GStreamer media player example does not automatically start playing media

When starting the mediaplayerexample app, it is supposed to automatically start playing the Qt_LogoMergeEffect.mp4. On latest dev, the video does not start playing automatically.

Observations:

• Even if the video is not playing, the "play/pause" button is showing the "pause" icon.
• If I click the the "pause" icon, the video starts playing, and the "pause" icon is still showing. Now this is as expected.
• processBusMessageApplication does not receive a GST_PLAY_STATE_PLAYING state when starting the application. It does not come until the "pause/play" button is pushed.
• The player behaves the same when opening a new media file, the only difference is that the "play" icon is shown in the "play/pause" button.
• If I open another file while the media player is playing a video, video playback stops, but the player continues to show the paused video that I previously watched until I push the "play/pause" button.