diff --git a/gst/level/filter.func b/gst/level/filter.func
index 107b02b5e0..fd82c03838 100644
--- a/gst/level/filter.func
+++ b/gst/level/filter.func
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ gst_level_fast_16bit_chain (gint16 * in, guint num, gint channels,
 
   for (j = 0; j < num; j += channels)
   {
+    //g_print ("ch %d -> smp %d\n", j, in[j]);
     square = (double) (in[j] * in[j]);
     if (square > PSS) PSS = square;
     squaresum += square;
diff --git a/gst/level/gstlevel.c b/gst/level/gstlevel.c
index dc51b705de..c00b07b463 100644
--- a/gst/level/gstlevel.c
+++ b/gst/level/gstlevel.c
@@ -46,14 +46,24 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate sink_template_factory =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("level_sink",
     GST_PAD_SINK,
     GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
-    GST_STATIC_CAPS (GST_AUDIO_INT_PAD_TEMPLATE_CAPS)
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/x-raw-int, "
+        "rate = (int) [ 1, MAX ], "
+        "channels = (int) 2, "
+        "endianness = (int) BYTE_ORDER, "
+        "width = (int) { 8, 16 }, "
+        "depth = (int) { 8, 16 }, " "signed = (boolean) true")
     );
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate src_template_factory =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("level_src",
     GST_PAD_SRC,
     GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
-    GST_STATIC_CAPS (GST_AUDIO_INT_PAD_TEMPLATE_CAPS)
+    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/x-raw-int, "
+        "rate = (int) [ 1, MAX ], "
+        "channels = (int) 2, "
+        "endianness = (int) BYTE_ORDER, "
+        "width = (int) { 8, 16 }, "
+        "depth = (int) { 8, 16 }, " "signed = (boolean) true")
     );
 
 /* Filter signals and args */