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# How to setup Custom Formats

So what's the best way to setup the Custom Profiles and which one to use with which scores?

There isn't a best setup, being that everyone has their own personal preferences. Some prefer high quality audio, others high quality video. Many prefer both.

Here I will try to explain with some personal used examples how to make the most use of Custom Formats that you can use to get an idea how to setup yours.

Attention

All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.

From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.

If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord

## Basics

After you've added the Custom Formats, as explained in How to import Custom Formats. You will need to set it up in the quality Profile you want to use/prefer to make use of the Custom Formats.

`Settings` => `Profiles`

Radarr Custom Formats can be set per profile and isn't global

Select the profile that you want to use/prefer.

1. Profile name.
2. Allow upgrades. Radarr will stop upgrading quality once (3) is met.
3. Upgrade until the selected quality.
4. The `Minimum Custom Format Score` allowed to download. More Info
5. Keep upgrading Custom Format until this score is reached. (setting this to `0` means no upgrades will happen based on Custom Formats)
6. Your preferred language profile for your releases. (Original is recommended)

At the bottom in your chosen profile you will see the added Custom Formats where you can start setting up the scores.

Screenshot example - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Attention

These screenshots are just examples to show you how it should look and where you need to place the data that you need to add, they aren't always a 100% reflection of the actual data and not always 100% up to date with the actual data you need to add.

- Always follow the data described in the guide.
- If you got any questions or aren't sure just click the chat badge to join the Discord Channel where you can ask your questions directly.

Keep in mind Custom Formats are made to fine tune your Quality Profile.
Generally, quality trumps all

Custom formats are controlled by Quality Profiles.

- The Upgrade Until score prevents upgrading once a release with this desired score has been downloaded.
- A score of 0 results in the custom format being informational only.
- The Minimum score requires releases to reach this threshold otherwise they will be rejected.
- Custom formats that match with undesirable attributes should be given a negative score to lower their appeal.
- Outright rejections should be given a negative score low enough that even if all of the other formats with positive scores were added, the score would still fall below the minimum.

### Radarr current logic

Radarr current logic - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

As of 2021-11-06 the logic is as follows:

The Current logic on how downloads are compared is Quality Trumps All

1. Quality
2. Custom Format Score
3. Protocol
4. Indexer Priority
5. Indexer Flags
6. Seeds/Peers (If Torrent)
7. Age (If Usenet)
8. Size

Source: Wiki Servarr

REPACKS and PROPERs are v2 of Qualities and thus rank above a non-repack of the same quality.

`Settings` => `Media Management` => `File Management` => `Proper & Repacks` Change to `Do Not Prefer` and use the Repack/Proper Custom Format

## Examples

Here I will explain how to make the most use of Custom Formats and show you some personal examples that I'm using. You can use these to get an idea on how to setup your own.

All these examples make use of the Collection of Custom Formats

Attention

All the used scores and combination of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results and prevent download loops as much as possible.

From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.

If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord

### Releases you should avoid

This is a must have for every Quality Profile you use in my opinion. All these Custom Formats make sure you don't get Low Quality Releases.

Unwanted - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
BR-DISK | -10000 | ed38b889b31be83fda192888e2286d83
EVO (no WEBDL) | -10000 | 90cedc1fea7ea5d11298bebd3d1d3223
LQ | -10000 | 90a6f9a284dff5103f6346090e6280c8
x265 (HD) | -10000 | dc98083864ea246d05a42df0d05f81cc
x265 (no HDR/DV) | -10000 | 839bea857ed2c0a8e084f3cbdbd65ecb
3D | -10000 | b8cd450cbfa689c0259a01d9e29ba3d6
No-RlsGroup | -10000 | ae9b7c9ebde1f3bd336a8cbd1ec4c5e5
Obfuscated | -10000 | 7357cf5161efbf8c4d5d0c30b4815ee2
Retags | -10000 | 5c44f52a8714fdd79bb4d98e2673be1f
Bad Dual Groups | -10000 | b6832f586342ef70d9c128d40c07b872
DV (WEBDL) | ?????? | 923b6abef9b17f937fab56cfcf89e1f1

Breakdown and Why

- BR-DISK : This is a custom format to help Radarr recognize & ignore BR-DISK (ISO's and Blu-ray folder structure) in addition to the standard BR-DISK quality.
- EVO (no WEBDL): This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.
- LQ: A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.

- x265 (HD): This blocks/ignores 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info HERE.

  Don't use this together with the following Custom Format x265 (no HDR/DV)

- x265 (no HDR/DV): This blocks/ignores 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info HERE.

  but it will allow to exclude/bypass if it has HDR and/or DV

  Being that some NF releases won't be released as 4k, but you want to have DV/HDR releases.

  In your quality profile use the following score for this Custom Format: `-10000`

  Don't use this together with the following Custom Format x265 (HD)

- 3D: Is 3D still a thing for home use ?

- No-RlsGroup: [Optional] Some indexers strip out the release group what could result in LQ groups getting a higher score. For example a lot of EVO releases end up stripping the group name, so they appear as "upgrades", and they end up getting a decent score if other things match.
- Obfuscated: [Optional] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)
- Retags: [Optional] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)
- Bad Dual Groups: [Optional] These groups take the original release, then they add their own preferred language (ex. Portuguese) as the main audio track (AAC 2.0), What results after renaming and FFprobe that the media file will be recognized as Portuguese AAC audio. It's a common rule that you add the best audio as first. Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.

- DV (WEBDL): This is a special Custom Format that Block WEBDL with Dolby Vision but without HDR10 fallback.

  This Custom Format works together with the normal DV Custom Format that you can use to prefer Dolby Vision.

  Most WEBDL from Streaming Services don't have the fallback to HDR10, What can results in playback issues like weird colors if you want to play it on a not Dolby Vision compatible setup.

  Remuxes and Bluray have a fallback to HDR10.

  Hint

  `[DV WEBDL]` = This custom format you need to score depending of your personal use and setup.

  - If you only watch your movies on a setup that completely supports Dolby Vision from start to end then give it a score of `0` or just don't add it.
  - If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then you should add this with a score of `-10000`.

#### Prefer Advanced Audio

Lets say you prefer HD audio (with object metadata)

In this example I have lossy Atmos over lossless DTS because the object metadata matters more to me over lossy vs lossless.

Audio - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
TrueHD ATMOS | 5000 | 496f355514737f7d83bf7aa4d24f8169
DTS X | 4500 | 2f22d89048b01681dde8afe203bf2e95
ATMOS (undefined) | 3000 | 417804f7f2c4308c1f4c5d380d4c4475
DD+ ATMOS | 3000 | 1af239278386be2919e1bcee0bde047e
TrueHD | 2750 | 3cafb66171b47f226146a0770576870f
DTS-HD MA | 2500 | dcf3ec6938fa32445f590a4da84256cd
FLAC | 2250 | a570d4a0e56a2874b64e5bfa55202a1b
PCM | 2250 | e7c2fcae07cbada050a0af3357491d7b
DTS-HD HRA | 2000 | 8e109e50e0a0b83a5098b056e13bf6db
DD+ | 1750 | 185f1dd7264c4562b9022d963ac37424
DTS-ES | 1500 | f9f847ac70a0af62ea4a08280b859636
DTS | 1250 | 1c1a4c5e823891c75bc50380a6866f73
AAC | 1000 | 240770601cc226190c367ef59aba7463
DD | 750 | c2998bd0d90ed5621d8df281e839436e

#### Prefer HDR Metadata

Lets say you prefer HDR metadata (HDR or Dolby Vision or Both)

Then we would use the following order:

HDR Metadata - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
DV HDR10 | 1500 | e23edd2482476e595fb990b12e7c609c
DV | 1500 | 58d6a88f13e2db7f5059c41047876f00
DV HLG | 1500 | 55d53828b9d81cbe20b02efd00aa0efd
DV SDR | 1500 | a3e19f8f627608af0211acd02bf89735
HDR10+ | 600 | b974a6cd08c1066250f1f177d7aa1225
HDR10 | 500 | dfb86d5941bc9075d6af23b09c2aeecd
HDR | 500 | e61e28db95d22bedcadf030b8f156d96
HDR (undefined) | 500 | 2a4d9069cc1fe3242ff9bdaebed239bb
PQ | 500 | 08d6d8834ad9ec87b1dc7ec8148e7a1f
HLG | 500 | 9364dd386c9b4a1100dde8264690add7

Hint

If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then it's best to add ALL the HDR Metadata even the ones with DV in it, and then make sure you make use of the DV (WEBDL) Custom Format with a score of -10000

Attention

I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr

Instructions can be found HERE

#### Prefer HQ Encodes

If you prefer HQ Encodes (Bluray-720/1080/2160p)

I suggest to first follow the Quality Settings (File Size). If you think the sizes are too big to your preference then stop reading and see if the other tutorials are helpful for you.

For this Quality Profile we're going to make use of the following Custom Formats

Movie Versions - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
Hybrid | 100 | 0f12c086e289cf966fa5948eac571f44
Remaster | 25 | 570bc9ebecd92723d2d21500f4be314c
4K Remaster | 25 | eca37840c13c6ef2dd0262b141a5482f
Criterion Collection | 25 | e0c07d59beb37348e975a930d5e50319
Special Edition | 25 | 957d0f44b592285f26449575e8b1167e
IMAX | 800 | eecf3a857724171f968a66cb5719e152

Unwanted - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
BR-DISK | -10000 | ed38b889b31be83fda192888e2286d83
EVO (no WEBDL) | -10000 | 90cedc1fea7ea5d11298bebd3d1d3223
LQ | -10000 | 90a6f9a284dff5103f6346090e6280c8
x265 (HD) | -10000 | dc98083864ea246d05a42df0d05f81cc
x265 (no HDR/DV) | -10000 | 839bea857ed2c0a8e084f3cbdbd65ecb
3D | -10000 | b8cd450cbfa689c0259a01d9e29ba3d6
No-RlsGroup | -10000 | ae9b7c9ebde1f3bd336a8cbd1ec4c5e5
Obfuscated | -10000 | 7357cf5161efbf8c4d5d0c30b4815ee2
Retags | -10000 | 5c44f52a8714fdd79bb4d98e2673be1f
Bad Dual Groups | -10000 | b6832f586342ef70d9c128d40c07b872
DV (WEBDL) | ?????? | 923b6abef9b17f937fab56cfcf89e1f1

Breakdown and Why

- BR-DISK : This is a custom format to help Radarr recognize & ignore BR-DISK (ISO's and Blu-ray folder structure) in addition to the standard BR-DISK quality.
- EVO (no WEBDL): This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.
- LQ: A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.

- x265 (HD): This blocks/ignores 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info HERE.

  Don't use this together with the following Custom Format x265 (no HDR/DV)

- x265 (no HDR/DV): This blocks/ignores 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info HERE.

  but it will allow to exclude/bypass if it has HDR and/or DV

  Being that some NF releases won't be released as 4k, but you want to have DV/HDR releases.

  In your quality profile use the following score for this Custom Format: `-10000`

  Don't use this together with the following Custom Format x265 (HD)

- 3D: Is 3D still a thing for home use ?

- No-RlsGroup: [Optional] Some indexers strip out the release group what could result in LQ groups getting a higher score. For example a lot of EVO releases end up stripping the group name, so they appear as "upgrades", and they end up getting a decent score if other things match.
- Obfuscated: [Optional] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)
- Retags: [Optional] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)
- Bad Dual Groups: [Optional] These groups take the original release, then they add their own preferred language (ex. Portuguese) as the main audio track (AAC 2.0), What results after renaming and FFprobe that the media file will be recognized as Portuguese AAC audio. It's a common rule that you add the best audio as first. Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.

- DV (WEBDL): This is a special Custom Format that Block WEBDL with Dolby Vision but without HDR10 fallback.

  This Custom Format works together with the normal DV Custom Format that you can use to prefer Dolby Vision.

  Most WEBDL from Streaming Services don't have the fallback to HDR10, What can results in playback issues like weird colors if you want to play it on a not Dolby Vision compatible setup.

  Remuxes and Bluray have a fallback to HDR10.

  Hint

  `[DV WEBDL]` = This custom format you need to score depending of your personal use and setup.

  - If you only watch your movies on a setup that completely supports Dolby Vision from start to end then give it a score of `0` or just don't add it.
  - If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then you should add this with a score of `-10000`.

Misc - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
Repack/Proper | 5 | e7718d7a3ce595f289bfee26adc178f5
Repack2 | 6 | ae43b294509409a6a13919dedd4764c4

Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr

`Media Management` => `File Management` to `Do Not Prefer` and use the Repack/Proper Custom Format.

This way you make sure the Custom Formats preferences will be used and not ignored.

HQ Source Groups - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
HQ-WEBDL | 1750 | 26fa26253af4001701fedb56cec376dc
HQ-Remux | 0 | 403f3f6266b90439cacc1e07cae4dc2d
HQ | 1800 | 1c7d7b04b15cc53ea61204bebbcc1ee2

I decided not to add `Audio Advanced` Custom Formats to the encodes profile, being with encodes I prefer higher video quality. If you also want HD audio formats I would suggest to go for the Remuxes.

Use the following main settings in your profile.

Make sure you don't check the BR-DISK.

The reason why I didn't select the WEB-DL 720p is because you will hardly find any releases that aren't done as 1080p WEB-DL.

The following workflow will be applied:

- It will download WEB-DL 1080p for the streaming movies you see more often lately.
- It will upgrade till Bluray-1080p when available.
- The downloaded media will be upgraded to any of the added Custom Formats until a score of 9999.

So why such a ridiculously high `Upgrade Until Custom` and not a score of `100`?

Because I'm too lazy to calculate the maximum for every Quality Profile I use, and I want it to upgrade to the highest possible score anyway.

Tip

If you prefer 2160/4K encodes you might consider to change `Upgrade Until Quality` to Bluray-2160p and enable:

HDR Metadata - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
DV HDR10 | 1500 | e23edd2482476e595fb990b12e7c609c
DV | 1500 | 58d6a88f13e2db7f5059c41047876f00
DV HLG | 1500 | 55d53828b9d81cbe20b02efd00aa0efd
DV SDR | 1500 | a3e19f8f627608af0211acd02bf89735
HDR10+ | 600 | b974a6cd08c1066250f1f177d7aa1225
HDR10 | 500 | dfb86d5941bc9075d6af23b09c2aeecd
HDR | 500 | e61e28db95d22bedcadf030b8f156d96
HDR (undefined) | 500 | 2a4d9069cc1fe3242ff9bdaebed239bb
PQ | 500 | 08d6d8834ad9ec87b1dc7ec8148e7a1f
HLG | 500 | 9364dd386c9b4a1100dde8264690add7

Hint

If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then it's best to add ALL the HDR Metadata even the ones with DV in it, and then make sure you make use of the DV (WEBDL) Custom Format with a score of -10000

#### Remux-1080p

If you prefer 1080p Remuxes (Remux-1080p)

I suggest to first follow the Quality Settings (File Size) If you think the sizes are too big to your preference then stop reading and see if the other tutorials are helpful to you.

For this Quality Profile we're going to make use of the following Custom Formats

Audio - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
TrueHD ATMOS | 5000 | 496f355514737f7d83bf7aa4d24f8169
DTS X | 4500 | 2f22d89048b01681dde8afe203bf2e95
ATMOS (undefined) | 3000 | 417804f7f2c4308c1f4c5d380d4c4475
DD+ ATMOS | 3000 | 1af239278386be2919e1bcee0bde047e
TrueHD | 2750 | 3cafb66171b47f226146a0770576870f
DTS-HD MA | 2500 | dcf3ec6938fa32445f590a4da84256cd
FLAC | 2250 | a570d4a0e56a2874b64e5bfa55202a1b
PCM | 2250 | e7c2fcae07cbada050a0af3357491d7b
DTS-HD HRA | 2000 | 8e109e50e0a0b83a5098b056e13bf6db
DD+ | 1750 | 185f1dd7264c4562b9022d963ac37424
DTS-ES | 1500 | f9f847ac70a0af62ea4a08280b859636
DTS | 1250 | 1c1a4c5e823891c75bc50380a6866f73
AAC | 1000 | 240770601cc226190c367ef59aba7463
DD | 750 | c2998bd0d90ed5621d8df281e839436e

Movie Versions - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
Hybrid | 100 | 0f12c086e289cf966fa5948eac571f44
Remaster | 25 | 570bc9ebecd92723d2d21500f4be314c
4K Remaster | 25 | eca37840c13c6ef2dd0262b141a5482f
Criterion Collection | 25 | e0c07d59beb37348e975a930d5e50319
Special Edition | 25 | 957d0f44b592285f26449575e8b1167e
IMAX | 800 | eecf3a857724171f968a66cb5719e152

Unwanted - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
BR-DISK | -10000 | ed38b889b31be83fda192888e2286d83
EVO (no WEBDL) | -10000 | 90cedc1fea7ea5d11298bebd3d1d3223
LQ | -10000 | 90a6f9a284dff5103f6346090e6280c8
x265 (HD) | -10000 | dc98083864ea246d05a42df0d05f81cc
x265 (no HDR/DV) | -10000 | 839bea857ed2c0a8e084f3cbdbd65ecb
3D | -10000 | b8cd450cbfa689c0259a01d9e29ba3d6
No-RlsGroup | -10000 | ae9b7c9ebde1f3bd336a8cbd1ec4c5e5
Obfuscated | -10000 | 7357cf5161efbf8c4d5d0c30b4815ee2
Retags | -10000 | 5c44f52a8714fdd79bb4d98e2673be1f
Bad Dual Groups | -10000 | b6832f586342ef70d9c128d40c07b872
DV (WEBDL) | ?????? | 923b6abef9b17f937fab56cfcf89e1f1

Breakdown and Why

- BR-DISK : This is a custom format to help Radarr recognize & ignore BR-DISK (ISO's and Blu-ray folder structure) in addition to the standard BR-DISK quality.
- EVO (no WEBDL): This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.
- LQ: A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.

- x265 (HD): This blocks/ignores 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info HERE.

  Don't use this together with the following Custom Format x265 (no HDR/DV)

- x265 (no HDR/DV): This blocks/ignores 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info HERE.

  but it will allow to exclude/bypass if it has HDR and/or DV

  Being that some NF releases won't be released as 4k, but you want to have DV/HDR releases.

  In your quality profile use the following score for this Custom Format: `-10000`

  Don't use this together with the following Custom Format x265 (HD)

- 3D: Is 3D still a thing for home use ?

- No-RlsGroup: [Optional] Some indexers strip out the release group what could result in LQ groups getting a higher score. For example a lot of EVO releases end up stripping the group name, so they appear as "upgrades", and they end up getting a decent score if other things match.
- Obfuscated: [Optional] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)
- Retags: [Optional] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)
- Bad Dual Groups: [Optional] These groups take the original release, then they add their own preferred language (ex. Portuguese) as the main audio track (AAC 2.0), What results after renaming and FFprobe that the media file will be recognized as Portuguese AAC audio. It's a common rule that you add the best audio as first. Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.

- DV (WEBDL): This is a special Custom Format that Block WEBDL with Dolby Vision but without HDR10 fallback.

  This Custom Format works together with the normal DV Custom Format that you can use to prefer Dolby Vision.

  Most WEBDL from Streaming Services don't have the fallback to HDR10, What can results in playback issues like weird colors if you want to play it on a not Dolby Vision compatible setup.

  Remuxes and Bluray have a fallback to HDR10.

  Hint

  `[DV WEBDL]` = This custom format you need to score depending of your personal use and setup.

  - If you only watch your movies on a setup that completely supports Dolby Vision from start to end then give it a score of `0` or just don't add it.
  - If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then you should add this with a score of `-10000`.

Misc - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
Repack/Proper | 5 | e7718d7a3ce595f289bfee26adc178f5
Repack2 | 6 | ae43b294509409a6a13919dedd4764c4

Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr

`Media Management` => `File Management` to `Do Not Prefer` and use the Repack/Proper Custom Format.

This way you make sure the Custom Formats preferences will be used and not ignored.

HQ Source Groups - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
HQ-WEBDL | 1750 | 26fa26253af4001701fedb56cec376dc
HQ-Remux | 1900 | 403f3f6266b90439cacc1e07cae4dc2d
HQ | 0 | 1c7d7b04b15cc53ea61204bebbcc1ee2

Use the following main settings in your profile.

Make sure you don't check the BR-DISK.

The reason why I didn't select the WEB-DL 720p is because you will hardly find any releases that aren't done as 1080p WEB-DL.

The following workflow will be applied:

- It will download WEB-DL 1080p for the streaming movies you see more often lately.
- It will upgrade till Remux-1080p when available.
- The downloaded media will be upgraded to any of the added Custom Formats until a score of 9999.

So why such a ridiculously high `Upgrade Until Custom` and not a score of `500`?

Because I'm too lazy to calculate the maximum for every Quality Profile I use, and I want it to upgrade to the highest possible score anyway.

#### Remux-2160p

If you prefer 2160p Remuxes (Remux-2160p)

I suggest to first follow the Quality Settings (File Size) If you think the sizes are too big to your preference then stop reading and see if the other tutorials are helpful to you.

For this Quality Profile we're going to make use of the following Custom Formats

Audio - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
TrueHD ATMOS | 5000 | 496f355514737f7d83bf7aa4d24f8169
DTS X | 4500 | 2f22d89048b01681dde8afe203bf2e95
ATMOS (undefined) | 3000 | 417804f7f2c4308c1f4c5d380d4c4475
DD+ ATMOS | 3000 | 1af239278386be2919e1bcee0bde047e
TrueHD | 2750 | 3cafb66171b47f226146a0770576870f
DTS-HD MA | 2500 | dcf3ec6938fa32445f590a4da84256cd
FLAC | 2250 | a570d4a0e56a2874b64e5bfa55202a1b
PCM | 2250 | e7c2fcae07cbada050a0af3357491d7b
DTS-HD HRA | 2000 | 8e109e50e0a0b83a5098b056e13bf6db
DD+ | 1750 | 185f1dd7264c4562b9022d963ac37424
DTS-ES | 1500 | f9f847ac70a0af62ea4a08280b859636
DTS | 1250 | 1c1a4c5e823891c75bc50380a6866f73
AAC | 1000 | 240770601cc226190c367ef59aba7463
DD | 750 | c2998bd0d90ed5621d8df281e839436e

HDR Metadata - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
DV HDR10 | 1500 | e23edd2482476e595fb990b12e7c609c
DV | 1500 | 58d6a88f13e2db7f5059c41047876f00
DV HLG | 1500 | 55d53828b9d81cbe20b02efd00aa0efd
DV SDR | 1500 | a3e19f8f627608af0211acd02bf89735
HDR10+ | 600 | b974a6cd08c1066250f1f177d7aa1225
HDR10 | 500 | dfb86d5941bc9075d6af23b09c2aeecd
HDR | 500 | e61e28db95d22bedcadf030b8f156d96
HDR (undefined) | 500 | 2a4d9069cc1fe3242ff9bdaebed239bb
PQ | 500 | 08d6d8834ad9ec87b1dc7ec8148e7a1f
HLG | 500 | 9364dd386c9b4a1100dde8264690add7

Hint

If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then it's best to add ALL the HDR Metadata even the ones with DV in it, and then make sure you make use of the DV (WEBDL) Custom Format with a score of -10000

Movie Versions - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
Hybrid | 100 | 0f12c086e289cf966fa5948eac571f44
Remaster | 25 | 570bc9ebecd92723d2d21500f4be314c
4K Remaster | 25 | eca37840c13c6ef2dd0262b141a5482f
Criterion Collection | 25 | e0c07d59beb37348e975a930d5e50319
Special Edition | 25 | 957d0f44b592285f26449575e8b1167e
IMAX | 800 | eecf3a857724171f968a66cb5719e152

Unwanted - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
BR-DISK | -10000 | ed38b889b31be83fda192888e2286d83
EVO (no WEBDL) | -10000 | 90cedc1fea7ea5d11298bebd3d1d3223
LQ | -10000 | 90a6f9a284dff5103f6346090e6280c8
x265 (HD) | -10000 | dc98083864ea246d05a42df0d05f81cc
x265 (no HDR/DV) | -10000 | 839bea857ed2c0a8e084f3cbdbd65ecb
3D | -10000 | b8cd450cbfa689c0259a01d9e29ba3d6
No-RlsGroup | -10000 | ae9b7c9ebde1f3bd336a8cbd1ec4c5e5
Obfuscated | -10000 | 7357cf5161efbf8c4d5d0c30b4815ee2
Retags | -10000 | 5c44f52a8714fdd79bb4d98e2673be1f
Bad Dual Groups | -10000 | b6832f586342ef70d9c128d40c07b872
DV (WEBDL) | ?????? | 923b6abef9b17f937fab56cfcf89e1f1

Breakdown and Why

- BR-DISK : This is a custom format to help Radarr recognize & ignore BR-DISK (ISO's and Blu-ray folder structure) in addition to the standard BR-DISK quality.
- EVO (no WEBDL): This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.
- LQ: A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.

- x265 (HD): This blocks/ignores 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info HERE.

  Don't use this together with the following Custom Format x265 (no HDR/DV)

- x265 (no HDR/DV): This blocks/ignores 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info HERE.

  but it will allow to exclude/bypass if it has HDR and/or DV

  Being that some NF releases won't be released as 4k, but you want to have DV/HDR releases.

  In your quality profile use the following score for this Custom Format: `-10000`

  Don't use this together with the following Custom Format x265 (HD)

- 3D: Is 3D still a thing for home use ?

- No-RlsGroup: [Optional] Some indexers strip out the release group what could result in LQ groups getting a higher score. For example a lot of EVO releases end up stripping the group name, so they appear as "upgrades", and they end up getting a decent score if other things match.
- Obfuscated: [Optional] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)
- Retags: [Optional] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)
- Bad Dual Groups: [Optional] These groups take the original release, then they add their own preferred language (ex. Portuguese) as the main audio track (AAC 2.0), What results after renaming and FFprobe that the media file will be recognized as Portuguese AAC audio. It's a common rule that you add the best audio as first. Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.

- DV (WEBDL): This is a special Custom Format that Block WEBDL with Dolby Vision but without HDR10 fallback.

  This Custom Format works together with the normal DV Custom Format that you can use to prefer Dolby Vision.

  Most WEBDL from Streaming Services don't have the fallback to HDR10, What can results in playback issues like weird colors if you want to play it on a not Dolby Vision compatible setup.

  Remuxes and Bluray have a fallback to HDR10.

  Hint

  `[DV WEBDL]` = This custom format you need to score depending of your personal use and setup.

  - If you only watch your movies on a setup that completely supports Dolby Vision from start to end then give it a score of `0` or just don't add it.
  - If you (or family members you share your collection with) have a setup that doesn't support Dolby Vision then you should add this with a score of `-10000`.

Misc - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
Repack/Proper | 5 | e7718d7a3ce595f289bfee26adc178f5
Repack2 | 6 | ae43b294509409a6a13919dedd4764c4

Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr

`Media Management` => `File Management` to `Do Not Prefer` and use the Repack/Proper Custom Format.

This way you make sure the Custom Formats preferences will be used and not ignored.

HQ Source Groups - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Custom Format | Score | Trash ID
--- | --- | ---
HQ-WEBDL | 1750 | 26fa26253af4001701fedb56cec376dc
HQ-Remux | 1900 | 403f3f6266b90439cacc1e07cae4dc2d
HQ | 0 | 1c7d7b04b15cc53ea61204bebbcc1ee2

Use the following main settings in your profile.

Make sure you don't check the BR-DISK.

The following workflow will be applied:

- It will download WEB-DL 2160p for the streaming movies you see more often lately.
- It will upgrade to Remux-2160p when available.
- The downloaded media will be upgraded to any of the added Custom Formats until a score of 9999.

So why such a ridiculously high `Upgrade Until Custom` and not a score of `500`?

Because I'm too lazy to calculate the maximum for every Quality Profile I use, and I want it to upgrade to the highest possible score anyway.

## FAQ & INFO

### Proper and Repacks

Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr

`Media Management` => `File Management` to `Do Not Prefer` and use the Repack/Proper Custom Format.

This way you make sure the Custom Format preferences will be used instead.

### Custom Formats to avoid certain releases

How to use a Custom Format to avoid certain releases? - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

For Custom Formats you really want to avoid, set it to something really low like `-10000` and not something like `-10`. Being when you add a Custom Format what you prefer and you set it to something like `+10` it could happen that for example the `BR-DISK` will be downloaded (-10)+(+10)=0 and if your `Minimum Custom Format Score` is set at `0`.

### Custom Formats with a score of 0

What do Custom Formats with a score of 0 do? - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

All Custom Formats with a score of 0 are pure informational and don't do anything.

### Minimum Custom Format Score

Minimum Custom Format Score - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Some people suggest not to use negative scores for your Custom Formats and set this option to a higher score then 0.

The reason why I don't prefer/use this is because you could limit yourself when some new groups or whatever will be released.

Also it makes it much more clear what you prefer and what you want to avoid.

### Audio Channels

Audio Channels - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Personally I wouldn't add the audio channels Custom Formats being you could limit yourself in the amount of releases you're able to get. Only use this if you got specific reasons that you need them.

Using it with any kind of Remuxes Quality Profile is useless in my opinion being that 99% of all remuxes are multi audio anyway. You can get better scores using the `Audio Advanced` Custom Formats.

### Avoid using the x264/x265 Custom Format

Avoid using the x264/x265 Custom Format - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Avoid using the x264/x265 Custom Format with a score if possible, it's smarter to use the x265 (HD) Custom Format.

Something like 95% of video files are x264 and have much better direct play support. If you have more than a of couple users, you will notice much more transcoding.

Use x265 only for 4k releases and the x265 (HD) makes sure you still get the x265 releases.

## Thanks

A big Thanks to rg9400 for providing me with info needed to create the Tips section.

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Last update: August 26, 2022 21:31:28
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