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 Core support:
- * Bookmarks feature
- * Support for video output embedded in interfaces
+ * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
+ * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
+ * Improved HTTP daemon.
+ * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
 
 Codecs:
-
-Playlist:
+ * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
+   (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
+ * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
+ * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
+ * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
+   (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
+ * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
 
 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.
+ * mmsh streaming fixes.
+ * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
+
+Subtitles:
+ * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
+ * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
+ * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
 
 Stream output:
- * Improved session announcement system
+ * 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.
+ * Improved transrater.
+ * Meta info options used by the muxers.
+ * New configuration system.
+ * 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
-    - Ability to embed video output
-
+ * Skins II
+    - Ability to embed video output.
+    - Support for bitmap fonts.
+    - Lots of improvements.
  * wxWindows
-    - new design and set of icons
-    - new streaming wizard
-    - Ability to embed video output
+    - New design and set of icons.
+    - Ability to embed video output.
+    - Support for hotkeys.
+ * Mac OS X
+    - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
+    - Better hotkeys handling.
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * 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.
+
+Linux port:
+ * PowerPC fixes.
+
+Misc:
+ * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
+ * Roku HD1000 audio output.
 
 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
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