gst_init (&argc, &argv) crashes with gst_value_table was nullptr

I've downloaded gstreamer tutorial from its official website. I'm trying to run its basic-tutorial-1 and it crashes immediately at first line itself:

gst_init (&argc, &argv); Exception is:

Faulting module: gstreamer-1.0-0.dll Exception thrown: read access violation. gst_value_table was nullptr. Can someone please suggest what might be wrong?

I've compiled in x64 using Visual Studio 2017 on Windows.

Looks like something is missing in installation sequence, unable to figure it out.