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-gst-vaapi NEWS -- summary of changes.  2013-03-28
+gst-vaapi NEWS -- summary of changes.  2013-04-DD
 Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Splitted-Desktop Systems
 Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Intel Corporation
 Copyright (C) 2011 Collabora
 
+Version 0.5.3 - DD.Apr.2013
+* Add support for GStreamer 1.0.x API (+Sreerenj Balachandran)
+* Fix fallback to sofware decoding if no hardware decoder is available
+
 Version 0.5.2 - 28.Mar.2013
 * Add support for video seek/reset (+Sreerenj Balachandran)
 * Improve MPEG-2 decoder robustness when packets are missing