diff -r 9b2c3c7a1a9c -r 567bb019e3e3 gst_plugins_base/gst/playback/gstplayback.c
--- a/gst_plugins_base/gst/playback/gstplayback.c	Wed Mar 31 22:03:18 2010 +0300
+++ b/gst_plugins_base/gst/playback/gstplayback.c	Tue Aug 31 15:30:33 2010 +0300
@@ -27,7 +27,17 @@
 #include <gst/gst-i18n-plugin.h>
 #include <gst/pbutils/pbutils.h>
 
+#include "gststreamselector.h"
+#include "gststreaminfo.h"
+
+#ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
+IMPORT_C
+#endif
 gboolean gst_play_bin_plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin);
+
+#ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
+IMPORT_C
+#endif
 gboolean gst_play_bin2_plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin);
 
 static gboolean
@@ -41,8 +51,14 @@
   GST_DEBUG ("binding text domain %s to locale dir %s", GETTEXT_PACKAGE,
       LOCALEDIR);
   bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+  bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
 #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
 
+  /* ref class from a thread-safe context to work around missing bit of
+   * thread-safety in GObject */
+  g_type_class_ref (GST_TYPE_STREAM_INFO);
+  g_type_class_ref (GST_TYPE_STREAM_SELECTOR);
+
   res = gst_play_bin_plugin_init (plugin);
   res &= gst_play_bin2_plugin_init (plugin);