# Can MCEBuddy Support Alternative (HW) Transcoders? **URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/can-mcebuddy-support-alternative-hw-transcoders/224 **Category:** Hardware Encoding **Tags:** hardwareencoding **Created:** [July 11, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/can-mcebuddy-support-alternative-hw-transcoders/224 "2017-07-11T21:17:20Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![RBoy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@RBoy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/RBoy) #### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/can-mcebuddy-support-alternative-hw-transcoders/224/4 "2017-07-12T15:05:42Z")
I would start with the MP4 Normal or MP4 fast profiles as a baseline. Copy it into a new profile and rename it so you can pay with it and not have to reinstall MCEBuddy. The other place to see how parameters are built up can be seen in this post. > [@MCEBuddy - Understanding Profiles Basics](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/mcebuddy-understanding-profiles-basics/27): > > MCEBuddy [Profiles Basics](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/27) Stock MCEBuddy profiles are in the profiles.conf file located in the config directory where MCEBuddy is installed. One can create new profiles or customize existing ones. It’s highly recommended to create your own custom profiles.conf file in a directory outside of MCEBuddy’s installation folder (e.g. C:\MCECustomProfile) and configure MCEBuddy to use that custom profiles.conf from Settings → Expert Settings → Profiles.conf → Click on … → select your custom profiles.… You should also look at the [advanced commands](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/30) post and refer to the section on hardware optimized profiles. That tells MCEBuddy not start replacing parameters as the profile is optimized by the user. The setting name is `UsingHardwareEncoding=true` Check out the other advanced settings for video and audio which maybe helpful. --- _[View the full topic](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/can-mcebuddy-support-alternative-hw-transcoders/224)._