replace gst_element_class_set_details_simple with gst_element_class_set_metadata

305 files changed, 307 insertions, 307 deletions

diff --git a/ext/apexsink/gstapexsink.c b/ext/apexsink/gstapexsink.c
index 9dec7bd6e..25dfb08b7 100644
--- a/ext/apexsink/gstapexsink.c
+++ b/ext/apexsink/gstapexsink.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ gst_apexsink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Apple AirPort Express Audio Sink", "Sink/Audio/Wireless",
       "Output stream to an AirPort Express",
       "Jérémie Bernard [GRemi] <gremimail@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/ext/assrender/gstassrender.c b/ext/assrender/gstassrender.c
index 07335bcbd..212beb3be 100644
--- a/ext/assrender/gstassrender.c
+++ b/ext/assrender/gstassrender.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ gst_ass_render_class_init (GstAssRenderClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&text_sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "ASS/SSA Render",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "ASS/SSA Render",
       "Mixer/Video/Overlay/Subtitle",
       "Renders ASS/SSA subtitles with libass",
       "Benjamin Schmitz <vortex@wolpzone.de>, "
diff --git a/ext/audiofile/gstafparse.c b/ext/audiofile/gstafparse.c
index 27b5a6e8c..eb16ecb2c 100644
--- a/ext/audiofile/gstafparse.c
+++ b/ext/audiofile/gstafparse.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ gst_afparse_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&afparse_sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Audiofile demuxer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Audiofile demuxer",
       "Codec/Demuxer/Audio",
       "Audiofile parser for audio/raw",
       "Steve Baker <stevebaker_org@yahoo.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/audiofile/gstafsink.c b/ext/audiofile/gstafsink.c
index 79fc7abdb..5953da4ab 100644
--- a/ext/audiofile/gstafsink.c
+++ b/ext/audiofile/gstafsink.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ gst_afsink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&afsink_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Audiofile sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Audiofile sink",
       "Sink/Audio",
       "Write audio streams to disk using libaudiofile",
       "Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas@apestaart.org>");
diff --git a/ext/audiofile/gstafsrc.c b/ext/audiofile/gstafsrc.c
index 2a750a378..0e43f541e 100644
--- a/ext/audiofile/gstafsrc.c
+++ b/ext/audiofile/gstafsrc.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ gst_afsrc_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&afsrc_src_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Audiofile source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Audiofile source",
       "Source/Audio",
       "Read audio files from disk using libaudiofile",
       "Thomas <thomas@apestaart.org>");
diff --git a/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c b/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c
index 38c71485d..513832e70 100644
--- a/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c
+++ b/ext/bz2/gstbz2dec.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ gst_bz2dec_class_init (GstBz2decClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "BZ2 decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "BZ2 decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder", "Decodes compressed streams",
       "Lutz Mueller <lutz@users.sourceforge.net>");
 
diff --git a/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c b/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c
index d7f2566af..161320698 100644
--- a/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c
+++ b/ext/bz2/gstbz2enc.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ gst_bz2enc_class_init (GstBz2encClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "BZ2 encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "BZ2 encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder", "Compresses streams",
       "Lutz Mueller <lutz@users.sourceforge.net>");
 
diff --git a/ext/cdaudio/gstcdaudio.c b/ext/cdaudio/gstcdaudio.c
index ebd974168..ffd81c234 100644
--- a/ext/cdaudio/gstcdaudio.c
+++ b/ext/cdaudio/gstcdaudio.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ gst_cdaudio_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "CD player",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "CD player",
       "Generic/Bin",
       "Play CD audio through the CD Drive", "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
diff --git a/ext/celt/gstceltdec.c b/ext/celt/gstceltdec.c
index f647baac7..14f9d0d41 100644
--- a/ext/celt/gstceltdec.c
+++ b/ext/celt/gstceltdec.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ gst_celt_dec_class_init (GstCeltDecClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&celt_dec_sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Celt audio decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Celt audio decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "decode celt streams to audio",
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/celt/gstceltenc.c b/ext/celt/gstceltenc.c
index 563af7c07..a4dd1ea51 100644
--- a/ext/celt/gstceltenc.c
+++ b/ext/celt/gstceltenc.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ gst_celt_enc_class_init (GstCeltEncClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Celt audio encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Celt audio encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
       "Encodes audio in Celt format",
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/chromaprint/gstchromaprint.c b/ext/chromaprint/gstchromaprint.c
index 760d3ec4e..a6cb86713 100644
--- a/ext/chromaprint/gstchromaprint.c
+++ b/ext/chromaprint/gstchromaprint.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ gst_chromaprint_class_init (GstChromaprintClass * klass)
       GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_chromaprint_sink_event);
   gstbasetrans_class->passthrough_on_same_caps = TRUE;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass),
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass),
       "Chromaprint fingerprinting element",
       "Filter/Analyzer/Audio",
       "Find an audio fingerprint using the Chromaprint library",
diff --git a/ext/cog/gstcogcolorspace.c b/ext/cog/gstcogcolorspace.c
index f3de99ade..6b9080451 100644
--- a/ext/cog/gstcogcolorspace.c
+++ b/ext/cog/gstcogcolorspace.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ gst_cogcolorspace_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_cogcolorspace_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "YCbCr/RGB format conversion", "Filter/Converter/Video",
       "YCbCr/RGB format conversion", "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 }
diff --git a/ext/cog/gstcogdownsample.c b/ext/cog/gstcogdownsample.c
index c929c12ec..fab621434 100644
--- a/ext/cog/gstcogdownsample.c
+++ b/ext/cog/gstcogdownsample.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ gst_cogdownsample_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_cogdownsample_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Scale down video by factor of 2", "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Scales down video by a factor of 2", "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 }
diff --git a/ext/cog/gstcogmse.c b/ext/cog/gstcogmse.c
index f73a3b8d4..08908dc40 100644
--- a/ext/cog/gstcogmse.c
+++ b/ext/cog/gstcogmse.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ gst_mse_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_framestore_sink_test_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Calculate MSE",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Calculate MSE",
       "Filter/Effect",
       "Calculates mean squared error between two video streams",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/ext/cog/gstcogscale.c b/ext/cog/gstcogscale.c
index dcc8aad31..873526707 100644
--- a/ext/cog/gstcogscale.c
+++ b/ext/cog/gstcogscale.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ gst_cog_scale_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Video scaler",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Video scaler",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Resizes video", "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
 
diff --git a/ext/cog/gstcolorconvert.c b/ext/cog/gstcolorconvert.c
index 1ed6d91a5..c13168ab1 100644
--- a/ext/cog/gstcolorconvert.c
+++ b/ext/cog/gstcolorconvert.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ gst_colorconvert_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_colorconvert_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Convert colorspace",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Convert colorspace",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Convert between SDTV and HDTV colorspace",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/ext/cog/gstlogoinsert.c b/ext/cog/gstlogoinsert.c
index 5746528e4..dfcc7952a 100644
--- a/ext/cog/gstlogoinsert.c
+++ b/ext/cog/gstlogoinsert.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ gst_logoinsert_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_logoinsert_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Overlay image onto video", "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Overlay image onto video", "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 }
diff --git a/ext/curl/gstcurlbasesink.c b/ext/curl/gstcurlbasesink.c
index 5e1faf22e..9f9ddeac6 100644
--- a/ext/curl/gstcurlbasesink.c
+++ b/ext/curl/gstcurlbasesink.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ gst_curl_base_sink_class_init (GstCurlBaseSinkClass * klass)
       "curl base sink element");
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (klass, "class_init");
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Curl base sink",
       "Sink/Network",
       "Upload data over the network to a server using libcurl",
diff --git a/ext/curl/gstcurlfilesink.c b/ext/curl/gstcurlfilesink.c
index 287e507f4..a1c661de7 100644
--- a/ext/curl/gstcurlfilesink.c
+++ b/ext/curl/gstcurlfilesink.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ gst_curl_file_sink_class_init (GstCurlFileSinkClass * klass)
       "curl file sink element");
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (klass, "class_init");
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Curl file sink",
       "Sink/Network",
       "Upload data over FILE protocol using libcurl",
diff --git a/ext/curl/gstcurlftpsink.c b/ext/curl/gstcurlftpsink.c
index d53565734..143539300 100644
--- a/ext/curl/gstcurlftpsink.c
+++ b/ext/curl/gstcurlftpsink.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ gst_curl_ftp_sink_class_init (GstCurlFtpSinkClass * klass)
       "curl ftp sink element");
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (klass, "class_init");
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Curl ftp sink",
       "Sink/Network",
       "Upload data over FTP protocol using libcurl",
diff --git a/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.c b/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.c
index 5df3e5061..503803ef7 100644
--- a/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.c
+++ b/ext/curl/gstcurlhttpsink.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ gst_curl_http_sink_class_init (GstCurlHttpSinkClass * klass)
       "curl http sink element");
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (klass, "class_init");
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Curl http sink",
       "Sink/Network",
       "Upload data over HTTP/HTTPS protocol using libcurl",
diff --git a/ext/curl/gstcurlsmtpsink.c b/ext/curl/gstcurlsmtpsink.c
index adf173969..28c581076 100644
--- a/ext/curl/gstcurlsmtpsink.c
+++ b/ext/curl/gstcurlsmtpsink.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ gst_curl_smtp_sink_class_init (GstCurlSmtpSinkClass * klass)
       "curl smtp sink element");
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (klass, "class_init");
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Curl smtp sink",
       "Sink/Network",
       "Upload data over SMTP protocol using libcurl",
diff --git a/ext/curl/gstcurltlssink.c b/ext/curl/gstcurltlssink.c
index fcb1570c1..19b175b02 100644
--- a/ext/curl/gstcurltlssink.c
+++ b/ext/curl/gstcurltlssink.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ gst_curl_tls_sink_class_init (GstCurlTlsSinkClass * klass)
       "curl tls sink element");
   GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (klass, "class_init");
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Curl tls sink",
       "Sink/Network",
       "Upload data over TLS protocol using libcurl",
diff --git a/ext/dc1394/gstdc1394.c b/ext/dc1394/gstdc1394.c
index 65146d1ae..299b52ac8 100644
--- a/ext/dc1394/gstdc1394.c
+++ b/ext/dc1394/gstdc1394.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ gst_dc1394_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "1394 IIDC Video Source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "1394 IIDC Video Source",
       "Source/Video",
       "libdc1394 based source, supports 1394 IIDC cameras",
       "Antoine Tremblay <hexa00@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/ext/dirac/gstdiracdec.cc b/ext/dirac/gstdiracdec.cc
index 32772a853..afeff514e 100644
--- a/ext/dirac/gstdiracdec.cc
+++ b/ext/dirac/gstdiracdec.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ gst_diracdec_base_init (gpointer g_class)
       &gst_diracdec_src_pad_template);
   gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template (element_class,
       &gst_diracdec_sink_pad_template);
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Dirac stream decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Dirac stream decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Video", "Decode DIRAC streams",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>, "
       "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
diff --git a/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc b/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc
index 0bf2cd094..647b5c13d 100644
--- a/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc
+++ b/ext/dirac/gstdiracenc.cc
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ gst_dirac_enc_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template (element_class,
       &gst_dirac_enc_sink_template);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Dirac Encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Dirac Encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Video",
       "Encode raw YUV video into Dirac stream",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/ext/directfb/dfbvideosink.c b/ext/directfb/dfbvideosink.c
index 717a9680e..7d7b6fe0f 100644
--- a/ext/directfb/dfbvideosink.c
+++ b/ext/directfb/dfbvideosink.c
@@ -2260,7 +2260,7 @@ gst_dfbvideosink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "DirectFB video sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "DirectFB video sink",
       "Sink/Video",
       "A DirectFB based videosink", "Julien Moutte <julien@moutte.net>");
 
diff --git a/ext/dts/gstdtsdec.c b/ext/dts/gstdtsdec.c
index bed70e05a..8208671cc 100644
--- a/ext/dts/gstdtsdec.c
+++ b/ext/dts/gstdtsdec.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ gst_dtsdec_class_init (GstDtsDecClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "DTS audio decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "DTS audio decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "Decodes DTS audio streams",
       "Jan Schmidt <thaytan@noraisin.net>, "
diff --git a/ext/faac/gstfaac.c b/ext/faac/gstfaac.c
index 3425b4932..450567f23 100644
--- a/ext/faac/gstfaac.c
+++ b/ext/faac/gstfaac.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ gst_faac_class_init (GstFaacClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "AAC audio encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "AAC audio encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
       "Free MPEG-2/4 AAC encoder",
       "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
diff --git a/ext/faad/gstfaad.c b/ext/faad/gstfaad.c
index 4434e4039..c5da323d5 100644
--- a/ext/faad/gstfaad.c
+++ b/ext/faad/gstfaad.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ gst_faad_class_init (GstFaadClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "AAC audio decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "AAC audio decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "Free MPEG-2/4 AAC decoder",
       "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
diff --git a/ext/flite/gstflitetestsrc.c b/ext/flite/gstflitetestsrc.c
index 15bcaab73..1fcf5acbd 100644
--- a/ext/flite/gstflitetestsrc.c
+++ b/ext/flite/gstflitetestsrc.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ gst_flite_test_src_class_init (GstFliteTestSrcClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_flite_test_src_src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Flite speech test source", "Source/Audio",
       "Creates audio test signals identifying channels",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/ext/gme/gstgme.c b/ext/gme/gstgme.c
index 93c277568..6e7f15a0f 100644
--- a/ext/gme/gstgme.c
+++ b/ext/gme/gstgme.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ gst_gme_dec_class_init (GstGmeDecClass * klass)
 
   gobject_class->dispose = gst_gme_dec_dispose;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Gaming console music file decoder", "Codec/Audio/Decoder",
       "Uses libgme to emulate a gaming console sound processors",
       "Chris Lee <clee@kde.org>, Brian Koropoff <bkoropoff@gmail.com>, "
diff --git a/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsaudiosink.c b/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsaudiosink.c
index 12d848938..d2974f6dd 100644
--- a/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsaudiosink.c
+++ b/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsaudiosink.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ gst_gsettings_audio_sink_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (eklass, "GSettings audio sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (eklass, "GSettings audio sink",
       "Sink/Audio",
       "Audio sink embedding the GSettings preferences for audio output",
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsaudiosrc.c b/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsaudiosrc.c
index c30f12271..9e5003115 100644
--- a/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsaudiosrc.c
+++ b/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsaudiosrc.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ gst_gsettings_audio_src_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (eklass, "GSettings audio src",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (eklass, "GSettings audio src",
       "Src/Audio",
       "Audio src embedding the GSettings preferences for audio input",
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsvideosink.c b/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsvideosink.c
index fd5735b01..6c9c7fbd9 100644
--- a/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsvideosink.c
+++ b/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsvideosink.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ gst_gsettings_video_sink_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (eklass, "GSettings video sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (eklass, "GSettings video sink",
       "Sink/Video",
       "Video sink embedding the GSettings preferences for video input",
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsvideosrc.c b/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsvideosrc.c
index d617d7779..54aafe531 100644
--- a/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsvideosrc.c
+++ b/ext/gsettings/gstgsettingsvideosrc.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ gst_gsettings_video_src_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *eklass = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (eklass, "GSettings video src",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (eklass, "GSettings video src",
       "Src/Video",
       "Video src embedding the GSettings preferences for video input",
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/gsm/gstgsmdec.c b/ext/gsm/gstgsmdec.c
index 954594f8a..d6d916649 100644
--- a/ext/gsm/gstgsmdec.c
+++ b/ext/gsm/gstgsmdec.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ gst_gsmdec_class_init (GstGSMDecClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gsmdec_sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gsmdec_src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "GSM audio decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "GSM audio decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "Decodes GSM encoded audio", "Philippe Khalaf <burger@speedy.org>");
 
diff --git a/ext/gsm/gstgsmenc.c b/ext/gsm/gstgsmenc.c
index a25d65719..539d076c8 100644
--- a/ext/gsm/gstgsmenc.c
+++ b/ext/gsm/gstgsmenc.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ gst_gsmenc_class_init (GstGSMEncClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gsmenc_sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gsmenc_src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "GSM audio encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "GSM audio encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
       "Encodes GSM audio", "Philippe Khalaf <burger@speedy.org>");
 
diff --git a/ext/jasper/gstjasperdec.c b/ext/jasper/gstjasperdec.c
index 4435077d7..2052cc506 100644
--- a/ext/jasper/gstjasperdec.c
+++ b/ext/jasper/gstjasperdec.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ gst_jasper_dec_base_init (gpointer g_class)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_jasper_dec_src_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_jasper_dec_sink_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Jasper JPEG2000 image decoder", "Codec/Decoder/Image",
       "Decodes JPEG2000 encoded images using jasper",
       "Mark Nauwelaerts <mnauw@users.sf.net>");
diff --git a/ext/jasper/gstjasperenc.c b/ext/jasper/gstjasperenc.c
index 13eb7ab88..3da86d6b3 100644
--- a/ext/jasper/gstjasperenc.c
+++ b/ext/jasper/gstjasperenc.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ gst_jasper_enc_base_init (gpointer g_class)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_jasper_enc_src_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_jasper_enc_sink_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Jasper JPEG2000 image encoder", "Codec/Encoder/Image",
       "Encodes video to JPEG2000 using jasper",
       "Mark Nauwelaerts <mnauw@users.sf.net>");
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkatedec.c b/ext/kate/gstkatedec.c
index 6b1ee73d4..b45103fb5 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkatedec.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkatedec.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ gst_kate_dec_class_init (GstKateDecClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Kate stream text decoder", "Codec/Decoder/Subtitle",
       "Decodes Kate text streams",
       "Vincent Penquerc'h <ogg.k.ogg.k@googlemail.com>");
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkateenc.c b/ext/kate/gstkateenc.c
index 239bbb3d1..7dbd03037 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkateenc.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkateenc.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ gst_kate_enc_class_init (GstKateEncClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Kate stream encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Kate stream encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Subtitle",
       "Encodes Kate streams from text or subpictures",
       "Vincent Penquerc'h <ogg.k.ogg.k@googlemail.com>");
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkateparse.c b/ext/kate/gstkateparse.c
index 67821d8c1..e7eab4fdd 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkateparse.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkateparse.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ gst_kate_parse_class_init (GstKateParseClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_kate_parse_sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Kate stream parser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Kate stream parser",
       "Codec/Parser/Subtitle",
       "parse raw kate streams",
       "Vincent Penquerc'h <ogg.k.ogg.k at googlemail dot com>");
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkatetag.c b/ext/kate/gstkatetag.c
index 0f0f05d02..00aafa0a8 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkatetag.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkatetag.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ gst_kate_tag_class_init (GstKateTagClass * klass)
           "Set the height of the canvas this stream was authored for (0 is unspecified)",
           0, G_MAXINT, 0, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Kate stream tagger",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Kate stream tagger",
       "Formatter/Metadata",
       "Retags kate streams", "Vincent Penquerc'h <ogg.k.ogg.k@googlemail.com>");
 
diff --git a/ext/kate/gstkatetiger.c b/ext/kate/gstkatetiger.c
index ad2931436..d68595098 100644
--- a/ext/kate/gstkatetiger.c
+++ b/ext/kate/gstkatetiger.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ gst_kate_tiger_base_init (gpointer gclass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&kate_sink_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&video_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Kate stream renderer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Kate stream renderer",
       "Mixer/Video/Overlay/Subtitle",
       "Decodes and renders Kate streams on top of a video",
       "Vincent Penquerc'h <ogg.k.ogg.k@googlemail.com>");
diff --git a/ext/ladspa/gstladspa.c b/ext/ladspa/gstladspa.c
index 741f055c5..17ccdb0fe 100644
--- a/ext/ladspa/gstladspa.c
+++ b/ext/ladspa/gstladspa.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ gst_ladspa_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   }
 #endif
   GST_INFO ("tags : %s", klass_tags);
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, longname,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, longname,
       extra_klass_tags ? extra_klass_tags : klass_tags, longname, author);
   g_free (longname);
   g_free (author);
diff --git a/ext/libfame/gstlibfame.c b/ext/libfame/gstlibfame.c
index c701af0b4..723c71e2c 100644
--- a/ext/libfame/gstlibfame.c
+++ b/ext/libfame/gstlibfame.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ gst_fameenc_base_init (GstFameEncClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "MPEG-1 and MPEG-4 video encoder", "Codec/Encoder/Video",
       "Uses fameenc to encode MPEG video streams",
       "Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas@apestaart.org>");
diff --git a/ext/libmms/gstmms.c b/ext/libmms/gstmms.c
index 09c30891f..c59a17f57 100644
--- a/ext/libmms/gstmms.c
+++ b/ext/libmms/gstmms.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ gst_mms_class_init (GstMMSClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "MMS streaming source", "Source/Network",
       "Receive data streamed via MSFT Multi Media Server protocol",
       "Maciej Katafiasz <mathrick@users.sourceforge.net>");
diff --git a/ext/lv2/gstlv2.c b/ext/lv2/gstlv2.c
index 06876a8b6..c9a05e429 100644
--- a/ext/lv2/gstlv2.c
+++ b/ext/lv2/gstlv2.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ gst_lv2_base_init (gpointer g_class)
     klass_tags = "Filter/Effect/Audio/LV2";
 
   GST_INFO ("tags : %s", klass_tags);
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, longname,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, longname,
       klass_tags, longname, author);
   g_free (longname);
   g_free (author);
diff --git a/ext/mimic/gstmimdec.c b/ext/mimic/gstmimdec.c
index 5029655b9..0640b686d 100644
--- a/ext/mimic/gstmimdec.c
+++ b/ext/mimic/gstmimdec.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ gst_mim_dec_class_init (GstMimDecClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Mimic Decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Video",
       "MSN Messenger compatible Mimic video decoder element",
diff --git a/ext/mimic/gstmimenc.c b/ext/mimic/gstmimenc.c
index cabb1736a..f1b26c8f3 100644
--- a/ext/mimic/gstmimenc.c
+++ b/ext/mimic/gstmimenc.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ gst_mim_enc_class_init (GstMimEncClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Mimic Encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Video",
       "MSN Messenger compatible Mimic video encoder element",
diff --git a/ext/modplug/gstmodplug.cc b/ext/modplug/gstmodplug.cc
index e2a178649..46f125154 100644
--- a/ext/modplug/gstmodplug.cc
+++ b/ext/modplug/gstmodplug.cc
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ gst_modplug_class_init (GstModPlugClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&modplug_src_template_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "ModPlug",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "ModPlug",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio", "Module decoder based on modplug engine",
       "Jeremy SIMON <jsimon13@yahoo.fr>");
 
diff --git a/ext/mpeg2enc/gstmpeg2enc.cc b/ext/mpeg2enc/gstmpeg2enc.cc
index 1482ae168..72adbdcfd 100644
--- a/ext/mpeg2enc/gstmpeg2enc.cc
+++ b/ext/mpeg2enc/gstmpeg2enc.cc
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ gst_mpeg2enc_class_init (GstMpeg2encClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "mpeg2enc video encoder", "Codec/Encoder/Video",
       "High-quality MPEG-1/2 video encoder",
       "Andrew Stevens <andrew.stevens@nexgo.de>\n"
diff --git a/ext/mplex/gstmplex.cc b/ext/mplex/gstmplex.cc
index fc5c459bf..9d0bbebd0 100644
--- a/ext/mplex/gstmplex.cc
+++ b/ext/mplex/gstmplex.cc
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ gst_mplex_class_init (GstMplexClass * klass)
       GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_mplex_request_new_pad);
   element_class->release_pad = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_mplex_release_pad);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "mplex video multiplexer", "Codec/Muxer",
       "High-quality MPEG/DVD/SVCD/VCD video/audio multiplexer",
       "Andrew Stevens <andrew.stevens@nexgo.de>\n"
diff --git a/ext/musepack/gstmusepackdec.c b/ext/musepack/gstmusepackdec.c
index 4aeaf17c2..555474ed3 100644
--- a/ext/musepack/gstmusepackdec.c
+++ b/ext/musepack/gstmusepackdec.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ gst_musepackdec_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Musepack decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Musepack decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "Musepack decoder", "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
 }
diff --git a/ext/musicbrainz/gsttrm.c b/ext/musicbrainz/gsttrm.c
index 987f90e8f..d2e3896d1 100644
--- a/ext/musicbrainz/gsttrm.c
+++ b/ext/musicbrainz/gsttrm.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ gst_trm_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "MusicBrainz TRM generator", "Filter/Analyzer/Audio",
       "Compute MusicBrainz TRM Id using libmusicbrainz",
       "Jeremy Simon <jsimon13@yahoo.fr>");
diff --git a/ext/mythtv/gstmythtvsrc.c b/ext/mythtv/gstmythtvsrc.c
index bc71cd4e8..c0a209ba6 100644
--- a/ext/mythtv/gstmythtvsrc.c
+++ b/ext/mythtv/gstmythtvsrc.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ GST_BOILERPLATE_FULL (GstMythtvSrc, gst_mythtv_src, GstPushSrc,
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&srctemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "MythTV client source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "MythTV client source",
       "Source/Network",
       "Control and receive data as a client over the network "
       "via raw socket connections using the MythTV protocol",
diff --git a/ext/nas/nassink.c b/ext/nas/nassink.c
index afd572a27..739814bc9 100644
--- a/ext/nas/nassink.c
+++ b/ext/nas/nassink.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ gst_nas_sink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "NAS audio sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "NAS audio sink",
       "Sink/Audio",
       "Plays audio to a Network Audio Server",
       "Laurent Vivier <Laurent.Vivier@bull.net>, "
diff --git a/ext/neon/gstneonhttpsrc.c b/ext/neon/gstneonhttpsrc.c
index 578646afe..83c2714b1 100644
--- a/ext/neon/gstneonhttpsrc.c
+++ b/ext/neon/gstneonhttpsrc.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ gst_neonhttp_src_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&srctemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "HTTP client source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "HTTP client source",
       "Source/Network",
       "Receive data as a client over the network via HTTP using NEON",
       "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>, "
diff --git a/ext/ofa/gstofa.c b/ext/ofa/gstofa.c
index f058e281b..eecc1352a 100644
--- a/ext/ofa/gstofa.c
+++ b/ext/ofa/gstofa.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ gst_ofa_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   GstAudioFilterClass *audio_filter_class = (GstAudioFilterClass *) g_class;
   GstCaps *caps;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "OFA",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "OFA",
       "MusicIP Fingerprinting element",
       "Find a music fingerprint using MusicIP's libofa",
       "Milosz Derezynski <internalerror@gmail.com>, Eric Buehl <eric.buehl@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/ext/openal/gstopenalsink.c b/ext/openal/gstopenalsink.c
index 70398ee49..6d7ffd255 100644
--- a/ext/openal/gstopenalsink.c
+++ b/ext/openal/gstopenalsink.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ gst_openal_sink_base_init (gpointer gclass)
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
   GstPadTemplate *pad_template;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Audio sink (OpenAL)",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Audio sink (OpenAL)",
       "Sink/Audio",
       "Output to a sound device via OpenAL",
       "Chris Robinson <chris.kcat@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/ext/openal/gstopenalsrc.c b/ext/openal/gstopenalsrc.c
index 350071956..4313022a9 100644
--- a/ext/openal/gstopenalsrc.c
+++ b/ext/openal/gstopenalsrc.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ gst_openal_src_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "OpenAL src",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "OpenAL src",
       "Source/Audio",
       "OpenAL source capture audio from device",
       "Victor Lin <bornstub@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstcvdilate.c b/ext/opencv/gstcvdilate.c
index ff6f25e05..fae3ec2fc 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstcvdilate.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstcvdilate.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ gst_cv_dilate_class_init (GstCvDilateClass * klass)
 
   gstopencvbasefilter_class->cv_trans_ip_func = gst_cv_dilate_transform_ip;
   gstopencvbasefilter_class->cv_trans_func = gst_cv_dilate_transform;
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "cvdilate",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Applies cvDilate OpenCV function to the image",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstcvequalizehist.c b/ext/opencv/gstcvequalizehist.c
index 8072463ed..76a49a249 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstcvequalizehist.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstcvequalizehist.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ gst_cv_equalize_hist_class_init (GstCvEqualizeHistClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "cvequalizehist",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Applies cvEqualizeHist OpenCV function to the image",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstcverode.c b/ext/opencv/gstcverode.c
index 5d0fa87f3..b376d1d84 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstcverode.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstcverode.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ gst_cv_erode_class_init (GstCvErodeClass * klass)
 
   gstopencvbasefilter_class->cv_trans_ip_func = gst_cv_erode_transform_ip;
   gstopencvbasefilter_class->cv_trans_func = gst_cv_erode_transform;
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "cverode",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Applies cvErode OpenCV function to the image",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstcvlaplace.c b/ext/opencv/gstcvlaplace.c
index 8269e6dfe..9a854903d 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstcvlaplace.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstcvlaplace.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ gst_cv_laplace_class_init (GstCvLaplaceClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "cvlaplace",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Applies cvLaplace OpenCV function to the image",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstcvsmooth.c b/ext/opencv/gstcvsmooth.c
index 4ed438aa7..439de9eeb 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstcvsmooth.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstcvsmooth.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ gst_cv_smooth_class_init (GstCvSmoothClass * klass)
           0, G_MAXDOUBLE, DEFAULT_PARAM4,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "cvsmooth",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Applies cvSmooth OpenCV function to the image",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstcvsobel.c b/ext/opencv/gstcvsobel.c
index aedf9b799..414ed569d 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstcvsobel.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstcvsobel.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ gst_cv_sobel_class_init (GstCvSobelClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "cvsobel",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Applies cvSobel OpenCV function to the image",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstedgedetect.c b/ext/opencv/gstedgedetect.c
index fd1ae957b..a4b806fc2 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstedgedetect.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstedgedetect.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ gst_edge_detect_class_init (GstEdgeDetectClass * klass)
           "Aperture size for Sobel operator (Must be either 3, 5 or 7", 3, 7, 3,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "edgedetect",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Performs canny edge detection on videos and images.",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstfaceblur.c b/ext/opencv/gstfaceblur.c
index 7b523f750..c0a6c5961 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstfaceblur.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstfaceblur.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ gst_face_blur_class_init (GstFaceBlurClass * klass)
           "Location of Haar cascade file to use for face blurion",
           DEFAULT_PROFILE, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "faceblur",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Blurs faces in images and videos",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstfacedetect.c b/ext/opencv/gstfacedetect.c
index 0d7f61f8b..66c5a9229 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstfacedetect.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstfacedetect.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ gst_face_detect_class_init (GstFaceDetectClass * klass)
           "Minimum area height to be recognized as a face", 0, G_MAXINT,
           DEFAULT_MIN_SIZE_HEIGHT, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "facedetect",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Performs face detection on videos and images, providing detected positions via bus messages",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstmotioncells.c b/ext/opencv/gstmotioncells.c
index d58976028..efd53a3fa 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstmotioncells.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstmotioncells.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ gst_motion_cells_class_init (GstMotioncellsClass * klass)
           THICKNESS_MIN, THICKNESS_MAX, THICKNESS_DEF,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "motioncells",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Performs motion detection on videos and images, providing detected motion cells index via bus messages",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstpyramidsegment.c b/ext/opencv/gstpyramidsegment.c
index 030de939a..2eb4dd3c2 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstpyramidsegment.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstpyramidsegment.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ gst_pyramid_segment_class_init (GstPyramidSegmentClass * klass)
           "Maximum level of the pyramid segmentation", 0, 4, 4,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "pyramidsegment",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Applies pyramid segmentation to a video or image.",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gsttemplatematch.c b/ext/opencv/gsttemplatematch.c
index a9c3f82c1..92d85002d 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gsttemplatematch.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gsttemplatematch.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ gst_template_match_class_init (GstTemplateMatchClass * klass)
           "Sets whether the detected template should be highlighted in the output",
           TRUE, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "templatematch",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Performs template matching on videos and images, providing detected positions via bus messages.",
diff --git a/ext/opencv/gsttextoverlay.c b/ext/opencv/gsttextoverlay.c
index 2ad948531..5e3aeea6c 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gsttextoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/opencv/gsttextoverlay.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ gst_opencv_text_overlay_class_init (GstOpencvTextOverlayClass * klass)
           "Sets the width of fonts", 1.0, 5.0,
           DEFAULT_WIDTH, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "opencvtextoverlay",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Write text on the top of video", "sreerenj<bsreerenj@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c b/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c
index ab7221d7b..c4335265f 100644
--- a/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c
+++ b/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ gst_opus_dec_class_init (GstOpusDecClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&opus_dec_src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&opus_dec_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Opus audio decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Opus audio decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "decode opus streams to audio",
       "Vincent Penquerc'h <vincent.penquerch@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/opus/gstopusenc.c b/ext/opus/gstopusenc.c
index d9917951c..a33f0e45a 100644
--- a/ext/opus/gstopusenc.c
+++ b/ext/opus/gstopusenc.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ gst_opus_enc_class_init (GstOpusEncClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Opus audio encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Opus audio encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
       "Encodes audio in Opus format",
       "Vincent Penquerc'h <vincent.penquerch@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/opus/gstopusparse.c b/ext/opus/gstopusparse.c
index 5f5ba65d4..740dbb1fa 100644
--- a/ext/opus/gstopusparse.c
+++ b/ext/opus/gstopusparse.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ gst_opus_parse_class_init (GstOpusParseClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&opus_parse_src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&opus_parse_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Opus audio parser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Opus audio parser",
       "Codec/Parser/Audio",
       "parses opus audio streams",
       "Vincent Penquerc'h <vincent.penquerch@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/opus/gstrtpopusdepay.c b/ext/opus/gstrtpopusdepay.c
index f8effbb6c..dba1c1456 100644
--- a/ext/opus/gstrtpopusdepay.c
+++ b/ext/opus/gstrtpopusdepay.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ gst_rtp_opus_depay_class_init (GstRTPOpusDepayClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_rtp_opus_depay_src_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_rtp_opus_depay_sink_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "RTP Opus packet depayloader", "Codec/Depayloader/Network/RTP",
       "Extracts Opus audio from RTP packets",
       "Danilo Cesar Lemes de Paula <danilo.cesar@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/opus/gstrtpopuspay.c b/ext/opus/gstrtpopuspay.c
index 0a8fd3651..9eee96066 100644
--- a/ext/opus/gstrtpopuspay.c
+++ b/ext/opus/gstrtpopuspay.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ gst_rtp_opus_pay_class_init (GstRtpOPUSPayClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_rtp_opus_pay_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "RTP Opus payloader",
       "Codec/Payloader/Network/RTP",
       "Puts Opus audio in RTP packets",
diff --git a/ext/resindvd/gstmpegdemux.c b/ext/resindvd/gstmpegdemux.c
index a687707ae..87e6ffbbb 100644
--- a/ext/resindvd/gstmpegdemux.c
+++ b/ext/resindvd/gstmpegdemux.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ gst_flups_demux_base_init (GstFluPSDemuxClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, klass->private_template);
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, klass->sink_template);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "MPEG Program Demuxer", "Codec/Demuxer",
       "Demultiplexes MPEG Program Streams",
       "Jan Schmidt <thaytan@noraisin.net>");
diff --git a/ext/resindvd/resindvdbin.c b/ext/resindvd/resindvdbin.c
index d173cac98..c70f7b39d 100644
--- a/ext/resindvd/resindvdbin.c
+++ b/ext/resindvd/resindvdbin.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ rsn_dvdbin_class_init (RsnDvdBinClass * klass)
 
   element_class->change_state = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (rsn_dvdbin_change_state);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "rsndvdbin",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "rsndvdbin",
       "Generic/Bin/Player",
       "DVD playback element", "Jan Schmidt <thaytan@noraisin.net>");
 }
diff --git a/ext/resindvd/resindvdsrc.c b/ext/resindvd/resindvdsrc.c
index 58d3c6fa4..51dd07767 100644
--- a/ext/resindvd/resindvdsrc.c
+++ b/ext/resindvd/resindvdsrc.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ rsn_dvdsrc_class_init (resinDvdSrcClass * klass)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Resin DVD Src",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Resin DVD Src",
       "Source/DVD", "DVD source element", "Jan Schmidt <thaytan@noraisin.net>");
 }
 
diff --git a/ext/resindvd/rsndec.c b/ext/resindvd/rsndec.c
index 2c999d5e0..baf1d7850 100644
--- a/ext/resindvd/rsndec.c
+++ b/ext/resindvd/rsndec.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ rsn_audiodec_class_init (RsnAudioDecClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&audio_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "RsnAudioDec",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "RsnAudioDec",
       "Audio/Decoder",
       "Resin DVD audio stream decoder", "Jan Schmidt <thaytan@noraisin.net>");
 
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ rsn_videodec_class_init (RsnAudioDecClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&video_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "RsnVideoDec",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "RsnVideoDec",
       "Video/Decoder",
       "Resin DVD video stream decoder", "Jan Schmidt <thaytan@noraisin.net>");
 
diff --git a/ext/resindvd/rsnparsetter.c b/ext/resindvd/rsnparsetter.c
index f2f328c25..c310314a4 100644
--- a/ext/resindvd/rsnparsetter.c
+++ b/ext/resindvd/rsnparsetter.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ rsn_parsetter_base_init (gpointer gclass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Resin Aspect Ratio Setter", "Filter/Video",
       "Overrides caps on video buffers to force a particular display ratio",
       "Jan Schmidt <thaytan@noraisin.net>");
diff --git a/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgdec.c b/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgdec.c
index a1602d10c..4ad957215 100644
--- a/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgdec.c
+++ b/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgdec.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ gst_rsvg_dec_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "SVG image decoder", "Codec/Decoder/Image",
       "Uses librsvg to decode SVG images",
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.c b/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.c
index 82cebeb00..31e7f6f01 100644
--- a/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/rsvg/gstrsvgoverlay.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ gst_rsvg_overlay_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&data_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "RSVG overlay",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "RSVG overlay",
       "Filter/Editor/Video",
       "Overlays SVG graphics over a video stream",
       "Olivier Aubert <olivier.aubert@liris.cnrs.fr>");
diff --git a/ext/rtmp/gstrtmpsink.c b/ext/rtmp/gstrtmpsink.c
index d55d652c9..b22b9d913 100644
--- a/ext/rtmp/gstrtmpsink.c
+++ b/ext/rtmp/gstrtmpsink.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ gst_rtmp_sink_class_init (GstRTMPSinkClass * klass)
       g_param_spec_string ("location", "RTMP Location", "RTMP url",
           DEFAULT_LOCATION, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "RTMP output sink",
       "Sink/Network", "Sends FLV content to a server via RTMP",
       "Jan Schmidt <thaytan@noraisin.net>");
diff --git a/ext/rtmp/gstrtmpsrc.c b/ext/rtmp/gstrtmpsrc.c
index 7d3ccaf34..b22ba958e 100644
--- a/ext/rtmp/gstrtmpsrc.c
+++ b/ext/rtmp/gstrtmpsrc.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ gst_rtmp_src_class_init (GstRTMPSrcClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&srctemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "RTMP Source",
       "Source/File",
       "Read RTMP streams",
diff --git a/ext/schroedinger/gstschrodec.c b/ext/schroedinger/gstschrodec.c
index c89ca2564..cd12d8bca 100644
--- a/ext/schroedinger/gstschrodec.c
+++ b/ext/schroedinger/gstschrodec.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ gst_schro_dec_class_init (GstSchroDecClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_schro_dec_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Dirac Decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Dirac Decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Video",
       "Decode Dirac streams", "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 
diff --git a/ext/schroedinger/gstschroenc.c b/ext/schroedinger/gstschroenc.c
index 8b5c6fc69..04fabf418 100644
--- a/ext/schroedinger/gstschroenc.c
+++ b/ext/schroedinger/gstschroenc.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ gst_schro_enc_class_init (GstSchroEncClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_schro_enc_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Dirac Encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Dirac Encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Video",
       "Encode raw video into Dirac stream", "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 
diff --git a/ext/sdl/sdlaudiosink.c b/ext/sdl/sdlaudiosink.c
index 77f885a9d..e5279e51f 100644
--- a/ext/sdl/sdlaudiosink.c
+++ b/ext/sdl/sdlaudiosink.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ gst_sdlaudio_sink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "SDL audio sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "SDL audio sink",
       "Sink/Audio",
       "Output to a sound card via SDLAUDIO",
       "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>");
diff --git a/ext/sdl/sdlvideosink.c b/ext/sdl/sdlvideosink.c
index ebf756f17..e976466a2 100644
--- a/ext/sdl/sdlvideosink.c
+++ b/ext/sdl/sdlvideosink.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ gst_sdlvideosink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
       GST_PAD_SINK, GST_PAD_ALWAYS, capslist);
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, sink_template);
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "SDL video sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "SDL video sink",
       "Sink/Video", "An SDL-based videosink",
       "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>, "
       "Edgard Lima <edgard.lima@indt.org.br>, "
diff --git a/ext/snapshot/gstsnapshot.c b/ext/snapshot/gstsnapshot.c
index 04836b122..f60ef1b60 100644
--- a/ext/snapshot/gstsnapshot.c
+++ b/ext/snapshot/gstsnapshot.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ gst_snapshot_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&snapshot_src_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Snapshot",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Snapshot",
       "Filter/Editor/Video",
       "Dump a frame to a png file", "Jeremy SIMON <jsimon13@yahoo.fr>");
 }
diff --git a/ext/sndfile/gstsfsink.c b/ext/sndfile/gstsfsink.c
index 06fb451b6..acb543685 100644
--- a/ext/sndfile/gstsfsink.c
+++ b/ext/sndfile/gstsfsink.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ gst_sf_sink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_sf_debug, "sfsink", 0, "sfsink element");
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sf_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Sndfile sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Sndfile sink",
       "Sink/Audio",
       "Write audio streams to disk using libsndfile",
       "Andy Wingo <wingo at pobox dot com>");
diff --git a/ext/sndfile/gstsfsrc.c b/ext/sndfile/gstsfsrc.c
index 226f54085..ae45f9f83 100644
--- a/ext/sndfile/gstsfsrc.c
+++ b/ext/sndfile/gstsfsrc.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ gst_sf_src_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sf_src_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Sndfile source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Sndfile source",
       "Source/Audio",
       "Read audio streams from disk using libsndfile",
       "Andy Wingo <wingo at pobox dot com>");
diff --git a/ext/sndio/sndiosink.c b/ext/sndio/sndiosink.c
index e91ecd485..7b814fab7 100644
--- a/ext/sndio/sndiosink.c
+++ b/ext/sndio/sndiosink.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ gst_sndiosink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Sndio audio sink",
       "Sink/Audio",
       "Plays audio through sndio",
diff --git a/ext/sndio/sndiosrc.c b/ext/sndio/sndiosrc.c
index 43cf35acc..cd209a09e 100644
--- a/ext/sndio/sndiosrc.c
+++ b/ext/sndio/sndiosrc.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ gst_sndiosrc_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Sndio audio source",
       "Source/Audio",
       "Records audio through sndio",
diff --git a/ext/soundtouch/gstbpmdetect.cc b/ext/soundtouch/gstbpmdetect.cc
index 41edba5b5..fec45c960 100644
--- a/ext/soundtouch/gstbpmdetect.cc
+++ b/ext/soundtouch/gstbpmdetect.cc
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ gst_bpm_detect_class_init (GstBPMDetectClass * klass)
 
   gobject_class->finalize = gst_bpm_detect_finalize;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "BPM Detector",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "BPM Detector",
       "Filter/Analyzer/Audio", "Detect the BPM of an audio stream",
       "Sebastian Dröge <slomo@circular-chaos.org>");
 
diff --git a/ext/soundtouch/gstpitch.cc b/ext/soundtouch/gstpitch.cc
index ed76cd27a..46526838c 100644
--- a/ext/soundtouch/gstpitch.cc
+++ b/ext/soundtouch/gstpitch.cc
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ gst_pitch_class_init (GstPitchClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_pitch_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Pitch controller",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Pitch controller",
       "Filter/Effect/Audio", "Control the pitch of an audio stream",
       "Wouter Paesen <wouter@blue-gate.be>");
 }
diff --git a/ext/spandsp/gstspanplc.c b/ext/spandsp/gstspanplc.c
index 73a2465b2..4924117ae 100644
--- a/ext/spandsp/gstspanplc.c
+++ b/ext/spandsp/gstspanplc.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ gst_span_plc_class_init (GstSpanPlcClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "SpanDSP PLC",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "SpanDSP PLC",
       "Filter/Effect/Audio",
       "Adds packet loss concealment to audio",
       "Youness Alaoui <youness.alaoui@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/ext/spc/gstspc.c b/ext/spc/gstspc.c
index 8d470a489..48c14b929 100644
--- a/ext/spc/gstspc.c
+++ b/ext/spc/gstspc.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ gst_spc_dec_class_init (GstSpcDecClass * klass)
   GstElementClass *element_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
   GObjectClass *gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "OpenSPC SPC decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "OpenSPC SPC decoder",
       "Codec/Audio/Decoder",
       "Uses OpenSPC to emulate an SPC processor",
       "Chris Lee <clee@kde.org>, Brian Koropoff <bkoropoff@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/ext/swfdec/gstswfdec.c b/ext/swfdec/gstswfdec.c
index 0816f9f67..17c9dbfd4 100644
--- a/ext/swfdec/gstswfdec.c
+++ b/ext/swfdec/gstswfdec.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ gst_swfdec_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "SWF video decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "SWF video decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Video",
       "Uses libswfdec to decode Flash video streams",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/ext/teletextdec/gstteletextdec.c b/ext/teletextdec/gstteletextdec.c
index fbac7d617..79fad6c01 100644
--- a/ext/teletextdec/gstteletextdec.c
+++ b/ext/teletextdec/gstteletextdec.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ gst_teletextdec_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Teletext decoder",
       "Decoder",
       "Decode PES or raw VBI stream containing teletext information to RGBA, HTML and text",
diff --git a/ext/timidity/gsttimidity.c b/ext/timidity/gsttimidity.c
index c3dfa22ca..a82b348c9 100644
--- a/ext/timidity/gsttimidity.c
+++ b/ext/timidity/gsttimidity.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ gst_timidity_base_init (gpointer gclass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Timidity",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Timidity",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "Midi Synthesizer Element", "Wouter Paesen <wouter@blue-gate.be>");
 }
diff --git a/ext/timidity/gstwildmidi.c b/ext/timidity/gstwildmidi.c
index 260624594..707e03601 100644
--- a/ext/timidity/gstwildmidi.c
+++ b/ext/timidity/gstwildmidi.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ gst_wildmidi_base_init (gpointer gclass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "WildMidi",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "WildMidi",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "Midi Synthesizer Element", "Wouter Paesen <wouter@blue-gate.be>");
 }
diff --git a/ext/voaacenc/gstvoaacenc.c b/ext/voaacenc/gstvoaacenc.c
index b70a0288a..2c50f4142 100644
--- a/ext/voaacenc/gstvoaacenc.c
+++ b/ext/voaacenc/gstvoaacenc.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ gst_voaacenc_class_init (GstVoAacEncClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "AAC audio encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "AAC audio encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Audio", "AAC audio encoder", "Kan Hu <kan.hu@linaro.org>");
 
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_voaacenc_debug, "voaacenc", 0, "voaac encoder");
diff --git a/ext/voamrwbenc/gstvoamrwbenc.c b/ext/voamrwbenc/gstvoamrwbenc.c
index 0f40fb3c2..696ab2925 100644
--- a/ext/voamrwbenc/gstvoamrwbenc.c
+++ b/ext/voamrwbenc/gstvoamrwbenc.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ gst_voamrwbenc_class_init (GstVoAmrWbEncClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "AMR-WB audio encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "AMR-WB audio encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
       "Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband audio encoder",
       "Renato Araujo <renato.filho@indt.org.br>");
diff --git a/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c b/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c
index 98ef61cf1..fb557c2d9 100644
--- a/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c
+++ b/ext/vp8/gstvp8dec.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ gst_vp8_dec_class_init (GstVP8DecClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_vp8_dec_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "On2 VP8 Decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Video",
       "Decode VP8 video streams", "David Schleef <ds@entropywave.com>");
diff --git a/ext/vp8/gstvp8enc.c b/ext/vp8/gstvp8enc.c
index f1549ca83..844fcee7c 100644
--- a/ext/vp8/gstvp8enc.c
+++ b/ext/vp8/gstvp8enc.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ gst_vp8_enc_class_init (GstVP8EncClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_vp8_enc_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "On2 VP8 Encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Video",
       "Encode VP8 video streams", "David Schleef <ds@entropywave.com>");
diff --git a/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c b/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c
index 32b695d7f..3a6cb85d8 100644
--- a/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c
+++ b/ext/wayland/gstwaylandsink.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ gst_wayland_sink_class_init (GstWaylandSinkClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "wayland video sink", "Sink/Video",
       "Output to wayland surface",
       "Sreerenj Balachandran <sreerenj.balachandran@intel.com>");
diff --git a/ext/xvid/gstxviddec.c b/ext/xvid/gstxviddec.c
index c290777a9..53ab0234f 100644
--- a/ext/xvid/gstxviddec.c
+++ b/ext/xvid/gstxviddec.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ gst_xviddec_base_init (GstXvidDecClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "XviD video decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "XviD video decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Video",
       "XviD decoder based on xvidcore",
       "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
diff --git a/ext/xvid/gstxvidenc.c b/ext/xvid/gstxvidenc.c
index 57e9a3317..44d6609a0 100644
--- a/ext/xvid/gstxvidenc.c
+++ b/ext/xvid/gstxvidenc.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ gst_xvidenc_base_init (GstXvidEncClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "XviD video encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "XviD video encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Video",
       "XviD encoder based on xvidcore",
       "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
diff --git a/ext/zbar/gstzbar.c b/ext/zbar/gstzbar.c
index d31e44124..c4da7907e 100644
--- a/ext/zbar/gstzbar.c
+++ b/ext/zbar/gstzbar.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ gst_zbar_class_init (GstZBarClass * g_class)
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | GST_PARAM_MUTABLE_READY |
           G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Barcode detector",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Barcode detector",
       "Filter/Analyzer/Video",
       "Detect bar codes in the video streams",
       "Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>");
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.c b/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.c
index 8a584b55b..79008e1e3 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/basecamerabinsrc/gstbasecamerasrc.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ gst_base_camera_src_class_init (GstBaseCameraSrcClass * klass)
 
   gstelement_class->change_state = gst_base_camera_src_change_state;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Base class for camerabin src bin", "Source/Video",
       "Abstracts capture device for camerabin2", "Rob Clark <rob@ti.com>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/adpcmdec/adpcmdec.c b/gst/adpcmdec/adpcmdec.c
index 351f1ef96..0404e09f9 100644
--- a/gst/adpcmdec/adpcmdec.c
+++ b/gst/adpcmdec/adpcmdec.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ adpcmdec_class_init (ADPCMDecClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&adpcmdec_sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&adpcmdec_src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "ADPCM decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "ADPCM decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "Decode MS and IMA ADPCM audio",
       "Pioneers of the Inevitable <songbird@songbirdnest.com>");
diff --git a/gst/adpcmenc/adpcmenc.c b/gst/adpcmenc/adpcmenc.c
index 9f088f509..ce6b9e65f 100644
--- a/gst/adpcmenc/adpcmenc.c
+++ b/gst/adpcmenc/adpcmenc.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ adpcmenc_class_init (ADPCMEncClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&adpcmenc_sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&adpcmenc_src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "ADPCM encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "ADPCM encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Audio",
       "Encode ADPCM audio",
       "Pioneers of the Inevitable <songbird@songbirdnest.com>");
diff --git a/gst/aiff/aiffmux.c b/gst/aiff/aiffmux.c
index 14f802daa..eca416307 100644
--- a/gst/aiff/aiffmux.c
+++ b/gst/aiff/aiffmux.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ gst_aiff_mux_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "AIFF audio muxer", "Muxer/Audio", "Multiplex raw audio into AIFF",
       "Robert Swain <robert.swain@gmail.com>");
 
diff --git a/gst/aiff/aiffparse.c b/gst/aiff/aiffparse.c
index 937be7f18..71d24d5d5 100644
--- a/gst/aiff/aiffparse.c
+++ b/gst/aiff/aiffparse.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ gst_aiff_parse_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "AIFF audio demuxer", "Codec/Demuxer/Audio",
       "Parse a .aiff file into raw audio",
       "Pioneers of the Inevitable <songbird@songbirdnest.com>");
diff --git a/gst/asfmux/gstasfmux.c b/gst/asfmux/gstasfmux.c
index 0526e3cd7..f58e6c913 100644
--- a/gst/asfmux/gstasfmux.c
+++ b/gst/asfmux/gstasfmux.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ gst_asf_mux_class_init (GstAsfMuxClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&video_sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "ASF muxer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "ASF muxer",
       "Codec/Muxer",
       "Muxes audio and video into an ASF stream",
       "Thiago Santos <thiagoss@embedded.ufcg.edu.br>");
diff --git a/gst/asfmux/gstasfparse.c b/gst/asfmux/gstasfparse.c
index 25dd3e761..0b393bfd0 100644
--- a/gst/asfmux/gstasfparse.c
+++ b/gst/asfmux/gstasfparse.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ gst_asf_parse_class_init (GstAsfParseClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "ASF parser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "ASF parser",
       "Parser", "Parses ASF", "Thiago Santos <thiagoss@embedded.ufcg.edu.br>");
 
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (asfparse_debug, "asfparse", 0,
diff --git a/gst/asfmux/gstrtpasfpay.c b/gst/asfmux/gstrtpasfpay.c
index 58feea62d..797071fa4 100644
--- a/gst/asfmux/gstrtpasfpay.c
+++ b/gst/asfmux/gstrtpasfpay.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ gst_rtp_asf_pay_class_init (GstRtpAsfPayClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_rtp_asf_pay_sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_rtp_asf_pay_src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "RTP ASF payloader",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "RTP ASF payloader",
       "Codec/Payloader/Network",
       "Payload-encodes ASF into RTP packets (MS_RTSP)",
       "Thiago Santos <thiagoss@embedded.ufcg.edu.br>");
diff --git a/gst/audiobuffer/gstaudioringbuffer.c b/gst/audiobuffer/gstaudioringbuffer.c
index 1cad478ee..6ca6cbac1 100644
--- a/gst/audiobuffer/gstaudioringbuffer.c
+++ b/gst/audiobuffer/gstaudioringbuffer.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ gst_audio_ringbuffer_class_init (GstAudioRingbufferClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "AudioRingbuffer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "AudioRingbuffer",
       "Generic",
       "Asynchronous Audio ringbuffer", "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com>");
 
diff --git a/gst/audiovisualizers/gstspacescope.c b/gst/audiovisualizers/gstspacescope.c
index f9b2a13c9..355d75d9b 100644
--- a/gst/audiovisualizers/gstspacescope.c
+++ b/gst/audiovisualizers/gstspacescope.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ gst_space_scope_class_init (GstSpaceScopeClass * g_class)
   GstElementClass *element_class = (GstElementClass *) g_class;
   GstAudioVisualizerClass *scope_class = (GstAudioVisualizerClass *) g_class;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Stereo visualizer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Stereo visualizer",
       "Visualization",
       "Simple stereo visualizer", "Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>");
 
diff --git a/gst/audiovisualizers/gstspectrascope.c b/gst/audiovisualizers/gstspectrascope.c
index b96cb1a07..10328e39d 100644
--- a/gst/audiovisualizers/gstspectrascope.c
+++ b/gst/audiovisualizers/gstspectrascope.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ gst_spectra_scope_class_init (GstSpectraScopeClass * g_class)
 
   gobject_class->finalize = gst_spectra_scope_finalize;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Frequency spectrum scope", "Visualization",
       "Simple frequency spectrum scope", "Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>");
 
diff --git a/gst/audiovisualizers/gstsynaescope.c b/gst/audiovisualizers/gstsynaescope.c
index 97ac88161..ba0592f67 100644
--- a/gst/audiovisualizers/gstsynaescope.c
+++ b/gst/audiovisualizers/gstsynaescope.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ gst_synae_scope_class_init (GstSynaeScopeClass * g_class)
 
   gobject_class->finalize = gst_synae_scope_finalize;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Synaescope",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Synaescope",
       "Visualization",
       "Creates video visualizations of audio input, using stereo and pitch information",
       "Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>");
diff --git a/gst/audiovisualizers/gstwavescope.c b/gst/audiovisualizers/gstwavescope.c
index e37d9285e..dfa17d9d6 100644
--- a/gst/audiovisualizers/gstwavescope.c
+++ b/gst/audiovisualizers/gstwavescope.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ gst_wave_scope_class_init (GstWaveScopeClass * g_class)
           GST_TYPE_WAVE_SCOPE_STYLE, STYLE_DOTS,
           G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT | G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Waveform oscilloscope", "Visualization", "Simple waveform oscilloscope",
       "Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>");
 
diff --git a/gst/autoconvert/gstautovideoconvert.c b/gst/autoconvert/gstautovideoconvert.c
index 43ece5d34..14562193b 100644
--- a/gst/autoconvert/gstautovideoconvert.c
+++ b/gst/autoconvert/gstautovideoconvert.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ gst_auto_video_convert_class_init (GstAutoVideoConvertClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Select color space convertor based on caps", "Generic/Bin",
       "Selects the right color space convertor based on the caps",
       "Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@stericsson.com>");
diff --git a/gst/bayer/gstbayer2rgb.c b/gst/bayer/gstbayer2rgb.c
index 1fd2e6b3e..35a3e7263 100644
--- a/gst/bayer/gstbayer2rgb.c
+++ b/gst/bayer/gstbayer2rgb.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ gst_bayer2rgb_class_init (GstBayer2RGBClass * klass)
   gobject_class->set_property = gst_bayer2rgb_set_property;
   gobject_class->get_property = gst_bayer2rgb_get_property;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Bayer to RGB decoder for cameras", "Filter/Converter/Video",
       "Converts video/x-bayer to video/x-raw",
       "William Brack <wbrack@mmm.com.hk>");
diff --git a/gst/bayer/gstrgb2bayer.c b/gst/bayer/gstrgb2bayer.c
index 4fa3ff18b..6810069a2 100644
--- a/gst/bayer/gstrgb2bayer.c
+++ b/gst/bayer/gstrgb2bayer.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ gst_rgb2bayer_class_init (GstRGB2BayerClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_rgb2bayer_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "RGB to Bayer converter",
       "Filter/Converter/Video",
       "Converts video/x-raw to video/x-bayer",
diff --git a/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.c b/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.c
index f7c893b61..53a4e1c0f 100644
--- a/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.c
+++ b/gst/camerabin2/gstcamerabin2.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ gst_camera_bin_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Camera Bin",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Camera Bin",
       "Generic/Bin/Camera",
       "Take image snapshots and record movies from camera",
       "Thiago Santos <thiago.sousa.santos@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/camerabin2/gstviewfinderbin.c b/gst/camerabin2/gstviewfinderbin.c
index 6661388ae..a5fb76076 100644
--- a/gst/camerabin2/gstviewfinderbin.c
+++ b/gst/camerabin2/gstviewfinderbin.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ gst_viewfinder_bin_class_init (GstViewfinderBinClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Viewfinder Bin",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Viewfinder Bin",
       "Sink/Video", "Viewfinder Bin used in camerabin2",
       "Thiago Santos <thiago.sousa.santos@collabora.com>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/camerabin2/gstwrappercamerabinsrc.c b/gst/camerabin2/gstwrappercamerabinsrc.c
index 042a23e12..cc1ce4168 100644
--- a/gst/camerabin2/gstwrappercamerabinsrc.c
+++ b/gst/camerabin2/gstwrappercamerabinsrc.c
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ gst_wrapper_camera_bin_src_class_init (GstWrapperCameraBinSrcClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&vidsrc_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Wrapper camera src element for camerabin2", "Source/Video",
       "Wrapper camera src element for camerabin2",
       "Thiago Santos <thiago.sousa.santos@collabora.com>");
diff --git a/gst/cdxaparse/gstcdxaparse.c b/gst/cdxaparse/gstcdxaparse.c
index 2c82056df..ffecf975c 100644
--- a/gst/cdxaparse/gstcdxaparse.c
+++ b/gst/cdxaparse/gstcdxaparse.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ gst_cdxa_parse_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "(S)VCD parser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "(S)VCD parser",
       "Codec/Parser",
       "Parse a .dat file from (S)VCD into raw MPEG-1",
       "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@tvd.be>");
diff --git a/gst/cdxaparse/gstvcdparse.c b/gst/cdxaparse/gstvcdparse.c
index 4bf148b82..497eae224 100644
--- a/gst/cdxaparse/gstvcdparse.c
+++ b/gst/cdxaparse/gstvcdparse.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ gst_vcd_parse_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "(S)VCD stream parser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "(S)VCD stream parser",
       "Codec/Parser", "Strip (S)VCD stream from its sync headers",
       "Tim-Philipp Müller <tim centricular net>, "
       "Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>");
diff --git a/gst/coloreffects/gstchromahold.c b/gst/coloreffects/gstchromahold.c
index cd3d977f4..baf24be02 100644
--- a/gst/coloreffects/gstchromahold.c
+++ b/gst/coloreffects/gstchromahold.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ gst_chroma_hold_class_init (GstChromaHoldClass * klass)
       GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_chroma_hold_transform_frame_ip);
   vfilter_class->set_info = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_chroma_hold_set_info);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Chroma hold filter",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Chroma hold filter",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Removes all color information except for one color",
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/coloreffects/gstcoloreffects.c b/gst/coloreffects/gstcoloreffects.c
index 86dd8d891..a4c0e8d04 100644
--- a/gst/coloreffects/gstcoloreffects.c
+++ b/gst/coloreffects/gstcoloreffects.c
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ gst_color_effects_class_init (GstColorEffectsClass * klass)
   vfilter_class->transform_frame_ip =
       GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_color_effects_transform_frame_ip);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Color Look-up Table filter", "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Color Look-up Table filter",
       "Filippo Argiolas <filippo.argiolas@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/gst/dataurisrc/gstdataurisrc.c b/gst/dataurisrc/gstdataurisrc.c
index 7b4101f5d..2c80a6c4f 100644
--- a/gst/dataurisrc/gstdataurisrc.c
+++ b/gst/dataurisrc/gstdataurisrc.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ gst_data_uri_src_class_init (GstDataURISrcClass * klass)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "data: URI source element", "Source", "Handles data: uris",
       "Philippe Normand <pnormand@igalia.com>, "
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/dccp/gstdccpclientsink.c b/gst/dccp/gstdccpclientsink.c
index a3bded08b..f680e12df 100644
--- a/gst/dccp/gstdccpclientsink.c
+++ b/gst/dccp/gstdccpclientsink.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ gst_dccp_client_sink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "DCCP client sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "DCCP client sink",
       "Sink/Network",
       "Send data as a client over the network via DCCP",
       "E-Phone Team at Federal University of Campina Grande <leandroal@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/gst/dccp/gstdccpclientsrc.c b/gst/dccp/gstdccpclientsrc.c
index 55f9185e9..24c49b8c5 100644
--- a/gst/dccp/gstdccpclientsrc.c
+++ b/gst/dccp/gstdccpclientsrc.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ gst_dccp_client_src_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&srctemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "DCCP client source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "DCCP client source",
       "Source/Network",
       "Receive data as a client over the network via DCCP",
       "E-Phone Team at Federal University of Campina Grande <leandroal@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/gst/dccp/gstdccpserversink.c b/gst/dccp/gstdccpserversink.c
index 089fe3a66..ac39bb852 100644
--- a/gst/dccp/gstdccpserversink.c
+++ b/gst/dccp/gstdccpserversink.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ gst_dccp_server_sink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "DCCP server sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "DCCP server sink",
       "Sink/Network",
       "Send data as a server over the network via DCCP",
       "E-Phone Team at Federal University of Campina Grande <leandroal@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/gst/dccp/gstdccpserversrc.c b/gst/dccp/gstdccpserversrc.c
index 5dbb63313..512d88835 100644
--- a/gst/dccp/gstdccpserversrc.c
+++ b/gst/dccp/gstdccpserversrc.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ gst_dccp_server_src_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&srctemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "DCCP server source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "DCCP server source",
       "Source/Network",
       "Receive data as a server over the network via DCCP",
       "E-Phone Team at Federal University of Campina Grande <leandroal@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/gst/debugutils/fpsdisplaysink.c b/gst/debugutils/fpsdisplaysink.c
index b46cca863..79c6f80ee 100644
--- a/gst/debugutils/fpsdisplaysink.c
+++ b/gst/debugutils/fpsdisplaysink.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ fps_display_sink_class_init (GstFPSDisplaySinkClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_klass,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&fps_display_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_klass,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_klass,
       "Measure and show framerate on videosink", "Sink/Video",
       "Shows the current frame-rate and drop-rate of the videosink as overlay or text on stdout",
       "Zeeshan Ali <zeeshan.ali@nokia.com>, Stefan Kost <stefan.kost@nokia.com>");
diff --git a/gst/debugutils/gstchecksumsink.c b/gst/debugutils/gstchecksumsink.c
index 62f620810..bce8d4b4b 100644
--- a/gst/debugutils/gstchecksumsink.c
+++ b/gst/debugutils/gstchecksumsink.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ gst_checksum_sink_class_init (GstChecksumSinkClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_checksum_sink_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Checksum sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Checksum sink",
       "Debug/Sink", "Calculates a checksum for buffers",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/debugutils/gstchopmydata.c b/gst/debugutils/gstchopmydata.c
index 20227dbe8..d91c40821 100644
--- a/gst/debugutils/gstchopmydata.c
+++ b/gst/debugutils/gstchopmydata.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ gst_chop_my_data_class_init (GstChopMyDataClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_chop_my_data_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "FIXME",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "FIXME",
       "Generic", "FIXME", "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 }
 
diff --git a/gst/debugutils/gstcompare.c b/gst/debugutils/gstcompare.c
index 65a193519..2581a3ca2 100644
--- a/gst/debugutils/gstcompare.c
+++ b/gst/debugutils/gstcompare.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ gst_compare_class_init (GstCompareClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&check_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Compare buffers",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Compare buffers",
       "Filter/Debug", "Compares incoming buffers",
       "Mark Nauwelaerts <mark.nauwelaerts@collabora.co.uk>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/debugutils/gstdebugspy.c b/gst/debugutils/gstdebugspy.c
index e255f56e9..413853c25 100644
--- a/gst/debugutils/gstdebugspy.c
+++ b/gst/debugutils/gstdebugspy.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ gst_debug_spy_class_init (GstDebugSpyClass * klass)
           "Checksum algorithm to use", GST_DEBUG_SPY_CHECKSUM_TYPE,
           G_CHECKSUM_SHA1, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "DebugSpy",
       "Filter/Analyzer/Debug",
       "DebugSpy provides information on buffers with bus messages",
diff --git a/gst/dtmf/gstdtmfsrc.c b/gst/dtmf/gstdtmfsrc.c
index 2b3310e6f..18c7ebb6a 100644
--- a/gst/dtmf/gstdtmfsrc.c
+++ b/gst/dtmf/gstdtmfsrc.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ gst_dtmf_src_class_init (GstDTMFSrcClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_dtmf_src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "DTMF tone generator",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "DTMF tone generator",
       "Source/Audio",
       "Generates DTMF tones",
       "Youness Alaoui <youness.alaoui@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/dtmf/gstrtpdtmfdepay.c b/gst/dtmf/gstrtpdtmfdepay.c
index 634948537..3650de04c 100644
--- a/gst/dtmf/gstrtpdtmfdepay.c
+++ b/gst/dtmf/gstrtpdtmfdepay.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ gst_rtp_dtmf_depay_class_init (GstRtpDTMFDepayClass * klass)
 
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_rtp_dtmf_depay_debug,
       "rtpdtmfdepay", 0, "rtpdtmfdepay element");
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "RTP DTMF packet depayloader", "Codec/Depayloader/Network",
       "Generates DTMF Sound from telephone-event RTP packets",
       "Youness Alaoui <youness.alaoui@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/dvbsuboverlay/gstdvbsuboverlay.c b/gst/dvbsuboverlay/gstdvbsuboverlay.c
index 5a63a7a9f..e6241f0db 100644
--- a/gst/dvbsuboverlay/gstdvbsuboverlay.c
+++ b/gst/dvbsuboverlay/gstdvbsuboverlay.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ gst_dvbsub_overlay_class_init (GstDVBSubOverlayClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&text_sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "DVB Subtitles Overlay",
       "Mixer/Video/Overlay/Subtitle",
       "Renders DVB subtitles", "Mart Raudsepp <mart.raudsepp@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/dvdspu/gstdvdspu.c b/gst/dvdspu/gstdvdspu.c
index 41d6169c3..94b307e4e 100644
--- a/gst/dvdspu/gstdvdspu.c
+++ b/gst/dvdspu/gstdvdspu.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ gst_dvd_spu_class_init (GstDVDSpuClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&subpic_sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Sub-picture Overlay",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Sub-picture Overlay",
       "Mixer/Video/Overlay/SubPicture/DVD/Bluray",
       "Parses Sub-Picture command streams and renders the SPU overlay "
       "onto the video as it passes through",
diff --git a/gst/faceoverlay/gstfaceoverlay.c b/gst/faceoverlay/gstfaceoverlay.c
index 6ca7e404f..967787a96 100644
--- a/gst/faceoverlay/gstfaceoverlay.c
+++ b/gst/faceoverlay/gstfaceoverlay.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ gst_face_overlay_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "faceoverlay",
       "Filter/Editor/Video",
       "Overlays SVG graphics over a detected face in a video stream",
diff --git a/gst/festival/gstfestival.c b/gst/festival/gstfestival.c
index baf3da757..0699fc4db 100644
--- a/gst/festival/gstfestival.c
+++ b/gst/festival/gstfestival.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstFestival, gst_festival, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Festival Text-to-Speech synthesizer", "Filter/Effect/Audio",
       "Synthesizes plain text into audio",
       "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/gst/fieldanalysis/gstfieldanalysis.c b/gst/fieldanalysis/gstfieldanalysis.c
index 56063f62e..2f026092a 100644
--- a/gst/fieldanalysis/gstfieldanalysis.c
+++ b/gst/fieldanalysis/gstfieldanalysis.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ gst_field_analysis_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Video field analysis",
       "Filter/Analysis/Video",
       "Analyse fields from video frames to identify if they are progressive/telecined/interlaced",
diff --git a/gst/freeverb/gstfreeverb.c b/gst/freeverb/gstfreeverb.c
index bf8495b46..561306fa4 100644
--- a/gst/freeverb/gstfreeverb.c
+++ b/gst/freeverb/gstfreeverb.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ gst_freeverb_base_init (gpointer klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Stereo positioning",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Stereo positioning",
       "Filter/Effect/Audio",
       "Reverberation/room effect", "Stefan Sauer <ensonic@users.sf.net>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/freeze/gstfreeze.c b/gst/freeze/gstfreeze.c
index d101b06d8..b16da8aa7 100644
--- a/gst/freeze/gstfreeze.c
+++ b/gst/freeze/gstfreeze.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ gst_freeze_class_init (GstFreezeClass * klass)
   GObjectClass *object_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass);
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Stream freezer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Stream freezer",
       "Generic",
       "Makes a stream from buffers of data",
       "Gergely Nagy <gergely.nagy@neteyes.hu>,"
diff --git a/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rfilter.c b/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rfilter.c
index b148131e6..c05c1c203 100644
--- a/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rfilter.c
+++ b/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rfilter.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ gst_frei0r_filter_class_init (GstFrei0rFilterClass * klass,
       g_strdup_printf
       ("Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>, %s",
       class_data->info.author);
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, class_data->info.name,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, class_data->info.name,
       "Filter/Effect/Video", class_data->info.explanation, author);
   g_free (author);
 
diff --git a/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rmixer.c b/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rmixer.c
index d7c38993a..1c5662ed2 100644
--- a/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rmixer.c
+++ b/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rmixer.c
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ gst_frei0r_mixer_class_init (GstFrei0rMixerClass * klass,
       g_strdup_printf
       ("Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>, %s",
       class_data->info.author);
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, class_data->info.name,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, class_data->info.name,
       "Filter/Editor/Video", class_data->info.explanation, author);
   g_free (author);
 
diff --git a/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rsrc.c b/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rsrc.c
index b3a8347c3..64bcc1147 100644
--- a/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rsrc.c
+++ b/gst/frei0r/gstfrei0rsrc.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ gst_frei0r_src_class_init (GstFrei0rSrcClass * klass,
       g_strdup_printf
       ("Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>, %s",
       class_data->info.author);
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, class_data->info.name,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, class_data->info.name,
       "Src/Video", class_data->info.explanation, author);
   g_free (author);
 
diff --git a/gst/games/gstpuzzle.c b/gst/games/gstpuzzle.c
index a9b0aaaf8..4f41323b9 100644
--- a/gst/games/gstpuzzle.c
+++ b/gst/games/gstpuzzle.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ gst_puzzle_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   int i;
   GstVideofilterFormat *f;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "A simple puzzle",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "A simple puzzle",
       "Filter/Effect/Video/Games",
       "A simple puzzle, use arrow keys and space to restart/solve",
       "Benjamin Otte <otte@gnome.org>");
diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstburn.c b/gst/gaudieffects/gstburn.c
index c64092ed1..4fa8e1add 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstburn.c
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstburn.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ gst_burn_class_init (GstBurnClass * klass)
   GstElementClass *gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
   GstVideoFilterClass *vfilter_class = (GstVideoFilterClass *) klass;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Burn",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Burn",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Burn adjusts the colors in the video signal.",
       "Luis de Bethencourt <luis@debethencourt.com>");
diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.c b/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.c
index 05e67d5c4..b4f217761 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.c
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstchromium.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ gst_chromium_class_init (GstChromiumClass * klass)
   GstElementClass *gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
   GstVideoFilterClass *vfilter_class = (GstVideoFilterClass *) klass;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Chromium",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Chromium",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Chromium breaks the colors of the video signal.",
       "Luis de Bethencourt <luis@debethencourt.com>");
diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstdilate.c b/gst/gaudieffects/gstdilate.c
index 28f107cb7..090df1750 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstdilate.c
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstdilate.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ gst_dilate_class_init (GstDilateClass * klass)
   GstElementClass *gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
   GstVideoFilterClass *vfilter_class = (GstVideoFilterClass *) klass;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Dilate",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Dilate copies the brightest pixel around.",
diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstdodge.c b/gst/gaudieffects/gstdodge.c
index 14ef7c446..3a5b9f0e9 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstdodge.c
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstdodge.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ gst_dodge_class_init (GstDodgeClass * klass)
   GstElementClass *gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
   GstVideoFilterClass *vfilter_class = (GstVideoFilterClass *) klass;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Dodge",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Dodge saturates the colors in the video signal.",
diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstexclusion.c b/gst/gaudieffects/gstexclusion.c
index 313076088..f3c670ef5 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstexclusion.c
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstexclusion.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ gst_exclusion_class_init (GstExclusionClass * klass)
   GstElementClass *gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
   GstVideoFilterClass *vfilter_class = (GstVideoFilterClass *) klass;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Exclusion",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Exclusion",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Exclusion exclodes the colors in the video signal.",
       "Luis de Bethencourt <luis@debethencourt.com>");
diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstgaussblur.c b/gst/gaudieffects/gstgaussblur.c
index 698bc9ea5..a0f8b5bd8 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstgaussblur.c
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstgaussblur.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ gst_gaussianblur_class_init (GstGaussianBlurClass * klass)
   GstElementClass *gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
   GstVideoFilterClass *vfilter_class = (GstVideoFilterClass *) klass;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "GstGaussianBlur",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Perform Gaussian blur/sharpen on a video",
diff --git a/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.c b/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.c
index f938f2439..561fc4c3b 100644
--- a/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.c
+++ b/gst/gaudieffects/gstsolarize.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ gst_solarize_class_init (GstSolarizeClass * klass)
   GstElementClass *gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
   GstVideoFilterClass *vfilter_class = (GstVideoFilterClass *) klass;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Solarize",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Solarize tunable inverse in the video signal.",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstbulge.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstbulge.c
index 674f401ed..b26b6ade1 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstbulge.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstbulge.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ gst_bulge_class_init (GstBulgeClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "bulge",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Adds a protuberance in the center point",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstcircle.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstcircle.c
index 72d8bcb41..b5b32837a 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstcircle.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstcircle.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ gst_circle_class_init (GstCircleClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "circle",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Warps the picture into an arc shaped form",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstdiffuse.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstdiffuse.c
index 16d277499..547f655c8 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstdiffuse.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstdiffuse.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ gst_diffuse_class_init (GstDiffuseClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "diffuse",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Diffuses the image by moving its pixels in random directions",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstfisheye.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstfisheye.c
index 2227aab32..910cdb27e 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstfisheye.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstfisheye.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ gst_fisheye_class_init (GstFisheyeClass * klass)
   gstgt_class = (GstGeometricTransformClass *) klass;
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "fisheye",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Split the image into two halves and reflect one over each other",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstkaleidoscope.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstkaleidoscope.c
index 71cdcefec..482ca26a0 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstkaleidoscope.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstkaleidoscope.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ gst_kaleidoscope_class_init (GstKaleidoscopeClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "kaleidoscope",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Applies 'kaleidoscope' geometric transform to the image",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstmarble.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstmarble.c
index 4efbbfea6..3f861a2ca 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstmarble.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstmarble.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ gst_marble_class_init (GstMarbleClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "marble",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Applies a marbling effect to the image",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstmirror.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstmirror.c
index 85df121da..c7bdcea22 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstmirror.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstmirror.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ gst_mirror_class_init (GstMirrorClass * klass)
   gstelement_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;
   gstgt_class = (GstGeometricTransformClass *) klass;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "mirror",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Split the image into two halves and reflect one over each other",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstpinch.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstpinch.c
index 537997d83..a42d18a93 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstpinch.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstpinch.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ gst_pinch_class_init (GstPinchClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "pinch",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Applies 'pinch' geometric transform to the image",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstrotate.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstrotate.c
index cf4cf0ef7..d4fbbc026 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstrotate.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstrotate.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ gst_rotate_class_init (GstRotateClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "rotate",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Rotates the picture by an arbitrary angle",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstsphere.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstsphere.c
index 7d5d5e670..340a20e08 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstsphere.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstsphere.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ gst_sphere_class_init (GstSphereClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "sphere",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Applies 'sphere' geometric transform to the image",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstsquare.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstsquare.c
index 86ecf58fd..f6ee9a5dc 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstsquare.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstsquare.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ gst_square_class_init (GstSquareClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "square",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Distort center part of the image into a square",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gststretch.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gststretch.c
index e9c1f9d35..093b50e5d 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gststretch.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gststretch.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ gst_stretch_class_init (GstStretchClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "stretch",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Stretch the image in a circle around the center point",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gsttunnel.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gsttunnel.c
index 27ea1b812..28f68fdfd 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gsttunnel.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gsttunnel.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ gst_tunnel_class_init (GstTunnelClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "tunnel",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Light tunnel effect", "Filippo Argiolas <filippo.argiolas@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gsttwirl.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gsttwirl.c
index f41da660b..f4a4eee88 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gsttwirl.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gsttwirl.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ gst_twirl_class_init (GstTwirlClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "twirl",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Twists the image from the center out",
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstwaterripple.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstwaterripple.c
index a8d694c18..cebe4209a 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstwaterripple.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstwaterripple.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ gst_water_ripple_class_init (GstWaterRippleClass * klass)
 
   parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "waterripple",
       "Transform/Effect/Video",
       "Creates a water ripple effect on the image",
diff --git a/gst/hdvparse/gsthdvparse.c b/gst/hdvparse/gsthdvparse.c
index 756a54218..018722fcb 100644
--- a/gst/hdvparse/gsthdvparse.c
+++ b/gst/hdvparse/gsthdvparse.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ gst_hdvparse_base_init (gpointer klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "HDVParser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "HDVParser",
       "Data/Parser",
       "HDV private stream Parser", "Edward Hervey <bilboed@bilboed.com>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/hls/gsthlsdemux.c b/gst/hls/gsthlsdemux.c
index 404edcc9f..5c9ec6bec 100644
--- a/gst/hls/gsthlsdemux.c
+++ b/gst/hls/gsthlsdemux.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ gst_hls_demux_class_init (GstHLSDemuxClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "HLS Demuxer",
       "Demuxer/URIList",
       "HTTP Live Streaming demuxer",
diff --git a/gst/hls/gsthlssink.c b/gst/hls/gsthlssink.c
index 7c5dbe756..66670c888 100644
--- a/gst/hls/gsthlssink.c
+++ b/gst/hls/gsthlssink.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ gst_hls_sink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "HTTP Live Streaming sink", "Sink", "HTTP Live Streaming sink",
       "Alessandro Decina <alessandro.decina@gmail.com>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/id3tag/gstid3mux.c b/gst/id3tag/gstid3mux.c
index de6d80662..68d50e516 100644
--- a/gst/id3tag/gstid3mux.c
+++ b/gst/id3tag/gstid3mux.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ gst_id3_mux_class_init (GstId3MuxClass * klass)
   GST_TAG_MUX_CLASS (klass)->render_end_tag =
       GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_id3_mux_render_v1_tag);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "ID3 v1 and v2 Muxer", "Formatter/Metadata",
       "Adds an ID3v2 header and ID3v1 footer to a file",
       "Michael Smith <msmith@songbirdnest.com>, "
diff --git a/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosink.c b/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosink.c
index b67c6fc1d..443941592 100644
--- a/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosink.c
+++ b/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosink.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ gst_inter_audio_sink_class_init (GstInterAudioSinkClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_inter_audio_sink_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Internal audio sink",
       "Sink/Audio",
       "Virtual audio sink for internal process communication",
diff --git a/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosrc.c b/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosrc.c
index d15d7aa0b..d30c27d1a 100644
--- a/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosrc.c
+++ b/gst/inter/gstinteraudiosrc.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ gst_inter_audio_src_class_init (GstInterAudioSrcClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_inter_audio_src_src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Internal audio source",
       "Source/Audio",
       "Virtual audio source for internal process communication",
diff --git a/gst/inter/gstintersubsink.c b/gst/inter/gstintersubsink.c
index 3f8ef0dd0..7ead62cb8 100644
--- a/gst/inter/gstintersubsink.c
+++ b/gst/inter/gstintersubsink.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ gst_inter_sub_sink_class_init (GstInterSubSinkClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_inter_sub_sink_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Internal subtitle sink",
       "Sink/Subtitle",
       "Virtual subtitle sink for internal process communication",
diff --git a/gst/inter/gstintersubsrc.c b/gst/inter/gstintersubsrc.c
index 0001d10df..3bcd4fb7d 100644
--- a/gst/inter/gstintersubsrc.c
+++ b/gst/inter/gstintersubsrc.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ gst_inter_sub_src_class_init (GstInterSubSrcClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_inter_sub_src_src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Internal subtitle source",
       "Source/Subtitle",
       "Virtual subtitle source for internal process communication",
diff --git a/gst/inter/gstintervideosink.c b/gst/inter/gstintervideosink.c
index 6c25590f9..04b5a4007 100644
--- a/gst/inter/gstintervideosink.c
+++ b/gst/inter/gstintervideosink.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ gst_inter_video_sink_class_init (GstInterVideoSinkClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_inter_video_sink_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Internal video sink",
       "Sink/Video",
       "Virtual video sink for internal process communication",
diff --git a/gst/inter/gstintervideosrc.c b/gst/inter/gstintervideosrc.c
index 54c76d324..515ee4eec 100644
--- a/gst/inter/gstintervideosrc.c
+++ b/gst/inter/gstintervideosrc.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ gst_inter_video_src_class_init (GstInterVideoSrcClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_inter_video_src_src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Internal video source",
       "Source/Video",
       "Virtual video source for internal process communication",
diff --git a/gst/interlace/gstinterlace.c b/gst/interlace/gstinterlace.c
index 86e5a9d94..63182f6a4 100644
--- a/gst/interlace/gstinterlace.c
+++ b/gst/interlace/gstinterlace.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ gst_interlace_class_init (GstInterlaceClass * klass)
           "Allow generation of buffers with RFF flag set, i.e., duration of 3 fields",
           FALSE, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Interlace filter", "Filter/Video",
       "Creates an interlaced video from progressive frames",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/gst/ivfparse/gstivfparse.c b/gst/ivfparse/gstivfparse.c
index b40037bcc..6c04a6619 100644
--- a/gst/ivfparse/gstivfparse.c
+++ b/gst/ivfparse/gstivfparse.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ gst_ivf_parse_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "IVF parser",
       "Codec/Demuxer",
       "Demuxes a IVF stream", "Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com>");
diff --git a/gst/jp2kdecimator/gstjp2kdecimator.c b/gst/jp2kdecimator/gstjp2kdecimator.c
index 99d4446d6..ee473fa66 100644
--- a/gst/jp2kdecimator/gstjp2kdecimator.c
+++ b/gst/jp2kdecimator/gstjp2kdecimator.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ gst_jp2k_decimator_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *gstelement_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "JPEG2000 decimator",
       "Filter/Image",
       "Removes information from JPEG2000 streams without recompression",
diff --git a/gst/jpegformat/gstjifmux.c b/gst/jpegformat/gstjifmux.c
index 4a59388ad..d7a2de043 100644
--- a/gst/jpegformat/gstjifmux.c
+++ b/gst/jpegformat/gstjifmux.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ gst_jif_mux_class_init (GstJifMuxClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_jif_mux_sink_pad_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "JPEG stream muxer",
       "Video/Formatter",
       "Remuxes JPEG images with markers and tags",
diff --git a/gst/jpegformat/gstjpegparse.c b/gst/jpegformat/gstjpegparse.c
index b4af9ed90..0aae82d0e 100644
--- a/gst/jpegformat/gstjpegparse.c
+++ b/gst/jpegformat/gstjpegparse.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ gst_jpeg_parse_class_init (GstJpegParseClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_jpeg_parse_sink_pad_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "JPEG stream parser",
       "Video/Parser",
       "Parse JPEG images into single-frame buffers",
diff --git a/gst/librfb/gstrfbsrc.c b/gst/librfb/gstrfbsrc.c
index 3129c1304..8acf4c8df 100644
--- a/gst/librfb/gstrfbsrc.c
+++ b/gst/librfb/gstrfbsrc.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ gst_rfb_src_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_rfb_src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Rfb source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Rfb source",
       "Source/Video",
       "Creates a rfb video stream",
       "David A. Schleef <ds@schleef.org>, "
diff --git a/gst/liveadder/liveadder.c b/gst/liveadder/liveadder.c
index fc6d54ba8..220d2ccef 100644
--- a/gst/liveadder/liveadder.c
+++ b/gst/liveadder/liveadder.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ gst_live_adder_class_init (GstLiveAdderClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_live_adder_src_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_live_adder_sink_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Live Adder element",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Live Adder element",
       "Generic/Audio",
       "Mixes live/discontinuous audio streams",
       "Olivier Crete <olivier.crete@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/mixmatrix/mixmatrix.c b/gst/mixmatrix/mixmatrix.c
index 65fddc6e0..fbf151487 100644
--- a/gst/mixmatrix/mixmatrix.c
+++ b/gst/mixmatrix/mixmatrix.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ gst_mixmatrix_base_init (GstMixMatrixClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&mixmatrix_sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&mixmatrix_src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Mixing Matrix",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Mixing Matrix",
       "Filter/Editor/Audio",
       "Mix N audio channels together into M channels",
       "Erik Walthinsen <omega@temple-baptist.com>");
diff --git a/gst/mpeg1sys/gstmpeg1systemencode.c b/gst/mpeg1sys/gstmpeg1systemencode.c
index 7bc9df1de..b85693eae 100644
--- a/gst/mpeg1sys/gstmpeg1systemencode.c
+++ b/gst/mpeg1sys/gstmpeg1systemencode.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ gst_system_encode_base_init (GstMPEG1SystemEncodeClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&audio_sink_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&video_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "MPEG-1 muxer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "MPEG-1 muxer",
       "Codec/Muxer",
       "Multiplexes MPEG-1 Streams", "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c b/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c
index 66d05eec8..46376ba81 100644
--- a/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c
+++ b/gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ gst_flups_demux_base_init (GstFluPSDemuxClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, klass->private_template);
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, klass->sink_template);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "The Fluendo MPEG Program Stream Demuxer", "Codec/Demuxer",
       "Demultiplexes MPEG Program Streams", "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/mpegpsmux/mpegpsmux.c b/gst/mpegpsmux/mpegpsmux.c
index 92f0eebf6..e9bfd0a69 100644
--- a/gst/mpegpsmux/mpegpsmux.c
+++ b/gst/mpegpsmux/mpegpsmux.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ mpegpsmux_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&mpegpsmux_src_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "MPEG Program Stream Muxer", "Codec/Muxer",
       "Multiplexes media streams into an MPEG Program Stream",
       "Lin YANG <oxcsnicho@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c b/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
index 17c1ef0f2..e431dad13 100644
--- a/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
+++ b/gst/mpegtsdemux/tsdemux.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ gst_ts_demux_class_init (GstTSDemuxClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&private_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "MPEG transport stream demuxer",
       "Codec/Demuxer",
       "Demuxes MPEG2 transport streams",
diff --git a/gst/mpegtsmux/mpegtsmux.c b/gst/mpegtsmux/mpegtsmux.c
index 3b897b2f4..7eb3ac7f0 100644
--- a/gst/mpegtsmux/mpegtsmux.c
+++ b/gst/mpegtsmux/mpegtsmux.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ mpegtsmux_class_init (MpegTsMuxClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&mpegtsmux_src_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "MPEG Transport Stream Muxer", "Codec/Muxer",
       "Multiplexes media streams into an MPEG Transport Stream",
       "Fluendo <contact@fluendo.com>");
diff --git a/gst/mve/gstmvedemux.c b/gst/mve/gstmvedemux.c
index 9851e68eb..e99fd0437 100644
--- a/gst/mve/gstmvedemux.c
+++ b/gst/mve/gstmvedemux.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ gst_mve_demux_base_init (GstMveDemuxClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template (element_class, &vidsrc_template);
   gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template (element_class, &audsrc_template);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "MVE Demuxer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "MVE Demuxer",
       "Codec/Demuxer",
       "Demultiplex an Interplay movie (MVE) stream into audio and video",
       "Jens Granseuer <jensgr@gmx.net>");
diff --git a/gst/mve/gstmvemux.c b/gst/mve/gstmvemux.c
index fdec7f096..a4e71f9d2 100644
--- a/gst/mve/gstmvemux.c
+++ b/gst/mve/gstmvemux.c
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ gst_mve_mux_base_init (GstMveMuxClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&video_sink_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "MVE Multiplexer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "MVE Multiplexer",
       "Codec/Muxer",
       "Muxes audio and video into an MVE stream",
       "Jens Granseuer <jensgr@gmx.net>");
diff --git a/gst/mxf/mxfdemux.c b/gst/mxf/mxfdemux.c
index e129ab525..08cbff0ea 100644
--- a/gst/mxf/mxfdemux.c
+++ b/gst/mxf/mxfdemux.c
@@ -3976,7 +3976,7 @@ gst_mxf_demux_base_init (gpointer g_class)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&mxf_sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&mxf_src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "MXF Demuxer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "MXF Demuxer",
       "Codec/Demuxer",
       "Demux MXF files", "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/mxf/mxfmux.c b/gst/mxf/mxfmux.c
index 260c88505..be92c1fa4 100644
--- a/gst/mxf/mxfmux.c
+++ b/gst/mxf/mxfmux.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ gst_mxf_mux_base_init (gpointer g_class)
     p++;
   }
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "MXF muxer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "MXF muxer",
       "Codec/Muxer",
       "Muxes video/audio streams into a MXF stream",
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/nsf/gstnsf.c b/gst/nsf/gstnsf.c
index a041554f7..2d506a78e 100644
--- a/gst/nsf/gstnsf.c
+++ b/gst/nsf/gstnsf.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ gst_nsfdec_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Nsf decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Nsf decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "Using nosefart to decode NSF audio tunes",
       "Johan Dahlin <johan@gnome.org>");
diff --git a/gst/nuvdemux/gstnuvdemux.c b/gst/nuvdemux/gstnuvdemux.c
index 5eecace8c..f11cc04b4 100644
--- a/gst/nuvdemux/gstnuvdemux.c
+++ b/gst/nuvdemux/gstnuvdemux.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ gst_nuv_demux_base_init (gpointer klass)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Nuv demuxer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Nuv demuxer",
       "Codec/Demuxer",
       "Demultiplex a MythTV NuppleVideo .nuv file into audio and video",
       "Renato Araujo Oliveira Filho <renato.filho@indt.org.br>,"
diff --git a/gst/overlay/gstoverlay.c b/gst/overlay/gstoverlay.c
index 048125bc2..16a1bac4b 100644
--- a/gst/overlay/gstoverlay.c
+++ b/gst/overlay/gstoverlay.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ gst_overlay_base_init (GstOverlayClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&overlay_sink3_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&overlay_src_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Video overlay",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Video overlay",
       "Filter/Editor/Video",
       "Overlay multiple video streams", "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/patchdetect/gstpatchdetect.c b/gst/patchdetect/gstpatchdetect.c
index ff02a2240..4a3f1deb2 100644
--- a/gst/patchdetect/gstpatchdetect.c
+++ b/gst/patchdetect/gstpatchdetect.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ gst_patchdetect_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_patchdetect_src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Color Patch Detector",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Color Patch Detector",
       "Video/Analysis", "Detects color patches from a color calibration chart",
       "David Schleef <ds@entropywave.com>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/pcapparse/gstirtspparse.c b/gst/pcapparse/gstirtspparse.c
index 546db63ea..0f8f78ce8 100644
--- a/gst/pcapparse/gstirtspparse.c
+++ b/gst/pcapparse/gstirtspparse.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ gst_irtsp_parse_class_init (GstIRTSPParseClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "IRTSPParse",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "IRTSPParse",
       "Raw/Parser",
       "Parses a raw interleaved RTSP stream",
       "Mark Nauwelaerts <mark.nauwelaerts@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/pcapparse/gstpcapparse.c b/gst/pcapparse/gstpcapparse.c
index 01a333fa9..791a9cf1d 100644
--- a/gst/pcapparse/gstpcapparse.c
+++ b/gst/pcapparse/gstpcapparse.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ gst_pcap_parse_class_init (GstPcapParseClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "PCapParse",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "PCapParse",
       "Raw/Parser",
       "Parses a raw pcap stream",
       "Ole André Vadla Ravnås <ole.andre.ravnas@tandberg.com>");
diff --git a/gst/pnm/gstpnmdec.c b/gst/pnm/gstpnmdec.c
index ee43f5923..4802727bf 100644
--- a/gst/pnm/gstpnmdec.c
+++ b/gst/pnm/gstpnmdec.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ gst_pnmdec_class_init (GstPnmdecClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_pnmdec_sink_pad_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_pnmdec_src_pad_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "PNM image decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "PNM image decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Image",
       "Decodes images in portable pixmap/graymap/bitmap/anymamp (PNM) format",
       "Lutz Mueller <lutz@users.sourceforge.net>");
diff --git a/gst/pnm/gstpnmenc.c b/gst/pnm/gstpnmenc.c
index 46e9ef43d..d3d2474fb 100644
--- a/gst/pnm/gstpnmenc.c
+++ b/gst/pnm/gstpnmenc.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ gst_pnmenc_class_init (GstPnmencClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_pad_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_pad_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "PNM image encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "PNM image encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Image",
       "Encodes images into portable pixmap or graymap (PNM) format",
       "Lutz Mueller <lutz@users.sourceforge.net>");
diff --git a/gst/rawparse/gstaudioparse.c b/gst/rawparse/gstaudioparse.c
index 652b7eb6a..58bfe75ec 100644
--- a/gst/rawparse/gstaudioparse.c
+++ b/gst/rawparse/gstaudioparse.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ gst_audio_parse_class_init (GstAudioParseClass * klass)
               G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS),
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Audio Parse",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Audio Parse",
       "Filter/Audio",
       "Converts stream into audio frames",
       "Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/rawparse/gstvideoparse.c b/gst/rawparse/gstvideoparse.c
index 278cfbca1..73ccdbd00 100644
--- a/gst/rawparse/gstvideoparse.c
+++ b/gst/rawparse/gstvideoparse.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ gst_video_parse_class_init (GstVideoParseClass * klass)
           "True if top field is earlier than bottom field", TRUE,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Video Parse",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Video Parse",
       "Filter/Video",
       "Converts stream into video frames",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>, "
diff --git a/gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c b/gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c
index f5aa972a0..2e92aa9e3 100644
--- a/gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c
+++ b/gst/real/gstrealaudiodec.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ gst_real_audio_dec_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (ec, gst_static_pad_template_get (&snk_t));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (ec, gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_t));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (ec, "RealAudio decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (ec, "RealAudio decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio", "Decoder for RealAudio streams",
       "Lutz Mueller <lutz@topfrose.de>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/real/gstrealvideodec.c b/gst/real/gstrealvideodec.c
index 23bef182c..9c4557765 100644
--- a/gst/real/gstrealvideodec.c
+++ b/gst/real/gstrealvideodec.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ gst_real_video_dec_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (ec, gst_static_pad_template_get (&snk_t));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (ec, gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_t));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (ec, "RealVideo decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (ec, "RealVideo decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Video", "Decoder for RealVideo streams",
       "Lutz Mueller <lutz@topfrose.de>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/removesilence/gstremovesilence.c b/gst/removesilence/gstremovesilence.c
index 2a3f2a573..462ddd026 100644
--- a/gst/removesilence/gstremovesilence.c
+++ b/gst/removesilence/gstremovesilence.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ gst_remove_silence_class_init (GstRemoveSilenceClass * klass)
           "Set the hysteresis (on samples) used on the internal VAD",
           1, G_MAXUINT64, DEFAULT_VAD_HYSTERESIS, G_PARAM_READWRITE));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "RemoveSilence",
       "Filter/Effect/Audio",
       "Removes all the silence periods from the audio stream.",
diff --git a/gst/rtjpeg/gstrtjpegdec.c b/gst/rtjpeg/gstrtjpegdec.c
index 66f91f7e7..19d68a52b 100644
--- a/gst/rtjpeg/gstrtjpegdec.c
+++ b/gst/rtjpeg/gstrtjpegdec.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ gst_rtjpegdec_base_init (GstRTJpegDecClass * klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "RTjpeg video decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "RTjpeg video decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Video",
       "Decodes video in RTjpeg format", "Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/rtjpeg/gstrtjpegenc.c b/gst/rtjpeg/gstrtjpegenc.c
index 50a4a0b2e..35a792a60 100644
--- a/gst/rtjpeg/gstrtjpegenc.c
+++ b/gst/rtjpeg/gstrtjpegenc.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ gst_rtjpegenc_base_init (GstRTJpegEncClass * klass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "RTjpeg video encoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "RTjpeg video encoder",
       "Codec/Encoder/Video",
       "Encodes video in RTjpeg format", "Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/rtpvp8/gstrtpvp8pay.c b/gst/rtpvp8/gstrtpvp8pay.c
index 8907552cc..c2e4c9f1e 100644
--- a/gst/rtpvp8/gstrtpvp8pay.c
+++ b/gst/rtpvp8/gstrtpvp8pay.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ gst_rtp_vp8_pay_class_init (GstRtpVP8PayClass * gst_rtp_vp8_pay_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_rtp_vp8_pay_src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "RTP VP8 payloader",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "RTP VP8 payloader",
       "Codec/Payloader/Network/RTP",
       "Puts VP8 video in RTP packets)", "Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd@luon.net>");
 
diff --git a/gst/scaletempo/gstscaletempo.c b/gst/scaletempo/gstscaletempo.c
index a2ec38ee7..3ee6bc58f 100644
--- a/gst/scaletempo/gstscaletempo.c
+++ b/gst/scaletempo/gstscaletempo.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ gst_scaletempo_class_init (GstScaletempoClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Scaletempo",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Scaletempo",
       "Filter/Effect/Rate",
       "Sync audio tempo with playback rate",
       "Rov Juvano <rovjuvano@users.sourceforge.net>");
diff --git a/gst/sdi/gstsdidemux.c b/gst/sdi/gstsdidemux.c
index 36b54f0ea..0b12db73f 100644
--- a/gst/sdi/gstsdidemux.c
+++ b/gst/sdi/gstsdidemux.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ gst_sdi_demux_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_sdi_demux_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "SDI Demuxer",
       "Demuxer",
       "Demultiplex SDI streams into raw audio and video",
diff --git a/gst/sdi/gstsdimux.c b/gst/sdi/gstsdimux.c
index d7d490bd3..8682502f8 100644
--- a/gst/sdi/gstsdimux.c
+++ b/gst/sdi/gstsdimux.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ gst_sdi_mux_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_sdi_mux_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "SDI Muxer",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "SDI Muxer",
       "Muxer",
       "Multiplex raw audio and video into SDI",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
diff --git a/gst/sdp/gstsdpdemux.c b/gst/sdp/gstsdpdemux.c
index 095d31a9c..e34e7d654 100644
--- a/gst/sdp/gstsdpdemux.c
+++ b/gst/sdp/gstsdpdemux.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ gst_sdp_demux_class_init (GstSDPDemuxClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&rtptemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "SDP session setup",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "SDP session setup",
       "Codec/Demuxer/Network/RTP",
       "Receive data over the network via SDP",
       "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/gst/segmentclip/gstaudiosegmentclip.c b/gst/segmentclip/gstaudiosegmentclip.c
index 0022a892e..b48b05811 100644
--- a/gst/segmentclip/gstaudiosegmentclip.c
+++ b/gst/segmentclip/gstaudiosegmentclip.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ gst_audio_segment_clip_class_init (GstAudioSegmentClipClass * klass)
   segment_clip_klass->clip_buffer =
       GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_audio_segment_clip_clip_buffer);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Audio buffer segment clipper",
       "Filter/Audio",
       "Clips audio buffers to the configured segment",
diff --git a/gst/segmentclip/gstvideosegmentclip.c b/gst/segmentclip/gstvideosegmentclip.c
index 1e52d3157..174da76f9 100644
--- a/gst/segmentclip/gstvideosegmentclip.c
+++ b/gst/segmentclip/gstvideosegmentclip.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ gst_video_segment_clip_class_init (GstVideoSegmentClipClass * klass)
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_video_segment_clip_debug, "videosegmentclip", 0,
       "videosegmentclip element");
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Video buffer segment clipper",
       "Filter/Video",
       "Clips video buffers to the configured segment",
diff --git a/gst/siren/gstsirendec.c b/gst/siren/gstsirendec.c
index 113b0f64c..9afc14193 100644
--- a/gst/siren/gstsirendec.c
+++ b/gst/siren/gstsirendec.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ gst_siren_dec_class_init (GstSirenDecClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Siren Decoder element",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Siren Decoder element",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio ",
       "Decode streams encoded with the Siren7 codec into 16bit PCM",
       "Youness Alaoui <kakaroto@kakaroto.homelinux.net>");
diff --git a/gst/siren/gstsirenenc.c b/gst/siren/gstsirenenc.c
index c3cb3e7d5..e3c63a400 100644
--- a/gst/siren/gstsirenenc.c
+++ b/gst/siren/gstsirenenc.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ gst_siren_enc_class_init (GstSirenEncClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Siren Encoder element",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Siren Encoder element",
       "Codec/Encoder/Audio ",
       "Encode 16bit PCM streams into the Siren7 codec",
       "Youness Alaoui <kakaroto@kakaroto.homelinux.net>");
diff --git a/gst/smooth/gstsmooth.c b/gst/smooth/gstsmooth.c
index 624cb2ca8..8a72942fb 100644
--- a/gst/smooth/gstsmooth.c
+++ b/gst/smooth/gstsmooth.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ gst_smooth_class_init (GstSmoothClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_smooth_sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_smooth_src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Smooth effect",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Smooth effect",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Apply a smooth filter to an image",
       "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
diff --git a/gst/speed/gstspeed.c b/gst/speed/gstspeed.c
index 3863bb53d..bfaf958fe 100644
--- a/gst/speed/gstspeed.c
+++ b/gst/speed/gstspeed.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ gst_speed_class_init (GstSpeedClass * klass)
           0.1, 40.0, 1.0,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "Speed",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "Speed",
       "Filter/Effect/Audio",
       "Set speed/pitch on audio/raw streams (resampler)",
       "Andy Wingo <apwingo@eos.ncsu.edu>, "
diff --git a/gst/stereo/gststereo.c b/gst/stereo/gststereo.c
index c994b3146..767ee42ad 100644
--- a/gst/stereo/gststereo.c
+++ b/gst/stereo/gststereo.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ gst_stereo_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
   GstCaps *caps;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Stereo effect",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Stereo effect",
       "Filter/Effect/Audio",
       "Muck with the stereo signal to enhance its 'stereo-ness'",
       "Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>");
diff --git a/gst/subenc/gstsrtenc.c b/gst/subenc/gstsrtenc.c
index a7c6ded65..496e6439a 100644
--- a/gst/subenc/gstsrtenc.c
+++ b/gst/subenc/gstsrtenc.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ gst_srt_enc_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Srt encoder", "Codec/Encoder/Subtitle",
       "Srt subtitle encoder", "Thijs Vermeir <thijsvermeir@gmail.com>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/subenc/gstwebvttenc.c b/gst/subenc/gstwebvttenc.c
index a38aebd12..72737212b 100644
--- a/gst/subenc/gstwebvttenc.c
+++ b/gst/subenc/gstwebvttenc.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ gst_webvtt_enc_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "WebVTT encoder", "Codec/Encoder/Subtitle",
       "WebVTT subtitle encoder", "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/tta/gstttadec.c b/gst/tta/gstttadec.c
index da7693f04..aa7f4d0ad 100644
--- a/gst/tta/gstttadec.c
+++ b/gst/tta/gstttadec.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ gst_tta_dec_base_init (GstTtaDecClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "TTA audio decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "TTA audio decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "Decode TTA audio data", "Arwed v. Merkatz <v.merkatz@gmx.net>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/tta/gstttaparse.c b/gst/tta/gstttaparse.c
index fe1f4f0a0..9f164d72c 100644
--- a/gst/tta/gstttaparse.c
+++ b/gst/tta/gstttaparse.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ gst_tta_parse_base_init (GstTtaParseClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "TTA file parser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "TTA file parser",
       "Codec/Demuxer/Audio",
       "Parses TTA files", "Arwed v. Merkatz <v.merkatz@gmx.net>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/vbidec/gstvbidec.c b/gst/vbidec/gstvbidec.c
index 84b979f70..32069ead1 100644
--- a/gst/vbidec/gstvbidec.c
+++ b/gst/vbidec/gstvbidec.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ gst_vbidec_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "VBI decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "VBI decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Video",
       "Decodes closed captions and XDS data from VBI data",
       "David I. Lehn <dlehn@users.sourceforge.net>");
diff --git a/gst/videofilters/gstscenechange.c b/gst/videofilters/gstscenechange.c
index 0cfb8b274..b15439d42 100644
--- a/gst/videofilters/gstscenechange.c
+++ b/gst/videofilters/gstscenechange.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ gst_scene_change_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Scene change detector",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Scene change detector",
       "Video/Filter", "Detects scene changes in video",
       "David Schleef <ds@entropywave.com>");
 }
diff --git a/gst/videofilters/gstzebrastripe.c b/gst/videofilters/gstzebrastripe.c
index e4acd3a5d..bcf0318c8 100644
--- a/gst/videofilters/gstzebrastripe.c
+++ b/gst/videofilters/gstzebrastripe.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ gst_zebra_stripe_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Zebra stripe overlay",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Zebra stripe overlay",
       "Filter/Analysis",
       "Overlays zebra striping on overexposed areas of video",
       "David Schleef <ds@entropywave.com>");
diff --git a/gst/videomeasure/gstvideomeasure_collector.c b/gst/videomeasure/gstvideomeasure_collector.c
index 7619967fc..081ce199a 100644
--- a/gst/videomeasure/gstvideomeasure_collector.c
+++ b/gst/videomeasure/gstvideomeasure_collector.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ gst_measure_collector_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Video measure collector", "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Collect measurements from a measuring element",
       "Руслан Ижбулатов <lrn _at_ gmail _dot_ com>");
diff --git a/gst/videomeasure/gstvideomeasure_ssim.c b/gst/videomeasure/gstvideomeasure_ssim.c
index 3b6941818..5e56875d5 100644
--- a/gst/videomeasure/gstvideomeasure_ssim.c
+++ b/gst/videomeasure/gstvideomeasure_ssim.c
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ gst_ssim_class_init (GstSSimClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_ssim_sink_original_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_ssim_sink_modified_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "SSim",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "SSim",
       "Filter/Analyzer/Video",
       "Calculate Y-SSIM for n+2 YUV video streams",
       "Руслан Ижбулатов <lrn1986 _at_ gmail _dot_ com>");
diff --git a/gst/videoparsers/gstdiracparse.c b/gst/videoparsers/gstdiracparse.c
index 8699381c8..0f0bdb9a5 100644
--- a/gst/videoparsers/gstdiracparse.c
+++ b/gst/videoparsers/gstdiracparse.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ gst_dirac_parse_class_init (GstDiracParseClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_dirac_parse_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Dirac parser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Dirac parser",
       "Codec/Parser/Video", "Parses Dirac streams",
       "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 
diff --git a/gst/videoparsers/gsth263parse.c b/gst/videoparsers/gsth263parse.c
index 1d1324a30..75187813f 100644
--- a/gst/videoparsers/gsth263parse.c
+++ b/gst/videoparsers/gsth263parse.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ gst_h263_parse_class_init (GstH263ParseClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&srctemplate));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "H.263 parser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "H.263 parser",
       "Codec/Parser/Video",
       "Parses H.263 streams",
       "Arun Raghavan <arun.raghavan@collabora.co.uk>,"
diff --git a/gst/videoparsers/gsth264parse.c b/gst/videoparsers/gsth264parse.c
index 58922c496..2b0db51f6 100644
--- a/gst/videoparsers/gsth264parse.c
+++ b/gst/videoparsers/gsth264parse.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ gst_h264_parse_class_init (GstH264ParseClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "H.264 parser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "H.264 parser",
       "Codec/Parser/Converter/Video",
       "Parses H.264 streams",
       "Mark Nauwelaerts <mark.nauwelaerts@collabora.co.uk>");
diff --git a/gst/videoparsers/gstmpeg4videoparse.c b/gst/videoparsers/gstmpeg4videoparse.c
index 842c6eac9..f08af17a1 100644
--- a/gst/videoparsers/gstmpeg4videoparse.c
+++ b/gst/videoparsers/gstmpeg4videoparse.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ gst_mpeg4vparse_class_init (GstMpeg4VParseClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "MPEG 4 video elementary stream parser", "Codec/Parser/Video",
       "Parses MPEG-4 Part 2 elementary video streams",
       "Julien Moutte <julien@fluendo.com>");
diff --git a/gst/videoparsers/gstmpegvideoparse.c b/gst/videoparsers/gstmpegvideoparse.c
index 7eee6a5e7..f455f8f82 100644
--- a/gst/videoparsers/gstmpegvideoparse.c
+++ b/gst/videoparsers/gstmpegvideoparse.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ gst_mpegv_parse_class_init (GstMpegvParseClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "MPEG video elementary stream parser",
       "Codec/Parser/Video",
       "Parses and frames MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 elementary video streams",
diff --git a/gst/videosignal/gstvideoanalyse.c b/gst/videosignal/gstvideoanalyse.c
index fc7a04fa2..d18ac77c1 100644
--- a/gst/videosignal/gstvideoanalyse.c
+++ b/gst/videosignal/gstvideoanalyse.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ gst_video_analyse_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Video analyser",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Video analyser",
       "Filter/Analyzer/Video",
       "Analyse video signal", "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
diff --git a/gst/videosignal/gstvideodetect.c b/gst/videosignal/gstvideodetect.c
index 7dafd3808..c98b67391 100644
--- a/gst/videosignal/gstvideodetect.c
+++ b/gst/videosignal/gstvideodetect.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ gst_video_detect_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Video detecter",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Video detecter",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Detect patterns in a video signal", "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
diff --git a/gst/videosignal/gstvideomark.c b/gst/videosignal/gstvideomark.c
index c45820a31..117f2bda4 100644
--- a/gst/videosignal/gstvideomark.c
+++ b/gst/videosignal/gstvideomark.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ gst_video_mark_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Video marker",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Video marker",
       "Filter/Effect/Video",
       "Marks a video signal with a pattern", "Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>");
 
diff --git a/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c b/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c
index ea8a728bf..879e4dc8a 100644
--- a/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c
+++ b/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ gst_vmnc_dec_base_init (gpointer g_class)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&vmnc_dec_src_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&vmnc_dec_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "VMnc video decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "VMnc video decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Video",
       "Decode VmWare video to raw (RGB) video",
       "Michael Smith <msmith@xiph.org>");
diff --git a/gst/y4m/gsty4mdec.c b/gst/y4m/gsty4mdec.c
index 3e5778ce3..bb13cc698 100644
--- a/gst/y4m/gsty4mdec.c
+++ b/gst/y4m/gsty4mdec.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ gst_y4m_dec_class_init (GstY4mDecClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_y4m_dec_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "YUV4MPEG demuxer/decoder", "Codec/Demuxer",
       "Demuxes/decodes YUV4MPEG streams", "David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>");
 }
diff --git a/sys/acmenc/acmenc.c b/sys/acmenc/acmenc.c
index aa93414c5..6e2eabda9 100644
--- a/sys/acmenc/acmenc.c
+++ b/sys/acmenc/acmenc.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ acmenc_base_init (ACMEncClass * klass)
           && *shortname) ? shortname : params->name);
   description = g_strdup_printf ("ACM Encoder: %s", (longname
           && *longname) ? longname : params->name);
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, detail,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, detail,
       "Codec/Encoder/Audio", description,
       "Pioneers of the Inevitable <songbird@songbirdnest.com>");
   g_free (shortname);
diff --git a/sys/acmmp3dec/acmmp3dec.c b/sys/acmmp3dec/acmmp3dec.c
index 7e50a0314..3c1b3bcfb 100644
--- a/sys/acmmp3dec/acmmp3dec.c
+++ b/sys/acmmp3dec/acmmp3dec.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ acmmp3dec_base_init (gpointer klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&acmmp3dec_sink_template));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&acmmp3dec_src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "ACM MP3 decoder",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "ACM MP3 decoder",
       "Codec/Decoder/Audio",
       "Decode MP3 using ACM decoder",
       "Pioneers of the Inevitable <songbird@songbirdnest.com");
diff --git a/sys/applemedia/avfvideosrc.m b/sys/applemedia/avfvideosrc.m
index e6fb49613..717b5c045 100644
--- a/sys/applemedia/avfvideosrc.m
+++ b/sys/applemedia/avfvideosrc.m
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ gst_avf_video_src_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Video Source (AVFoundation)", "Source/Video",
       "Reads frames from an iOS AVFoundation device",
       "Ole André Vadla Ravnås <oravnas@cisco.com>");
diff --git a/sys/applemedia/celvideosrc.c b/sys/applemedia/celvideosrc.c
index 60f9c1974..cf452426f 100644
--- a/sys/applemedia/celvideosrc.c
+++ b/sys/applemedia/celvideosrc.c
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ gst_cel_video_src_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Video Source (Celestial)", "Source/Video",
       "Reads frames from an iOS Celestial device",
       "Ole André Vadla Ravnås <oravnas@cisco.com>");
diff --git a/sys/applemedia/miovideosrc.c b/sys/applemedia/miovideosrc.c
index f505b2c80..067e55d51 100644
--- a/sys/applemedia/miovideosrc.c
+++ b/sys/applemedia/miovideosrc.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ gst_mio_video_src_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Video Source (MIO)", "Source/Video",
       "Reads frames from a Mac OS X MIO device",
       "Ole André Vadla Ravnås <oravnas@cisco.com>");
diff --git a/sys/applemedia/qtkitvideosrc.m b/sys/applemedia/qtkitvideosrc.m
index 05952deec..108f11f0b 100644
--- a/sys/applemedia/qtkitvideosrc.m
+++ b/sys/applemedia/qtkitvideosrc.m
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ gst_qtkit_video_src_class_init (GstQTKitVideoSrcClass * klass)
   GstBaseSrcClass *gstbasesrc_class = GST_BASE_SRC_CLASS (klass);
   GstPushSrcClass *gstpushsrc_class = GST_PUSH_SRC_CLASS (klass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Video Source (QTKit)", "Source/Video",
       "Reads frames from a Mac OS X QTKit device",
       "Ole André Vadla Ravnås <oravnas@cisco.com>");
diff --git a/sys/applemedia/vtenc.c b/sys/applemedia/vtenc.c
index c7878482c..83356f1bf 100644
--- a/sys/applemedia/vtenc.c
+++ b/sys/applemedia/vtenc.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ gst_vtenc_base_init (GstVTEncClass * klass)
   details.klass = g_strdup_printf ("Codec/Encoder/Video");
   details.description = g_strdup_printf ("%s encoder", codec_details->name);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       details.longname, details.klass, details.description,
       "Ole André Vadla Ravnås <oravnas@cisco.com>");
 
diff --git a/sys/applemedia/vth264decbin.c b/sys/applemedia/vth264decbin.c
index fbc718b3a..8ca33a187 100644
--- a/sys/applemedia/vth264decbin.c
+++ b/sys/applemedia/vth264decbin.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ gst_vt_h264_dec_bin_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "VTH264DecBin",
       "Decoder/Video",
       "VideoToolbox H.264 decoder bin",
diff --git a/sys/applemedia/vth264encbin.c b/sys/applemedia/vth264encbin.c
index e97ef29d5..bb3091448 100644
--- a/sys/applemedia/vth264encbin.c
+++ b/sys/applemedia/vth264encbin.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ gst_vt_h264_enc_bin_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "VTH264EncBin",
       "Encoder/Video",
       "VideoToolbox H.264 encoder bin",
diff --git a/sys/avc/gstavcsrc.cpp b/sys/avc/gstavcsrc.cpp
index d9c07bdd5..21dcb5096 100644
--- a/sys/avc/gstavcsrc.cpp
+++ b/sys/avc/gstavcsrc.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ gst_avc_src_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_avc_src_src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "AVC Video Services Source", "Video/Source",
       "Captures DV or HDV video from Firewire port",
       "David Schleef <ds@entropywave.com>");
diff --git a/sys/cdrom/gstcdplayer.c b/sys/cdrom/gstcdplayer.c
index 4f41a6357..bdd2b30bf 100644
--- a/sys/cdrom/gstcdplayer.c
+++ b/sys/cdrom/gstcdplayer.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ cdplayer_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "CD Player",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "CD Player",
       "Generic/Bin",
       "Play CD audio through the CD Drive",
       "Charles Schmidt <cbschmid@uiuc.edu>, "
diff --git a/sys/decklink/gstdecklinksink.cpp b/sys/decklink/gstdecklinksink.cpp
index 7ce9ecc5e..dd28a60c6 100644
--- a/sys/decklink/gstdecklinksink.cpp
+++ b/sys/decklink/gstdecklinksink.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ gst_decklink_sink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_decklink_sink_audiosink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Decklink Sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Decklink Sink",
       "Video/Sink", "Decklink Sink", "David Schleef <ds@entropywave.com>");
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/decklink/gstdecklinksrc.cpp b/sys/decklink/gstdecklinksrc.cpp
index 6b7064935..6ee3e7a20 100644
--- a/sys/decklink/gstdecklinksrc.cpp
+++ b/sys/decklink/gstdecklinksrc.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ gst_decklink_src_base_init (gpointer g_class)
       gst_pad_template_new ("videosrc", GST_PAD_SRC, GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
           gst_decklink_mode_get_template_caps ()));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Decklink source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Decklink source",
       "Source/Video", "DeckLink Source", "David Schleef <ds@entropywave.com>");
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/directdraw/gstdirectdrawsink.c b/sys/directdraw/gstdirectdrawsink.c
index 70cc503fb..4ab14d4e4 100644
--- a/sys/directdraw/gstdirectdrawsink.c
+++ b/sys/directdraw/gstdirectdrawsink.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ gst_directdraw_sink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Direct Draw Video Sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Direct Draw Video Sink",
       "Sink/Video",
       "Output to a video card via Direct Draw",
       "Sebastien Moutte <sebastien@moutte.net>");
diff --git a/sys/directsound/gstdirectsoundsrc.c b/sys/directsound/gstdirectsoundsrc.c
index 3562c40a4..169073b88 100644
--- a/sys/directsound/gstdirectsoundsrc.c
+++ b/sys/directsound/gstdirectsoundsrc.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * GStreamer
  * Copyright 2005 Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas@apestaart.org>
  * Copyright 2005 Ronald S. Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
- * Copyright 2005 S�bastien Moutte <sebastien@moutte.net>
+ * Copyright 2005 S�bastien Moutte <sebastien@moutte.net>
  * Copyright 2006 Joni Valtanen <joni.valtanen@movial.fi>
  * 
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ gst_directsound_src_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 
   GST_DEBUG ("initializing directsoundsrc base\n");
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Direct Sound Audio Src",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Direct Sound Audio Src",
       "Source/Audio",
       "Capture from a soundcard via DIRECTSOUND",
       "Joni Valtanen <joni.valtanen@movial.fi>");
diff --git a/sys/dshowsrcwrapper/gstdshowaudiosrc.cpp b/sys/dshowsrcwrapper/gstdshowaudiosrc.cpp
index e7fbadaab..6d4f15c70 100644
--- a/sys/dshowsrcwrapper/gstdshowaudiosrc.cpp
+++ b/sys/dshowsrcwrapper/gstdshowaudiosrc.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ gst_dshowaudiosrc_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Directshow audio capture source", "Source/Audio",
       "Receive data from a directshow audio capture graph",
       "Sebastien Moutte <sebastien@moutte.net>");
diff --git a/sys/dshowsrcwrapper/gstdshowvideosrc.cpp b/sys/dshowsrcwrapper/gstdshowvideosrc.cpp
index 35d01ba0f..872932394 100644
--- a/sys/dshowsrcwrapper/gstdshowvideosrc.cpp
+++ b/sys/dshowsrcwrapper/gstdshowvideosrc.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ gst_dshowvideosrc_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "DirectShow video capture source", "Source/Video",
       "Receive data from a directshow video capture graph",
       "Sebastien Moutte <sebastien@moutte.net>");
diff --git a/sys/dshowvideosink/dshowvideosink.cpp b/sys/dshowvideosink/dshowvideosink.cpp
index d166d988a..0bd2eb0ae 100644
--- a/sys/dshowvideosink/dshowvideosink.cpp
+++ b/sys/dshowvideosink/dshowvideosink.cpp
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ gst_dshowvideosink_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "DirectShow video sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "DirectShow video sink",
       "Sink/Video", "Display data using a DirectShow video renderer",
       "Pioneers of the Inevitable <songbird@songbirdnest.com>, " \
       "FLUENDO S.A. <support@fluendo.com>");
diff --git a/sys/dvb/dvbbasebin.c b/sys/dvb/dvbbasebin.c
index e2ba8c489..4e91491a8 100644
--- a/sys/dvb/dvbbasebin.c
+++ b/sys/dvb/dvbbasebin.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ dvb_base_bin_class_init (DvbBaseBinClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "DVB bin",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "DVB bin",
       "Source/Bin/Video",
       "Access descramble and split DVB streams",
       "Alessandro Decina <alessandro@nnva.org>");
diff --git a/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c b/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c
index 00eddc421..b7dcb783e 100644
--- a/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c
+++ b/sys/dvb/gstdvbsrc.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ gst_dvbsrc_class_init (GstDvbSrcClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&ts_src_factory));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class, "DVB Source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class, "DVB Source",
       "Source/Video",
       "Digital Video Broadcast Source",
       "P2P-VCR, C-Lab, University of Paderborn,"
diff --git a/sys/dxr3/dxr3audiosink.c b/sys/dxr3/dxr3audiosink.c
index 53a69636a..7e509d5e4 100644
--- a/sys/dxr3/dxr3audiosink.c
+++ b/sys/dxr3/dxr3audiosink.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ dxr3audiosink_base_init (Dxr3AudioSinkClass * klass)
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&dxr3audiosink_pcm_sink_factory));
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&dxr3audiosink_ac3_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "dxr3/Hollywood+ mpeg decoder board audio plugin", "Audio/Sink",
       "Feeds audio to Sigma Designs em8300 based boards",
       "Martin Soto <martinsoto@users.sourceforge.net>");
diff --git a/sys/dxr3/dxr3spusink.c b/sys/dxr3/dxr3spusink.c
index ec713fbb4..9cb690f6c 100644
--- a/sys/dxr3/dxr3spusink.c
+++ b/sys/dxr3/dxr3spusink.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ dxr3spusink_base_init (Dxr3SpuSinkClass * klass)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&dxr3spusink_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "dxr3/Hollywood+ mpeg decoder board subpicture element", "Sink/Video",
       "Feeds subpicture information to Sigma Designs em8300 based boards",
       "Martin Soto <martinsoto@users.sourceforge.net>");
diff --git a/sys/dxr3/dxr3videosink.c b/sys/dxr3/dxr3videosink.c
index 9ee27b4e1..ceeacb7dd 100644
--- a/sys/dxr3/dxr3videosink.c
+++ b/sys/dxr3/dxr3videosink.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ dxr3videosink_base_init (Dxr3VideoSinkClass * klass)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&dxr3videosink_sink_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "dxr3/Hollywood+ mpeg decoder board video element", "Sink/Video",
       "Feeds MPEG2 video to Sigma Designs em8300 based boards",
       "Martin Soto <martinsoto@users.sourceforge.net>");
diff --git a/sys/fbdev/gstfbdevsink.c b/sys/fbdev/gstfbdevsink.c
index 5ed37484e..70fad8edb 100644
--- a/sys/fbdev/gstfbdevsink.c
+++ b/sys/fbdev/gstfbdevsink.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ gst_fbdevsink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
       GST_STATIC_CAPS (GST_FBDEV_TEMPLATE_CAPS)
       );
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "fbdev video sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "fbdev video sink",
       "Sink/Video",
       "A linux framebuffer videosink", "Sean D'Epagnier <sean@depagnier.com>");
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
diff --git a/sys/linsys/gstlinsyssdisink.c b/sys/linsys/gstlinsyssdisink.c
index 57813d39a..4250e0796 100644
--- a/sys/linsys/gstlinsyssdisink.c
+++ b/sys/linsys/gstlinsyssdisink.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ gst_linsys_sdi_sink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_linsys_sdi_sink_sink_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "SDI video sink",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "SDI video sink",
       "Sink/Video", "Writes video from SDI transmit device",
       "David Schleef <ds@entropywave.com>");
 }
diff --git a/sys/linsys/gstlinsyssdisrc.c b/sys/linsys/gstlinsyssdisrc.c
index 11384c8b3..9b5a32708 100644
--- a/sys/linsys/gstlinsyssdisrc.c
+++ b/sys/linsys/gstlinsyssdisrc.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ gst_linsys_sdi_src_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_linsys_sdi_src_src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "SDI video source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "SDI video source",
       "Source/Video", "Reads video from SDI capture device",
       "David Schleef <ds@entropywave.com>");
 }
diff --git a/sys/osxvideo/osxvideosrc.c b/sys/osxvideo/osxvideosrc.c
index ed84619d7..14b709978 100644
--- a/sys/osxvideo/osxvideosrc.c
+++ b/sys/osxvideo/osxvideosrc.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ gst_osx_video_src_base_init (gpointer gclass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "Video Source (OSX)",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "Video Source (OSX)",
       "Source/Video",
       "Reads raw frames from a capture device on OS X",
       "Ole Andre Vadla Ravnaas <ole.andre.ravnas@tandberg.com>, "
diff --git a/sys/pvr2d/gstpvrvideosink.c b/sys/pvr2d/gstpvrvideosink.c
index 1b5960188..0a93687d1 100644
--- a/sys/pvr2d/gstpvrvideosink.c
+++ b/sys/pvr2d/gstpvrvideosink.c
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ gst_pvrvideosink_class_init (GstPVRVideoSinkClass * klass)
           "original aspect ratio", TRUE,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "PVR Video sink", "Sink/Video",
       "A PVR videosink",
       "Luciana Fujii Pontello <luciana.fujii@collabora.co.uk");
diff --git a/sys/qcam/gstqcamsrc.c b/sys/qcam/gstqcamsrc.c
index bc9886b92..f53e55741 100644
--- a/sys/qcam/gstqcamsrc.c
+++ b/sys/qcam/gstqcamsrc.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ gst_qcamsrc_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&gst_qcamsrc_src_factory));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "QCam Source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "QCam Source",
       "Source/Video",
       "Read from a QuickCam device", "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>");
 }
diff --git a/sys/qtwrapper/audiodecoders.c b/sys/qtwrapper/audiodecoders.c
index 32f8e1d43..546967c5a 100644
--- a/sys/qtwrapper/audiodecoders.c
+++ b/sys/qtwrapper/audiodecoders.c
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ qtwrapper_audio_decoder_base_init (QTWrapperAudioDecoderClass * klass)
   description =
       g_strdup_printf ("QTWrapper SCAudio wrapper for decoder: %s",
       GST_STR_NULL (info));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       longname, "Codec/Decoder/Audio", description,
       "Fluendo <gstreamer@fluendo.com>, "
       "Pioneers of the Inevitable <songbird@songbirdnest.com>");
diff --git a/sys/qtwrapper/videodecoders.c b/sys/qtwrapper/videodecoders.c
index b2e58e968..e659e2356 100644
--- a/sys/qtwrapper/videodecoders.c
+++ b/sys/qtwrapper/videodecoders.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ qtwrapper_video_decoder_base_init (QTWrapperVideoDecoderClass * klass)
   description =
       g_strdup_printf ("QTWrapper SCAudio wrapper for decoder: %s",
       GST_STR_NULL (info));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, longname,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, longname,
       "Codec/Decoder/Video", description,
       "Fluendo <gstreamer@fluendo.com>, "
       "Pioneers of the Inevitable <songbird@songbirdnest.com>");
diff --git a/sys/shm/gstshmsink.c b/sys/shm/gstshmsink.c
index 605e79871..1711e8ea9 100644
--- a/sys/shm/gstshmsink.c
+++ b/sys/shm/gstshmsink.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ gst_shm_sink_class_init (GstShmSinkClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sinktemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Shared Memory Sink",
       "Sink",
       "Send data over shared memory to the matching source",
diff --git a/sys/shm/gstshmsrc.c b/sys/shm/gstshmsrc.c
index d201e7e77..1c9049183 100644
--- a/sys/shm/gstshmsrc.c
+++ b/sys/shm/gstshmsrc.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ gst_shm_src_class_init (GstShmSrcClass * klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (gstelement_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&srctemplate));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Shared Memory Source",
       "Source",
       "Receive data from the shared memory sink",
diff --git a/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_mjpgdemux.c b/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_mjpgdemux.c
index 4bc689981..880b44918 100644
--- a/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_mjpgdemux.c
+++ b/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_mjpgdemux.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ gst_uvc_h264_mjpg_demux_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class, pt);
   gst_object_unref (pt);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "UVC H264 MJPG Demuxer",
       "Video/Demuxer",
       "Demux UVC H264 auxiliary streams from MJPG images",
diff --git a/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_src.c b/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_src.c
index 26b50b088..ac99768dd 100644
--- a/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_src.c
+++ b/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_src.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ gst_uvc_h264_src_base_init (gpointer g_class)
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (uvc_h264_src_debug, "uvch264_src",
       0, "UVC H264 Compliant camera bin source");
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "UVC H264 Source",
       "Source/Video",
       "UVC H264 Encoding camera source",
diff --git a/sys/vcd/vcdsrc.c b/sys/vcd/vcdsrc.c
index ee135dd5c..294bd2ad7 100644
--- a/sys/vcd/vcdsrc.c
+++ b/sys/vcd/vcdsrc.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ gst_vcdsrc_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "VCD Source",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "VCD Source",
       "Source/File",
       "Asynchronous read from VCD disk", "Erik Walthinsen <omega@cse.ogi.edu>");
 
diff --git a/sys/vdpau/gstvdpsink.c b/sys/vdpau/gstvdpsink.c
index 35ea182a4..ff4f7453d 100644
--- a/sys/vdpau/gstvdpsink.c
+++ b/sys/vdpau/gstvdpsink.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ gst_vdp_sink_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "VDPAU Sink",
       "Sink/Video",
       "VDPAU Sink", "Carl-Anton Ingmarsson <ca.ingmarsson@gmail.com>");
diff --git a/sys/vdpau/gstvdpvideopostprocess.c b/sys/vdpau/gstvdpvideopostprocess.c
index 15a165658..4d76eceba 100644
--- a/sys/vdpau/gstvdpvideopostprocess.c
+++ b/sys/vdpau/gstvdpvideopostprocess.c
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ gst_vdp_vpp_base_init (gpointer gclass)
   GstCaps *src_caps, *sink_caps;
   GstPadTemplate *src_template, *sink_template;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "VdpauVideoPostProcess",
       "Filter/Converter/Decoder/Video",
       "Post process GstVdpVideoBuffers and output GstVdpOutputBuffers",
diff --git a/sys/vdpau/h264/gstvdph264dec.c b/sys/vdpau/h264/gstvdph264dec.c
index ab5479794..ba44c6dc7 100644
--- a/sys/vdpau/h264/gstvdph264dec.c
+++ b/sys/vdpau/h264/gstvdph264dec.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ gst_vdp_h264_dec_base_init (gpointer g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "VDPAU H264 Decoder",
       "Decoder",
       "Decode h264 stream with vdpau",
diff --git a/sys/vdpau/mpeg/gstvdpmpegdec.c b/sys/vdpau/mpeg/gstvdpmpegdec.c
index 96c04c8ce..ef1210e44 100644
--- a/sys/vdpau/mpeg/gstvdpmpegdec.c
+++ b/sys/vdpau/mpeg/gstvdpmpegdec.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ gst_vdp_mpeg_dec_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "VDPAU Mpeg Decoder",
       "Decoder",
       "Decode mpeg stream with vdpau",
diff --git a/sys/vdpau/mpeg4/gstvdpmpeg4dec.c b/sys/vdpau/mpeg4/gstvdpmpeg4dec.c
index 2ecf434e1..8ebd89328 100644
--- a/sys/vdpau/mpeg4/gstvdpmpeg4dec.c
+++ b/sys/vdpau/mpeg4/gstvdpmpeg4dec.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ gst_vdp_mpeg4_dec_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "VDPAU Mpeg4 Decoder",
       "Decoder",
       "Decode mpeg4 stream with vdpau",
diff --git a/sys/wasapi/gstwasapisink.c b/sys/wasapi/gstwasapisink.c
index 3a3d9e906..f8f7103af 100644
--- a/sys/wasapi/gstwasapisink.c
+++ b/sys/wasapi/gstwasapisink.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ gst_wasapi_sink_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&sink_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "WasapiSrc",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "WasapiSrc",
       "Sink/Audio",
       "Stream audio to an audio capture device through WASAPI",
       "Ole André Vadla Ravnås <ole.andre.ravnas@tandberg.com>");
diff --git a/sys/wasapi/gstwasapisrc.c b/sys/wasapi/gstwasapisrc.c
index a4100315b..7163f520a 100644
--- a/sys/wasapi/gstwasapisrc.c
+++ b/sys/wasapi/gstwasapisrc.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ gst_wasapi_src_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "WasapiSrc",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "WasapiSrc",
       "Source/Audio",
       "Stream audio from an audio capture device through WASAPI",
       "Ole André Vadla Ravnås <ole.andre.ravnas@tandberg.com>");
diff --git a/sys/wininet/gstwininetsrc.c b/sys/wininet/gstwininetsrc.c
index b33070fda..ed719b1c0 100644
--- a/sys/wininet/gstwininetsrc.c
+++ b/sys/wininet/gstwininetsrc.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ gst_win_inet_src_base_init (gpointer gclass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "Windows Network Source", "Source/Network",
       "Receive data as a client over the network via HTTP or FTP",
       "Ole André Vadla Ravnås <ole.andre.ravnas@tandberg.com>");
diff --git a/sys/winks/gstksvideosrc.c b/sys/winks/gstksvideosrc.c
index fa831f1ba..1f4d70751 100644
--- a/sys/winks/gstksvideosrc.c
+++ b/sys/winks/gstksvideosrc.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ gst_ks_video_src_base_init (gpointer gclass)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (gclass);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "KsVideoSrc",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "KsVideoSrc",
       "Source/Video",
       "Stream data from a video capture device through Windows kernel streaming",
       "Ole André Vadla Ravnås <ole.andre.ravnas@tandberg.com>\n"
diff --git a/sys/winscreencap/gstdx9screencapsrc.c b/sys/winscreencap/gstdx9screencapsrc.c
index 5283376a1..82a0d4d6c 100644
--- a/sys/winscreencap/gstdx9screencapsrc.c
+++ b/sys/winscreencap/gstdx9screencapsrc.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ gst_dx9screencapsrc_base_init (gpointer klass)
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "DirectX 9 screen capture source", "Source/Video", "Captures screen",
       "Haakon Sporsheim <hakon.sporsheim@tandberg.com>");
 }
diff --git a/sys/winscreencap/gstgdiscreencapsrc.c b/sys/winscreencap/gstgdiscreencapsrc.c
index 7658b2ea2..fccd97a8e 100644
--- a/sys/winscreencap/gstgdiscreencapsrc.c
+++ b/sys/winscreencap/gstgdiscreencapsrc.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ gst_gdiscreencapsrc_base_init (gpointer klass)
 
   gst_element_class_add_pad_template (element_class,
       gst_static_pad_template_get (&src_template));
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class,
       "GDI screen capture source", "Source/Video", "Captures screen",
       "Haakon Sporsheim <hakon.sporsheim@tandberg.com>");
 }
diff --git a/tests/check/elements/baseaudiovisualizer.c b/tests/check/elements/baseaudiovisualizer.c
index d66bd7d82..5025d610c 100644
--- a/tests/check/elements/baseaudiovisualizer.c
+++ b/tests/check/elements/baseaudiovisualizer.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ gst_test_scope_class_init (GstTestScopeClass * g_class)
 {
   GstElementClass *element_class = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (g_class);
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "test scope",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "test scope",
       "Visualization",
       "Dummy test scope", "Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net>");
 
diff --git a/tests/check/elements/camerabin.c b/tests/check/elements/camerabin.c
index ac55a8dae..3cb8d806f 100644
--- a/tests/check/elements/camerabin.c
+++ b/tests/check/elements/camerabin.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ gst_test_camera_src_class_init (GstTestCameraSrcClass * klass)
   gstbasecamera_class = GST_BASE_CAMERA_SRC_CLASS (klass);
   gstbasecamera_class->set_mode = gst_test_camera_src_set_mode;
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (gstelement_class,
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (gstelement_class,
       "Test Camera Src",
       "Camera/Src",
       "Some test camera src",
diff --git a/tools/gst-element-maker b/tools/gst-element-maker
index 3f291630d..dc85c5f84 100755
--- a/tools/gst-element-maker
+++ b/tools/gst-element-maker
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ done
 
 cat <<EOF
 
-  gst_element_class_set_details_simple (element_class, "FIXME Long name",
+  gst_element_class_set_metadata (element_class, "FIXME Long name",
       "Generic", "FIXME Description", "$REAL_NAME <$EMAIL_ADDRESS>");
 }