# Free version capability
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/free-version-capability/2860
**Category:** Hardware Encoding
**Created:** [May 31, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/free-version-capability/2860 "2019-05-31T01:13:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Mskr4him](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Mskr4him)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/free-version-capability/2860/1 "2019-05-31T01:13:26Z")
I am using the free version (2.3.13). The free version does everything I need except using H.264 Nvidia NVENC to transcode. I have looked everywhere for a profile that will help me use the Nvenc, none to be found. Do I have to pay the $30.00 for that capability? Currently I am using Plex to remove the commercials and MCEBuddy to convert the .ts to .mp4. What I like about MCEBuddy is that it saves the converted file in the same location as the source file intend of creating a sub, sub, sub-directory of the source directory when using optimize. Appreciate your response. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@RBoy](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/free-version-capability/2860/2 "2019-06-06T22:48:53Z")
Yes the premium version (2.4.11) has about 1000+ new features, enhancements and bug fixes since 2.3.13 which include hardware encoding, unprocessed profiles (no re-coding of audio/video), brand new metadata matching engine, library management and lots more. You can check out the release notes for more details in the Announcements link below
#announcements