diff -urNd ../gstreamer-0.10.9-r0/gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/gst.c gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/gst.c
--- ../gstreamer-0.10.9-r0/gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/gst.c	2006-07-11 21:16:04.000000000 +0100
+++ gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/gst.c	2006-09-01 12:30:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
   GList *l;
 
   GST_DEBUG ("reading registry cache: %s", registry_file);
-  gst_registry_xml_read_cache (default_registry, registry_file);
+  gst_registry_binary_read_cache (default_registry, registry_file);
 
   /* scan paths specified via --gst-plugin-path */
   GST_DEBUG ("scanning paths added via --gst-plugin-path");
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
   }
 
   GST_DEBUG ("writing registry cache");
-  if (!gst_registry_xml_write_cache (default_registry, registry_file)) {
+  if (!gst_registry_binary_write_cache (default_registry, registry_file)) {
     g_warning ("Problem writing registry cache to %s: %s", registry_file,
         g_strerror (errno));
     return FALSE;
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@
 
     if (WEXITSTATUS (status) == EXIT_SUCCESS) {
       GST_DEBUG ("parent reading registry cache");
-      gst_registry_xml_read_cache (default_registry, registry_file);
+      gst_registry_binary_read_cache (default_registry, registry_file);
     } else {
       GST_DEBUG ("parent re-scanning registry");
       scan_and_update_registry (default_registry, registry_file, FALSE);
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
   registry_file = g_strdup (g_getenv ("GST_REGISTRY"));
   if (registry_file == NULL) {
     registry_file = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (),
-        ".gstreamer-" GST_MAJORMINOR, "registry." HOST_CPU ".xml", NULL);
+        ".gstreamer-" GST_MAJORMINOR, "registry." HOST_CPU ".bin", NULL);
   }
 #ifdef HAVE_FORK
   if (g_getenv ("GST_REGISTRY_FORK") == NULL
diff -urNd ../gstreamer-0.10.9-r0/gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/gstregistry.h gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/gstregistry.h
--- ../gstreamer-0.10.9-r0/gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/gstregistry.h	2006-07-11 21:16:04.000000000 +0100
+++ gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/gstregistry.h	2006-09-01 12:30:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@
 GstPlugin * 		gst_registry_lookup 		(GstRegistry *registry, const char *filename);
 GstPluginFeature * 	gst_registry_lookup_feature 	(GstRegistry *registry, const char *name);
 
-gboolean 		gst_registry_xml_read_cache 	(GstRegistry * registry, const char *location);
-gboolean 		gst_registry_xml_write_cache 	(GstRegistry * registry, const char *location);
+gboolean 		gst_registry_binary_read_cache 	(GstRegistry * registry, const char *location);
+gboolean 		gst_registry_binary_write_cache	(GstRegistry * registry, const char *location);
 
 void 			_gst_registry_remove_cache_plugins (GstRegistry *registry);
 
diff -urNd ../gstreamer-0.10.9-r0/gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/Makefile.am gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/Makefile.am
--- ../gstreamer-0.10.9-r0/gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/Makefile.am	2006-07-13 16:31:47.000000000 +0100
+++ gstreamer-0.10.9/gst/Makefile.am	2006-09-01 12:30:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 if GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY
 GST_REGISTRY_SRC = 
 else
-GST_REGISTRY_SRC = gstregistryxml.c
+GST_REGISTRY_SRC = gstregistrybinary.c
 endif
 
 if GST_DISABLE_PARSE