--- kivy/lib/gstplayer/_gstplayer.pyx.orig	2014-01-29 17:45:32.000000000 +0100
+++ kivy/lib/gstplayer/_gstplayer.pyx	2015-01-01 21:24:55.480191418 +0100
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
             self.eos_cb()
 
     def load(self):
-        cdef char *c_uri
+        cdef bytes py_uri
 
         # if already loaded before, clean everything.
         if self.pipeline != NULL:
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@
 
         # configure playbin
         g_object_set_int(self.pipeline, 'async-handling', 1)
-        c_uri = <bytes>self.uri.encode('utf-8')
-        g_object_set_void(self.playbin, 'uri', c_uri)
+        py_uri = <bytes>self.uri.encode('utf-8')
+        g_object_set_void(self.playbin, 'uri', <char *>py_uri)
 
         # attach the callback
         # NOTE no need to create a weakref here, as we manage to grab/release
--- kivy/graphics/shader.pyx.orig	2014-01-20 03:49:50.000000000 +0100
+++ kivy/graphics/shader.pyx	2015-01-01 21:25:01.446858150 +0100
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@
     cdef void bind_vertex_format(self, VertexFormat vertex_format):
         cdef unsigned int i
         cdef vertex_attr_t *attr
+        cdef bytes name
 
         # if the current vertex format used in the shader is the current one, do
         # nothing.
@@ -445,7 +446,8 @@
                 attr = &vertex_format.vattr[i]
                 if attr.per_vertex == 0:
                     continue
-                attr.index = glGetAttribLocation(self.program, <char *><bytes>attr.name)
+                name = <bytes>attr.name
+                attr.index = glGetAttribLocation(self.program, <char *>name)
                 glEnableVertexAttribArray(attr.index)
 
         # save for the next run.