Bug#687048: avconv: x264 profile only supports main and baseline

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 12:02:06PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
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> > I'm trying to use avconv to convert to h264 using libx264.  I want
> > to set the profile to high, but I still get main.
> >
> > I can change it to (constrained) baseline.  But setting any other
> > valid profile will get me the main profile.  Setting it to an invalid
> > option gives me an error.  So it does recoginse the strings,
> > it just doesn't seem to accept them for what ever reason.
> 
> Just to be sure, can you please provide the complete command that you
> have used in your tests? Do you use the old, deprecated -vpre options
> or the newish x264 codec private options:

I used something like:
avconv -i inputfile -vcodec libx264 -profile high outputfile

I don't think -vpre option still work?  At least not all of them.


Kurt