diff -Naur gst-plugins-base-0.10.7/sys/v4l/v4lsrc_calls.c gst-plugins-base-0.10.7.new/sys/v4l/v4lsrc_calls.c
--- gst-plugins-base-0.10.7/sys/v4l/v4lsrc_calls.c	2006-02-05 19:16:13 +0300
+++ gst-plugins-base-0.10.7.new/sys/v4l/v4lsrc_calls.c	2006-06-12 07:12:49 +0400
@@ -488,6 +488,22 @@
     return FALSE;
   }
 
+  /*
+   * This is a dirty hack (use V4L2 API in V4L1 application), but we
+   * need to do that becouse V4L1 API don't have STREAMOFF equivalent.
+   *
+   * Without that, device driver will not allow us to do other VIDIOCGMBUF
+   * calls (only when video_fd will be closed driver stop cature stream
+   * by self).
+   */
+  enum v4l2_buf_type buf_type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
+  if (ioctl (GST_V4LELEMENT (v4lsrc)->video_fd, VIDIOC_STREAMOFF, &buf_type) < 0) {
+    GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (v4lsrc, RESOURCE, READ, (NULL),
+        ("Error in stream off operation: %s", g_strerror (errno)));
+    munmap (buffer, vmbuf.size);
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
   munmap (buffer, vmbuf.size);
 
   /* if we got here, it worked! woohoo, the format is supported! */