diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
index a9137ad46a77..7647c0f64dba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/bad/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-plugins-bad-1.2.3";
 
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Gstreamer Bad Plugins";
+    homepage    = "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org";
+    longDescription = ''
+      a set of plug-ins that aren't up to par compared to the
+      rest.  They might be close to being good quality, but they're missing
+      something - be it a good code review, some documentation, a set of tests,
+      a real live maintainer, or some actual wide use.
+    '';
+    license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
   };
 
   src = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
index b68de91c240f..4796ce078dfb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ rec {
   gst-libav = callPackage ./libav { inherit gst-plugins-base; };
 
   gst-python = callPackage ./python { inherit gst-plugins-base gstreamer; };
+
+  gnonlin = callPackage ./gnonlin { inherit gst-plugins-base; };
+
+  gst-editing-services = callPackage ./ges { inherit gnonlin; };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94d3688eb1ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ges/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, python
+, gnonlin, libxml2
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gstreamer-editing-services-1.2.0";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library for creation of audio/video non-linear editors";
+    homepage    = "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org";
+    license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  };
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gstreamer-editing-services/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1n7nw8rqvwna9af55lggah44gdvfgld1igvgaya8glc37wpq89b0";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig python ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gnonlin libxml2 ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gnonlin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gnonlin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c45c1469cb36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/gnonlin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
+, gst-plugins-base
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnonlin-1.2.0";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Gstreamer Non-Linear Multimedia Editing Plugins";
+    homepage    = "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Gnonlin is a library built on top of GStreamer which provides 
+      support for writing non-linear audio and video editing
+      applications. It introduces the concept of a timeline.
+    '';
+    license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus; 
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  };
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/src/gnonlin/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "15hyb0kg8sm92kj37cir4l3sa21b8zy4la1ccfhb358b4mf24vl7";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gst-plugins-base ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
index 71151c4e559c..090c84600ab7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/good/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,17 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-plugins-good-1.2.3";
 
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Gstreamer Good Plugins";
+    homepage    = "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org";
+    longDescription = ''
+      a set of plug-ins that we consider to have good quality code,
+      correct functionality, our preferred license (LGPL for the plug-in
+      code, LGPL or LGPL-compatible for the supporting library).
+    '';
+    license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
   };
 
   src = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/python/default.nix
index eaf284e950d4..843822b0748d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/python/default.nix
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "gst-python-1.1.90";
+  name = "gst-python-1.2.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "${meta.homepage}/src/gst-python/${name}.tar.bz2"
       "mirror://gentoo/distfiles/${name}.tar.bz2"
       ];
-    sha256 = "1vsykx2l5360y19c0rxspa9nf1ilml2c1ybsv8cw8p696scryb2l";
+    sha256 = "09c6yls8ipbmwimdjr7xi3hvf2xa1xn1pv07855r7wfyzas1xbl1";
   };
 
   buildInputs =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
index 50005004135a..4f16fa4259c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/ugly/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,18 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gst-plugins-ugly-1.2.3";
 
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Gstreamer Ugly Plugins";
+    homepage    = "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org";
+    longDescription = ''
+      a set of plug-ins that have good quality and correct functionality,
+      but distributing them might pose problems.  The license on either
+      the plug-ins or the supporting libraries might not be how we'd
+      like. The code might be widely known to present patent problems.
+    '';
+    license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
   };
 
   src = fetchurl {