GstElement *elem;

	elem = gst_element_make_from_uri( GST_URI_SRC, type.ascii(), NULL );
	if ( !elem ) {
		kdDebug() << "GStreamer: Setting 'device' failed" << endl;
		return;
	}
	GObjectClass* klass = G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(G_OBJECT(elem));
	if (g_object_class_find_property (klass, "device"))
	{
		kdDebug() << "GStreamer: Set source sink property 'device' to " << m_device << endl;
		g_object_set(elem, "device", m_device.ascii(), NULL);
	}
	gst_element_set_state(elem, GST_STATE_NULL);
	gst_object_unref(GST_OBJECT (elem));