diff -r 567bb019e3e3 -r 7e817e7e631c gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/gstssaparse.c
--- a/gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/gstssaparse.c	Tue Aug 31 15:30:33 2010 +0300
+++ b/gst_plugins_base/gst/subparse/gstssaparse.c	Wed Sep 01 12:16:41 2010 +0100
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 static gboolean gst_ssa_parse_sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstEvent * event);
 static GstFlowReturn gst_ssa_parse_chain (GstPad * sinkpad, GstBuffer * buf);
 
+
 static void
 gst_ssa_parse_base_init (gpointer klass)
 {
@@ -107,7 +108,6 @@
 
   parse->ini = NULL;
   parse->framed = FALSE;
-  parse->send_tags = FALSE;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@
   }
 
   parse->framed = TRUE;
-  parse->send_tags = TRUE;
 
   priv = (GstBuffer *) gst_value_get_mini_object (val);
   g_return_val_if_fail (priv != NULL, FALSE);
@@ -306,20 +305,11 @@
   if (G_UNLIKELY (!parse->framed))
     goto not_framed;
 
-  if (G_UNLIKELY (parse->send_tags)) {
-    GstTagList *tags;
-
-    tags = gst_tag_list_new ();
-    gst_tag_list_add (tags, GST_TAG_MERGE_APPEND, GST_TAG_SUBTITLE_CODEC,
-        "SubStation Alpha", NULL);
-    gst_element_found_tags_for_pad (GST_ELEMENT (parse), parse->srcpad, tags);
-    parse->send_tags = FALSE;
-  }
-
   /* make double-sure it's 0-terminated and all */
   txt = g_strndup ((gchar *) GST_BUFFER_DATA (buf), GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buf));
+
   if (txt == NULL)
-    goto empty_text;
+    return GST_FLOW_UNEXPECTED;
 
   ts = GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buf);
   ret = gst_ssa_parse_push_line (parse, txt, ts, GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buf));
@@ -331,7 +321,6 @@
     ret = GST_FLOW_OK;
   }
 
-  gst_buffer_unref (buf);
   g_free (txt);
 
   return ret;
@@ -341,16 +330,8 @@
   {
     GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (parse, STREAM, FORMAT, (NULL),
         ("Only SSA subtitles embedded in containers are supported"));
-    gst_buffer_unref (buf);
     return GST_FLOW_NOT_NEGOTIATED;
   }
-empty_text:
-  {
-    GST_ELEMENT_WARNING (parse, STREAM, FORMAT, (NULL),
-        ("Received empty subtitle"));
-    gst_buffer_unref (buf);
-    return GST_FLOW_OK;
-  }
 }
 
 static GstStateChangeReturn