diff --git a/libarmbox/playback_gst.cpp b/libarmbox/playback_gst.cpp
index 53d9a5c..790b1c0 100644
--- a/libarmbox/playback_gst.cpp
+++ b/libarmbox/playback_gst.cpp
@@ -49,15 +49,18 @@ static const char * FILENAME = "[playback.cpp]";
 
 typedef enum
 {
-	GST_PLAY_FLAG_VIDEO         = 0x00000001,
-	GST_PLAY_FLAG_AUDIO         = 0x00000002,
-	GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT          = 0x00000004,
-	GST_PLAY_FLAG_VIS           = 0x00000008,
-	GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_VOLUME   = 0x00000010,
-	GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_AUDIO  = 0x00000020,
-	GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_VIDEO  = 0x00000040,
-	GST_PLAY_FLAG_DOWNLOAD      = 0x00000080,
-	GST_PLAY_FLAG_BUFFERING     = 0x000000100
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_VIDEO				= (1 << 0),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_AUDIO				= (1 << 1),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT				= (1 << 2),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_VIS				= (1 << 3),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_VOLUME		= (1 << 4),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_AUDIO		= (1 << 5),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_VIDEO		= (1 << 6),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_DOWNLOAD			= (1 << 7),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_BUFFERING			= (1 << 8),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_DEINTERLACE		= (1 << 9),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_COLORBALANCE	= (1 << 10),
+	GST_PLAY_FLAG_FORCE_FILTERS		= (1 << 11),
 } GstPlayFlags;
 
 
@@ -389,6 +392,9 @@ bool cPlayback::Start(char *filename, int /*vpid*/, int /*vtype*/, int /*apid*/,
 	
 	lt_info("%s:%s - filename=%s\n", FILENAME, __FUNCTION__, filename);
 
+	guint flags =	GST_PLAY_FLAG_AUDIO | GST_PLAY_FLAG_VIDEO | \
+					GST_PLAY_FLAG_TEXT | GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_VIDEO;
+
 	// create gst pipeline
 	m_gst_playbin = gst_element_factory_make ("playbin", "playbin");
 
@@ -396,13 +402,6 @@ bool cPlayback::Start(char *filename, int /*vpid*/, int /*vtype*/, int /*apid*/,
 	{
 		lt_info("%s:%s - m_gst_playbin\n", FILENAME, __FUNCTION__);
 
-		guint flags;
-		g_object_get(G_OBJECT (m_gst_playbin), "flags", &flags, NULL);
-		/* avoid video conversion, let the (hardware) sinks handle that */
-		flags |= GST_PLAY_FLAG_NATIVE_VIDEO;
-		/* volume control is done by hardware */
-		flags &= ~GST_PLAY_FLAG_SOFT_VOLUME;
-
 		g_object_set(G_OBJECT (m_gst_playbin), "uri", uri, NULL);
 		g_object_set(G_OBJECT (m_gst_playbin), "flags", flags, NULL);