diff --git a/gst/elements/gstqueue.c b/gst/elements/gstqueue.c
index 4cf73cc8e9..a092f5d08e 100644
--- a/gst/elements/gstqueue.c
+++ b/gst/elements/gstqueue.c
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
  */
 
 //#define DEBUG_ENABLED
+//#define STATUS_ENABLED
+#ifdef STATUS_ENABLED
+#define STATUS(A) g_print(A)
+#else
+#define STATUS(A) 
+#endif
 
 #include <gstqueue.h>
 
@@ -158,7 +164,7 @@ void gst_queue_chain(GstPad *pad,GstBuffer *buf) {
     GST_UNLOCK(queue);
     while (queue->level_buffers >= queue->max_buffers) {
       g_mutex_lock(queue->fulllock);
-      //g_print("O");
+      STATUS("O");
       g_cond_wait(queue->fullcond,queue->fulllock);
       g_mutex_unlock(queue->fulllock);
     }
@@ -178,7 +184,7 @@ void gst_queue_chain(GstPad *pad,GstBuffer *buf) {
 //    queue->tail = g_list_next(queue->tail);
     queue->queue = g_list_append(queue->queue,buf);
   }
-  //g_print("+");
+  STATUS("+");
 
   /* if we were empty, but aren't any more, signal a condition */
   tosignal = (queue->level_buffers <= 0);
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ void gst_queue_push(GstConnection *connection) {
     GST_UNLOCK(queue);
     while (!queue->level_buffers) {
       g_mutex_lock(queue->emptylock);
-      //g_print("U");
+      STATUS("U");
       g_cond_wait(queue->emptycond,queue->emptylock);
       g_mutex_unlock(queue->emptylock);
     }
@@ -222,7 +228,7 @@ void gst_queue_push(GstConnection *connection) {
   queue->queue = g_list_remove_link(queue->queue,front);
   g_list_free(front);
   queue->level_buffers--;
-  //g_print("-%d", queue->level_buffers);
+  STATUS("-");
   tosignal = queue->level_buffers < queue->max_buffers;
   GST_UNLOCK(queue);
 
diff --git a/libs/colorspace/rgb2rgb.c b/libs/colorspace/rgb2rgb.c
index 892e30ada0..14d7a1e730 100644
--- a/libs/colorspace/rgb2rgb.c
+++ b/libs/colorspace/rgb2rgb.c
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ static void gst_colorspace_rgb24_to_bgr24(GstColorSpace *space, unsigned char *s
   gint size;
   gchar temp;
 
-  DEBUG("gst_colorspace_rgb24_to_bgr24\n");
+  printf("gst_colorspace_rgb24_to_bgr24 %p %p %d\n", src, dest, space->outsize);
 
-  size = space->outsize;
+  size = space->outsize/3;
 
   if (src == dest) {
     while (size--) {
diff --git a/plugins/elements/gstqueue.c b/plugins/elements/gstqueue.c
index 4cf73cc8e9..a092f5d08e 100644
--- a/plugins/elements/gstqueue.c
+++ b/plugins/elements/gstqueue.c
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
  */
 
 //#define DEBUG_ENABLED
+//#define STATUS_ENABLED
+#ifdef STATUS_ENABLED
+#define STATUS(A) g_print(A)
+#else
+#define STATUS(A) 
+#endif
 
 #include <gstqueue.h>
 
@@ -158,7 +164,7 @@ void gst_queue_chain(GstPad *pad,GstBuffer *buf) {
     GST_UNLOCK(queue);
     while (queue->level_buffers >= queue->max_buffers) {
       g_mutex_lock(queue->fulllock);
-      //g_print("O");
+      STATUS("O");
       g_cond_wait(queue->fullcond,queue->fulllock);
       g_mutex_unlock(queue->fulllock);
     }
@@ -178,7 +184,7 @@ void gst_queue_chain(GstPad *pad,GstBuffer *buf) {
 //    queue->tail = g_list_next(queue->tail);
     queue->queue = g_list_append(queue->queue,buf);
   }
-  //g_print("+");
+  STATUS("+");
 
   /* if we were empty, but aren't any more, signal a condition */
   tosignal = (queue->level_buffers <= 0);
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ void gst_queue_push(GstConnection *connection) {
     GST_UNLOCK(queue);
     while (!queue->level_buffers) {
       g_mutex_lock(queue->emptylock);
-      //g_print("U");
+      STATUS("U");
       g_cond_wait(queue->emptycond,queue->emptylock);
       g_mutex_unlock(queue->emptylock);
     }
@@ -222,7 +228,7 @@ void gst_queue_push(GstConnection *connection) {
   queue->queue = g_list_remove_link(queue->queue,front);
   g_list_free(front);
   queue->level_buffers--;
-  //g_print("-%d", queue->level_buffers);
+  STATUS("-");
   tosignal = queue->level_buffers < queue->max_buffers;
   GST_UNLOCK(queue);
 
diff --git a/test/mp2tomp1.c b/test/mp2tomp1.c
index 6db6c615fc..2fa9c89a44 100644
--- a/test/mp2tomp1.c
+++ b/test/mp2tomp1.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void mp2tomp1(GstElement *parser,GstPad *pad, GstElement *pipeline) {
     // construct internal pipeline elements
     parse_audio = gst_elementfactory_make("ac3parse","parse_audio");
     g_return_if_fail(parse_audio != NULL);
-    gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(parse_audio),"skip", 20, NULL);
+    gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(parse_audio),"skip", 0, NULL);
     decode = gst_elementfactory_make("ac3dec","decode_audio");
     g_return_if_fail(decode != NULL);
     audio_resample = gst_elementfactory_make("audioscale","audioscale");
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void mp2tomp1(GstElement *parser,GstPad *pad, GstElement *pipeline) {
     g_return_if_fail(decode_video != NULL);
     videoscale = gst_elementfactory_make("videoscale","videoscale");
     g_return_if_fail(videoscale != NULL);
-    gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(videoscale),"width",352, "height", 288,NULL);
+    gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(videoscale),"width",352, "height", 240,NULL);
     median = gst_elementfactory_make("median","median");
     g_return_if_fail(median != NULL);
     gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(median),"filtersize",9,NULL);
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void mp2tomp1(GstElement *parser,GstPad *pad, GstElement *pipeline) {
     gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(smooth),"tolerance",9,NULL);
     encode = gst_elementfactory_make("mpeg2enc","encode");
     g_return_if_fail(encode != NULL);
-    gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(encode),"frames_per_second",25.0,NULL);
+    gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(encode),"frames_per_second",29.97,NULL);
     //encode = gst_elementfactory_make("mpeg1encoder","encode");
     //gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(show),"width",640, "height", 480,NULL);
 
diff --git a/test/vidcapture.c b/test/vidcapture.c
index 1886bbe45c..c0555bff03 100644
--- a/test/vidcapture.c
+++ b/test/vidcapture.c
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[]) {
   encoderfactory = gst_elementfactory_find("aviencoder");
   encoder = gst_elementfactory_create(encoderfactory,"aviencoder");
   gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(videosrc),"width",384,"height",288,NULL);
+  gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(videosrc),"format",9,NULL);
 
-  gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(encoder),"video","00:MJPG",NULL);
+  gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(encoder),"video","00:I420",NULL);
 
   fd = open(argv[1],O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_TRUNC);
 
@@ -48,10 +49,11 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[]) {
   gst_bin_add(GST_BIN(video_thread),GST_ELEMENT(encoder));
   gst_bin_add(GST_BIN(video_thread),GST_ELEMENT(fdsink));
 
+
   /* connect src to sink */
   gst_element_add_ghost_pad(GST_ELEMENT(video_thread),
-                            gst_element_get_pad(compress,"sink"));
-  gst_pad_connect(gst_element_get_pad(compress,"src"),
+  //                gst_element_get_pad(compress,"sink"));
+  //gst_pad_connect(gst_element_get_pad(compress,"src"),
                   gst_element_get_pad(encoder,"video_00"));
   gst_pad_connect(gst_element_get_pad(encoder,"src"),
                   gst_element_get_pad(fdsink,"sink"));
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[]) {
   gst_pad_connect(gst_element_get_pad(videosrc, "src"),
                   gst_element_get_pad(video_queue,"sink"));
   gst_pad_connect(gst_element_get_pad(video_queue,"src"),
-                  gst_element_get_pad(video_thread,"sink"));
+                  gst_element_get_pad(video_thread,"video_00"));
 
   gtk_object_set(GTK_OBJECT(video_thread),"create_thread",TRUE,NULL);
   g_print("\neverything's built, setting it up to be runnable\n");