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libva NEWS -- summary of user visible changes.  2013-06-26
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Version 1.2.0 - 26.Jun.2013
* API: new H.264 encoding API for Main and High profiles
* API: add support for MPEG-2 encoding
* API: add video processing interfaces
* API: add vaQuerySurfaceAttributes() to query surface attributes supported by the underlying drivers.
* API: new version of vaCreateSurfaces()
* API: add new surface attributes to enable VA surface creation from external buffer
* API: add new RT formats and fourcc codes
* Refine VA trace utility
* Refine H.264 encoding test cases {avcenc, h264enc}
* A new test case for MPEG-2 encoding
* A lot of bug fixes

Version 1.1.1 - 19.Mar.2013
* Support wayland 1.0 protocol (Rob Bradford)
* Automake 1.13 fixups (Armin K)

Version 1.1.0 - 04.Oct.2012
* API: add Wayland support
* API: add raw DRM support for headless pipelines
* Fix generic VA/GLX implementation for newer cluttersink versions
* Fix threading issues in VA objects reference code (+Krzysztof Kotlenga)
* Fix build on Android Ice Cream Sandwich (+Haitao Huang, Daniel Charles)

Version 1.0.16 - 02.Aug.2012
* API: data structures for JPEG Baseline decoding
* API: clarify the definition of slice_data_bit_offset
* Add a simple test case for JPEG decoding

Version 1.0.15 - 28.Oct.2011
* API: make {Top,Bottom}FieldOrderCnt signed (Yi Wang)
* Add auto-generated Debian packaging
* Refine VA trace & VA fool utilities
* Move i965 driver to a specific repository (vaapi/intel-driver)
* Fix DSO link issue in tests
* Fix fglrx driver name detection
* Fix API vs. DSO vs. package versioning

Version 1.0.14 - 28.Jul.2011
* API: rename VA_DECODE_ERROR_TYPE to VADecodeErrorType
* Fix memory leaks (Edgar Hucek)
* Fix VA trace logs (Alexander Osin)
* Fix vaTerminate() with some applications, e.g. GStreamer

Version 1.0.13 - 30.May.2011
* API: fix VA_ROTATION_270 definition
* Add a simple H.264 encoder "avcenc" (Chang Zhou)
* Fix VA tracer (Alexander Osin)
* Fix vaBufferInfo() interface (Alexander Osin)

Version 1.0.12 - 01.Apr.2011
* API: add VARenderMode interface to select overlay or GPU rendering mode
* API: add VARenderDevice interface to allow rendering to an external device
* API: add VADisplayAttribOverlay{ColorKey,AutoPaintColorKey} interface
* Fix build issues on Android 2.3

Changes for older versions can be found in git log or previously
released packages.