After you've added the Custom Formats, as explained in [How to import Custom Formats](/Radarr/Radarr-import-custom-formats/){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}.
You will need to set it up in the quality Profile you want to use/prefer to make use of the Custom Formats.
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.
- 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.
<palign="center">{ width="10%" height="10%" data-title="Follow the flowchart, continue till you hit finished." 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." 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>" }
I decided not to add `Audio Advanced` 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.
`Media Management` => `File Management` to `Do Not Prefer` and use the [Repack/Proper](/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper) Custom Format.
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`.
Elsewhere in the guide, you will find a separate group of custom formats called `Audio Channels`. 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.
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 `Audio Advanced` Custom Formats.
Avoid using the x264/x265 Custom Format with a score if possible, it's smarter to use the [{{ radarr['cf']['x265-hd']['name'] }}](/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} 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 [{{ radarr['cf']['x265-hd']['name'] }}](/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} makes sure you still get the x265 releases.
