better/unified long descriptions

Original commit message from CVS:
* 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.

34 files changed, 149 insertions, 179 deletions

diff --git a/ext/aalib/gstaasink.c b/ext/aalib/gstaasink.c
index 90249684..267c5e50 100644
--- a/ext/aalib/gstaasink.c
+++ b/ext/aalib/gstaasink.c
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_aasink_details = {
-  "AA sink",
-  "Sink/Video",
-  "An ASCII art videosink",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_aasink_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("ASCII art video sink",
+    "Sink/Video",
+    "An ASCII art videosink",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
 
 /* aasink signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/ext/annodex/gstcmmldec.c b/ext/annodex/gstcmmldec.c
index 26376f47..f52ca2eb 100644
--- a/ext/annodex/gstcmmldec.c
+++ b/ext/annodex/gstcmmldec.c
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ enum
   LAST_SIGNAL
 };
 
-static GstElementDetails gst_cmml_dec_details = {
-  "cmmldec: Decodes CMML streams", "Codec/Decoder",
-  "Decodes CMML streams",
-  "Alessandro Decina <alessandro@nnva.org>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_cmml_dec_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("CMML stream decoder",
+    "Codec/Decoder",
+    "Decodes CMML streams",
+    "Alessandro Decina <alessandro@nnva.org>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_cmml_dec_src_factory =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
diff --git a/ext/annodex/gstcmmlenc.c b/ext/annodex/gstcmmlenc.c
index e13a4f60..fdbbd96d 100644
--- a/ext/annodex/gstcmmlenc.c
+++ b/ext/annodex/gstcmmlenc.c
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ enum
   LAST_SIGNAL
 };
 
-static GstElementDetails gst_cmml_enc_details = {
-  "cmmlenc: Encodes CMML streams", "Codec/Encoder",
-  "Encodes CMML streams",
-  "Alessandro Decina <alessandro@nnva.org>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_cmml_enc_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("CMML streams encoder",
+    "Codec/Encoder",
+    "Encodes CMML streams",
+    "Alessandro Decina <alessandro@nnva.org>");
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate gst_cmml_enc_src_factory =
 GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
diff --git a/ext/cairo/gsttextoverlay.c b/ext/cairo/gsttextoverlay.c
index 73f539d9..642dd52e 100644
--- a/ext/cairo/gsttextoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/cairo/gsttextoverlay.c
@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_EXTERN (cairo_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT cairo_debug
 
-static GstElementDetails cairo_text_overlay_details = {
-  "Text Overlay",
-  "Filter/Editor/Video",
-  "Adds text strings on top of a video buffer",
-  "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails cairo_text_overlay_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Text overlay",
+    "Filter/Editor/Video",
+    "Adds text strings on top of a video buffer",
+    "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 
 enum
 {
diff --git a/ext/cairo/gsttimeoverlay.c b/ext/cairo/gsttimeoverlay.c
index 6e544686..9d03988a 100644
--- a/ext/cairo/gsttimeoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/cairo/gsttimeoverlay.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 
 static GstElementDetails cairo_time_overlay_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Time Overlay",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Time overlay",
     "Filter/Editor/Video",
     "Overlays the time on a video stream",
     "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/ext/cdio/gstcdiocddasrc.c b/ext/cdio/gstcdiocddasrc.c
index ed0fef67..754edc8c 100644
--- a/ext/cdio/gstcdiocddasrc.c
+++ b/ext/cdio/gstcdiocddasrc.c
@@ -91,12 +91,11 @@ enum
   PROP_READ_SPEED
 };
 
-static GstElementDetails gst_cdio_cdda_src_details = {
-  "CD Audio (cdda) Source",
-  "Source/File",
-  "Read audio from CD using libcdio",
-  "Tim-Philipp Müller <tim centricular net>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_cdio_cdda_src_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("CD audio source (CDDA)",
+    "Source/File",
+    "Read audio from CD using libcdio",
+    "Tim-Philipp Müller <tim centricular net>");
 
 GST_BOILERPLATE (GstCdioCddaSrc, gst_cdio_cdda_src, GstCddaBaseSrc,
     GST_TYPE_CDDA_BASE_SRC);
diff --git a/ext/dv/gstdvdec.c b/ext/dv/gstdvdec.c
index 4458f3a5..2392094c 100644
--- a/ext/dv/gstdvdec.c
+++ b/ext/dv/gstdvdec.c
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
 
 
 static GstElementDetails dvdec_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("DV (smpte314) decoder plugin",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("DV video decoder",
     "Codec/Decoder/Video",
-    "Uses libdv to decode DV video (libdv.sourceforge.net)",
+    "Uses libdv to decode DV video (smpte314) (libdv.sourceforge.net)",
     "Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>," "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 /* sizes of one input buffer */
diff --git a/ext/esd/esdmon.c b/ext/esd/esdmon.c
index f69e0cad..473b1eab 100644
--- a/ext/esd/esdmon.c
+++ b/ext/esd/esdmon.c
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@
 
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails esdmon_details = {
-  "Esound audio monitor",
-  "Source/Audio",
-  "Monitors audio from an esound server",
-  "Richard Boulton <richard-gst@tartarus.org>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails esdmon_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Esound audio monitor",
+    "Source/Audio",
+    "Monitors audio from an esound server",
+    "Richard Boulton <richard-gst@tartarus.org>");
 
 /* Signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/ext/esd/esdsink.c b/ext/esd/esdsink.c
index 9d107f2a..cf25573d 100644
--- a/ext/esd/esdsink.c
+++ b/ext/esd/esdsink.c
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_EXTERN (esd_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT esd_debug
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails esdsink_details = {
-  "Esound audio sink",
-  "Sink/Audio",
-  "Plays audio to an esound server",
-  "Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz@gmx.net>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails esdsink_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Esound audio sink",
+    "Sink/Audio",
+    "Plays audio to an esound server",
+    "Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz@gmx.net>");
 
 enum
 {
diff --git a/ext/flac/gstflacdec.c b/ext/flac/gstflacdec.c
index c310c6e4..251990f5 100644
--- a/ext/flac/gstflacdec.c
+++ b/ext/flac/gstflacdec.c
@@ -58,12 +58,11 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (flacdec_debug);
 
 static GstPadTemplate *src_template, *sink_template;
 
-static GstElementDetails flacdec_details = {
-  "FLAC decoder",
-  "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
-  "Decodes FLAC lossless audio streams",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails flacdec_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("FLAC audio decoder",
+    "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
+    "Decodes FLAC lossless audio streams",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
 
 
 static void gst_flac_dec_finalize (GObject * object);
diff --git a/ext/flac/gstflacenc.c b/ext/flac/gstflacenc.c
index 583f52e1..655dff3d 100644
--- a/ext/flac/gstflacenc.c
+++ b/ext/flac/gstflacenc.c
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@
 #include "flac_compat.h"
 
 
-GstElementDetails flacenc_details = {
-  "FLAC encoder",
-  "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
-  "Encodes audio with the FLAC lossless audio encoder",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>",
-};
+GstElementDetails flacenc_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("FLAC audio encoder",
+    "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
+    "Encodes audio with the FLAC lossless audio encoder",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
 
 #define FLAC_SINK_CAPS \
   "audio/x-raw-int, "               \
diff --git a/ext/flac/gstflactag.c b/ext/flac/gstflactag.c
index c3f23705..418a27c2 100644
--- a/ext/flac/gstflactag.c
+++ b/ext/flac/gstflactag.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct _GstFlacTagClass
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 static GstElementDetails gst_flac_tag_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("flac retagger",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("FLAC tagger",
     "Tag",
     "Rewrite tags in a FLAC file",
     "Christope Fergeau <teuf@gnome.org>");
diff --git a/ext/gconf/gstgconfaudiosink.c b/ext/gconf/gstgconfaudiosink.c
index 4929c25b..6c704a02 100644
--- a/ext/gconf/gstgconfaudiosink.c
+++ b/ext/gconf/gstgconfaudiosink.c
@@ -51,12 +51,11 @@ static void
 gst_gconf_audio_sink_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails gst_gconf_audio_sink_details = {
-    "GConf audio sink",
-    "Sink/Audio",
-    "Audio sink embedding the GConf-settings for audio output",
-    "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails gst_gconf_audio_sink_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("GConf audio sink",
+      "Sink/Audio",
+      "Audio sink embedding the GConf-settings for audio output",
+      "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
   GstStaticPadTemplate sink_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
       GST_PAD_SINK,
       GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
diff --git a/ext/gconf/gstgconfaudiosrc.c b/ext/gconf/gstgconfaudiosrc.c
index fd152b27..86837c11 100644
--- a/ext/gconf/gstgconfaudiosrc.c
+++ b/ext/gconf/gstgconfaudiosrc.c
@@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ static void
 gst_gconf_audio_src_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails gst_gconf_audio_src_details = {
-    "GConf audio source",
-    "Source/Audio",
-    "Audio source embedding the GConf-settings for audio input",
-    "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails gst_gconf_audio_src_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("GConf audio source",
+      "Source/Audio",
+      "Audio source embedding the GConf-settings for audio input",
+      "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
   GstStaticPadTemplate src_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
       GST_PAD_SRC,
       GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
diff --git a/ext/gconf/gstgconfvideosink.c b/ext/gconf/gstgconfvideosink.c
index f34691ba..1b4479ed 100644
--- a/ext/gconf/gstgconfvideosink.c
+++ b/ext/gconf/gstgconfvideosink.c
@@ -39,12 +39,11 @@ static void
 gst_gconf_video_sink_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails gst_gconf_video_sink_details = {
-    "GConf video sink",
-    "Sink/Video",
-    "Video sink embedding the GConf-settings for video output",
-    "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails gst_gconf_video_sink_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("GConf video sink",
+      "Sink/Video",
+      "Video sink embedding the GConf-settings for video output",
+      "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
   GstStaticPadTemplate sink_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
       GST_PAD_SINK,
       GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
diff --git a/ext/gconf/gstgconfvideosrc.c b/ext/gconf/gstgconfvideosrc.c
index 8fb75376..a613da63 100644
--- a/ext/gconf/gstgconfvideosrc.c
+++ b/ext/gconf/gstgconfvideosrc.c
@@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ static void
 gst_gconf_video_src_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails gst_gconf_video_src_details = {
-    "GConf video source",
-    "Source/Video",
-    "Video source embedding the GConf-settings for video input",
-    "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails gst_gconf_video_src_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("GConf video source",
+      "Source/Video",
+      "Video source embedding the GConf-settings for video input",
+      "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
   GstStaticPadTemplate src_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
       GST_PAD_SRC,
       GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
diff --git a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c
index 1729ef3e..93ca43dd 100644
--- a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c
+++ b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/gstgdkpixbuf.c
@@ -33,12 +33,11 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_gdk_pixbuf_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_gdk_pixbuf_debug
 
-static GstElementDetails plugin_details = {
-  "GdkPixbuf image decoder",
-  "Codec/Decoder/Image",
-  "Decodes images in a video stream using GdkPixbuf",
-  "David A. Schleef <ds@schleef.org>, Renato Filho <renato.filho@indt.org.br>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails plugin_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("GdkPixbuf image decoder",
+    "Codec/Decoder/Image",
+    "Decodes images in a video stream using GdkPixbuf",
+    "David A. Schleef <ds@schleef.org>, Renato Filho <renato.filho@indt.org.br>");
 
 /* Filter signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/pixbufscale.c b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/pixbufscale.c
index 77b955bc..a6dbe1e2 100644
--- a/ext/gdk_pixbuf/pixbufscale.c
+++ b/ext/gdk_pixbuf/pixbufscale.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (pixbufscale_debug);
 
 /* elementfactory information */
 static GstElementDetails pixbufscale_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Gdk Pixbuf scaler",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("GdkPixbuf image scaler",
     "Filter/Effect/Video",
     "Resizes video",
     "Jan Schmidt <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>\n"
diff --git a/ext/hal/gsthalaudiosink.c b/ext/hal/gsthalaudiosink.c
index e1e5ae74..eb9c4eef 100644
--- a/ext/hal/gsthalaudiosink.c
+++ b/ext/hal/gsthalaudiosink.c
@@ -73,12 +73,11 @@ static void
 gst_hal_audio_sink_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails gst_hal_audio_sink_details = {
-    "HAL audio sink",
-    "Sink/Audio",
-    "Audio sink for sound device access via HAL",
-    "Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails gst_hal_audio_sink_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("HAL audio sink",
+      "Sink/Audio",
+      "Audio sink for sound device access via HAL",
+      "Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>");
   GstStaticPadTemplate sink_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
       GST_PAD_SINK,
       GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
diff --git a/ext/hal/gsthalaudiosrc.c b/ext/hal/gsthalaudiosrc.c
index 6c2401aa..fb8cc9b5 100644
--- a/ext/hal/gsthalaudiosrc.c
+++ b/ext/hal/gsthalaudiosrc.c
@@ -75,12 +75,11 @@ static void
 gst_hal_audio_src_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
-  GstElementDetails gst_hal_audio_src_details = {
-    "HAL audio source",
-    "Source/Audio",
-    "Audio source for sound device access via HAL",
-    "Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>"
-  };
+  GstElementDetails gst_hal_audio_src_details =
+      GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("HAL audio source",
+      "Source/Audio",
+      "Audio source for sound device access via HAL",
+      "Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>");
   GstStaticPadTemplate src_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
       GST_PAD_SRC,
       GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
diff --git a/ext/jpeg/gstjpegdec.c b/ext/jpeg/gstjpegdec.c
index 492831fc..d1795fcb 100644
--- a/ext/jpeg/gstjpegdec.c
+++ b/ext/jpeg/gstjpegdec.c
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@
 #include "gst/gst-i18n-plugin.h"
 #include <jerror.h>
 
-GstElementDetails gst_jpeg_dec_details = {
-  "JPEG image decoder",
-  "Codec/Decoder/Image",
-  "Decode images from JPEG format",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@tvd.be>",
-};
+GstElementDetails gst_jpeg_dec_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("JPEG image decoder",
+    "Codec/Decoder/Image",
+    "Decode images from JPEG format",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@tvd.be>");
 
 #define MIN_WIDTH  16
 #define MAX_WIDTH  4096
diff --git a/ext/jpeg/gstjpegenc.c b/ext/jpeg/gstjpegenc.c
index 1f45531b..6cb8c76c 100644
--- a/ext/jpeg/gstjpegenc.c
+++ b/ext/jpeg/gstjpegenc.c
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-GstElementDetails gst_jpegenc_details = {
-  "JPEG image encoder",
-  "Codec/Encoder/Image",
-  "Encode images in JPEG format",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@tvd.be>",
-};
+GstElementDetails gst_jpegenc_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("JPEG image encoder",
+    "Codec/Encoder/Image",
+    "Encode images in JPEG format",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@tvd.be>");
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (jpegenc_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT jpegenc_debug
diff --git a/ext/jpeg/gstsmokedec.c b/ext/jpeg/gstsmokedec.c
index ddeb0367..7e2e28e6 100644
--- a/ext/jpeg/gstsmokedec.c
+++ b/ext/jpeg/gstsmokedec.c
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-GstElementDetails gst_smokedec_details = {
-  "Smoke video decoder",
-  "Codec/Decoder/Image",
-  "Decode video from Smoke format",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>",
-};
+GstElementDetails gst_smokedec_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Smoke video decoder",
+    "Codec/Decoder/Video",
+    "Decode video from Smoke format",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (smokedec_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT smokedec_debug
diff --git a/ext/jpeg/gstsmokeenc.c b/ext/jpeg/gstsmokeenc.c
index c1d94cbc..b68ba486 100644
--- a/ext/jpeg/gstsmokeenc.c
+++ b/ext/jpeg/gstsmokeenc.c
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-GstElementDetails gst_smokeenc_details = {
-  "Smoke image encoder",
-  "Codec/Encoder/Image",
-  "Encode images in the Smoke format",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>",
-};
+GstElementDetails gst_smokeenc_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Smoke video encoder",
+    "Codec/Encoder/Video",
+    "Encode images into the Smoke format",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (smokeenc_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT smokeenc_debug
diff --git a/ext/libcaca/gstcacasink.c b/ext/libcaca/gstcacasink.c
index ab33821f..20bb0e96 100644
--- a/ext/libcaca/gstcacasink.c
+++ b/ext/libcaca/gstcacasink.c
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@
 #include "gstcacasink.h"
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails gst_cacasink_details = {
-  "CACA sink",
-  "Sink/Video",
-  "A colored ASCII art videosink",
-  "Zeeshan Ali <zak147@yahoo.com>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_cacasink_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("A colored ASCII art video sink",
+    "Sink/Video",
+    "A colored ASCII art videosink",
+    "Zeeshan Ali <zak147@yahoo.com>");
 
 /* cacasink signals and args */
 enum
diff --git a/ext/libmng/gstmngdec.c b/ext/libmng/gstmngdec.c
index 97e9ff9c..77eaa698 100644
--- a/ext/libmng/gstmngdec.c
+++ b/ext/libmng/gstmngdec.c
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@
 #include "gstmngdec.h"
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 
-static GstElementDetails gst_mngdec_details = {
-  "MNG decoder",
-  "Codec/Decoder/Image",
-  "Decode a mng video to raw images",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_mngdec_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("MNG video decoder",
+    "Codec/Decoder/Video",
+    "Decode a mng video to raw images",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 
 /* Filter signals and args */
diff --git a/ext/libmng/gstmngenc.c b/ext/libmng/gstmngenc.c
index 320d314e..149b3cb0 100644
--- a/ext/libmng/gstmngenc.c
+++ b/ext/libmng/gstmngenc.c
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@
 #define MAX_HEIGHT              4096
 
 
-GstElementDetails gst_mngenc_details = {
-  "MNG encoder",
-  "Codec/Encoder/Image",
-  "Encode a video frame to an .mng video",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>",
-};
+GstElementDetails gst_mngenc_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("MNG video encoder",
+    "Codec/Encoder/Video",
+    "Encode a video frame to an .mng video",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 
 /* Filter signals and args */
diff --git a/ext/libpng/gstpngdec.c b/ext/libpng/gstpngdec.c
index 9bf672ce..9e262b59 100644
--- a/ext/libpng/gstpngdec.c
+++ b/ext/libpng/gstpngdec.c
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 #include <gst/gst-i18n-plugin.h>
 
-static GstElementDetails gst_pngdec_details = {
-  "PNG decoder",
-  "Codec/Decoder/Image",
-  "Decode a png video frame to a raw image",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_pngdec_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("PNG image decoder",
+    "Codec/Decoder/Image",
+    "Decode a png video frame to a raw image",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (pngdec_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT pngdec_debug
diff --git a/ext/libpng/gstpngenc.c b/ext/libpng/gstpngenc.c
index be0830ab..f6d7a23d 100644
--- a/ext/libpng/gstpngenc.c
+++ b/ext/libpng/gstpngenc.c
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@
 #define MAX_HEIGHT              4096
 
 
-static GstElementDetails gst_pngenc_details = {
-  "PNG encoder",
-  "Codec/Encoder/Image",
-  "Encode a video frame to a .png image",
-  "Jeremy SIMON <jsimon13@yahoo.fr>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails gst_pngenc_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("PNG image encoder",
+    "Codec/Encoder/Image",
+    "Encode a video frame to a .png image",
+    "Jeremy SIMON <jsimon13@yahoo.fr>");
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (pngenc_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT pngenc_debug
diff --git a/ext/mikmod/gstmikmod.c b/ext/mikmod/gstmikmod.c
index 55692f1c..09000875 100644
--- a/ext/mikmod/gstmikmod.c
+++ b/ext/mikmod/gstmikmod.c
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-GstElementDetails mikmod_details = {
-  "MikMod",
-  "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
-  "Module decoder based on libmikmod",
-  "Jeremy SIMON <jsimon13@yahoo.fr>",
-};
+GstElementDetails mikmod_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("MikMod audio decoder",
+    "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
+    "Module decoder based on libmikmod",
+    "Jeremy SIMON <jsimon13@yahoo.fr>");
 
 
 /* Filter signals and args */
diff --git a/ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c b/ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c
index e8c706cd..4e1e2e58 100644
--- a/ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c
+++ b/ext/raw1394/gstdv1394src.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ enum
 };
 
 static GstElementDetails gst_dv1394src_details =
-GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Firewire (1394) DV Source",
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Firewire (1394) DV video source",
     "Source/Video",
     "Source for DV video data from firewire port",
     "Erik Walthinsen <omega@temple-baptist.com>\n"
diff --git a/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c b/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c
index 5ede7de4..f8933ddb 100644
--- a/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c
+++ b/ext/shout2/gstshout2.c
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (shout2_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT shout2_debug
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-static GstElementDetails shout2send_details = {
-  "An Icecast plugin",
-  "Sink/Network",
-  "Sends data to an icecast server",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>\n" "Pedro Corte-Real <typo@netcabo.pt>\n"
-      "Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>"
-};
+static GstElementDetails shout2send_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Icecast network sink",
+    "Sink/Network",
+    "Sends data to an icecast server",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>\n"
+    "Pedro Corte-Real <typo@netcabo.pt>\n"
+    "Zaheer Abbas Merali <zaheerabbas at merali dot org>");
 
 
 /* Shout2send signals and args */
diff --git a/ext/speex/gstspeexdec.c b/ext/speex/gstspeexdec.c
index da53dd98..704aa450 100644
--- a/ext/speex/gstspeexdec.c
+++ b/ext/speex/gstspeexdec.c
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (speexdec_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT speexdec_debug
 
-static GstElementDetails speex_dec_details = {
-  "SpeexDec",
-  "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
-  "decode speex streams to audio",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>",
-};
+static GstElementDetails speex_dec_details =
+GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Speex audio decoder",
+    "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
+    "decode speex streams to audio",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 #define DEFAULT_ENH             TRUE
 
diff --git a/ext/speex/gstspeexenc.c b/ext/speex/gstspeexenc.c
index 3321f2a7..429c7c7a 100644
--- a/ext/speex/gstspeexenc.c
+++ b/ext/speex/gstspeexenc.c
@@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (speexenc_debug);
 static GstPadTemplate *gst_speexenc_src_template, *gst_speexenc_sink_template;
 
 /* elementfactory information */
-GstElementDetails speexenc_details = {
-  "Speex encoder",
-  "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
-  "Encodes audio in Speex format",
-  "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>",
-};
+GstElementDetails speexenc_details = GST_ELEMENT_DETAILS ("Speex audio encoder",
+    "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
+    "Encodes audio in Speex format",
+    "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
 /* GstSpeexEnc signals and args */
 enum