diff --git a/src/lib/emotion/emotion_smart.c b/src/lib/emotion/emotion_smart.c
index e8c22e912c..3dc5dd4270 100644
--- a/src/lib/emotion/emotion_smart.c
+++ b/src/lib/emotion/emotion_smart.c
@@ -242,12 +242,17 @@ emotion_object_add(Evas *evas)
 }
 
 EOLIAN static Eo *
-_efl_canvas_video_efl_object_constructor(Eo *obj, Efl_Canvas_Video_Data *pd EINA_UNUSED)
+_efl_canvas_video_efl_object_constructor(Eo *obj, Efl_Canvas_Video_Data *pd)
 {
    efl_canvas_group_clipped_set(obj, EINA_TRUE);
    obj = efl_constructor(efl_super(obj, MY_CLASS));
    efl_canvas_object_type_set(obj, E_OBJ_NAME);
 
+   eina_stringshare_replace(&(pd->engine), "gstreamer1");
+   pd->spu.button = -1;
+   pd->ratio = 1.0;
+   _engine_init(obj, pd);
+
    return obj;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer1/emotion_gstreamer.c b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer1/emotion_gstreamer.c
index 2def4d70d3..b96478d02e 100644
--- a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer1/emotion_gstreamer.c
+++ b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer1/emotion_gstreamer.c
@@ -922,15 +922,13 @@ em_spu_channel_mute_set(void *video, int mute)
    Emotion_Gstreamer *ev = video;
    gint flags;
 
+   ev->spu_mute = !!mute;
+
    if (!ev->pipeline) return;
 
    g_object_get(ev->pipeline, "flags", &flags, NULL);
-
-   if (mute)
-     flags &= ~GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT;
-   else
-     flags |= GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT;
-
+   if (ev->spu_mute) flags &= ~GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT;
+   else flags |= GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT;
    g_object_set(ev->pipeline, "flags", flags, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -1113,10 +1111,11 @@ em_add(const Emotion_Engine *api,
 
    /* Default values */
    ev->vis = EMOTION_VIS_NONE;
-   ev->volume = 0.8;
+   ev->volume = 1.0;
    ev->ready = EINA_FALSE;
    ev->shutdown = EINA_FALSE;
    ev->threads = NULL;
+   ev->spu_mute = EINA_TRUE;
 
    return ev;
 }
@@ -1772,8 +1771,9 @@ _create_pipeline(Emotion_Gstreamer *ev,
    g_object_set(G_OBJECT(vsink), "emotion-object", o, NULL);
 
    g_object_get(G_OBJECT(playbin), "flags", &flags, NULL);
-   g_object_set(G_OBJECT(playbin), "flags",
-                (flags | GST_PLAY_FLAG_DOWNLOAD) & ~GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT, NULL);
+   if (ev->spu_mute) flags &= ~GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT;
+   else flags |= GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT;
+   g_object_set(G_OBJECT(playbin), "flags", (flags | GST_PLAY_FLAG_DOWNLOAD), NULL);
    g_object_set(G_OBJECT(playbin), "video-sink", vsink, NULL);
    g_object_set(G_OBJECT(playbin), "uri", uri, NULL);
    if (suburi)
diff --git a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer1/emotion_gstreamer.h b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer1/emotion_gstreamer.h
index 2469ef28d4..fd5e24fde7 100644
--- a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer1/emotion_gstreamer.h
+++ b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer1/emotion_gstreamer.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct _Emotion_Gstreamer
    Eina_Bool         play         : 1;
    Eina_Bool         video_mute   : 1;
    Eina_Bool         audio_mute   : 1;
+   Eina_Bool         spu_mute     : 1;
    Eina_Bool         ready        : 1;
    Eina_Bool         live         : 1;
    Eina_Bool         buffering    : 1;