diff -Nur gstreamer-0.10.32.4-old//gst/gstplugin.c gstreamer-0.10.32.4/gst/gstplugin.c
--- gstreamer-0.10.32.4-old//gst/gstplugin.c	2011-05-03 10:00:04.763000288 +0300
+++ gstreamer-0.10.32.4/gst/gstplugin.c	2011-05-03 10:02:15.244000278 +0300
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 
 #include <gst/gst.h>
 
+#include <glob.h>
+
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT GST_CAT_PLUGIN_LOADING
 
 static guint _num_static_plugins;       /* 0    */
@@ -753,6 +755,74 @@
     goto return_error;
   }
 
+  /* Workarounds for all known plugins that might have changed features
+   * although the plugin timestamp didn't change */
+
+  /* GnomeVFS */
+  if (g_str_has_suffix (filename, "/libgstgnomevfs.so")) {
+    struct stat tmp_status;
+
+    if (!g_stat (LIBDIR "/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules", &tmp_status)) {
+      file_status.st_mtime = MAX (file_status.st_mtime, tmp_status.st_mtime);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* LADSPA */
+  if (g_str_has_suffix (filename, "/libgstladspa.so")) {
+    struct stat tmp_status;
+
+    if (!g_stat (LIBDIR "/ladspa", &tmp_status)) {
+      file_status.st_mtime = MAX (file_status.st_mtime, tmp_status.st_mtime);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* libvisual */
+  if (g_str_has_suffix (filename, "/libgstlibvisual.so")) {
+    struct stat tmp_status;
+
+    if (!g_stat (LIBDIR "/libvisual-0.4", &tmp_status)) {
+      GDir *dir;
+      const gchar *file;
+
+      file_status.st_mtime = MAX (file_status.st_mtime, tmp_status.st_mtime);
+      dir = g_dir_open (LIBDIR "/libvisual-0.4", 0, NULL);
+      if (dir) {
+        while ((file = g_dir_read_name (dir))) {
+          gchar *filename = g_strdup_printf (LIBDIR "/libvisual-0.4/%s", file);
+
+          if (!g_stat (filename, &tmp_status)) {
+            file_status.st_mtime =
+                MAX (file_status.st_mtime, tmp_status.st_mtime);
+          }
+          g_free (filename);
+        }
+        g_dir_close (dir);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* FFMPEG */
+  if (g_str_has_suffix (filename, "/libgstffmpeg.so") ||
+      g_str_has_suffix (filename, "/libgstpostproc.so")) {
+    struct stat tmp_status;
+    glob_t gl = { 0, };
+    int i;
+
+    glob (LIBDIR "/libavcodec.so.*.*", GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &gl);
+    glob (LIBDIR "/libavutil.so.*.*", GLOB_APPEND | GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &gl);
+    glob (LIBDIR "/libavformat.so.*.*", GLOB_APPEND | GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &gl);
+    glob (LIBDIR "/libpostproc.so.*.*", GLOB_APPEND | GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &gl);
+    glob (LIBDIR "/libswscale.so.*.*", GLOB_APPEND | GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &gl);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < gl.gl_pathc; i++) {
+      if (!g_stat (gl.gl_pathv[i], &tmp_status)) {
+        file_status.st_mtime = MAX (file_status.st_mtime, tmp_status.st_mtime);
+      }
+    }
+
+    globfree (&gl);
+  }
+
   flags = G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL;
   /* libgstpython.so is the gst-python plugin loader. It needs to be loaded with
    * G_MODULE_BIND_LAZY.
diff -Nur gstreamer-0.10.32.4-old//gst/gstregistry.c gstreamer-0.10.32.4/gst/gstregistry.c
--- gstreamer-0.10.32.4-old//gst/gstregistry.c	2011-05-03 10:00:04.770000288 +0300
+++ gstreamer-0.10.32.4/gst/gstregistry.c	2011-05-03 10:00:25.707000262 +0300
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@
 extern HMODULE _priv_gst_dll_handle;
 #endif
 
+#include <glob.h>
+
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT GST_CAT_REGISTRY
 
 struct _GstRegistryPrivate
@@ -1203,6 +1205,79 @@
        * update the plugin to ensure the registry cache will reflect up
        * to date information */
 
+      /* Workarounds for all known plugins that might have changed features
+       * although the plugin timestamp didn't change */
+
+      /* GnomeVFS */
+      if (g_str_has_suffix (filename, "/libgstgnomevfs.so")) {
+          struct stat tmp_status;
+
+          if (!g_stat (LIBDIR "/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules", &tmp_status)) {
+              file_status.st_mtime =
+                  MAX (file_status.st_mtime, tmp_status.st_mtime);
+          }
+      }
+
+      /* LADSPA */
+      if (g_str_has_suffix (filename, "/libgstladspa.so")) {
+          struct stat tmp_status;
+
+          if (!g_stat (LIBDIR "/ladspa", &tmp_status)) {
+              file_status.st_mtime =
+                  MAX (file_status.st_mtime, tmp_status.st_mtime);
+          }
+      }
+
+      /* libvisual */
+      if (g_str_has_suffix (filename, "/libgstlibvisual.so")) {
+          struct stat tmp_status;
+
+          if (!g_stat (LIBDIR "/libvisual-0.4", &tmp_status)) {
+              GDir *dir;
+              const gchar *file;
+
+              file_status.st_mtime =
+                  MAX (file_status.st_mtime, tmp_status.st_mtime);
+              dir = g_dir_open (LIBDIR "/libvisual-0.4", 0, NULL);
+              if (dir) {
+                  while ((file = g_dir_read_name (dir))) {
+                      gchar *filename =
+                          g_strdup_printf (LIBDIR "/libvisual-0.4/%s", file);
+
+                      if (!g_stat (filename, &tmp_status)) {
+                          file_status.st_mtime =
+                              MAX (file_status.st_mtime, tmp_status.st_mtime);
+                      }
+                      g_free (filename);
+                  }
+                  g_dir_close (dir);
+              }
+          }
+      }
+
+      /* FFMPEG */
+      if (g_str_has_suffix (filename, "/libgstffmpeg.so") ||
+              g_str_has_suffix (filename, "/libgstpostproc.so")) {
+          struct stat tmp_status;
+          glob_t gl = { 0, };
+          int i;
+
+          glob (LIBDIR "/libavcodec.so.*.*", GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &gl);
+          glob (LIBDIR "/libavutil.so.*.*", GLOB_APPEND | GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &gl);
+          glob (LIBDIR "/libavformat.so.*.*", GLOB_APPEND | GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &gl);
+          glob (LIBDIR "/libpostproc.so.*.*", GLOB_APPEND | GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &gl);
+          glob (LIBDIR "/libswscale.so.*.*", GLOB_APPEND | GLOB_NOSORT, NULL, &gl);
+
+          for (i = 0; i < gl.gl_pathc; i++) {
+              if (!g_stat (gl.gl_pathv[i], &tmp_status)) {
+                  file_status.st_mtime =
+                      MAX (file_status.st_mtime, tmp_status.st_mtime);
+              }
+          }
+
+          globfree (&gl);
+      }
+
       if (plugin->file_mtime == file_status.st_mtime &&
           plugin->file_size == file_status.st_size && !env_vars_changed &&
           !(deps_changed = _priv_plugin_deps_files_changed (plugin)) &&