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-$Id: NEWS,v 1.84 2004/02/22 00:15:33 gbazin Exp $
+$Id$
+
+Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
+--------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
+ * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
+ * Improved HTTP daemon
+
+Codecs:
+ * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
+   (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
+ * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
+ * Packetizer interfaced between demux and codec when needed
+   (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
+
+Input:
+ * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a 
+   file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
+   fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
+ * Improved directory access module.
+ * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
+ * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
+ * New options to pass meta info to the input.
+
+Demux:
+ * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support
+ * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
+ * mmsh streaming fixes.
+
+Stream output:
+ * Improved session announcement system.
+ * Minimize threads usage by default.
+ * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
+ * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
+ * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
+ * Meta info options used by the muxers.
+ * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
+
+VideoLAN manager:
+ * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
+   and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
+ * Supports live streams and VoD.
+ * Supports scheduling.
+ * Telnet interface for vlm.
+ * HTTP interface for vlm.
+
+Interfaces:
+ * Skins II
+    - Ability to embed video output.
+    - Support for bitmap fonts.
+    - Lots of improvements.
+ * wxWindows
+    - New design and set of icons.
+    - Ability to embed video output.
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
+ * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
+
+Win32 port:
+ * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
+ * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
+
+Misc:
+ * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
+ * Roku HD1000 audio output.
+
+Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
+---------------------------------
+
+Mac OS X:
+ * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
+ * Playing MOD files is working now.
+
+
 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
 ---------------------------------
 
 Core support:
  * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
- * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP
+ * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
 
 Codecs:
  * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
@@ -26,6 +102,7 @@ Input:
  * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
  * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
  * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
+ * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
 
 Stream output:
  * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).