diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index e0d5e84cf0cb20a888ed20342dc1576c5fe395cf..f1a759635d0835d29fd033e8e7481efdac76a36c 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ libavutil:     2015-08-28
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2016-01-01 - xxxxxxx - lavc 57.21.100 / 57.12.0 - avcodec.h
+  Add AVCodecDescriptor.profiles and avcodec_profile_name().
+
 2015-12-28 - xxxxxxx - lavf 57.21.100 - avformat.h
   Add automatic bitstream filtering; add av_apply_bitstream_filters()
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/Makefile b/libavcodec/Makefile
index 0717d0acb22246249b9247782a42a5839274b1a4..a18ca5bc4be8a9433149df665719981c24524515 100644
--- a/libavcodec/Makefile
+++ b/libavcodec/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ OBJS = allcodecs.o                                                      \
        mathtables.o                                                     \
        options.o                                                        \
        parser.o                                                         \
+       profiles.o                                                       \
        qsv_api.o                                                        \
        raw.o                                                            \
        resample.o                                                       \
diff --git a/libavcodec/aacdec.c b/libavcodec/aacdec.c
index f53803bd6d2e71ad359222ac470e1526cab7a52d..26bdea1ecc317643e7bb53a74d973a1e0c32f27d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacdec.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include "aacsbr.h"
 #include "mpeg4audio.h"
 #include "aacadtsdec.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 #include "libavutil/intfloat.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -555,7 +556,7 @@ AVCodec ff_aac_decoder = {
     .channel_layouts = aac_channel_layout,
     .flush = flush,
     .priv_class      = &aac_decoder_class,
-    .profiles        = profiles,
+    .profiles        = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_aac_profiles),
 };
 
 /*
@@ -579,5 +580,5 @@ AVCodec ff_aac_latm_decoder = {
     .caps_internal   = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_THREADSAFE,
     .channel_layouts = aac_channel_layout,
     .flush = flush,
-    .profiles        = profiles,
+    .profiles        = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_aac_profiles),
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/aacdec_fixed.c b/libavcodec/aacdec_fixed.c
index 923fbe03830ad151b85e6e462ff1d9e44a3627b8..396a874d959ef67f249dc8f2ba1c4f2cdc9cde6a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacdec_fixed.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacdec_fixed.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 #include "aacsbr.h"
 #include "mpeg4audio.h"
 #include "aacadtsdec.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 #include "libavutil/intfloat.h"
 
 #include <math.h>
@@ -440,5 +441,6 @@ AVCodec ff_aac_fixed_decoder = {
     .capabilities    = AV_CODEC_CAP_CHANNEL_CONF | AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1,
     .caps_internal   = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_THREADSAFE,
     .channel_layouts = aac_channel_layout,
+    .profiles        = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_aac_profiles),
     .flush = flush,
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/aacdec_template.c b/libavcodec/aacdec_template.c
index 620600c05a102a0877cf6e6836db9ff911e166bc..d819958d95c9284dcf0f5080326d070a39976f89 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacdec_template.c
+++ b/libavcodec/aacdec_template.c
@@ -3232,15 +3232,3 @@ static const AVClass aac_decoder_class = {
     .option     = options,
     .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
 };
-
-static const AVProfile profiles[] = {
-    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_MAIN,  "Main"     },
-    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_LOW,   "LC"       },
-    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_SSR,   "SSR"      },
-    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_LTP,   "LTP"      },
-    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_HE,    "HE-AAC"   },
-    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_HE_V2, "HE-AACv2" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_LD,    "LD"       },
-    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_ELD,   "ELD"      },
-    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
-};
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 35965d7a25acf421c7739a93733e0c0fa53180cc..f365775f0bcefc31eb49768df8fbadd313752e09 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -574,13 +574,17 @@ typedef struct AVCodecDescriptor {
      * Codec properties, a combination of AV_CODEC_PROP_* flags.
      */
     int             props;
-
     /**
      * MIME type(s) associated with the codec.
      * May be NULL; if not, a NULL-terminated array of MIME types.
      * The first item is always non-NULL and is the preferred MIME type.
      */
     const char *const *mime_types;
+    /**
+     * If non-NULL, an array of profiles recognized for this codec.
+     * Terminated with FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN.
+     */
+    const struct AVProfile *profiles;
 } AVCodecDescriptor;
 
 /**
@@ -5055,6 +5059,19 @@ void avcodec_string(char *buf, int buf_size, AVCodecContext *enc, int encode);
  */
 const char *av_get_profile_name(const AVCodec *codec, int profile);
 
+/**
+ * Return a name for the specified profile, if available.
+ *
+ * @param codec_id the ID of the codec to which the requested profile belongs
+ * @param profile the profile value for which a name is requested
+ * @return A name for the profile if found, NULL otherwise.
+ *
+ * @note unlike av_get_profile_name(), which searches a list of profiles
+ *       supported by a specific decoder or encoder implementation, this
+ *       function searches the list of profiles from the AVCodecDescriptor
+ */
+const char *avcodec_profile_name(enum AVCodecID codec_id, int profile);
+
 int avcodec_default_execute(AVCodecContext *c, int (*func)(AVCodecContext *c2, void *arg2),void *arg, int *ret, int count, int size);
 int avcodec_default_execute2(AVCodecContext *c, int (*func)(AVCodecContext *c2, void *arg2, int, int),void *arg, int *ret, int count);
 //FIXME func typedef
diff --git a/libavcodec/codec_desc.c b/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
index 9cad3e6e477ab47758c12965fd715f7f3ddde310..a445c565e63cf5971e9f499dd52ecacc9f0a4b09 100644
--- a/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/common.h"
 #include "libavutil/internal.h"
 #include "avcodec.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
 #define MT(...) (const char *const[]){ __VA_ARGS__, NULL }
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .name      = "mpeg2video",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("MPEG-2 video"),
         .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
+        .profiles  = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_mpeg2_video_profiles),
     },
 #if FF_API_XVMC
     {
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .name      = "mpeg4",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("MPEG-4 part 2"),
         .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
+        .profiles  = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_mpeg4_video_profiles),
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_RAWVIDEO,
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .name      = "h264",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10"),
         .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSLESS | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
+        .profiles  = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_h264_profiles),
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_INDEO3,
@@ -473,6 +477,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .name      = "vc1",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("SMPTE VC-1"),
         .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
+        .profiles  = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_vc1_profiles),
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_WMV3,
@@ -480,6 +485,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .name      = "wmv3",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Windows Media Video 9"),
         .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
+        .profiles  = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_vc1_profiles),
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_LOCO,
@@ -602,6 +608,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_INTRA_ONLY | AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY |
                      AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSLESS,
         .mime_types= MT("image/jp2"),
+        .profiles  = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_jpeg2000_profiles),
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_VMNC,
@@ -1202,6 +1209,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .name      = "hevc",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("H.265 / HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)"),
         .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_REORDER,
+        .profiles  = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_hevc_profiles),
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_FIC,
@@ -2097,6 +2105,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .name      = "aac",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)"),
         .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY,
+        .profiles  = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_aac_profiles),
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_AC3,
@@ -2111,6 +2120,7 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .name      = "dts",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics)"),
         .props     = AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSY | AV_CODEC_PROP_LOSSLESS,
+        .profiles  = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_dca_profiles),
     },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_VORBIS,
diff --git a/libavcodec/dcadec.c b/libavcodec/dcadec.c
index 4283adf99fae5952958716445af45f8d11b4217b..e9120a19075497c701884b8de54f7bed2862d1c9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dcadec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dcadec.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "get_bits.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "mathops.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 #include "synth_filter.h"
 
 #if ARCH_ARM
@@ -2030,15 +2031,6 @@ static av_cold int dca_decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static const AVProfile profiles[] = {
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS,        "DTS"        },
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_ES,     "DTS-ES"     },
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_96_24,  "DTS 96/24"  },
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_HD_HRA, "DTS-HD HRA" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_HD_MA,  "DTS-HD MA"  },
-    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
-};
-
 static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "disable_xch", "disable decoding of the XCh extension", offsetof(DCAContext, xch_disable), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_AUDIO_PARAM },
     { "disable_xll", "disable decoding of the XLL extension", offsetof(DCAContext, xll_disable), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, { .i64 = 1 }, 0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_AUDIO_PARAM },
@@ -2065,6 +2057,6 @@ AVCodec ff_dca_decoder = {
     .capabilities    = AV_CODEC_CAP_CHANNEL_CONF | AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1,
     .sample_fmts     = (const enum AVSampleFormat[]) { AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLTP,
                                                        AV_SAMPLE_FMT_NONE },
-    .profiles        = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(profiles),
+    .profiles        = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_dca_profiles),
     .priv_class      = &dca_decoder_class,
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index 139011b60befc8281a32a610d1bab17c3362bf8d..a89be349f0a2658a18d82407056d0f9ec87fe378 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "mathops.h"
 #include "me_cmp.h"
 #include "mpegutils.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 #include "rectangle.h"
 #include "svq3.h"
 #include "thread.h"
@@ -1962,23 +1963,6 @@ static const AVClass h264_class = {
     .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
 };
 
-static const AVProfile profiles[] = {
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_BASELINE,             "Baseline"              },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_CONSTRAINED_BASELINE, "Constrained Baseline"  },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_MAIN,                 "Main"                  },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_EXTENDED,             "Extended"              },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH,                 "High"                  },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_10,              "High 10"               },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_10_INTRA,        "High 10 Intra"         },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_422,             "High 4:2:2"            },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_422_INTRA,       "High 4:2:2 Intra"      },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_444,             "High 4:4:4"            },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_444_PREDICTIVE,  "High 4:4:4 Predictive" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_444_INTRA,       "High 4:4:4 Intra"      },
-    { FF_PROFILE_H264_CAVLC_444,            "CAVLC 4:4:4"           },
-    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
-};
-
 AVCodec ff_h264_decoder = {
     .name                  = "h264",
     .long_name             = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10"),
@@ -1995,7 +1979,7 @@ AVCodec ff_h264_decoder = {
     .flush                 = flush_dpb,
     .init_thread_copy      = ONLY_IF_THREADS_ENABLED(decode_init_thread_copy),
     .update_thread_context = ONLY_IF_THREADS_ENABLED(ff_h264_update_thread_context),
-    .profiles              = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(profiles),
+    .profiles              = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_h264_profiles),
     .priv_class            = &h264_class,
 };
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/hevc.c b/libavcodec/hevc.c
index 21435da981efd0f457ff6a40e0cfd7ee5224a416..33c6ee2d62513bf60226033252a688d1715a20c9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/hevc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/hevc.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "cabac_functions.h"
 #include "golomb.h"
 #include "hevc.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 
 const uint8_t ff_hevc_pel_weight[65] = { [2] = 0, [4] = 1, [6] = 2, [8] = 3, [12] = 4, [16] = 5, [24] = 6, [32] = 7, [48] = 8, [64] = 9 };
 
@@ -3314,14 +3315,6 @@ static void hevc_decode_flush(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(HEVCContext, x)
 #define PAR (AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM)
 
-static const AVProfile profiles[] = {
-    { FF_PROFILE_HEVC_MAIN,                 "Main"                },
-    { FF_PROFILE_HEVC_MAIN_10,              "Main 10"             },
-    { FF_PROFILE_HEVC_MAIN_STILL_PICTURE,   "Main Still Picture"  },
-    { FF_PROFILE_HEVC_REXT,                 "Rext"  },
-    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
-};
-
 static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "apply_defdispwin", "Apply default display window from VUI", OFFSET(apply_defdispwin),
         AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, PAR },
@@ -3352,5 +3345,5 @@ AVCodec ff_hevc_decoder = {
     .init_thread_copy      = hevc_init_thread_copy,
     .capabilities          = AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 | AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY |
                              AV_CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS | AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
-    .profiles              = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(profiles),
+    .profiles              = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_hevc_profiles),
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/jpeg2000dec.c b/libavcodec/jpeg2000dec.c
index 515d6a052e24f9ec7b048b0d4138553657fa27cb..849b0f72625f122be30e7b1ae64ea5ad4b05df29 100644
--- a/libavcodec/jpeg2000dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/jpeg2000dec.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "jpeg2000.h"
 #include "jpeg2000dsp.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 
 #define JP2_SIG_TYPE    0x6A502020
 #define JP2_SIG_VALUE   0x0D0A870A
@@ -2142,15 +2143,6 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
     { NULL },
 };
 
-static const AVProfile profiles[] = {
-    { FF_PROFILE_JPEG2000_CSTREAM_RESTRICTION_0,  "JPEG 2000 codestream restriction 0"   },
-    { FF_PROFILE_JPEG2000_CSTREAM_RESTRICTION_1,  "JPEG 2000 codestream restriction 1"   },
-    { FF_PROFILE_JPEG2000_CSTREAM_NO_RESTRICTION, "JPEG 2000 no codestream restrictions" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_JPEG2000_DCINEMA_2K,             "JPEG 2000 digital cinema 2K"          },
-    { FF_PROFILE_JPEG2000_DCINEMA_4K,             "JPEG 2000 digital cinema 4K"          },
-    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
-};
-
 static const AVClass jpeg2000_class = {
     .class_name = "jpeg2000",
     .item_name  = av_default_item_name,
@@ -2170,5 +2162,5 @@ AVCodec ff_jpeg2000_decoder = {
     .decode           = jpeg2000_decode_frame,
     .priv_class       = &jpeg2000_class,
     .max_lowres       = 5,
-    .profiles         = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(profiles)
+    .profiles         = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_jpeg2000_profiles)
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/libdcadec.c b/libavcodec/libdcadec.c
index 79fa3316d60c772b0e8b57693c235e6b13e21660..7d1f9318780aecd1a1cef354a4b53c83b8790e30 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libdcadec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libdcadec.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "dca.h"
 #include "dca_syncwords.h"
 #include "internal.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 
 typedef struct DCADecContext {
     const AVClass *class;
@@ -292,16 +293,6 @@ static const AVClass dcadec_class = {
     .category   = AV_CLASS_CATEGORY_DECODER,
 };
 
-static const AVProfile profiles[] = {
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS,         "DTS"         },
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_ES,      "DTS-ES"      },
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_96_24,   "DTS 96/24"   },
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_HD_HRA,  "DTS-HD HRA"  },
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_HD_MA,   "DTS-HD MA"   },
-    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_EXPRESS, "DTS Express" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
-};
-
 AVCodec ff_libdcadec_decoder = {
     .name           = "libdcadec",
     .long_name      = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("dcadec DCA decoder"),
@@ -316,5 +307,5 @@ AVCodec ff_libdcadec_decoder = {
     .sample_fmts    = (const enum AVSampleFormat[]) { AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S32P, AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16P,
                                                       AV_SAMPLE_FMT_NONE },
     .priv_class     = &dcadec_class,
-    .profiles       = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(profiles),
+    .profiles       = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_dca_profiles),
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c b/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c
index 66bc4dc61be515abe443bdc1b69ec827622717d0..23c77cdb333d83bba0e08b30e3f5e4650649780c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg12dec.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "mpegutils.h"
 #include "mpegvideo.h"
 #include "mpegvideodata.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "version.h"
 #include "vdpau_compat.h"
@@ -2855,18 +2856,6 @@ static av_cold int mpeg_decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static const AVProfile mpeg2_video_profiles[] = {
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_422,          "4:2:2"              },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_HIGH,         "High"               },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_SS,           "Spatially Scalable" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_SNR_SCALABLE, "SNR Scalable"       },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_MAIN,         "Main"               },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_SIMPLE,       "Simple"             },
-    { FF_PROFILE_RESERVED,           "Reserved"           },
-    { FF_PROFILE_RESERVED,           "Reserved"           },
-    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN                                  },
-};
-
 AVCodec ff_mpeg1video_decoder = {
     .name                  = "mpeg1video",
     .long_name             = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("MPEG-1 video"),
@@ -2898,7 +2887,7 @@ AVCodec ff_mpeg2video_decoder = {
                       AV_CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS,
     .flush          = flush,
     .max_lowres     = 3,
-    .profiles       = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(mpeg2_video_profiles),
+    .profiles       = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_mpeg2_video_profiles),
 };
 
 //legacy decoder
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c b/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
index 2c3b598d7547e3cde81cb6ccb5b86e2477c79a86..133adbb6fe120c2f58ec1854ae7998c437373a58 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "mpegvideodata.h"
 #include "mpeg4video.h"
 #include "h263.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "xvididct.h"
 
@@ -2745,26 +2746,6 @@ static av_cold int decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static const AVProfile mpeg4_video_profiles[] = {
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SIMPLE,                    "Simple Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SIMPLE_SCALABLE,           "Simple Scalable Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_CORE,                      "Core Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_MAIN,                      "Main Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_N_BIT,                     "N-bit Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SCALABLE_TEXTURE,          "Scalable Texture Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SIMPLE_FACE_ANIMATION,     "Simple Face Animation Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_BASIC_ANIMATED_TEXTURE,    "Basic Animated Texture Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_HYBRID,                    "Hybrid Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_REAL_TIME,        "Advanced Real Time Simple Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_CORE_SCALABLE,             "Code Scalable Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_CODING,           "Advanced Coding Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_CORE,             "Advanced Core Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_SCALABLE_TEXTURE, "Advanced Scalable Texture Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SIMPLE_STUDIO,             "Simple Studio Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_SIMPLE,           "Advanced Simple Profile" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
-};
-
 static const AVOption mpeg4_options[] = {
     {"quarter_sample", "1/4 subpel MC", offsetof(MpegEncContext, quarter_sample), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, 0},
     {"divx_packed", "divx style packed b frames", offsetof(MpegEncContext, divx_packed), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, 0},
@@ -2793,7 +2774,7 @@ AVCodec ff_mpeg4_decoder = {
     .flush                 = ff_mpeg_flush,
     .max_lowres            = 3,
     .pix_fmts              = ff_h263_hwaccel_pixfmt_list_420,
-    .profiles              = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(mpeg4_video_profiles),
+    .profiles              = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_mpeg4_video_profiles),
     .update_thread_context = ONLY_IF_THREADS_ENABLED(mpeg4_update_thread_context),
     .priv_class = &mpeg4_class,
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/profiles.c b/libavcodec/profiles.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fa6baedfeb6e5be78a21314b0c8aa1f203863b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavcodec/profiles.c
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "avcodec.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
+
+#if !CONFIG_SMALL
+
+const AVProfile ff_aac_profiles[] = {
+    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_LOW,   "LC"       },
+    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_HE,    "HE-AAC"   },
+    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_HE_V2, "HE-AACv2" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_LD,    "LD"       },
+    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_ELD,   "ELD"      },
+    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_MAIN,  "Main" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_LOW,   "LC"   },
+    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_SSR,   "SSR"  },
+    { FF_PROFILE_AAC_LTP,   "LTP"  },
+    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
+};
+
+const AVProfile ff_dca_profiles[] = {
+    { FF_PROFILE_DTS,         "DTS"         },
+    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_ES,      "DTS-ES"      },
+    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_96_24,   "DTS 96/24"   },
+    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_HD_HRA,  "DTS-HD HRA"  },
+    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_HD_MA,   "DTS-HD MA"   },
+    { FF_PROFILE_DTS_EXPRESS, "DTS Express" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
+};
+
+const AVProfile ff_h264_profiles[] = {
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_BASELINE,             "Baseline"              },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_CONSTRAINED_BASELINE, "Constrained Baseline"  },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_MAIN,                 "Main"                  },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_EXTENDED,             "Extended"              },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH,                 "High"                  },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_10,              "High 10"               },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_10_INTRA,        "High 10 Intra"         },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_422,             "High 4:2:2"            },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_422_INTRA,       "High 4:2:2 Intra"      },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_444,             "High 4:4:4"            },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_444_PREDICTIVE,  "High 4:4:4 Predictive" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_HIGH_444_INTRA,       "High 4:4:4 Intra"      },
+    { FF_PROFILE_H264_CAVLC_444,            "CAVLC 4:4:4"           },
+    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
+};
+
+const AVProfile ff_hevc_profiles[] = {
+    { FF_PROFILE_HEVC_MAIN,                 "Main"                },
+    { FF_PROFILE_HEVC_MAIN_10,              "Main 10"             },
+    { FF_PROFILE_HEVC_MAIN_STILL_PICTURE,   "Main Still Picture"  },
+    { FF_PROFILE_HEVC_REXT,                 "Rext"                },
+    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
+};
+
+const AVProfile ff_jpeg2000_profiles[] = {
+    { FF_PROFILE_JPEG2000_CSTREAM_RESTRICTION_0,  "JPEG 2000 codestream restriction 0"   },
+    { FF_PROFILE_JPEG2000_CSTREAM_RESTRICTION_1,  "JPEG 2000 codestream restriction 1"   },
+    { FF_PROFILE_JPEG2000_CSTREAM_NO_RESTRICTION, "JPEG 2000 no codestream restrictions" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_JPEG2000_DCINEMA_2K,             "JPEG 2000 digital cinema 2K"          },
+    { FF_PROFILE_JPEG2000_DCINEMA_4K,             "JPEG 2000 digital cinema 4K"          },
+    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
+};
+
+const AVProfile ff_mpeg2_video_profiles[] = {
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_422,          "4:2:2"              },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_HIGH,         "High"               },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_SS,           "Spatially Scalable" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_SNR_SCALABLE, "SNR Scalable"       },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_MAIN,         "Main"               },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG2_SIMPLE,       "Simple"             },
+    { FF_PROFILE_RESERVED,           "Reserved"           },
+    { FF_PROFILE_RESERVED,           "Reserved"           },
+    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN                                  },
+};
+
+const AVProfile ff_mpeg4_video_profiles[] = {
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SIMPLE,                    "Simple Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SIMPLE_SCALABLE,           "Simple Scalable Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_CORE,                      "Core Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_MAIN,                      "Main Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_N_BIT,                     "N-bit Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SCALABLE_TEXTURE,          "Scalable Texture Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SIMPLE_FACE_ANIMATION,     "Simple Face Animation Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_BASIC_ANIMATED_TEXTURE,    "Basic Animated Texture Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_HYBRID,                    "Hybrid Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_REAL_TIME,        "Advanced Real Time Simple Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_CORE_SCALABLE,             "Code Scalable Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_CODING,           "Advanced Coding Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_CORE,             "Advanced Core Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_SCALABLE_TEXTURE, "Advanced Scalable Texture Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_SIMPLE_STUDIO,             "Simple Studio Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_MPEG4_ADVANCED_SIMPLE,           "Advanced Simple Profile" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
+};
+
+const AVProfile ff_vc1_profiles[] = {
+    { FF_PROFILE_VC1_SIMPLE,   "Simple"   },
+    { FF_PROFILE_VC1_MAIN,     "Main"     },
+    { FF_PROFILE_VC1_COMPLEX,  "Complex"  },
+    { FF_PROFILE_VC1_ADVANCED, "Advanced" },
+    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
+};
+
+#endif /* !CONFIG_SMALL */
diff --git a/libavcodec/profiles.h b/libavcodec/profiles.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0314de351b86a109b8303b9a93b0147a8bda7f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavcodec/profiles.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef AVCODEC_PROFILES_H
+#define AVCODEC_PROFILES_H
+
+#include "avcodec.h"
+
+extern const AVProfile ff_aac_profiles[];
+extern const AVProfile ff_dca_profiles[];
+extern const AVProfile ff_h264_profiles[];
+extern const AVProfile ff_hevc_profiles[];
+extern const AVProfile ff_jpeg2000_profiles[];
+extern const AVProfile ff_mpeg2_video_profiles[];
+extern const AVProfile ff_mpeg4_video_profiles[];
+extern const AVProfile ff_vc1_profiles[];
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 33295ed27069f3a6a2b356be034ef170df7e0d7e..ddd939c60a26e90e249d11f4442d431f192434b8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -2862,6 +2862,21 @@ const char *av_get_profile_name(const AVCodec *codec, int profile)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+const char *avcodec_profile_name(enum AVCodecID codec_id, int profile)
+{
+    const AVCodecDescriptor *desc = avcodec_descriptor_get(codec_id);
+    const AVProfile *p;
+
+    if (profile == FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN || !desc || !desc->profiles)
+        return NULL;
+
+    for (p = desc->profiles; p->profile != FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN; p++)
+        if (p->profile == profile)
+            return p->name;
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 unsigned avcodec_version(void)
 {
 //    av_assert0(AV_CODEC_ID_V410==164);
diff --git a/libavcodec/vc1dec.c b/libavcodec/vc1dec.c
index acd29bcd2b2ad7aa6949b6b977e475f3b5254de0..c9ee199c7125501f1836ad1b7c4e0c67b96f6b01 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vc1dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vc1dec.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "mpegvideo.h"
 #include "msmpeg4.h"
 #include "msmpeg4data.h"
+#include "profiles.h"
 #include "vc1.h"
 #include "vc1data.h"
 #include "vdpau_compat.h"
@@ -1103,14 +1104,6 @@ err:
 }
 
 
-static const AVProfile profiles[] = {
-    { FF_PROFILE_VC1_SIMPLE,   "Simple"   },
-    { FF_PROFILE_VC1_MAIN,     "Main"     },
-    { FF_PROFILE_VC1_COMPLEX,  "Complex"  },
-    { FF_PROFILE_VC1_ADVANCED, "Advanced" },
-    { FF_PROFILE_UNKNOWN },
-};
-
 static const enum AVPixelFormat vc1_hwaccel_pixfmt_list_420[] = {
 #if CONFIG_VC1_DXVA2_HWACCEL
     AV_PIX_FMT_DXVA2_VLD,
@@ -1140,7 +1133,7 @@ AVCodec ff_vc1_decoder = {
     .flush          = ff_mpeg_flush,
     .capabilities   = AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 | AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY,
     .pix_fmts       = vc1_hwaccel_pixfmt_list_420,
-    .profiles       = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(profiles)
+    .profiles       = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_vc1_profiles)
 };
 
 #if CONFIG_WMV3_DECODER
@@ -1156,7 +1149,7 @@ AVCodec ff_wmv3_decoder = {
     .flush          = ff_mpeg_flush,
     .capabilities   = AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 | AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY,
     .pix_fmts       = vc1_hwaccel_pixfmt_list_420,
-    .profiles       = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(profiles)
+    .profiles       = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_vc1_profiles)
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index b17b79468fcfc0b05f21cc763b8ab6f8149d07ad..9846275e0978c53355d03373e170f588da3aa921 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR  57
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  20
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  21
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \