diff --git a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/Makefile b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/Makefile
index 6a1c4e817e..ee5e0c86bb 100644
--- a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gst1-plugins-base
-PKG_VERSION:=1.10.5
+PKG_VERSION:=1.12.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=W. Michael Petullo <mike@flyn.org> \
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING.LIB COPYING
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/gst-plugins-base-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE:=gst-plugins-base-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-base/
-PKG_HASH:=1c401a79bd1e4521c6ef1b66579bddedd9136e164e54792aab4bfcf3485bf9a7
+PKG_HASH:=4c306b03df0212f1b8903784e29bb3493319ba19ebebf13b0c56a17870292282
 
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:= \
 	CONFIG_PACKAGE_gst1-mod-alsa \
diff --git a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/001-no-translations.patch b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/001-no-translations.patch
index 34dfeff712..99e64d611d 100644
--- a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/001-no-translations.patch
+++ b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/001-no-translations.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -963,7 +963,6 @@ docs/design/Makefile
+diff -u --recursive gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/configure.ac gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/configure.ac
+--- gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/configure.ac	2018-02-11 09:52:04.704954684 -0500
++++ gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/configure.ac	2018-02-11 09:53:01.444071594 -0500
+@@ -964,7 +964,6 @@
  docs/libs/Makefile
  docs/plugins/Makefile
  docs/version.entities
@@ -8,9 +9,10 @@
  common/Makefile
  common/m4/Makefile
  m4/Makefile
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ SUBDIRS = 			\
+diff -u --recursive gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/Makefile.am gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/Makefile.am
+--- gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/Makefile.am	2018-02-11 09:52:04.704954684 -0500
++++ gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/Makefile.am	2018-02-11 09:53:08.156085423 -0500
+@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  	tools 			\
  	tests 			\
  	docs			\
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@
  	common 			\
  	m4
  
-@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = 			\
+@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@
  	gst sys ext		\
  	tools 			\
  	tests 			\
diff --git a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/002-no-tests.patch b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/002-no-tests.patch
index e650c2057f..926cec0393 100644
--- a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/002-no-tests.patch
+++ b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/002-no-tests.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -940,24 +940,6 @@ pkgconfig/gstreamer-video.pc
+diff -u --recursive gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/configure.ac gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/configure.ac
+--- gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/configure.ac	2018-02-11 09:54:25.065243893 -0500
++++ gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/configure.ac	2018-02-11 09:55:12.112340832 -0500
+@@ -942,24 +942,6 @@
  pkgconfig/gstreamer-video-uninstalled.pc
  pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-base.pc
  pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-base-uninstalled.pc
@@ -23,11 +24,12 @@
 -tests/icles/Makefile
 -tests/icles/playback/Makefile
  docs/Makefile
- docs/design/Makefile
  docs/libs/Makefile
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ SUBDIRS = 			\
+ docs/plugins/Makefile
+diff -u --recursive gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/Makefile.am gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/Makefile.am
+--- gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/Makefile.am	2018-02-11 09:54:25.091243946 -0500
++++ gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/Makefile.am	2018-02-11 09:55:19.994357073 -0500
+@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  	gst-libs 		\
  	gst sys $(SUBDIRS_EXT) 	\
  	tools 			\
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@
  	docs			\
  	common 			\
  	m4
-@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = 			\
+@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@
  	gst-libs		\
  	gst sys ext		\
  	tools 			\
diff --git a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/003-no-docs.patch b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/003-no-docs.patch
index 33bf4a1785..2390ca98f8 100644
--- a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/003-no-docs.patch
+++ b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-base/patches/003-no-docs.patch
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -940,11 +940,6 @@ pkgconfig/gstreamer-video.pc
+diff -u --recursive gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/configure.ac gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/configure.ac
+--- gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/configure.ac	2018-02-11 09:55:52.832424735 -0500
++++ gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/configure.ac	2018-02-11 09:56:25.417491876 -0500
+@@ -942,10 +942,6 @@
  pkgconfig/gstreamer-video-uninstalled.pc
  pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-base.pc
  pkgconfig/gstreamer-plugins-base-uninstalled.pc
 -docs/Makefile
--docs/design/Makefile
 -docs/libs/Makefile
 -docs/plugins/Makefile
 -docs/version.entities
  common/Makefile
  common/m4/Makefile
  m4/Makefile
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ SUBDIRS = 			\
+diff -u --recursive gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/Makefile.am gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/Makefile.am
+--- gst-plugins-base-1.12.4-vanilla/Makefile.am	2018-02-11 09:55:52.832424735 -0500
++++ gst-plugins-base-1.12.4/Makefile.am	2018-02-11 09:56:32.742506969 -0500
+@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@
  	gst-libs 		\
  	gst sys $(SUBDIRS_EXT) 	\
  	tools 			\