1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/plugins/gstreamer/mediaplayer/qgstreamerplayerservice.cpp b/src/plugins/gstreamer/mediaplayer/qgstreamerplayerservice.cpp
index ce267d737..ddc828eb2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gstreamer/mediaplayer/qgstreamerplayerservice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gstreamer/mediaplayer/qgstreamerplayerservice.cpp
@@ -91,9 +91,23 @@ QGstreamerPlayerService::QGstreamerPlayerService(QObject *parent):
 #else
     m_videoWindow = new QGstreamerVideoWindow(this);
 #endif
+    // If the GStreamer sink element is not available (xvimagesink), don't provide
+    // the video window control since it won't work anyway.
+    if (!m_videoWindow->videoSink()) {
+        delete m_videoWindow;
+        m_videoWindow = 0;
+    }
 
 #if defined(HAVE_WIDGETS)
     m_videoWidget = new QGstreamerVideoWidgetControl(this);
+
+    // If the GStreamer sink element is not available (xvimagesink or ximagesink), don't provide
+    // the video widget control since it won't work anyway.
+    // QVideoWidget will fall back to QVideoRendererControl in that case.
+    if (!m_videoWidget->videoSink()) {
+        delete m_videoWidget;
+        m_videoWidget = 0;
+    }
 #endif
 }