@ -2119,7 +2119,7 @@ It's all really dependent on specific situations for different people</p>
<h3id="how-to-accomplish-the-golden-rule">How to accomplish the Golden Rule<aclass="headerlink"href="#how-to-accomplish-the-golden-rule"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<h2id="some-extra-info-about-4kx265">Some extra info about 4K/X265<aclass="headerlink"href="#some-extra-info-about-4kx265"title="Permanent link"></a></h2>
<p><ahref="https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-4k-transcoding-and-you-aka-the-rules-of-4k-a-faq/378203"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">4k, transcoding, and you - aka the rules of 4k - a FAQ</a> - Plex.tv</p>
@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ It's all really dependent on specific situations for different people</p>
<h1id="how-to-setup-custom-formats">How to setup Custom Formats<aclass="headerlink"href="#how-to-setup-custom-formats"title="Permanent link"></a></h1>
<p>So what's the best way to setup the Custom Profiles and which one to use with which scores?</p>
<p>There isn't a best score setup, being that everyone has their own personal preferences. Some prefer high quality audio, others high quality video. Many prefer both.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</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>Here we're going to explain where to setup the Custom Formats after you've added them, as explained in <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-import-custom-formats/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">How to import Custom Formats</a>.
You will also see a short description of what each setting means.</p>
<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>
@ -2330,12 +2334,18 @@ You will also see a short description of what each setting means.</p>
</ul>
</div>
</details>
<hr/>
<divclass="admonition attention">
<pclass="admonition-title">Attention</p>
<p>Keep in mind Custom Formats are made to fine tune your Quality Profile</p>
<p>Generally, quality trumps all</p>
<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/>
<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE ../../includes/merge-quality/radarr-current-logic.md -->
<h3id="radarr-current-logic">Radarr current logic<aclass="headerlink"href="#radarr-current-logic"title="Permanent link"></a></h3>
<detailsclass="summary">
@ -2361,23 +2371,17 @@ You will also see a short description of what each setting means.</p>
<p>My suggestion is to create tiers of scores based on what things matter to you.</p>
<p>Personally, I would only add the Custom Formats that do what you actually prefer. Especially in the beginning, including the <ahref="#releases-you-should-avoid">Releases you should avoid</a></p>
<divclass="admonition info">
<pclass="admonition-title">Info</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>
<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="/Radarr/Radarr-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="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></td>
@ -2445,18 +2454,34 @@ You will also see a short description of what each setting means.</p>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<details class="example">
<summary>Breakdown and Why - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<div class="admonition example">
<p class="admonition-title">Breakdown and Why</p>
<ul>
<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>EVO (no WEBDL):</strong> This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.</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>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p releases that are encoded in x265 - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</li>
<li><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</li>
<li><strong>No-RlsGroup:</strong> [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.</li>
<li><strong>Obfuscated:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)</li>
<li><strong>Retags:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)</li>
<li><strong>Bad Dual Groups:</strong> 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.
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (no HDR/DV):</strong> This blocks/ignores 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 to exclude/bypass if it has 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd">x265 (HD)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</p>
</li>
<li><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.</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>
@ -2473,7 +2498,7 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</details>
</div>
</details>
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@ -2572,7 +2597,7 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
<p>Lets say you prefer HDR metadata (HDR or Dolby Vision or Both)</p>
<p>Then we would use the following order:</p>
<!-- BEGIN INCLUDE ../../includes/cf/hdr-metadata.md -->
<detailsclass="summary">
@ -2638,14 +2663,18 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<divclass="admonition hint">
<pclass="admonition-title">Hint</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 Metadata even the ones with DV in it, and then make sure you make use of the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
</div>
</details>
<!-- END INCLUDE -->
<!----8<-- "includes/cf/hdr-metadata.md" -->
<hr/>
<divclass="admonition important">
<pclass="admonition-title">Important</p>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr!!!</p>
<divclass="admonition attention">
<pclass="admonition-title">Attention</p>
<p>I also suggest to change the Propers and Repacks settings in Radarr<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>
</div>
<hr/>
@ -2729,11 +2758,16 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
<td><ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></td>
@ -2765,18 +2799,34 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<details class="example">
<summary>Breakdown and Why - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<div class="admonition example">
<p class="admonition-title">Breakdown and Why</p>
<ul>
<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>EVO (no WEBDL):</strong> This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.</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>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p releases that are encoded in x265 - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</li>
<li><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</li>
<li><strong>No-RlsGroup:</strong> [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.</li>
<li><strong>Obfuscated:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)</li>
<li><strong>Retags:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)</li>
<li><strong>Bad Dual Groups:</strong> 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.
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (no HDR/DV):</strong> This blocks/ignores 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 to exclude/bypass if it has 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd">x265 (HD)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</p>
</li>
<li><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.</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>
@ -2793,7 +2843,7 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</details>
</div>
</details>
<!-- END INCLUDE -->
<!----8<-- "includes/cf/unwanted.md" -->
@ -2865,9 +2915,10 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
<p>I decided not to add <code>Audio Advanced</code> 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.</p>
<p>Use the following main settings in your profile.</p>
<p>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</p>
<divclass="admonition attention">
<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>
<detailsclass="example">
<summary>The following workflow will be applied:</summary>
<ul>
@ -2945,6 +2996,10 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<divclass="admonition hint">
<pclass="admonition-title">Hint</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 Metadata even the ones with DV in it, and then make sure you make use of the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
</div>
</details>
<p><!-- END INCLUDE -->
<!----8<-- "includes/cf/hdr-metadata.md" --></p>
@ -3119,11 +3174,16 @@ If you think the sizes are too big to your preference then stop reading and see
<td><ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></td>
@ -3155,18 +3215,34 @@ If you think the sizes are too big to your preference then stop reading and see
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<details class="example">
<summary>Breakdown and Why - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<div class="admonition example">
<p class="admonition-title">Breakdown and Why</p>
<ul>
<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>EVO (no WEBDL):</strong> This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.</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>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p releases that are encoded in x265 - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</li>
<li><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</li>
<li><strong>No-RlsGroup:</strong> [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.</li>
<li><strong>Obfuscated:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)</li>
<li><strong>Retags:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)</li>
<li><strong>Bad Dual Groups:</strong> 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.
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (no HDR/DV):</strong> This blocks/ignores 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 to exclude/bypass if it has 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd">x265 (HD)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</p>
</li>
<li><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.</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>
@ -3183,7 +3259,7 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</details>
</div>
</details>
<!-- END INCLUDE -->
<!----8<-- "includes/cf/unwanted.md" -->
@ -3254,9 +3330,10 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
</details>
<p>Use the following main settings in your profile.</p>
<p>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</p>
<divclass="admonition attention">
<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>
<detailsclass="example">
<summary>The following workflow will be applied:</summary>
<ul>
@ -3425,6 +3502,10 @@ If you think the sizes are too big to your preference then stop reading and see
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<divclass="admonition hint">
<pclass="admonition-title">Hint</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 Metadata even the ones with DV in it, and then make sure you make use of the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
</div>
</details>
<!-- END INCLUDE -->
<!----8<-- "includes/cf/hdr-metadata.md" -->
@ -3505,11 +3586,16 @@ If you think the sizes are too big to your preference then stop reading and see
<td><ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></td>
@ -3541,18 +3627,34 @@ If you think the sizes are too big to your preference then stop reading and see
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<details class="example">
<summary>Breakdown and Why - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<div class="admonition example">
<p class="admonition-title">Breakdown and Why</p>
<ul>
<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>EVO (no WEBDL):</strong> This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.</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>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p releases that are encoded in x265 - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</li>
<li><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</li>
<li><strong>No-RlsGroup:</strong> [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.</li>
<li><strong>Obfuscated:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)</li>
<li><strong>Retags:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)</li>
<li><strong>Bad Dual Groups:</strong> 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.
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (no HDR/DV):</strong> This blocks/ignores 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 to exclude/bypass if it has 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd">x265 (HD)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</p>
</li>
<li><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.</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>
@ -3569,7 +3671,7 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
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@ -3640,8 +3742,8 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
</details>
<p>Use the following main settings in your profile.</p>
<pclass="admonition-title">Make sure you don't check the BR-DISK.</p>
</div>
<detailsclass="example">
<summary>The following workflow will be applied:</summary>
@ -3690,9 +3792,9 @@ Being when you add a Custom Format what you prefer and you set it to something l
<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>
<detailsclass="tip">
<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/#x265-7201080p" rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">720/1080p no x265</a> Custom Format.</p>
<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/#x265-7201080p" rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">720/1080p no x265</a> makes sure you still get the x265 releases.</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>
<td><ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></td>
<summary>Breakdown and Why - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<div class="admonition example">
<p class="admonition-title">Breakdown and Why</p>
<ul>
<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>EVO (no WEBDL):</strong> This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.</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>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p releases that are encoded in x265 - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</li>
<li><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</li>
<li><strong>No-RlsGroup:</strong> [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.</li>
<li><strong>Obfuscated:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)</li>
<li><strong>Retags:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)</li>
<li><strong>Bad Dual Groups:</strong> 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.
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (no HDR/DV):</strong> This blocks/ignores 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 to exclude/bypass if it has 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd">x265 (HD)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</p>
</li>
<li><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.</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>
@ -2334,7 +2355,7 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</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 Metadata even the ones with DV in it, and then make sure you make use of the <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#dv-webdl">DV (WEBDL)</a> Custom Format with a score of -10000</p>
<td><ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></td>
<summary>Breakdown and Why - [CLICK TO EXPAND]</summary>
<div class="admonition example">
<p class="admonition-title">Breakdown and Why</p>
<ul>
<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>EVO (no WEBDL):</strong> This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.</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>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p releases that are encoded in x265 - More info <ahref="/Misc/x265-4k/"rel="noopener noreferrer"target="_blank">HERE</a>.</li>
<li><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</li>
<li><strong>No-RlsGroup:</strong> [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.</li>
<li><strong>Obfuscated:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike renamed releases)</li>
<li><strong>Retags:</strong> [Optional] (use these only if you dislike retagged releases)</li>
<li><strong>Bad Dual Groups:</strong> 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.
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (HD):</strong> This blocks/ignores 720/1080p 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-no-hdrdv">x265 (no HDR/DV)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>x265 (no HDR/DV):</strong> This blocks/ignores 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 to exclude/bypass if it has 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 the following Custom Format <ahref="/Radarr/Radarr-collection-of-custom-formats/#x265-hd">x265 (HD)</a><imgalt="‼"class="twemoji"src="https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/v/latest/svg/203c.svg"title=":bangbang:"/></p>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>3D:</strong> Is 3D still a thing for home use ?</p>
</li>
<li><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.</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>
@ -2567,7 +2592,7 @@ Also they often even rename the release name in to Portuguese.</li>
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