diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eb93c1b5fc..966cd56f70 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-07-12  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
+
+	* ext/mpeg2dec/gstmpeg2dec.c: (gst_mpeg2dec_alloc_buffer):
+	  use bufferpools
+
 2004-07-14  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* ext/theora/theoradec.c: (gst_theora_dec_class_init),
diff --git a/ext/mpeg2dec/gstmpeg2dec.c b/ext/mpeg2dec/gstmpeg2dec.c
index 32b3b4d5ca..a782fb5124 100644
--- a/ext/mpeg2dec/gstmpeg2dec.c
+++ b/ext/mpeg2dec/gstmpeg2dec.c
@@ -346,7 +346,9 @@ gst_mpeg2dec_alloc_buffer (GstMpeg2dec * mpeg2dec, const mpeg2_info_t * info,
   const mpeg2_picture_t *picture;
 
   if (mpeg2dec->format == MPEG2DEC_FORMAT_I422) {
-    outbuf = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (size * 2);
+    outbuf =
+        gst_pad_alloc_buffer (mpeg2dec->srcpad, GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE,
+        size * 2);
 
     out = GST_BUFFER_DATA (outbuf);
 
@@ -355,7 +357,9 @@ gst_mpeg2dec_alloc_buffer (GstMpeg2dec * mpeg2dec, const mpeg2_info_t * info,
     buf[2] = buf[1] + size / 2;
 
   } else {
-    outbuf = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc ((size * 3) / 2);
+    outbuf =
+        gst_pad_alloc_buffer (mpeg2dec->srcpad, GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_NONE,
+        (size * 3) / 2);
 
     out = GST_BUFFER_DATA (outbuf);