diff --git a/libavfilter/Makefile b/libavfilter/Makefile
index b6229b0570..3da821ee3e 100644
--- a/libavfilter/Makefile
+++ b/libavfilter/Makefile
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_PP7_FILTER)                    += vf_pp7.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_PREMULTIPLY_FILTER)            += vf_premultiply.o framesync2.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_PREWITT_FILTER)                += vf_convolution.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_PSEUDOCOLOR_FILTER)            += vf_pseudocolor.o
-OBJS-$(CONFIG_PSNR_FILTER)                   += vf_psnr.o dualinput.o framesync.o
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_PSNR_FILTER)                   += vf_psnr.o framesync2.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_PULLUP_FILTER)                 += vf_pullup.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_QP_FILTER)                     += vf_qp.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_RANDOM_FILTER)                 += vf_random.o
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_psnr.c b/libavfilter/vf_psnr.c
index 6ab21d8e22..a8eb315445 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_psnr.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_psnr.c
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
 #include "libavutil/opt.h"
 #include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 #include "avfilter.h"
-#include "dualinput.h"
 #include "drawutils.h"
 #include "formats.h"
+#include "framesync2.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "psnr.h"
 #include "video.h"
 
 typedef struct PSNRContext {
     const AVClass *class;
-    FFDualInputContext dinput;
+    FFFrameSync fs;
     double mse, min_mse, max_mse, mse_comp[4];
     uint64_t nb_frames;
     FILE *stats_file;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static const AVOption psnr_options[] = {
     { NULL }
 };
 
-AVFILTER_DEFINE_CLASS(psnr);
+FRAMESYNC_DEFINE_CLASS(psnr, PSNRContext, fs);
 
 static inline unsigned pow_2(unsigned base)
 {
@@ -142,13 +142,21 @@ static void set_meta(AVDictionary **metadata, const char *key, char comp, float
     }
 }
 
-static AVFrame *do_psnr(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *main,
-                        const AVFrame *ref)
+static int do_psnr(FFFrameSync *fs)
 {
+    AVFilterContext *ctx = fs->parent;
     PSNRContext *s = ctx->priv;
+    AVFrame *main, *ref;
     double comp_mse[4], mse = 0;
-    int j, c;
-    AVDictionary **metadata = &main->metadata;
+    int ret, j, c;
+    AVDictionary **metadata;
+
+    ret = ff_framesync2_dualinput_get(fs, &main, &ref);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return ret;
+    if (!ref)
+        return ff_filter_frame(ctx->outputs[0], main);
+    metadata = &main->metadata;
 
     compute_images_mse(s, (const uint8_t **)main->data, main->linesize,
                           (const uint8_t **)ref->data, ref->linesize,
@@ -214,7 +222,7 @@ static AVFrame *do_psnr(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFrame *main,
         fprintf(s->stats_file, "\n");
     }
 
-    return main;
+    return ff_filter_frame(ctx->outputs[0], main);
 }
 
 static av_cold int init(AVFilterContext *ctx)
@@ -245,7 +253,7 @@ static av_cold int init(AVFilterContext *ctx)
         }
     }
 
-    s->dinput.process = do_psnr;
+    s->fs.on_event = do_psnr;
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -331,27 +339,24 @@ static int config_output(AVFilterLink *outlink)
     AVFilterLink *mainlink = ctx->inputs[0];
     int ret;
 
+    ret = ff_framesync2_init_dualinput(&s->fs, ctx);
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return ret;
     outlink->w = mainlink->w;
     outlink->h = mainlink->h;
     outlink->time_base = mainlink->time_base;
     outlink->sample_aspect_ratio = mainlink->sample_aspect_ratio;
     outlink->frame_rate = mainlink->frame_rate;
-    if ((ret = ff_dualinput_init(ctx, &s->dinput)) < 0)
+    if ((ret = ff_framesync2_configure(&s->fs)) < 0)
         return ret;
 
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *inpicref)
+static int activate(AVFilterContext *ctx)
 {
-    PSNRContext *s = inlink->dst->priv;
-    return ff_dualinput_filter_frame(&s->dinput, inlink, inpicref);
-}
-
-static int request_frame(AVFilterLink *outlink)
-{
-    PSNRContext *s = outlink->src->priv;
-    return ff_dualinput_request_frame(&s->dinput, outlink);
+    PSNRContext *s = ctx->priv;
+    return ff_framesync2_activate(&s->fs);
 }
 
 static av_cold void uninit(AVFilterContext *ctx)
@@ -375,7 +380,7 @@ static av_cold void uninit(AVFilterContext *ctx)
                get_psnr(s->min_mse, 1, s->average_max));
     }
 
-    ff_dualinput_uninit(&s->dinput);
+    ff_framesync2_uninit(&s->fs);
 
     if (s->stats_file && s->stats_file != stdout)
         fclose(s->stats_file);
@@ -385,11 +390,9 @@ static const AVFilterPad psnr_inputs[] = {
     {
         .name         = "main",
         .type         = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
-        .filter_frame = filter_frame,
     },{
         .name         = "reference",
         .type         = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
-        .filter_frame = filter_frame,
         .config_props = config_input_ref,
     },
     { NULL }
@@ -400,7 +403,6 @@ static const AVFilterPad psnr_outputs[] = {
         .name          = "default",
         .type          = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO,
         .config_props  = config_output,
-        .request_frame = request_frame,
     },
     { NULL }
 };
@@ -408,9 +410,11 @@ static const AVFilterPad psnr_outputs[] = {
 AVFilter ff_vf_psnr = {
     .name          = "psnr",
     .description   = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Calculate the PSNR between two video streams."),
+    .preinit       = psnr_framesync_preinit,
     .init          = init,
     .uninit        = uninit,
     .query_formats = query_formats,
+    .activate      = activate,
     .priv_size     = sizeof(PSNRContext),
     .priv_class    = &psnr_class,
     .inputs        = psnr_inputs,