diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.c b/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.c
index b523b46ea3..6d6cf4725b 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.c
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.c
@@ -115,17 +115,17 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate src_factory = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_STATIC_CAPS (CAPS_STR)
     );
 
+#define gst_solarize_parent_class parent_class
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstSolarize, gst_solarize, GST_TYPE_VIDEO_FILTER);
 
 static void gst_solarize_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
     const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
 static void gst_solarize_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
     GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec);
+static void gst_solarize_finalize (GObject * object);
 
-static gboolean gst_solarize_set_caps (GstBaseTransform * btrans,
-    GstCaps * incaps, GstCaps * outcaps);
-static GstFlowReturn gst_solarize_transform (GstBaseTransform * btrans,
-    GstBuffer * in_buf, GstBuffer * out_buf);
+static GstFlowReturn gst_solarize_transform_frame (GstVideoFilter * vfilter,
+    GstVideoFrame * in_frame, GstVideoFrame * out_frame);
 
 /* GObject vmethod implementations */
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ gst_solarize_class_init (GstSolarizeClass * klass)
 {
   GObjectClass *gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
   GstElementClass *gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
-  GstBaseTransformClass *trans_class = (GstBaseTransformClass *) klass;
+  GstVideoFilterClass *vfilter_class = (GstVideoFilterClass *) klass;
 
   gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
       "Solarize",
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ gst_solarize_class_init (GstSolarizeClass * klass)
 
   gobject_class->set_property = gst_solarize_set_property;
   gobject_class->get_property = gst_solarize_get_property;
+  gobject_class->finalize = gst_solarize_finalize;
 
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_THRESHOLD,
       g_param_spec_uint ("threshold", "Threshold",
@@ -170,8 +171,8 @@ gst_solarize_class_init (GstSolarizeClass * klass)
       g_param_spec_boolean ("silent", "Silent", "Produce verbose output ?",
           FALSE, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  trans_class->set_caps = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_solarize_set_caps);
-  trans_class->transform = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_solarize_transform);
+  vfilter_class->transform_frame =
+      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_solarize_transform_frame);
 }
 
 /* Initialize the element,
@@ -240,56 +241,36 @@ gst_solarize_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
   GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (filter);
 }
 
-/* GstElement vmethod implementations */
-
-/* Handle the link with other elements. */
-static gboolean
-gst_solarize_set_caps (GstBaseTransform * btrans, GstCaps * incaps,
-    GstCaps * outcaps)
+static void
+gst_solarize_finalize (GObject * object)
 {
-  GstSolarize *solarize = GST_SOLARIZE (btrans);
-  GstVideoInfo info;
-
-  if (!gst_video_info_from_caps (&info, incaps))
-    goto invalid_caps;
-
-  solarize->info = info;
-
-  solarize->width = GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH (&info);
-  solarize->height = GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT (&info);
-
-  return TRUE;
-
-  /* ERRORS */
-invalid_caps:
-  {
-    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (btrans, "could not parse caps");
-    return FALSE;
-  }
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
 }
 
+/* GstElement vmethod implementations */
+
 /* Actual processing. */
 static GstFlowReturn
-gst_solarize_transform (GstBaseTransform * btrans,
-    GstBuffer * in_buf, GstBuffer * out_buf)
+gst_solarize_transform_frame (GstVideoFilter * vfilter,
+    GstVideoFrame * in_frame, GstVideoFrame * out_frame)
 {
-  GstSolarize *filter = GST_SOLARIZE (btrans);
-  gint video_size, threshold, start, end;
+  GstSolarize *filter = GST_SOLARIZE (vfilter);
+  gint video_size, threshold, start, end, width, height;
   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);
 
-  src = GST_VIDEO_FRAME_PLANE_DATA (&in_frame, 0);
-  dest = GST_VIDEO_FRAME_PLANE_DATA (&out_frame, 0);
+  width = GST_VIDEO_FRAME_WIDTH (in_frame);
+  height = GST_VIDEO_FRAME_HEIGHT (in_frame);
 
   /* GstController: update the properties */
-  timestamp = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (in_buf);
+  timestamp = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (in_frame->buffer);
   stream_time =
-      gst_segment_to_stream_time (&btrans->segment, GST_FORMAT_TIME, timestamp);
+      gst_segment_to_stream_time (&GST_BASE_TRANSFORM (filter)->segment,
+      GST_FORMAT_TIME, timestamp);
 
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (filter, "sync to %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
       GST_TIME_ARGS (timestamp));
@@ -303,7 +284,7 @@ gst_solarize_transform (GstBaseTransform * btrans,
   end = filter->end;
   GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (filter);
 
-  video_size = filter->width * filter->height;
+  video_size = width * height;
   transform (src, dest, video_size, threshold, start, end);
 
   return GST_FLOW_OK;
diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.h b/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.h
index 0b4dd1effc..a304369bb6 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.h
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.h
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ struct _GstSolarize
 
   /* < private > */
 
-  GstVideoInfo info;
-  gint width, height;
-
   gint threshold, start, end;
   gboolean silent;
 };