-libva NEWS -- summary of user visible changes. 2014-12-28
-Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Intel Corporation
+libva NEWS -- summary of user visible changes. 2015-09-09
+Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Intel Corporation
+
+Version 1.6.1 - 09.Sep.2015
+* Add support for VP9 decode and HEVC encode in VA trace module
+* Add VP9 profile to vainfo
+* Enhance VA trace to dump VP8 encode parameters
+
+Version 1.6.0 - 01.Jul.2015
+* Bump VA API version to 0.38
+* Add support for HEVC encode API
+* Add support for VP9 decode API
+* Add API (vaSetDriverName()) to allow the user to specify the loaded backend driver
+* Add VAConfigAttribEncSkipFrame and corresponding structures to support
+ sending skip frame parameters to the backend driver.
+* Add support for querying slice decoding mode supported by the backend driver
+* Fix quality issue in the JPEG encode demo
+
+Version 1.5.1 - DD.Mar.2015
+* API: correct the comment for num_token_partitions in struct _VAEncPictureParameterBufferVP8
+* VA/x11: fix double Unlocks/SyncHandle to avoid segmentation fault
Version 1.5.0 - 28.Dec.2014
* API: add support for HEVC decoding