diff -r 992abe7045a2 -r b81aea41900f gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c
--- a/gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c	Fri Apr 13 20:32:42 2007 +0100
+++ b/gst-plugins-mythtv/src/gstmythtvsrc.c	Fri Apr 13 21:03:50 2007 +0100
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@
   PROP_GMYTHTV_CHANNEL_NUM
 };
 
+static void gst_mythtv_src_clear (GstMythtvSrc *mythtv_src);
+
 static void gst_mythtv_src_finalize (GObject * gobject);
 
 static GstFlowReturn gst_mythtv_src_create (GstPushSrc * psrc,
@@ -297,37 +299,45 @@
 }
 
 static void
+gst_mythtv_src_clear (GstMythtvSrc *mythtv_src)
+{
+    
+  if (mythtv_src->spawn_livetv) {
+    g_object_unref (mythtv_src->spawn_livetv);
+    mythtv_src->spawn_livetv = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (mythtv_src->file) {
+    g_object_unref (mythtv_src->file);
+    mythtv_src->file = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (mythtv_src->backend_info) {
+    g_object_unref (mythtv_src->backend_info);
+    mythtv_src->backend_info = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (mythtv_src->uri_name) {
+    g_free (mythtv_src->uri_name);
+  }
+
+  if (mythtv_src->user_agent) {
+    g_free (mythtv_src->user_agent);
+  }
+
+  if (mythtv_src->bytes_queue) {
+    g_byte_array_free (mythtv_src->bytes_queue, TRUE);
+    mythtv_src->bytes_queue = NULL;
+  }
+  
+}
+
+static void
 gst_mythtv_src_finalize (GObject * gobject)
 {
   GstMythtvSrc *this = GST_MYTHTV_SRC (gobject);
 
-  if (this->spawn_livetv) {
-    g_object_unref (this->spawn_livetv);
-    this->spawn_livetv = NULL;
-  }
-
-  if (this->file) {
-    g_object_unref (this->file);
-    this->file = NULL;
-  }
-
-  if (this->backend_info) {
-    g_object_unref (this->backend_info);
-    this->backend_info = NULL;
-  }
-
-  if (this->uri_name) {
-    g_free (this->uri_name);
-  }
-
-  if (this->user_agent) {
-    g_free (this->user_agent);
-  }
-
-  if (this->bytes_queue) {
-    g_byte_array_free (this->bytes_queue, TRUE);
-    this->bytes_queue = NULL;
-  }
+  gst_mythtv_src_clear (this);
 
   G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (gobject);
 }
@@ -828,16 +838,11 @@
 static gboolean
 gst_mythtv_src_stop (GstBaseSrc * bsrc)
 {
-  GstMythtvSrc *src;
+  GstMythtvSrc *src = GST_MYTHTV_SRC (bsrc);
+  
+  gst_mythtv_src_clear (src);
 
-  src = GST_MYTHTV_SRC (bsrc);
-
-  if (src->uri_name) {
-    g_free (src->uri_name);
-    src->uri_name = NULL;
-  }
-
-  src->eos = FALSE;
+  /* src->eos = FALSE; */
 
   return TRUE;
 }