diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index f4933f865d..026e7e9678 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -765,12 +765,12 @@ export -f as_root</userinput></screen>
 <!ENTITY gst-plugins-bad-version      "0.10.23">
 <!ENTITY gst-plugins-ugly-version     "0.10.19">
 <!ENTITY gst-ffmpeg-version           "0.10.13">
-<!ENTITY gstreamer10-version          "1.2.1">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-version   "1.2.1">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-version   "1.2.1">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-version    "1.2.1">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-version   "1.2.1">  <!-- Even minors only -->
-<!ENTITY gst10-libav-version          "1.2.1">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gstreamer10-version          "1.2.2">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-version   "1.2.2">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-version   "1.2.2">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-version    "1.2.2">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-version   "1.2.2">  <!-- Even minors only -->
+<!ENTITY gst10-libav-version          "1.2.2">  <!-- Even minors only -->
 <!ENTITY liba52-version               "0.7.4">
 <!ENTITY libao-version                "1.1.0">
 <!ENTITY libass-version               "0.10.2">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index f2aa4e33ac..e1e9757bee 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>December 28th, 2013</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Updates to GStreamer and GStreamer Plugins 1.2.2.
+          Fixes from <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;4491">#4491</ulink>
+          up to <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;4496">#4496</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[igor] - Update to mpg123-1.17.0. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;4488">#4488</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-libav.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-libav.xml
index 0baae28b62..9e5f0d136a 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-libav.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-libav.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY gst10-libav-download-http "&gstreamer-dl;/gst-libav/gst-libav-&gst10-libav-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gst10-libav-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-libav-md5sum        "4c300da1cf14b4e167d65cd5d8de1ef1">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-libav-md5sum        "86540dee14d31daf976eb2713f2294f3">
   <!ENTITY gst10-libav-size          "4.4 MB">
   <!ENTITY gst10-libav-buildsize     "243 MB (adittional 1 MB for the tests)">
   <!ENTITY gst10-libav-time          "2.0 SBU">
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
           None
         </seg>
         <seg>
-          Several plugins in /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0
+          /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstlibav.so
         </seg>
         <seg>
           None
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-bad.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-bad.xml
index 631ff91c5d..e0f38f5b80 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-bad.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-bad.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-download-http
            "&gstreamer-dl;/gst-plugins-bad/gst-plugins-bad-&gst10-plugins-bad-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-md5sum        "8ee6863cbb917bb4bd235698b87192a4">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-md5sum        "d519b7e8e570c4a22d6b79f2ab89765c">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-size          "3.2 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-buildsize     "110 MB (additional 1.1 SBU to run the test suite)">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-time          "0.6 SBU (additional 1.1 SBU to run the test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-buildsize     "110 MB (additional 6 MB to run the test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-bad-time          "1.0 SBU (additional 0.8 SBU to run the test suite)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gst10-plugins-bad" xreflabel="gst-plugins-bad-&gst10-plugins-bad-version;">
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>.
+      To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>. Two tests
+      are known to fail. A third test fails for unknown reasons.
+
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -196,14 +198,13 @@ make</userinput></screen>
           libgstbasecamerabinsrc-1.0.so, libgstcodecparsers-1.0.so,
           libgstegl-1.0.so, libgstinsertbin-1.0.so,
           libgstmpegts-1.0.so, libgstphotography-1.0.so,
-          libgsturidownloader-1.0.so and several plugins in
+          libgsturidownloader-1.0.so and several plugins under
           /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0
         </seg>
         <seg>
           /usr/include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/{basecamerabinsrc,egl,codecparsers},
           /usr/include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/{insertbin,interfaces},
-          /usr/include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/{mpegts,uridownloader},
-          /usr/share/gstreamer-1.0/presets and
+          /usr/include/gstreamer-1.0/gst/{mpegts,uridownloader} and
           /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-bad-libs-1.0
         </seg>
       </seglistitem>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-base.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-base.xml
index 5070871f58..e3dfb469d1 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-base.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-base.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-download-http
            "&gstreamer-dl;/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base-&gst10-plugins-base-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-md5sum        "2e75fb03ed7e4d24d88601fcac4d57aa">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-md5sum        "ed0fd639a10d91870cc1d55727bb4f44">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-size          "2.4 MB">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-buildsize     "96 MB (additional 12 MB to run the test suite)">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-time          "1.1 SBU (additional 0.6 SBU to run the test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-base-time          "0.9 SBU (additional 0.6 SBU to run the test suite)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gst10-plugins-base" xreflabel="gst-plugins-base-&gst10-plugins-base-version;">
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
           libgstallocators-1.0.so, libgstapp-1.0.so, libgstaudio-1.0.so,
           libgstfft-1.0.so, libgstpbutils-1.0.so, libgstriff-1.0.so,
           libgstrtp-1.0.so, libgstrtsp-1.0.so, libgstsdp-1.0.so,
-          libgsttag-1.0.so, libgstvideo-1.0.so and several plugins in
+          libgsttag-1.0.so, libgstvideo-1.0.so and several plugins under
           /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0
         </seg>
         <seg>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-good.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-good.xml
index 5185358428..6a1d8dde6a 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-good.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-good.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-download-http
            "&gstreamer-dl;/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good-&gst10-plugins-good-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-md5sum        "082156e9fb737ee6132b6b663f2901a1">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-md5sum        "f8a9be6c5362d13ee41b600c74e843f4">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-size          "2.8 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-buildsize     "104 MB (additional 10 MB to run the test suite)">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-time          "1.2 SBU (additional 1.4 SBU to run the test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-buildsize     "105 MB (additional 10 MB to run the test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-good-time          "1.0 SBU (additional 1.3 SBU to run the test suite)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gst10-plugins-good" xreflabel="gst-plugins-good-&gst10-plugins-good-version;">
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>.
+      To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>. One test is
+      known to fail.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
           None
         </seg>
         <seg>
-          Several plugins in /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0
+          Several plugins under /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0
         </seg>
         <seg>
           /usr/share/gstreamer-1.0/presets
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-ugly.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-ugly.xml
index dc3fe2cbe8..dde60c05a9 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-ugly.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gst10-plugins-ugly.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-download-http
            "&gstreamer-dl;/gst-plugins-ugly/gst-plugins-ugly-&gst10-plugins-ugly-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-md5sum        "553332a8d5153e788a6612642a57f416">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-md5sum        "32f57ac91369bbb3299469cc418507d0">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-size          "824 KB">
-  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-buildsize     "14 MB (additional 1 MB to run the test suite)">
+  <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-buildsize     "17 MB">
   <!ENTITY gst10-plugins-ugly-time          "0.1 SBU">
 ]>
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
           None
         </seg>
         <seg>
-          Several plugins in /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0
+          Several plugins under /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0
         </seg>
         <seg>
           /usr/share/gstreamer-1.0/presets
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10.xml
index a35f17a449..2207239532 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/gstreamer10.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-download-http "&gstreamer-dl;/gstreamer/gstreamer-&gstreamer10-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY gstreamer10-md5sum        "55d50f48a496799dbb0b195c9c6c6153">
+  <!ENTITY gstreamer10-md5sum        "4293ca4d8333690d5acdffe3ad354924">
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-size          "3.1 MB">
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-buildsize     "76 MB (additional 20MB to run the test suite)">
   <!ENTITY gstreamer10-time          "0.7 SBU (additional 0.8 SBU to run the test suite)">
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ make</userinput></screen>
         </seg>
         <seg>
           libgstbase-1.0.so, libgstcheck-1.0.so, libgstcontroller-1.0.so,
-          libgstnet-1.0.so and libgstreamer-1.0.so
+          libgstnet-1.0.so, libgstreamer-1.0.so 
+          and /usr/lib/gstreamer-1.0/libgstcoreelements.so
         </seg>
         <seg>
           /usr/include/gstreamer-1.0,