diff --git a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamertriviallogging.h b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamertriviallogging.h
index 799808aa8b857d3797d440899e512ce3140c12f4..ed8f910f43c5d9bd2d42d67a946424111511bbee 100644
--- a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamertriviallogging.h
+++ b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamertriviallogging.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ extern "C" {
   }while(0)
 #define NULLMSG(...) do{}while(0)
 
-#define DEBUGMSG NULLMSG
+#define DEBUGMSG STDERRMSG
 #define INFOMSG  STDERRMSG
 #define WARNMSG  STDERRMSG
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamervidplug.cpp b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamervidplug.cpp
index 109e20f179c9f7aa0b1b8a30ed5360300ac8792f..484948bd9fce330b8f32da52bf63295d7d723889 100644
--- a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamervidplug.cpp
+++ b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamervidplug.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ gst_slvideo_show_frame (GstBaseSink * bsink, GstBuffer * buf)
 	
 	slvideo = GST_SLVIDEO(bsink);
 	
-	DEBUGMSG("\n\ntransferring a frame of %dx%d <- %p (%d)\n\n",
+	DEBUGMSG("transferring a frame of %dx%d <- %p (%d)",
 		 slvideo->width, slvideo->height, GST_BUFFER_DATA(buf),
 		 slvideo->format);
 
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ gst_slvideo_buffer_alloc (GstBaseSink * bsink, guint64 offset, guint size,
 #define MAXDEPTHHACK 4
 	
 	GST_OBJECT_LOCK(slvideo);
-	if (slvideo->resize_forced)
+	if (slvideo->resize_forced_always) // app is giving us a fixed size to work with
 	{
 		gint slwantwidth, slwantheight;
 		slwantwidth = slvideo->resize_try_width;
@@ -385,6 +385,8 @@ gst_slvideo_buffer_alloc (GstBaseSink * bsink, guint64 offset, guint size,
 		}
 	}
 
+	GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK(slvideo);
+
 	if (!made_bufferdata_ptr) // need to fallback to malloc at original size
 	{
 		GST_BUFFER_SIZE(newbuf) = width * height * MAXDEPTHHACK;
@@ -393,8 +395,6 @@ gst_slvideo_buffer_alloc (GstBaseSink * bsink, guint64 offset, guint size,
 		llgst_buffer_set_caps (GST_BUFFER_CAST(newbuf), caps);
 	}
 
-	GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK(slvideo);
-
 	*buf = GST_BUFFER_CAST(newbuf);
 
 	return GST_FLOW_OK;
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ gst_slvideo_init (GstSLVideo * filter,
 	filter->retained_frame_format = SLV_PF_UNKNOWN;
 	GstCaps *caps = llgst_caps_from_string (SLV_ALLCAPS);
 	llgst_caps_replace (&filter->caps, caps);
-	filter->resize_forced = false;
+	filter->resize_forced_always = false;
 	filter->resize_try_width = -1;
 	filter->resize_try_height = -1;
 	GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK(filter);
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ gst_slvideo_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
 static gboolean
 plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
 {
-	DEBUGMSG("\n\n\nPLUGIN INIT\n\n\n");
+	DEBUGMSG("PLUGIN INIT");
 
 	GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_slvideo_debug, (gchar*)"private-slvideo-plugin",
 				 0, (gchar*)"Second Life Video Sink");
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ void gst_slvideo_init_class (void)
 				  "http://www.secondlife.com/");
 #undef PACKAGE
 	ll_gst_plugin_register_static (&gst_plugin_desc);
-	DEBUGMSG("\n\n\nCLASS INIT\n\n\n");
+	DEBUGMSG("CLASS INIT");
 }
 
 #endif // LL_GSTREAMER010_ENABLED
diff --git a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamervidplug.h b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamervidplug.h
index 208523e8d027d8c63474d5cedcead01f76c879a7..8f1cf84978dc3fc0d0056966071cd521a042c7f0 100644
--- a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamervidplug.h
+++ b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/llmediaimplgstreamervidplug.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct _GstSLVideo
 	int retained_frame_width, retained_frame_height;
 	SLVPixelFormat retained_frame_format;
 	// sticky resize info
-	bool resize_forced;
+	bool resize_forced_always;
 	int resize_try_width;
 	int resize_try_height;
 };
diff --git a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/media_plugin_gstreamer010.cpp b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/media_plugin_gstreamer010.cpp
index 8e850ed7ffd44de4efb4c53bdcdacae3cff91eb8..c1389a7a4df7682bfc211580dadcd761a09b7171 100644
--- a/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/media_plugin_gstreamer010.cpp
+++ b/indra/media_plugins/gstreamer010/media_plugin_gstreamer010.cpp
@@ -477,9 +477,8 @@ MediaPluginGStreamer010::update(int milliseconds)
 			    mCurrentWidth <= mWidth &&
 			    !mTextureSegmentName.empty())
 			{
-				
 				// we're gonna totally consume this frame - reset 'ready' flag
-				mVideoSink->retained_frame_ready = FALSE;				
+				mVideoSink->retained_frame_ready = FALSE;
 				int destination_rowbytes = mWidth * mDepth;
 				for (int row=0; row<mCurrentHeight; ++row)
 				{
@@ -865,7 +864,7 @@ MediaPluginGStreamer010::sizeChanged()
 		message.setValue("name", mTextureSegmentName);
 		message.setValueS32("width", mNaturalWidth);
 		message.setValueS32("height", mNaturalHeight);
-		DEBUGMSG("<--- Sending size change request to application with name: '%s' - size is %d x %d", mTextureSegmentName.c_str(), mNaturalWidth, mNaturalHeight);
+		DEBUGMSG("<--- Sending size change request to application with name: '%s' - natural size is %d x %d", mTextureSegmentName.c_str(), mNaturalWidth, mNaturalHeight);
 		sendMessage(message);
 	}
 	
@@ -1000,7 +999,6 @@ void MediaPluginGStreamer010::receiveMessage(const char *message_string)
 				INFOMSG("MediaPluginGStreamer010::receiveMessage: shared memory added, name: %s, size: %d, address: %p", name.c_str(), int(info.mSize), info.mAddress);
 
 				mSharedSegments.insert(SharedSegmentMap::value_type(name, info));
-
 			}
 			else if(message_name == "shm_remove")
 			{
@@ -1079,7 +1077,7 @@ void MediaPluginGStreamer010::receiveMessage(const char *message_string)
 							INFOMSG("**** = REAL RESIZE REQUEST FROM APP");
 							
 							GST_OBJECT_LOCK(mVideoSink);
-							mVideoSink->resize_forced = true;
+							mVideoSink->resize_forced_always = true;
 							mVideoSink->resize_try_width = texture_width;
 							mVideoSink->resize_try_height = texture_height;
 							GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK(mVideoSink);