Wrong H264 level with VLC 1.0.0 release

[Lotesdelere]

I'm using the exact same settings for x264 with VLC 1.0.0 release as the ones I used with VLC 1.0.0-pre2, one of these settings being the H264 level which is set to 4.1.

VLC 1.0.0-pre2 gave me the correct level I asked for:

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Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media Codec ID : isom Writing application : vlc 1.0.0-pre2-20090430-2310 stream output Comment : QuickTime 6.0 or greater Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding

But VLC 1.0.0 is giving me level 4.0:

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Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media Codec ID : isom Writing application : vlc 1.0.0 stream output Comment : QuickTime 6.0 or greater Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.0 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding

Source file is the same MPEG2 PAL DVB capture. Output size is the same. And as I've said x264 settings are the same in both cases.