- property proxy in compount elements. - implement events in all plugins. - app must be able to catch events? - deal with clocking issues - use real chaining where possible - factory aliases? * gst_elementfactory_make ("factoryname", NULL) automatically uniquifies the name * a plugin test rig * parser and scheduler test system * clean up xml code - restore/save creates/save pipeline, gst_object_save/load_props with just the properties