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playbin3: Fix missing pad unref

GST_TRACERS="leaks" GST_DEBUG="GST_TRACER:7,leaks:6" gst-play-1.0 --use-playbin3 test.mkv

When running a pipeline like above, leaks are observed.

0:00:56.882419132 240637 0x5562c528ccc0 TRACE             GST_TRACER :0:: object-alive, type-name=(string)GstConcatPad, address=(gpointer)0x7efd7c0d20a0, description=(string)<'':sink_0>, ref-count=(uint)1, trace=(string);
0:00:56.882429131 240637 0x5562c528ccc0 TRACE             GST_TRACER :0:: object-alive, type-name=(string)GstConcatPad, address=(gpointer)0x7efd7c0d2be0, description=(string)<'':sink_0>, ref-count=(uint)1, trace=(string);
0:00:56.882437056 240637 0x5562c528ccc0 TRACE             GST_TRACER :0:: object-alive, type-name=(string)GstConcatPad, address=(gpointer)0x7efd7c0d3720, description=(string)<'':sink_0>, ref-count=(uint)1, trace=(string);

gst_element_release_request_pad does not unref the pad. It needs to be followed by gst_object_unref. Doing that fixes the above leaks.

Use g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func with gst_object_unref as the free function to unref the pad after release.

Fixes part of #755 (closed).

Edited by Sanchayan Maity

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