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<p>After you've added the Custom Formats, as explained in <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-import-custom-formats/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">How to import Custom Formats</a>.
You will need to set it up in the quality Profile you want to use/prefer to make use of the Custom Formats.</p>
<li>Allow upgrades. Radarr will stop upgrading quality once (3) is met.</li>
<li>Upgrade until the selected quality.</li>
<li>The <code>Minimum Custom Format Score</code> allowed to download. <ahref="#minimum-custom-format-score">More Info</a></li>
<li>Keep upgrading Custom Format until this score is reached. (setting this to <code>0</code> means no upgrades will happen based on Custom Formats)</li>
<li>Your preferred language profile for your releases. (Original is recommended)</li>
</ol>
<p>At the bottom in your chosen profile you will see the added Custom Formats where you can start setting up the scores.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<ul>
<li>Always follow the data described in the guide.</li>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
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<pclass="admonition-title">Keep in mind Custom Formats are made to fine tune your Quality Profile.<br/>Generally, quality trumps all</p>
<p>Custom formats are controlled by Quality Profiles.</p>
<ul>
<li>The Upgrade Until score prevents upgrading once a release with this desired score has been downloaded.</li>
<li>A score of 0 results in the custom format being informational only.</li>
<li>The Minimum score requires releases to reach this threshold otherwise they will be rejected.</li>
<li>Custom formats that match with undesirable attributes should be given a negative score to lower their appeal.</li>
<li>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.</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<h3id="radarr-current-logic">Radarr current logic<aclass="headerlink"href="#radarr-current-logic"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<p>The Current logic on how downloads are compared is <strong>Quality Trumps All</strong><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
<p><ahref="https://wiki.servarr.com/radarr/faq#how-are-possible-downloads-compared"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Source: Wiki Servarr</a></p>
<p>REPACKS and PROPERs are v2 of Qualities and thus rank above a non-repack of the same quality.</p>
<p><code>Settings</code> =><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> =><code>Proper & Repacks</code> Change to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Repack/Proper Custom Format</a></p>
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<h2id="which-quality-profile-should-you-choose">Which Quality Profile should you choose<aclass="headerlink"href="#which-quality-profile-should-you-choose"title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<p><palign="center"><em>Click on the image below to see how to make use of the flowchart.</em></p>
<p><palign="center"><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-guide-radarr.png"><imgalt="Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."height="10%"src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-guide-radarr.png"width="10%"/></a></p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>,else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-custom-format-radarr.png"><imgalt="Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>,else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-custom-format-radarr.png"/></a></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> 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.</li>
<li><strong>LQ:</strong> A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
<li>These reason why these Custom Formats have a score of <code>0</code> is because they are mainly used for the naming scheme and other variables should decide for movies if a certain release if preferred.</li>
<li><code>MA</code> is the only one with a score because of their higher bitrate and quality compared to other streaming services.</li>
</ul>
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<p>I decided not to add <code>Audio Advanced</code> Custom Formats to the encodes profile, You will hardly find HD audio with HD Bluray Encodes. With HD Bluray Encodes I personally suggest to go for quality. If you also want HD audio formats I would suggest to go for the Remuxes or UHD Encodes.</p>
<p>Use the following main settings in your profile.</p>
<pclass="admonition-title">Make sure you don't check the BR-DISK.</p>
</div>
<p>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.</p>
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<divclass="admonition tip">
<pclass="admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p>The order listed in the profile matters even if a quality is not checked, for example if you have a 1080p version but wanted the SD version, Radarr will reject all SD results because 1080p is listed higher than SD even though 1080p was not checked.</p>
<p>Qualities at the top of the list will appear first in manual searches.</p>
<ul>
<li>Qualities higher in the list are more preferred even if not checked.</li>
<li>Qualities within the same group are equal.</li>
<li>Only checked qualities are wanted.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is why it's recommended to move the selected quality to the top of the list.</p>
<p><ahref="https://wiki.servarr.com/en/radarr/settings#quality-profiles"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Source: Wiki Servarr</a></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
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<divclass="admonition info">
<pclass="admonition-title">Dolby Vision is available in several profiles</p>
<ul>
<li>Profile 5 - This is what comes with WEB-DL Dolby Vision release without HDR10 fallback.<br/> On a AppleTV, these do not reliably play with the Plex app but will work better with the third-party Infuse app. MP4 files tend to work better than MKV files, obviously MKV is preferable because of its support for lossless audio. (<em>Incompatible devices will playback with blown out pinks and greens</em>)</li>
<li>Profile 7 - This is what comes with HD Bluray Remuxes.<br/>These files will play on an Nvidia Shield (2019), but on most other players will revert to the HDR10 fallback.</li>
<li>Profile 8 - This is what comes with (Hybrid) WEB-DL releases (HULU), Hybrid UHD Remux and UHD BluRay releases - all of which have HDR10 fallback.<br/>This works with several mainstream media players,<br/> but the AppleTV can only play the HDR10 fallback. (<em>although your TV will incorrectly say that it is playing DV</em>).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Meaning: Neither Infuse nor PLEX for AppleTV will deliver real Dolby Vision with Profile 7/8.</strong></p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"><imgalt="!HDR Formats Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"/></a></p>
<p>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 <strong>ALL</strong> the HDR Formats listed above (including <strong>ALL</strong> the DV ones (with and without HDR in it), It is important to also add the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
</div>
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<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> 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.</li>
<li><strong>LQ:</strong> A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.</li>
<li><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</li>
<pclass="admonition-title"><strong>The <code>SDR</code> is a MUST for this Quality Profile</strong><imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
<li>These reason why these Custom Formats have a score of <code>0</code> is because they are mainly used for the naming scheme and other variables should decide for movies if a certain release if preferred.</li>
<li><code>MA</code> is the only one with a score because of their higher bitrate and quality compared to other streaming services.</li>
</ul>
</details>
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<p>Use the following main settings in your profile.</p>
<pclass="admonition-title">Make sure you don't check the BR-DISK.</p>
</div>
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<divclass="admonition tip">
<pclass="admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p>The order listed in the profile matters even if a quality is not checked, for example if you have a 1080p version but wanted the SD version, Radarr will reject all SD results because 1080p is listed higher than SD even though 1080p was not checked.</p>
<p>Qualities at the top of the list will appear first in manual searches.</p>
<ul>
<li>Qualities higher in the list are more preferred even if not checked.</li>
<li>Qualities within the same group are equal.</li>
<li>Only checked qualities are wanted.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is why it's recommended to move the selected quality to the top of the list.</p>
<p><ahref="https://wiki.servarr.com/en/radarr/settings#quality-profiles"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Source: Wiki Servarr</a></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> 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.</li>
<li><strong>LQ:</strong> A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
<li>These reason why these Custom Formats have a score of <code>0</code> is because they are mainly used for the naming scheme and other variables should decide for movies if a certain release if preferred.</li>
<li><code>MA</code> is the only one with a score because of their higher bitrate and quality compared to other streaming services.</li>
</ul>
</details>
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<p>Use the following main settings in your profile.</p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-height="auto"data-width="100%"href="../images/qp-remux-webdl-1080p.png"><imgalt="Remux + WEB 1080p"src="../images/qp-remux-webdl-1080p.png"/></a></p>
<pclass="admonition-title">Make sure you don't check the BR-DISK.</p>
</div>
<p>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.</p>
<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE ../../includes/starr/move-quality-to-top.md -->
<divclass="admonition tip">
<pclass="admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p>The order listed in the profile matters even if a quality is not checked, for example if you have a 1080p version but wanted the SD version, Radarr will reject all SD results because 1080p is listed higher than SD even though 1080p was not checked.</p>
<p>Qualities at the top of the list will appear first in manual searches.</p>
<ul>
<li>Qualities higher in the list are more preferred even if not checked.</li>
<li>Qualities within the same group are equal.</li>
<li>Only checked qualities are wanted.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is why it's recommended to move the selected quality to the top of the list.</p>
<p><ahref="https://wiki.servarr.com/en/radarr/settings#quality-profiles"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Source: Wiki Servarr</a></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE ../../includes/cf/dv-info.md -->
<divclass="admonition info">
<pclass="admonition-title">Dolby Vision is available in several profiles</p>
<ul>
<li>Profile 5 - This is what comes with WEB-DL Dolby Vision release without HDR10 fallback.<br/> On a AppleTV, these do not reliably play with the Plex app but will work better with the third-party Infuse app. MP4 files tend to work better than MKV files, obviously MKV is preferable because of its support for lossless audio. (<em>Incompatible devices will playback with blown out pinks and greens</em>)</li>
<li>Profile 7 - This is what comes with HD Bluray Remuxes.<br/>These files will play on an Nvidia Shield (2019), but on most other players will revert to the HDR10 fallback.</li>
<li>Profile 8 - This is what comes with (Hybrid) WEB-DL releases (HULU), Hybrid UHD Remux and UHD BluRay releases - all of which have HDR10 fallback.<br/>This works with several mainstream media players,<br/> but the AppleTV can only play the HDR10 fallback. (<em>although your TV will incorrectly say that it is playing DV</em>).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Meaning: Neither Infuse nor PLEX for AppleTV will deliver real Dolby Vision with Profile 7/8.</strong></p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"><imgalt="!HDR Formats Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"/></a></p>
<p>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 <strong>ALL</strong> the HDR Formats listed above (including <strong>ALL</strong> the DV ones (with and without HDR in it), It is important to also add the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
</div>
</details>
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<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE ../../includes/cf/radarr-movie-versions.md -->
<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> 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.</li>
<li><strong>LQ:</strong> A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.</li>
<li><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</li>
<pclass="admonition-title"><strong>The <code>SDR</code> is a MUST for this Quality Profile</strong><imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
<li>These reason why these Custom Formats have a score of <code>0</code> is because they are mainly used for the naming scheme and other variables should decide for movies if a certain release if preferred.</li>
<li><code>MA</code> is the only one with a score because of their higher bitrate and quality compared to other streaming services.</li>
</ul>
</details>
<!-- END INCLUDE -->
<p>Use the following main settings in your profile.</p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-height="auto"data-width="100%"href="../images/qp-remux-webdl-2160p.png"><imgalt="Remux + WEB 2160p"src="../images/qp-remux-webdl-2160p.png"/></a></p>
<pclass="admonition-title">Make sure you don't check the BR-DISK.</p>
</div>
<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE ../../includes/starr/move-quality-to-top.md -->
<divclass="admonition tip">
<pclass="admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p>The order listed in the profile matters even if a quality is not checked, for example if you have a 1080p version but wanted the SD version, Radarr will reject all SD results because 1080p is listed higher than SD even though 1080p was not checked.</p>
<p>Qualities at the top of the list will appear first in manual searches.</p>
<ul>
<li>Qualities higher in the list are more preferred even if not checked.</li>
<li>Qualities within the same group are equal.</li>
<li>Only checked qualities are wanted.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is why it's recommended to move the selected quality to the top of the list.</p>
<p><ahref="https://wiki.servarr.com/en/radarr/settings#quality-profiles"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Source: Wiki Servarr</a></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE ../../includes/cf/dv-info.md -->
<divclass="admonition info">
<pclass="admonition-title">Dolby Vision is available in several profiles</p>
<ul>
<li>Profile 5 - This is what comes with WEB-DL Dolby Vision release without HDR10 fallback.<br/> On a AppleTV, these do not reliably play with the Plex app but will work better with the third-party Infuse app. MP4 files tend to work better than MKV files, obviously MKV is preferable because of its support for lossless audio. (<em>Incompatible devices will playback with blown out pinks and greens</em>)</li>
<li>Profile 7 - This is what comes with HD Bluray Remuxes.<br/>These files will play on an Nvidia Shield (2019), but on most other players will revert to the HDR10 fallback.</li>
<li>Profile 8 - This is what comes with (Hybrid) WEB-DL releases (HULU), Hybrid UHD Remux and UHD BluRay releases - all of which have HDR10 fallback.<br/>This works with several mainstream media players,<br/> but the AppleTV can only play the HDR10 fallback. (<em>although your TV will incorrectly say that it is playing DV</em>).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Meaning: Neither Infuse nor PLEX for AppleTV will deliver real Dolby Vision with Profile 7/8.</strong></p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>,else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"><imgalt="!HDR Formats Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>,else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"/></a></p>
<p>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 <strong>ALL</strong> the HDR Formats listed above (including <strong>ALL</strong> the DV ones (with and without HDR in it), It is important to also add the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
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<h3id="hdr-formats-dv-webdl">HDR Formats + DV (WEBDL)<aclass="headerlink"href="#hdr-formats-dv-webdl"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
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<li>Not all devices in your chain support Dolby Vision.</li>
<li>You share your media library with other family members that don't have Dolby Vision compatible devices.</li>
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<p>I suggest to follow the following Guides first.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"><imgalt="!HDR Formats Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"/></a></p>
<p>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 <strong>ALL</strong> the HDR Formats listed above (including <strong>ALL</strong> the DV ones (with and without HDR in it), It is important to also add the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
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<li>Not all devices in your chain support Dolby Vision.</li>
<li>You share your media library with other family members that don't have Dolby Vision compatible devices.</li>
<li>You have a (Samsung) TV that supports HDR10+.</li>
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<p>I suggest to follow the following Guides first.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.</p>
<p>If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord</p>
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<pclass="admonition-title">Dolby Vision is available in several profiles</p>
<ul>
<li>Profile 5 - This is what comes with WEB-DL Dolby Vision release without HDR10 fallback.<br/> On a AppleTV, these do not reliably play with the Plex app but will work better with the third-party Infuse app. MP4 files tend to work better than MKV files, obviously MKV is preferable because of its support for lossless audio. (<em>Incompatible devices will playback with blown out pinks and greens</em>)</li>
<li>Profile 7 - This is what comes with HD Bluray Remuxes.<br/>These files will play on an Nvidia Shield (2019), but on most other players will revert to the HDR10 fallback.</li>
<li>Profile 8 - This is what comes with (Hybrid) WEB-DL releases (HULU), Hybrid UHD Remux and UHD BluRay releases - all of which have HDR10 fallback.<br/>This works with several mainstream media players,<br/> but the AppleTV can only play the HDR10 fallback. (<em>although your TV will incorrectly say that it is playing DV</em>).</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Meaning: Neither Infuse nor PLEX for AppleTV will deliver real Dolby Vision with Profile 7/8.</strong></p>
<p><aclass="glightbox"data-desc-position="bottom"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-height="auto"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."data-width="100%"href="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"><imgalt="!HDR Formats Flowchart"data-description="- The yellow boxes match the Quality Profile on the right side of the Guide.<br>- If the Guide says <b>ALL</b> it means <b>ALL</b>. (<u>Even if you have a TV/Hardware Media Player that can't handle for example DV or HDR10+</u>, else you will limit yourself what you're able to get or get download loops, this also counts for the audio formats).<br><br><b>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.</b>"data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished."src="/Radarr/images/flowchart-hdr-formats.png"/></a></p>
<p>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 <strong>ALL</strong> the HDR Formats listed above (including <strong>ALL</strong> the DV ones (with and without HDR in it), It is important to also add the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
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<h2id="faq-info">FAQ & INFO<aclass="headerlink"href="#faq-info"title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<h3id="proper-and-repacks">Proper and Repacks<aclass="headerlink"href="#proper-and-repacks"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
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<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<p>This way you make sure the Custom Format preferences will be used instead.</p>
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<h3id="custom-formats-to-avoid-certain-releases">Custom Formats to avoid certain releases<aclass="headerlink"href="#custom-formats-to-avoid-certain-releases"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<summary>How to use a Custom Format to avoid certain releases? - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>For Custom Formats you really want to avoid, set it to something really low like <code>-10000</code> and not something like <code>-10</code>.
Being when you add a Custom Format what you prefer and you set it to something like <code>+10</code> it could happen that for example the <code>BR-DISK</code> will be downloaded (-10)+(+10)=0 and if your <code>Minimum Custom Format Score</code> is set at <code>0</code>.</p>
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<h3id="releases-you-should-avoid">Releases you should avoid<aclass="headerlink"href="#releases-you-should-avoid"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<p>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.</p>
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<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> 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.</li>
<li><strong>LQ:</strong> A collection of known Low Quality groups that are often banned from the the top trackers because the lack of quality or other reasons.</li>
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<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265. - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</p>
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
<p><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</p>
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<p>Elsewhere in the guide, you will find a separate group of custom formats called <code>Audio Channels</code>. These will match the number of audio channels in a release, for example 2.0 (stereo) or 5.1/7.1 (surround sound). Personally I wouldn't add the audio channels Custom Formats as you could limit yourself in the amount of releases you're able to get. Only use them if you have a specific need for them.</p>
<p>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 just using the <code>Audio Advanced</code> Custom Formats.</p>
<h3id="avoid-using-the-x264x265-custom-format">Avoid using the x264/x265 Custom Format<aclass="headerlink"href="#avoid-using-the-x264x265-custom-format"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
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<summary>Avoid using the x264/x265 Custom Format - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>Avoid using the x264/x265 Custom Format with a score if possible, it's smarter to use the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">x265 (HD)</a> Custom Format.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Use x265 only for 4k releases and the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">x265 (HD)</a> makes sure you still get the x265 releases.</p>
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