h264 lossless coding

Question

Is it possible to do completely lossless encoding in h264? By lossless, I mean that if I feed it a series of frames and encode them, and then if I extract all the frames fro

Answer 1

To generate lossless H.264 with HandBrake GUI, set Video Codec: H.264, Constant Quality, RF: 0, H.264 Profile: auto. Though this file is not supported natively by Apple, it can be re-encoded as near-lossless for playback.

HandBrake GUI's Activity Window:

H.264 Profile: auto; Encoding at constant RF 0.000000...profile High 4:4:4 Predictive, level 3.0, 4:2:0 8-bit

H.264 Profile: high; Encoding at constant RF 0.000000...lossless requires high444 profile, disabling...profile High, level 3.0