Is it possible to set the profile in x264?

[allenu]

Or does x264 automatically determine the best profile level based on your settings? Is there a way to force it to use a given profile?

Thanks,
Allen

[foxyshadis]

Profiles are defined as a set of options. Do you mean levels, which are more complex? If not, you set profile by simply not using those options (which may be 8x8, b-frames, etc, depending on the profile). MeGUI has the ability to restrict settings to a specific profile & level.

[allenu]

No, I meant Profiles, but I think I got the answer I was looking for. I take it that you mean that x264 will use the minimum profile that will make use of all options you specify. Is that correct?

I know that with the reference encoder (JM), it allows you to specify a profile to use and that it does checks to see if you are using features that are not supported in that profile before encoding anything.