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<h1id="how-to-setup-quality-profiles">How to setup Quality Profiles<aclass="headerlink"href="#how-to-setup-quality-profiles"title="Permanent link"></a></h1>
<p><em>aka How to setup Custom Formats</em><br/><br/>
So what's the best way to setup the Custom Formats and which ones to use with which scores to setup your quality profiles?</p>
<p>There isn't a best setup, it depends on your setup (hardware devices) and your own personal preferences.</p>
<p>Some prefer high quality audio (HD Audio), others high quality video. Many prefer both.</p>
<p>Here I will try to explain how to make the most use of Custom Formats to help you to setup your quality profiles for your personal needs.</p>
<divclass="admonition attention">
<pclass="admonition-title">Attention</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>After you've added the Custom Formats, as explained in <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-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. Sonarr 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>
</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>
<detailsclass="check">
<summary>Screenshot example - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<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>
</div>
</details>
<divclass="admonition info">
<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>
<hr/>
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<h3id="sonarr-current-logic">Sonarr current logic<aclass="headerlink"href="#sonarr-current-logic"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<detailsclass="summary">
<summary>Sonarr current logic - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>As of 2021-11-06 the logic is as follows:</p>
<p>The Current logic on how downloads are compared is <strong>Quality Trumps All</strong><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
<ol>
<li>Quality</li>
<li>Language</li>
<li>Preferred Word Score</li>
<li>Protocol</li>
<li>Episode Count</li>
<li>Episode Number</li>
<li>Indexer Priority</li>
<li>Seeds/Peers (If Torrent)</li>
<li>Age (If Usenet)</li>
<li>Size</li>
</ol>
<p><ahref="https://wiki.servarr.com/sonarr/faq#how-are-possible-downloads-compared"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Source: Wiki Servarr</a></p>
<divclass="admonition attention">
<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 a preferred word regex of <code>/\b(repack|proper)\b/i</code></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>All these examples make use of the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Collection of Custom Formats</a></p>
<divclass="admonition attention">
<pclass="admonition-title">Attention</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>
<td><ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></td>
<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> This is a custom format to help Sonarr 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>
<divclass="admonition danger">
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (no HDR/DV):</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>
<p><strong>But it will allow x265 releases if they have HDR and/or DV</strong></p>
<p><em>Being that some NF releases won't be released as 4k, but you want to have DV/HDR releases.</em></p>
<p>In your quality profile use the following score for this Custom Format: <code>-10000</code></p>
<divclass="admonition danger">
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd">x265 (HD)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>No-RlsGroup:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] 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.</p>
</li>
<li><strong>Obfuscated:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)</li>
<li><strong>Retags:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)</li>
<li><strong>Bad Dual Groups:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] 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.</li>
<li>
<p><strong>DV (WEBDL):</strong> This is a special Custom Format that Block WEBDL with Dolby Vision but without HDR10 fallback.</p>
<p>This Custom Format works together with the normal DV Custom Format that you can use to prefer Dolby Vision.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Remuxes and Bluray have a fallback to HDR10.</p>
<divclass="admonition hint">
<pclass="admonition-title">Hint</p>
<p><code>[DV WEBDL]</code> = This custom format you need to score depending of your personal use and setup.</p>
<ul>
<li>If you only watch your movies on a setup that completely supports Dolby Vision from start to end then give it a score of <code>0</code> or just don't add it.</li>
<li>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 <code>-10000</code>.</li>
<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="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
</div>
</details>
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<hr/>
<divclass="admonition attention">
<pclass="admonition-title">Attention</p>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Sonarr <imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
<p>Instructions can be found <ahref="#proper-and-repacks">HERE</a></p>
<p>I suggest to first follow the <ahref="/Sonarr/Sonarr-Quality-Settings-File-Size/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Quality Settings (File Size)</a>
If you think the sizes are too big to your preference then stop reading and see if the other tutorials are helpful to you. <imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
<p>For this Quality Profile we're going to make use of the following Custom Formats</p>
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<td><ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></td>
<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> This is a custom format to help Sonarr 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>
<divclass="admonition danger">
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (no HDR/DV):</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>
<p><strong>But it will allow x265 releases if they have HDR and/or DV</strong></p>
<p><em>Being that some NF releases won't be released as 4k, but you want to have DV/HDR releases.</em></p>
<p>In your quality profile use the following score for this Custom Format: <code>-10000</code></p>
<divclass="admonition danger">
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd">x265 (HD)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>No-RlsGroup:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] 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.</p>
</li>
<li><strong>Obfuscated:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)</li>
<li><strong>Retags:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)</li>
<li><strong>Bad Dual Groups:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] 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.</li>
<li>
<p><strong>DV (WEBDL):</strong> This is a special Custom Format that Block WEBDL with Dolby Vision but without HDR10 fallback.</p>
<p>This Custom Format works together with the normal DV Custom Format that you can use to prefer Dolby Vision.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Remuxes and Bluray have a fallback to HDR10.</p>
<divclass="admonition hint">
<pclass="admonition-title">Hint</p>
<p><code>[DV WEBDL]</code> = This custom format you need to score depending of your personal use and setup.</p>
<ul>
<li>If you only watch your movies on a setup that completely supports Dolby Vision from start to end then give it a score of <code>0</code> or just don't add it.</li>
<li>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 <code>-10000</code>.</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</details>
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<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Sonarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<p><imgalt="❗"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/2757.svg"title=":exclamation:"/> = The reason why this Custom Format get's such a high score is because it's the only quality scene group that exist (till now) and scene groups don't add the Release Sources (Streaming Services) to their release name so they don't get the extra point of the Streaming Services.</p>
</div>
</details>
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<p>Use the following main settings in your profile.</p>
<p>For some older shows you might want to enable the <code>WEB 720p</code> or even the <code>HDTV 1080p</code>.</p>
</div>
<divclass="admonition example">
<pclass="admonition-title">The following workflow will be applied:</p>
<ul>
<li>It will download WEB-DL 1080p. (If you also enabled <code>WEB 720p</code> and/or <code>HDTV 1080p</code> it will upgrade till <code>Upgrade Until</code>)</li>
<li>The downloaded media will be upgraded to any of the added Custom Formats until a score of 10000.</li>
</ul>
<p>So why such a ridiculously high <code>Upgrade Until Custom</code> and not a score of <code>500</code>?</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>I suggest to first follow the <ahref="/Sonarr/Sonarr-Quality-Settings-File-Size/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">Quality Settings (File Size)</a>
If you think the sizes are too big to your preference then stop reading and see if the other tutorials are helpful to you. <imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
<p>For this Quality Profile we're going to make use of the following Custom Formats</p>
<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE ../../includes/cf/sonarr-hdr-formats.md -->
<detailsclass="summary">
<summary>HDR Formats - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<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="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
</div>
</details>
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<td><ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></td>
<li><strong>BR-DISK :</strong> This is a custom format to help Sonarr 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>
<divclass="admonition danger">
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (no HDR/DV):</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>
<p><strong>But it will allow x265 releases if they have HDR and/or DV</strong></p>
<p><em>Being that some NF releases won't be released as 4k, but you want to have DV/HDR releases.</em></p>
<p>In your quality profile use the following score for this Custom Format: <code>-10000</code></p>
<divclass="admonition danger">
<pclass="admonition-title">Don't use this together with <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd">x265 (HD)</a>, Only ever include one of them <imgalt="⚠"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/26a0.svg"title=":warning:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>No-RlsGroup:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] 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.</p>
</li>
<li><strong>Obfuscated:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)</li>
<li><strong>Retags:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)</li>
<li><strong>Bad Dual Groups:</strong> [<em>Optional</em>] 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.</li>
<li>
<p><strong>DV (WEBDL):</strong> This is a special Custom Format that Block WEBDL with Dolby Vision but without HDR10 fallback.</p>
<p>This Custom Format works together with the normal DV Custom Format that you can use to prefer Dolby Vision.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Remuxes and Bluray have a fallback to HDR10.</p>
<divclass="admonition hint">
<pclass="admonition-title">Hint</p>
<p><code>[DV WEBDL]</code> = This custom format you need to score depending of your personal use and setup.</p>
<ul>
<li>If you only watch your movies on a setup that completely supports Dolby Vision from start to end then give it a score of <code>0</code> or just don't add it.</li>
<li>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 <code>-10000</code>.</li>
</ul>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</details>
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<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE ../../includes/cf/sonarr-misc.md -->
<summary>Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Sonarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<p><imgalt="❗"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/2757.svg"title=":exclamation:"/> = The reason why this Custom Format get's such a high score is because it's the only quality scene group that exist (till now) and scene groups don't add the Release Sources (Streaming Services) to their release name so they don't get the extra point of the Streaming Services.</p>
</div>
</details>
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<p>Use the following main settings in your profile.</p>
<p>The reason why I have WEB 1080p merged with the 2160p is because some NF releases won't be released as 4k, but I still want to have DV/HDR releases.
If you want to do the same make sure you replace <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">x265 (HD)</a> with <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a>.</p>
</div>
<divclass="admonition example">
<pclass="admonition-title">The following workflow will be applied:</p>
<ul>
<li>It will download WEB-1080p with HDR/DV.</li>
<li>It will upgrade to WEB-2160p when available.</li>
<li>The downloaded media will be upgraded to any of the added Custom Formats until a score of 10000.</li>
</ul>
<p>So why such a ridiculously high <code>Upgrade Until Custom</code> and not a score of <code>500</code>?</p>
<p>Because I'm too lazy to calculate the maxim</p>
</div>
<hr/>
<h2id="faq-info">FAQ & INFO<aclass="headerlink"href="#faq-info"title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<h3id="why-only-web-dl">Why only WEB-DL<aclass="headerlink"href="#why-only-web-dl"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<detailsclass="faq">
<summary>Why do you only have a release profile for WEB-DL - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>I only do WEB-DL my self for TV shows because in my opinion WEB-DL is the sweet spot between quality and size and you often don't see big differences anyway for TV shows. (Except for shows like GOT, Vikings, etc)</p>
<summary>Why do you prefer P2P groups over scene groups - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>Scene groups always release in a rush to bring it out as fast as possible.</p>
<p>So I noticed often that I got Repacks/Proper releases from them or from different groups and quality. P2P releases are a bit smarter and work sort of together by not doing the same release. Also, I noticed that with some scene releases the 5.1 audio was stripped out or converted to AAC audio.</p>
<p>In my opinion the P2P releases are of better quality. There's one scene group that does bring out quality releases <code>-deflate</code>/<code>-inflate</code>.</p>
</details>
<h3id="why-so-many-repackspropers">Why so many repacks/propers<aclass="headerlink"href="#why-so-many-repackspropers"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<detailsclass="faq">
<summary>Why do I see so many repacks/propers of Amazon WEB-DLs lately - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>A large portion of Amazon WEB-DLs in the last week have only had 192Kbps DD+5.1, because that's all Amazon made available initially. The proper 640Kbps DD+5.1 audio might appear a few hours later or a few months, but when they get updated, the episodes will be REPACKED.</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>
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<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="custom-formats-with-a-score-of-0">Custom Formats with a score of 0<aclass="headerlink"href="#custom-formats-with-a-score-of-0"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
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<summary>What do Custom Formats with a score of 0 do? - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>All Custom Formats with a score of 0 are pure informational and don't do anything.</p>
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<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 Sonarr</p>
<p><code>Media Management</code> =><code>File Management</code> to <code>Do Not Prefer</code> and use the <ahref="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#repackproper">Repack/Proper</a> Custom Format.</p>
<summary>Audio Channels - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<p>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.</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 using the <code>Audio Advanced</code> Custom Formats.</p>
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<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="/Sonarr/sonarr-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="/Sonarr/sonarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">x265 (HD)</a> makes sure you still get the x265 releases.</p>
<p>Special thanks to everyone that helped testing and creating these Custom Formats.</p>
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