Try setting "leaky" property of "queue" element to 1 . This will drop frames if pipeline is not able to process data.. ~ Sudhir -- View this message in context: http://gstreamer-devel.966125.n4.nabble.com/Tee-pipeline-stall-on-pause-tp4670157p4670209.html Sent from the GStreamer-devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com.