- Recording meta data (eg. episode names, series, thumbnail picture, etc.) written to converted file
 - Smart power management, will wake up for conversions won't sleep/hibernate while converting
 - Cooler, simpler interface
 - Conversion history and re-submit
 - Intelligent, automatic resizing and auto-cropping
 - Intelligent, automatic bitrate control with bitrate multiplier option
 - Most video types accepted by default
 - Skip copy protected files
 - Thread priority control
 - More robust conversion process and better failed conversion detection
 - Permit individual file selection and queuing
 - Non administrative user control of MCEBuddy (no Vista UAC prompt , allows MCE plug in to work properly)
 - Shutdown control/warning and shutdown when converted (might get bumped to 2.1)
 - MP3 conversion for audio only recordings
 - TVLibrary XML/Sam's Video Browser integration (might get bumped to 2.1)
 - Codec pack (validated with MCEBuddy) included as optional part of MCEBuddy setup
 - WTV support
 - Automatic TheTVDB and IMDB lookups
 - Command line execution option

Version 2.1

- Selecting, sorting, file renaming and other activities by meta data (eg. Episode names, series, etc.)
- Media Center plug in interface
- MCEBuddy version update notification
- Simple SDK to allow plug ins for other systems (Sage, Media Portal, etc.)
- Locale specific comskip profiles (improving effectiveness by country/region)
 

Version 2.2
 - iTunes integration
 - Automatic conversion video library management (sync delete, etc.)
 - Localised interface (German, Chinese, etc. though I'll need lots of help with this one)
 

Wish List (things which are borderline or we don't know how to do yet)
 - Conversions to include closed captions and subtitles