diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e553bf6343..163def2f82 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2006-04-28  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	Patch by: Young-Ho Cha  <ganadist at chollian net>
+
+	* ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c: (gst_text_overlay_init),
+	(gst_text_overlay_render_text):
+	  Don't strip newlines from the text. Also, center lines
+	  within multi-line paragraphs (#339405).
+
 2006-04-28  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c: (wavpack_type_find):
diff --git a/ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c b/ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c
index 5cc4c6fd31..7738b7f459 100644
--- a/ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c
+++ b/ext/pango/gsttextoverlay.c
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ gst_text_overlay_init (GstTextOverlay * overlay, GstTextOverlayClass * klass)
 
   overlay->layout =
       pango_layout_new (GST_TEXT_OVERLAY_GET_CLASS (overlay)->pango_context);
+  pango_layout_set_alignment (overlay->layout, PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER);
   memset (&overlay->bitmap, 0, sizeof (overlay->bitmap));
 
   overlay->halign = DEFAULT_PROP_HALIGNMENT;
@@ -950,7 +951,7 @@ gst_text_overlay_render_text (GstTextOverlay * overlay,
   } else {                      /* empty string */
     string = g_strdup (" ");
   }
-  g_strdelimit (string, "\n\r\t", ' ');
+  g_strdelimit (string, "\r\t", ' ');
   textlen = strlen (string);
 
   /* FIXME: should we check for UTF-8 here? */