better/unified long descriptions

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* ext/aalib/gstaasink.c:
* ext/annodex/gstcmmldec.c:
* ext/annodex/gstcmmlenc.c:
* ext/cairo/gsttextoverlay.c:
* ext/cairo/gsttimeoverlay.c:
* ext/cdio/gstcdiocddasrc.c:
* ext/dv/gstdvdec.c:
* ext/esd/esdmon.c:
* ext/esd/esdsink.c:
* ext/flac/gstflacdec.c:
* ext/flac/gstflacenc.c:
* ext/flac/gstflactag.c:
* ext/gconf/gstgconfaudiosink.c: (gst_gconf_audio_sink_base_init):
* ext/gconf/gstgconfaudiosrc.c: (gst_gconf_audio_src_base_init):
* ext/gconf/gstgconfvideosink.c: (gst_gconf_video_sink_base_init):
* ext/gconf/gstgconfvideosrc.c: (gst_gconf_video_src_base_init):
* ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c:
* ext/gdk_pixbuf/pixbufscale.c:
* ext/hal/gsthalaudiosink.c: (gst_hal_audio_sink_base_init):
* ext/hal/gsthalaudiosrc.c: (gst_hal_audio_src_base_init):
* ext/jpeg/gstjpegdec.c:
* ext/jpeg/gstjpegenc.c:
* ext/jpeg/gstsmokedec.c:
* ext/jpeg/gstsmokeenc.c:
* ext/libcaca/gstcacasink.c:
* ext/libmng/gstmngdec.c:
* ext/libmng/gstmngenc.c:
* ext/libpng/gstpngdec.c:
* ext/libpng/gstpngenc.c:
* ext/mikmod/gstmikmod.c:
* ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c:
* ext/shout2/gstshout2.c:
* ext/speex/gstspeexdec.c:
* ext/speex/gstspeexenc.c:
* gst/alpha/gstalpha.c:
* gst/alpha/gstalphacolor.c:
* gst/auparse/gstauparse.c:
* gst/autodetect/gstautoaudiosink.c:
(gst_auto_audio_sink_base_init):
* gst/autodetect/gstautovideosink.c:
(gst_auto_video_sink_base_init):
* gst/avi/gstavimux.c: (gst_avimux_base_init):
* gst/cutter/gstcutter.c:
* gst/debug/breakmydata.c:
* gst/debug/efence.c:
* gst/debug/gstnavigationtest.c:
* gst/debug/negotiation.c:
* gst/debug/progressreport.c:
* gst/debug/testplugin.c:
* gst/effectv/gstaging.c:
* gst/effectv/gstdice.c:
* gst/effectv/gstedge.c:
* gst/effectv/gstquark.c:
* gst/effectv/gstrev.c:
* gst/effectv/gstvertigo.c:
* gst/effectv/gstwarp.c:
* gst/flx/gstflxdec.c:
* gst/goom/gstgoom.c:
* gst/interleave/deinterleave.c:
* gst/interleave/interleave.c:
* gst/law/alaw-decode.c: (gst_alawdec_base_init):
* gst/law/alaw-encode.c: (gst_alawenc_base_init):
* gst/law/mulaw-decode.c: (gst_mulawdec_base_init):
* gst/law/mulaw-encode.c: (gst_mulawenc_base_init):
* gst/level/gstlevel.c:
* gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c: (gst_matroska_demux_base_init):
* gst/matroska/matroska-mux.c: (gst_matroska_mux_base_init):
* gst/median/gstmedian.c:
* gst/monoscope/gstmonoscope.c:
* gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c:
* gst/multipart/multipartmux.c:
* gst/oldcore/gstmd5sink.c:
* gst/oldcore/gstmultifilesrc.c:
* gst/oldcore/gstpipefilter.c:
* gst/oldcore/gstshaper.c:
* gst/oldcore/gststatistics.c:
* gst/rtp/gstasteriskh263.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpL16depay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpL16pay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpamrdepay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpamrpay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpdepay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpgsmpay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtph263pay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtph263pdepay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtph263ppay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4gpay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4vdepay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4vpay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpmpadepay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpmpapay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtppcmadepay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtppcmapay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtppcmudepay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtppcmupay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpspeexdepay.c:
* gst/rtp/gstrtpspeexpay.c:
* gst/rtsp/gstrtpdec.c:
* gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c:
* gst/videobox/gstvideobox.c:
* gst/videofilter/gstgamma.c: (gst_gamma_base_init):
* gst/videofilter/gstvideobalance.c:
* gst/videofilter/gstvideoflip.c:
* gst/videofilter/gstvideotemplate.c:
(gst_videotemplate_base_init):
* gst/videomixer/videomixer.c:
* gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c:
* gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c: (gst_wavparse_base_init):
better/unified long descriptions
Fixed #336602
Some cleanups to auparse, don't send multiple newsegments.

65 files changed, 249 insertions, 270 deletions

diff --git a/gst/alpha/gstalpha.c b/gst/alpha/gstalpha.c
index 5237706d..da6e0732 100644
--- a/gst/alpha/gstalpha.c
+++ b/gst/alpha/gstalpha.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct _GstAlphaClass
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 static GstElementDetails gst_alpha_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("alpha filter",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Alpha filter",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "Adds an alpha channel to video",
     "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
diff --git a/gst/alpha/gstalphacolor.c b/gst/alpha/gstalphacolor.c
index 04bc70cc..7fd225ee 100644
--- a/gst/alpha/gstalphacolor.c
+++ b/gst/alpha/gstalphacolor.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct _GstAlphaColorClass
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 static GstElementDetails gst_alpha_color_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("alpha color filter",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Alpha color filter",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "RGB->YUV colorspace conversion preserving the alpha channels",
     "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
diff --git a/gst/auparse/gstauparse.c b/gst/auparse/gstauparse.c
index 018ee500..ba03538f 100644
--- a/gst/auparse/gstauparse.c
+++ b/gst/auparse/gstauparse.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 static GstElementDetails gst_au_parse_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS (".au parser",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("AU audio demuxer",
     "Codec/Demuxer/Audio",
     "Parse an .au file into raw audio",
     "Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>");
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ gst_au_parse_init (GstAuParse * auparse, GstAuParseClass * klass)
 {
   auparse->sinkpad =
       gst_pad_new_from_static_template (&gst_au_parse_sink_template, "sink");
-  gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT (auparse), auparse->sinkpad);
   gst_pad_set_chain_function (auparse->sinkpad, gst_au_parse_chain);
+  gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT (auparse), auparse->sinkpad);
 
   auparse->srcpad =
       gst_pad_new_from_static_template (&gst_au_parse_src_template, "src");
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ gst_au_parse_chain (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buf)
   gint law = 0, depth = 0, ieee = 0;
   gchar layout[7];
   GstBuffer *databuf;
-  GstEvent *event;
 
   layout[0] = 0;
 
@@ -168,6 +167,8 @@ gst_au_parse_chain (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buf)
   if (auparse->size == 0) {
     guint32 *head = (guint32 *) data;
 
+    /* FIXME, check if we have enough data (with adapter?) instead of
+     * crashing. */
     /* normal format is big endian (au is a Sparc format) */
     if (GST_READ_UINT32_BE (head) == 0x2e736e64) {      /* ".snd" */
       head++;
@@ -202,10 +203,7 @@ gst_au_parse_chain (GstPad * pad, GstBuffer * buf)
       head++;
 
     } else {
-      GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (auparse, STREAM, WRONG_TYPE, (NULL), (NULL));
-      gst_buffer_unref (buf);
-      gst_object_unref (auparse);
-      return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+      goto unknown_header;
     }
 
     GST_DEBUG
@@ -289,10 +287,7 @@ Samples :
       case 22:                 /* Music kit DSP commands samples */
 
       default:
-        GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (auparse, STREAM, FORMAT, (NULL), (NULL));
-        gst_buffer_unref (buf);
-        gst_object_unref (auparse);
-        return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+        goto unknown_format;
     }
 
     if (law) {
@@ -324,14 +319,18 @@ Samples :
       auparse->sample_size = auparse->channels * depth / 8;
     }
 
-    gst_pad_use_fixed_caps (auparse->srcpad);
     gst_pad_set_caps (auparse->srcpad, tempcaps);
-    gst_pad_set_active (auparse->srcpad, TRUE);
 
-    event = gst_event_new_new_segment (FALSE, 1.0, GST_FORMAT_DEFAULT,
-        0, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE, 0);
+#if 0
+    {
+      GstEvent *event;
+
+      event = gst_event_new_new_segment (FALSE, 1.0, GST_FORMAT_DEFAULT,
+          0, GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE, 0);
 
-    gst_pad_push_event (auparse->srcpad, event);
+      gst_pad_push_event (auparse->srcpad, event);
+    }
+#endif
 
     databuf = gst_buffer_create_sub (buf, auparse->offset,
         size - auparse->offset);
@@ -381,6 +380,22 @@ Samples :
   gst_object_unref (auparse);
 
   return ret;
+
+  /* ERRORS */
+unknown_header:
+  {
+    GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (auparse, STREAM, WRONG_TYPE, (NULL), (NULL));
+    gst_buffer_unref (buf);
+    gst_object_unref (auparse);
+    return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+  }
+unknown_format:
+  {
+    GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (auparse, STREAM, FORMAT, (NULL), (NULL));
+    gst_buffer_unref (buf);
+    gst_object_unref (auparse);
+    return GST_FLOW_ERROR;
+  }
 }
 
 static GstStateChangeReturn
diff --git a/gst/autodetect/gstautoaudiosink.c b/gst/autodetect/gstautoaudiosink.c
index 28892f4f..cb087c0d 100644
--- a/gst/autodetect/gstautoaudiosink.c
+++ b/gst/autodetect/gstautoaudiosink.c
@@ -56,12 +56,11 @@ static void
 gst_auto_audio_sink_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails gst_auto_audio_sink_details = {
-    "Auto audio sink",
-    "Sink/Audio",
-    "Wrapper audio sink for automatically detected audio sink",
-    "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails gst_auto_audio_sink_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Auto audio sink",
+      "Sink/Audio",
+      "Wrapper audio sink for automatically detected audio sink",
+      "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
   GstStaticPadTemplate sink_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
       GST_PAD_SINK,
       GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
diff --git a/gst/autodetect/gstautovideosink.c b/gst/autodetect/gstautovideosink.c
index 8859492f..0e1ce09c 100644
--- a/gst/autodetect/gstautovideosink.c
+++ b/gst/autodetect/gstautovideosink.c
@@ -56,12 +56,11 @@ static void
 gst_auto_video_sink_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails gst_auto_video_sink_details = {
-    "Auto video sink",
-    "Sink/Video",
-    "Wrapper video sink for automatically detected video sink",
-    "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails gst_auto_video_sink_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Auto video sink",
+      "Sink/Video",
+      "Wrapper video sink for automatically detected video sink",
+      "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
   GstStaticPadTemplate sink_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
       GST_PAD_SINK,
       GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
diff --git a/gst/avi/gstavimux.c b/gst/avi/gstavimux.c
index 253b7da7..15a374fa 100644
--- a/gst/avi/gstavimux.c
+++ b/gst/avi/gstavimux.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ gst_avimux_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
   static GstElementDetails gst_avimux_details =
-      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Avi multiplexer",
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Avi muxer",
       "Codec/Muxer",
       "Muxes audio and video into an avi stream",
       "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
diff --git a/gst/cutter/gstcutter.c b/gst/cutter/gstcutter.c
index 9b302cd8..8d3c0647 100644
--- a/gst/cutter/gstcutter.c
+++ b/gst/cutter/gstcutter.c
@@ -34,12 +34,10 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (cutter_debug);
 #define CUTTER_DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_LENGTH  (500 * GST_MSECOND)
 #define CUTTER_DEFAULT_PRE_LENGTH        (200 * GST_MSECOND)
 
-static GstElementDetails cutter_details = {
-  "Cutter",
-  "Filter/Editor/Audio",
-  "Audio Cutter to split audio into non-silent bits",
-  "Thomas <thomas@apestaart.org>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails cutter_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Audio cutter",
+    "Filter/Editor/Audio",
+    "Audio Cutter to split audio into non-silent bits",
+    "Thomas <thomas@apestaart.org>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate cutter_src_factory = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_PAD_SRC,
diff --git a/gst/debug/breakmydata.c b/gst/debug/breakmydata.c
index 724ac4fd..0a020582 100644
--- a/gst/debug/breakmydata.c
+++ b/gst/debug/breakmydata.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static GstFlowReturn gst_break_my_data_transform_ip (GstBaseTransform * trans,
 static gboolean gst_break_my_data_stop (GstBaseTransform * trans);
 static gboolean gst_break_my_data_start (GstBaseTransform * trans);
 
-static GstElementDetails details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("breakmydata",
+static GstElementDetails details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Break my data",
     "Testing",
     "randomly change data in the stream",
     "Benjamin Otte <otte@gnome>");
diff --git a/gst/debug/efence.c b/gst/debug/efence.c
index 90932598..2c727251 100644
--- a/gst/debug/efence.c
+++ b/gst/debug/efence.c
@@ -42,16 +42,14 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_efence_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT  gst_efence_debug
 
-static GstElementDetails plugin_details = {
-  "Electric Fence",
-  "Testing",
-  "This element converts a stream of normal GStreamer buffers into a "
-      "stream of buffers that are allocated in such a way that out-of-bounds "
-      "access to data in the buffer is more likely to cause segmentation "
-      "faults.  This allocation method is very similar to the debugging tool "
-      "\"Electric Fence\".",
-  "David A. Schleef <ds@schleef.org>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails plugin_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Electric Fence",
+    "Testing",
+    "This element converts a stream of normal GStreamer buffers into a "
+    "stream of buffers that are allocated in such a way that out-of-bounds "
+    "access to data in the buffer is more likely to cause segmentation "
+    "faults.  This allocation method is very similar to the debugging tool "
+    "\"Electric Fence\".",
+    "David A. Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 
 /* Filter signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/debug/gstnavigationtest.c b/gst/debug/gstnavigationtest.c
index f31ee96e..d46ee47d 100644
--- a/gst/debug/gstnavigationtest.c
+++ b/gst/debug/gstnavigationtest.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (navigationtest_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT navigationtest_debug
 
 static GstElementDetails navigationtest_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video Navigation test",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video navigation test",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "Handle navigation events showing a black square following mouse pointer",
     "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/gst/debug/negotiation.c b/gst/debug/negotiation.c
index c3f2314d..feb62524 100644
--- a/gst/debug/negotiation.c
+++ b/gst/debug/negotiation.c
@@ -60,13 +60,11 @@ struct _GstNegotiationClass
 GType gst_gst_negotiation_get_type (void);
 
 
-static GstElementDetails plugin_details = {
-  "Negotiation",
-  "Testing",
-  "This element acts like identity, except that one can control how "
-      "negotiation works",
-  "David A. Schleef <ds@schleef.org>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails plugin_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Negotiation",
+    "Testing",
+    "This element acts like identity, except that one can control how "
+    "negotiation works",
+    "David A. Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 
 /* Filter signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/debug/progressreport.c b/gst/debug/progressreport.c
index 35bbf3c7..a09fbd76 100644
--- a/gst/debug/progressreport.c
+++ b/gst/debug/progressreport.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
     GST_STATIC_CAPS_ANY);
 
 static GstElementDetails progress_report_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Progress Report",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Progress report",
     "Testing",
     "Periodically query and report on processing progress",
     "Jan Schmidt <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>");
diff --git a/gst/debug/testplugin.c b/gst/debug/testplugin.c
index d176e09c..e549c996 100644
--- a/gst/debug/testplugin.c
+++ b/gst/debug/testplugin.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate sinktemplate = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
     GST_STATIC_CAPS_ANY);
 
 
-static GstElementDetails details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("gsttestsink",
+static GstElementDetails details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Test plugin",
     "Testing",
     "perform a number of tests",
     "Benjamin Otte <otte@gnome>");
diff --git a/gst/effectv/gstaging.c b/gst/effectv/gstaging.c
index c9a9da6e..54e1e596 100644
--- a/gst/effectv/gstaging.c
+++ b/gst/effectv/gstaging.c
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ struct _GstAgingTVClass
 
 GType gst_agingtv_get_type (void);
 
-static GstElementDetails agingtv_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("AgingTV",
+static GstElementDetails agingtv_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("AgingTV effect",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "AgingTV adds age to video input using scratches and dust",
     "Sam Lantinga <slouken@devolution.com>");
diff --git a/gst/effectv/gstdice.c b/gst/effectv/gstdice.c
index b5492b5e..711f3c56 100644
--- a/gst/effectv/gstdice.c
+++ b/gst/effectv/gstdice.c
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ GType gst_dicetv_get_type (void);
 
 static void gst_dicetv_create_map (GstDiceTV * filter);
 
-static GstElementDetails gst_dicetv_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("DiceTV",
+static GstElementDetails gst_dicetv_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("DiceTV effect",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "'Dices' the screen up into many small squares",
     "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
diff --git a/gst/effectv/gstedge.c b/gst/effectv/gstedge.c
index 3da3870d..eb7f6aab 100644
--- a/gst/effectv/gstedge.c
+++ b/gst/effectv/gstedge.c
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ struct _GstEdgeTVClass
 
 GType gst_edgetv_get_type (void);
 
-static GstElementDetails gst_edgetv_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("EdgeTV",
+static GstElementDetails gst_edgetv_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("EdgeTV effect",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "Apply edge detect on video",
     "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
diff --git a/gst/effectv/gstquark.c b/gst/effectv/gstquark.c
index 1e357028..9b985697 100644
--- a/gst/effectv/gstquark.c
+++ b/gst/effectv/gstquark.c
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ GType gst_quarktv_get_type (void);
 
 static void gst_quarktv_planetable_clear (GstQuarkTV * filter);
 
-static GstElementDetails quarktv_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("QuarkTV",
+static GstElementDetails quarktv_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("QuarkTV effect",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "Motion dissolver",
     "FUKUCHI, Kentarou <fukuchi@users.sourceforge.net>");
diff --git a/gst/effectv/gstrev.c b/gst/effectv/gstrev.c
index 898eb5dd..44dd3ef7 100644
--- a/gst/effectv/gstrev.c
+++ b/gst/effectv/gstrev.c
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ enum
 
 GType gst_revtv_get_type (void);
 
-static GstElementDetails gst_revtv_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RevTV",
+static GstElementDetails gst_revtv_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RevTV effect",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "A video waveform monitor for each line of video processed",
     "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
diff --git a/gst/effectv/gstvertigo.c b/gst/effectv/gstvertigo.c
index 244ca171..5c0016e3 100644
--- a/gst/effectv/gstvertigo.c
+++ b/gst/effectv/gstvertigo.c
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ enum
   ARG_ZOOM_SPEED
 };
 
-static GstElementDetails vertigotv_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("VertigoTV",
+static GstElementDetails vertigotv_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("VertigoTV effect",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "A loopback alpha blending effector with rotating and scaling",
     "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
diff --git a/gst/effectv/gstwarp.c b/gst/effectv/gstwarp.c
index 3cca8da5..ec451530 100644
--- a/gst/effectv/gstwarp.c
+++ b/gst/effectv/gstwarp.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static void initSinTable (GstWarpTV * filter);
 static void initOffsTable (GstWarpTV * filter);
 static void initDistTable (GstWarpTV * filter);
 
-static GstElementDetails warptv_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("WarpTV",
+static GstElementDetails warptv_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("WarpTV effect",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "WarpTV does realtime goo'ing of the video input",
     "Sam Lantinga <slouken@devolution.com>");
diff --git a/gst/flx/gstflxdec.c b/gst/flx/gstflxdec.c
index d6db1bb4..585567e3 100644
--- a/gst/flx/gstflxdec.c
+++ b/gst/flx/gstflxdec.c
@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (flxdec_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT flxdec_debug
 
 /* flx element information */
-static GstElementDetails flxdec_details = {
-  "FLX Decoder",
-  "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
-  "FLX decoder",
-  "Sepp Wijnands <mrrazz@garbage-coderz.net>, Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@gmail.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails flxdec_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("FLX audio decoder",
+    "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
+    "FLX decoder",
+    "Sepp Wijnands <mrrazz@garbage-coderz.net>, Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@gmail.com>");
 
 /* Flx signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/goom/gstgoom.c b/gst/goom/gstgoom.c
index 54425aa6..745b0c6e 100644
--- a/gst/goom/gstgoom.c
+++ b/gst/goom/gstgoom.c
@@ -45,12 +45,11 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (goom_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT goom_debug
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_goom_details = {
-  "GOOM: what a GOOM!",
-  "Visualization",
-  "Takes frames of data and outputs video frames using the GOOM filter",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_goom_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("GOOM: what a GOOM!",
+    "Visualization",
+    "Takes frames of data and outputs video frames using the GOOM filter",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
 
 /* signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/law/alaw-decode.c b/gst/law/alaw-decode.c
index e7496e2c..0d180459 100644
--- a/gst/law/alaw-decode.c
+++ b/gst/law/alaw-decode.c
@@ -191,12 +191,11 @@ static void
 gst_alawdec_base_init (GstALawDecClass * klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails alawdec_details = {
-    "A Law to PCM conversion",
-    "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
-    "Convert 8bit A law to 16bit PCM",
-    "Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails alawdec_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("A Law audio decoder",
+      "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
+      "Convert 8bit A law to 16bit PCM",
+      "Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>");
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, alawdec_src_template);
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, alawdec_sink_template);
diff --git a/gst/law/alaw-encode.c b/gst/law/alaw-encode.c
index d5d51686..d2eef4cf 100644
--- a/gst/law/alaw-encode.c
+++ b/gst/law/alaw-encode.c
@@ -227,12 +227,11 @@ static void
 gst_alawenc_base_init (GstALawEncClass * klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails alawenc_details = {
-    "PCM to A Law conversion",
-    "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
-    "Convert 16bit PCM to 8bit A law",
-    "Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails alawenc_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("A Law audio encoder",
+      "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
+      "Convert 16bit PCM to 8bit A law",
+      "Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>");
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, alawenc_src_template);
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, alawenc_sink_template);
diff --git a/gst/law/mulaw-decode.c b/gst/law/mulaw-decode.c
index 51509356..607f5709 100644
--- a/gst/law/mulaw-decode.c
+++ b/gst/law/mulaw-decode.c
@@ -161,12 +161,11 @@ static void
 gst_mulawdec_base_init (GstMuLawDecClass * klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails mulawdec_details = {
-    "Mu Law to PCM conversion",
-    "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
-    "Convert 8bit mu law to 16bit PCM",
-    "Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails mulawdec_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Mu Law audio decoder",
+      "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
+      "Convert 8bit mu law to 16bit PCM",
+      "Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>");
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, mulawdec_src_template);
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, mulawdec_sink_template);
diff --git a/gst/law/mulaw-encode.c b/gst/law/mulaw-encode.c
index f9e1eccd..67267a85 100644
--- a/gst/law/mulaw-encode.c
+++ b/gst/law/mulaw-encode.c
@@ -161,12 +161,11 @@ static void
 gst_mulawenc_base_init (GstMuLawEncClass * klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails mulawenc_details = {
-    "PCM to Mu Law conversion",
-    "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
-    "Convert 16bit PCM to 8bit mu law",
-    "Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails mulawenc_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Mu Law audio encoder",
+      "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
+      "Convert 16bit PCM to 8bit mu law",
+      "Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>");
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, mulawenc_src_template);
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, mulawenc_sink_template);
diff --git a/gst/level/gstlevel.c b/gst/level/gstlevel.c
index 270ba239..0d37f524 100644
--- a/gst/level/gstlevel.c
+++ b/gst/level/gstlevel.c
@@ -86,12 +86,10 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (level_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT level_debug
 
-static GstElementDetails level_details = {
-  "Level",
-  "Filter/Analyzer/Audio",
-  "RMS/Peak/Decaying Peak Level messager for audio/raw",
-  "Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas at apestaart dot org>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails level_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Level",
+    "Filter/Analyzer/Audio",
+    "RMS/Peak/Decaying Peak Level messager for audio/raw",
+    "Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas at apestaart dot org>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate sink_template_factory =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c b/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c
index 38824507..68f248a3 100644
--- a/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c
+++ b/gst/matroska/matroska-demux.c
@@ -129,12 +129,11 @@ static void
 gst_matroska_demux_base_init (GstMatroskaDemuxClass * klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  static GstElementDetails gst_matroska_demux_details = {
-    "Matroska demuxer",
-    "Codec/Demuxer",
-    "Demuxes a Matroska Stream into video/audio/subtitles",
-    "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>"
-  };
+  static GstElementDetails gst_matroska_demux_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Matroska demuxer",
+      "Codec/Demuxer",
+      "Demuxes a Matroska Stream into video/audio/subtitles",
+      "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, videosrctempl);
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, audiosrctempl);
diff --git a/gst/matroska/matroska-mux.c b/gst/matroska/matroska-mux.c
index 4c054f15..23774df4 100644
--- a/gst/matroska/matroska-mux.c
+++ b/gst/matroska/matroska-mux.c
@@ -166,12 +166,11 @@ static void
 gst_matroska_mux_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
-  static GstElementDetails gst_matroska_mux_details = {
-    "Matroska muxer",
-    "Codec/Muxer",
-    "Muxes video/audio/subtitle streams into a matroska stream",
-    "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>"
-  };
+  static GstElementDetails gst_matroska_mux_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Matroska muxer",
+      "Codec/Muxer",
+      "Muxes video/audio/subtitle streams into a matroska stream",
+      "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&videosink_templ));
diff --git a/gst/median/gstmedian.c b/gst/median/gstmedian.c
index 3f09f086..448f06d9 100644
--- a/gst/median/gstmedian.c
+++ b/gst/median/gstmedian.c
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails median_details = {
-  "Median effect",
-  "Filter/Effect/Video",
-  "Apply a median filter to an image",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails median_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Median effect",
+    "Filter/Effect/Video",
+    "Apply a median filter to an image",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate median_src_factory = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_PAD_SRC,
diff --git a/gst/monoscope/gstmonoscope.c b/gst/monoscope/gstmonoscope.c
index 82d3cb7a..54f3f1ce 100644
--- a/gst/monoscope/gstmonoscope.c
+++ b/gst/monoscope/gstmonoscope.c
@@ -69,12 +69,11 @@ GType gst_monoscope_get_type (void);
 
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_monoscope_details = {
-  "Monoscope",
-  "Visualization",
-  "Displays a highly stabilised waveform of audio input",
-  "Richard Boulton <richard@tartarus.org>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_monoscope_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Monoscope",
+    "Visualization",
+    "Displays a highly stabilised waveform of audio input",
+    "Richard Boulton <richard@tartarus.org>");
 
 /* signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c b/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c
index 7e25bf62..55a4266b 100644
--- a/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c
+++ b/gst/multipart/multipartdemux.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_multipart_demux_debug);
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 static GstElementDetails gst_multipart_demux_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("multipart demuxer",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Multipart demuxer",
     "Codec/Demuxer",
     "demux multipart streams",
     "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
diff --git a/gst/multipart/multipartmux.c b/gst/multipart/multipartmux.c
index 1057bd39..1f064fcc 100644
--- a/gst/multipart/multipartmux.c
+++ b/gst/multipart/multipartmux.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct _GstMultipartMuxClass
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 static GstElementDetails gst_multipart_mux_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("multipart muxer",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Multipart muxer",
     "Codec/Muxer",
     "mux multipart streams",
     "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
diff --git a/gst/oldcore/gstmultifilesrc.c b/gst/oldcore/gstmultifilesrc.c
index df722aaf..d73bd6af 100644
--- a/gst/oldcore/gstmultifilesrc.c
+++ b/gst/oldcore/gstmultifilesrc.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_multifilesrc_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_multifilesrc_debug
 
 GstElementDetails gst_multifilesrc_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Multi File Source",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Multi file source",
     "Source/File",
     "Read from multiple files in order",
     "Dominic Ludlam <dom@openfx.org>");
diff --git a/gst/oldcore/gstpipefilter.c b/gst/oldcore/gstpipefilter.c
index 678551b9..623b9a1f 100644
--- a/gst/oldcore/gstpipefilter.c
+++ b/gst/oldcore/gstpipefilter.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate srctemplate = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_pipefilter_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_pipefilter_debug
 
-GstElementDetails gst_pipefilter_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Pipefilter",
+GstElementDetails gst_pipefilter_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Pipe filter",
     "Filter",
     "Interoperate with an external program using stdin and stdout",
     "Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>, "
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstasteriskh263.c b/gst/rtp/gstasteriskh263.c
index 3fe3326f..c2a12337 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstasteriskh263.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstasteriskh263.c
@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@ typedef struct _GstAsteriskH263Header
 #define GST_ASTERISKH263_HEADER_LENGTH(buf) (((GstAsteriskH263Header *)(GST_BUFFER_DATA (buf)))->length)
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_h263p_depaydetails = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Depayr/Network",
-  "Extracts H263 video from RTP and encodes in Asterisk H263 format",
-  "Neil Stratford <neils@vipadia.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_h263p_depaydetails =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Depayr/Network",
+    "Extracts H263 video from RTP and encodes in Asterisk H263 format",
+    "Neil Stratford <neils@vipadia.com>");
 
 /* Asteriskh263 signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpL16depay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpL16depay.c
index 60e2bcd5..d7a48dd6 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpL16depay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpL16depay.c
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@
 #include "gstrtp-common.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_L16depay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Depayr/Network",
-  "Extracts raw audio from RTP packets",
-  "Zeeshan Ali <zak147@yahoo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_L16depay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Depayr/Network",
+    "Extracts raw audio from RTP packets",
+    "Zeeshan Ali <zak147@yahoo.com>");
 
 /* RtpL16Depay signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpL16pay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpL16pay.c
index 3f61d73d..ce424fe4 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpL16pay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpL16pay.c
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@
 #include "gstrtpL16pay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtpL16pay_details = {
-  "RTP RAW Audio Payloader",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payload-encodes Raw Audio into a RTP packet",
-  "Zeeshan Ali <zak147@yahoo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtpL16pay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP RAW audio payloader",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payload-encodes Raw Audio into a RTP packet",
+    "Zeeshan Ali <zak147@yahoo.com>");
 
 /* RtpL16Pay signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpamrdepay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpamrdepay.c
index 3eb08d35..9a4d7c99 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpamrdepay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpamrdepay.c
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@
  */
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_amrdepay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Depayr/Network",
-  "Extracts AMR audio from RTP packets (RFC 3267)",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_amrdepay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Depayr/Network",
+    "Extracts AMR audio from RTP packets (RFC 3267)",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 /* RtpAMRDepay signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpamrpay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpamrpay.c
index 27588d8c..93dd5fb0 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpamrpay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpamrpay.c
@@ -33,12 +33,11 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (rtpamrpay_debug);
  */
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_amrpay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payload-encode AMR audio into RTP packets (RFC 3267)",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_amrpay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payload-encode AMR audio into RTP packets (RFC 3267)",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_rtp_amr_pay_sink_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpdepay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpdepay.c
index 531f8710..9b114aa3 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpdepay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpdepay.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (rtpdepay_debug);
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 static GstElementDetails rtpdepay_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP Payloader",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP payloader",
     "Codec/Depayr/Network",
     "Accepts raw RTP and RTCP packets and sends them forward",
     "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpgsmpay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpgsmpay.c
index 23e2a5f8..0c324d31 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpgsmpay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpgsmpay.c
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@
 #include "gstrtpgsmpay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_gsm_pay_details = {
-  "RTP GSM Audio Payloader",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payload-encodes GSM audio into a RTP packet",
-  "Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@gmail.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_gsm_pay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP GSM audio payloader",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payload-encodes GSM audio into a RTP packet",
+    "Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@gmail.com>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_rtp_gsm_pay_sink_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtph263pay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtph263pay.c
index 78477723..45b96ce3 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtph263pay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtph263pay.c
@@ -139,12 +139,11 @@ typedef struct _GstH263PictureLayer
 
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_h263pay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payload-encodes H263 video in RTP packets (RFC 2190)",
-  "Neil Stratford <neils@vipadia.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_h263pay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payload-encodes H263 video in RTP packets (RFC 2190)",
+    "Neil Stratford <neils@vipadia.com>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_rtp_h263_pay_sink_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtph263pdepay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtph263pdepay.c
index 8afb499b..d4003c72 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtph263pdepay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtph263pdepay.c
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@
 #include "gstrtph263pdepay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_h263pdepay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Depayr/Network",
-  "Extracts H263+ video from RTP packets (RFC 2429)",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_h263pdepay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Depayr/Network",
+    "Extracts H263+ video from RTP packets (RFC 2429)",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 /* RtpH263PDepay signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtph263ppay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtph263ppay.c
index c35de198..532b4a69 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtph263ppay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtph263ppay.c
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
 #include "gstrtph263ppay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_h263ppay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payload-encodes H263+ video in RTP packets (RFC 2429)",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_h263ppay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payload-encodes H263+ video in RTP packets (RFC 2429)",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_rtp_h263p_pay_sink_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4gpay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4gpay.c
index d1e5efe0..36b955a1 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4gpay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4gpay.c
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (rtpmp4gpay_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT (rtpmp4gpay_debug)
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_mp4gpay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payload MPEG4 elementary streams as RTP packets (RFC 3640)",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_mp4gpay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payload MPEG4 elementary streams as RTP packets (RFC 3640)",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_rtp_mp4g_pay_sink_template =
     GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4vdepay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4vdepay.c
index 3582a302..a9ac441a 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4vdepay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4vdepay.c
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@
 #include "gstrtpmp4vdepay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_mp4vdepay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Depayr/Network",
-  "Extracts MPEG4 video from RTP packets (RFC 3016)",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_mp4vdepay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Depayr/Network",
+    "Extracts MPEG4 video from RTP packets (RFC 3016)",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 /* RtpMP4VDepay signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4vpay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4vpay.c
index f08f10fb..59dae819 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4vpay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpmp4vpay.c
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (rtpmp4vpay_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT (rtpmp4vpay_debug)
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_mp4vpay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payode MPEG4 video as RTP packets (RFC 3016)",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_mp4vpay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payode MPEG4 video as RTP packets (RFC 3016)",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_rtp_mp4v_pay_sink_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpmpadepay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpmpadepay.c
index 046efe93..822a3d3d 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpmpadepay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpmpadepay.c
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@
 #include "gstrtpmpadepay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_mpadepay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Depayr/Network",
-  "Extracts MPEG audio from RTP packets (RFC 2038)",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_mpadepay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Depayr/Network",
+    "Extracts MPEG audio from RTP packets (RFC 2038)",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 /* RtpMPADepay signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpmpapay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpmpapay.c
index 0979d3f2..1e60bb7e 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpmpapay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpmpapay.c
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
 #include "gstrtpmpapay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_mpapay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payode MPEG audio as RTP packets (RFC 2038)",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_mpapay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payode MPEG audio as RTP packets (RFC 2038)",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_rtp_mpa_pay_sink_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmadepay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmadepay.c
index d01a312e..2694ae62 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmadepay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmadepay.c
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
 #include "gstrtppcmadepay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_pcmadepay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Depayr/Network",
-  "Extracts PCMA audio from RTP packets",
-  "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>, Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@gmail.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_pcmadepay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Depayr/Network",
+    "Extracts PCMA audio from RTP packets",
+    "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>, Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@gmail.com>");
 
 /* RtpPcmaDepay signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmapay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmapay.c
index bb99e700..b4526ce7 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmapay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmapay.c
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@
 #include "gstrtppcmapay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_pcma_pay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payload-encodes PCMA audio into a RTP packet",
-  "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_pcma_pay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payload-encodes PCMA audio into a RTP packet",
+    "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_rtp_pcma_pay_sink_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmudepay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmudepay.c
index 0de704ce..fd02ee35 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmudepay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmudepay.c
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
 #include "gstrtppcmudepay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_pcmudepay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Depayr/Network",
-  "Extracts PCMU audio from RTP packets",
-  "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>, Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@gmail.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_pcmudepay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Depayr/Network",
+    "Extracts PCMU audio from RTP packets",
+    "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>, Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@gmail.com>");
 
 /* RtpPcmuDepay signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmupay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmupay.c
index 67c40201..2ddbc436 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmupay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtppcmupay.c
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@
 #include "gstrtppcmupay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_pcmu_pay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payload-encodes PCMU audio into a RTP packet",
-  "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_pcmu_pay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payload-encodes PCMU audio into a RTP packet",
+    "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_rtp_pcmu_pay_sink_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpspeexdepay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpspeexdepay.c
index c0ff29b5..5858596c 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpspeexdepay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpspeexdepay.c
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@
 #include "gstrtpspeexdepay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_speexdepay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Depayr/Network",
-  "Extracts Speex audio from RTP packets",
-  "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_speexdepay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Depayr/Network",
+    "Extracts Speex audio from RTP packets",
+    "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>");
 
 /* RtpSPEEXDepay signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/gst/rtp/gstrtpspeexpay.c b/gst/rtp/gstrtpspeexpay.c
index ac4a3742..e954a2ce 100644
--- a/gst/rtp/gstrtpspeexpay.c
+++ b/gst/rtp/gstrtpspeexpay.c
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
 #include "gstrtpspeexpay.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_speex_pay_details = {
-  "RTP packet parser",
-  "Codec/Payloader/Network",
-  "Payload-encodes Speex audio into a RTP packet",
-  "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_rtp_speex_pay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("RTP packet parser",
+    "Codec/Payloader/Network",
+    "Payload-encodes Speex audio into a RTP packet",
+    "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_rtp_speex_pay_sink_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
diff --git a/gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c b/gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c
index 02cafb9a..cf08f1ea 100644
--- a/gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c
+++ b/gst/smpte/gstsmpte.c
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@
 #include "paint.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails smpte_details = {
-  "SMPTE transitions",
-  "Filter/Editor/Video",
-  "Apply the standard SMPTE transitions on video images",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails smpte_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("SMPTE transitions",
+    "Filter/Editor/Video",
+    "Apply the standard SMPTE transitions on video images",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_smpte_src_template =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
diff --git a/gst/videobox/gstvideobox.c b/gst/videobox/gstvideobox.c
index 85e023bf..dc644748 100644
--- a/gst/videobox/gstvideobox.c
+++ b/gst/videobox/gstvideobox.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct _GstVideoBoxClass
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 static GstElementDetails gst_video_box_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("video box filter",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video box filter",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "Resizes a video by adding borders or cropping",
     "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
diff --git a/gst/videofilter/gstgamma.c b/gst/videofilter/gstgamma.c
index fb47e4b6..62a2181e 100644
--- a/gst/videofilter/gstgamma.c
+++ b/gst/videofilter/gstgamma.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static void
 gst_gamma_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   static GstElementDetails gamma_details =
-      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video Gamma Correction",
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video gamma correction",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Adjusts gamma on a video stream",
       "Arwed v. Merkatz <v.merkatz@gmx.net");
diff --git a/gst/videofilter/gstvideobalance.c b/gst/videofilter/gstvideobalance.c
index 58d098eb..deb3a553 100644
--- a/gst/videofilter/gstvideobalance.c
+++ b/gst/videofilter/gstvideobalance.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #include <gst/interfaces/colorbalance.h>
 
 static GstElementDetails video_balance_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video Balance Control",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video balance",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "Adjusts brightness, contrast, hue, saturation on a video stream",
     "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/gst/videofilter/gstvideoflip.c b/gst/videofilter/gstvideoflip.c
index e3e22e64..5bcb95e1 100644
--- a/gst/videofilter/gstvideoflip.c
+++ b/gst/videofilter/gstvideoflip.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (video_flip_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT video_flip_debug
 
 static GstElementDetails video_flip_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video Flipper",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video flipper",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "Flips and rotates video",
     "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/gst/videofilter/gstvideotemplate.c b/gst/videofilter/gstvideotemplate.c
index ac0b3e6e..95414333 100644
--- a/gst/videofilter/gstvideotemplate.c
+++ b/gst/videofilter/gstvideotemplate.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void
 gst_videotemplate_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   static GstElementDetails videotemplate_details =
-      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video Filter Template",
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video filter template",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Template for a video filter",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/gst/videomixer/videomixer.c b/gst/videomixer/videomixer.c
index 03f685a3..b1cf4a57 100644
--- a/gst/videomixer/videomixer.c
+++ b/gst/videomixer/videomixer.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ gst_videomixer_pad_init (GstVideoMixerPad * mixerpad)
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 static GstElementDetails gst_videomixer_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("video mixer",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Video mixer",
     "Filter/Editor/Video",
     "Mix multiple video streams",
     "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
diff --git a/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c b/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c
index 6b2fb973..f2eff530 100644
--- a/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c
+++ b/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct wave_header
 };
 
 static GstElementDetails gst_wavenc_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("WAV encoder",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("WAV audio muxer",
     "Codec/Muxer/Audio",
     "Encode raw audio into WAV",
     "Iain Holmes <iain@prettypeople.org>");
diff --git a/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c b/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c
index a6aac5c3..2fa63f68 100644
--- a/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c
+++ b/gst/wavparse/gstwavparse.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ gst_wavparse_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
   GstPadTemplate *templ;
   static GstElementDetails gst_wavparse_details =
-      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS (".wav demuxer",
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("WAV audio demuxer",
       "Codec/Demuxer/Audio",
       "Parse a .wav file into raw audio",
       "Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>");