencourt.com>>
- * 
+ *
  * Chromium - burning chrome video effect.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct GstChromium
   gint width, height;
 
   /* < private > */
+  GstVideoInfo info;
   gint edge_a, edge_b;
   gboolean silent;
 };