How do I specify baseline H264 profile using FFmbc?
Note: This is for recent FFmpeg, not FFmbc, which doesn't use the same option syntax (yet)


You need to use the -profile:v option, which has been introduced in FFmpeg 0.9 (afaik) and is now standard in 1.0.

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -preset fast -profile:v baseline out.mov


Why? -profile was used (and prioritized) for AAC encoding. It's simply ambiguous, therefore you need the stream specfier :v.