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Streaming Optimized

Note

Keep in mind this SQP is a WIP. Changes are done when needed.

It uses Custom Formats and specific settings that will probably never make it to the guide, being the guide is used by the masses and what's used here is made for specific needs.

This also means some Custom Formats needs manual updating or you can use one of the 3rd party automation tools.

Why choose this quality profile

Why choose this quality profile? - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
  • You want maximum compatibility between all devices and still a HQ releases.
  • You run 2 instances of Radarr and want both version or just for the 1080p ones.
  • You want to have minimum till none transcoding for low powered devices or remote streaming.
  • If available for you Streaming optimized. (Optimized for PLEX, emby, Jellyfin, and other streaming platforms)
  • Small sizes.

Workflow Rules

Workflow Rules - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

It will prefer 1080p BHDStudio releases, if no BHDStudio can be found it will prefer HQ WEB-DL

BHDStudio

BHDStudio does HQ 1080p Encodes with the following features

  • Streaming optimized (Optimized for PLEX, emby, Jellyfin, and other streaming platforms)
  • AC3 Audio (Downmixed Lossless audio track to Dolby Digital 5.1 for optimal compatibility)
  • Small sizes
  • Good quality
  • No Dolby Vision

Instructions

  1. Follow every steps below.
  2. Don't skip any steps.
  3. Changing the tested recommended scores could result in undesired results.
  4. Adding CF not in this guide could result in undesired results.

Create a new Quality Profile

Settings => Profiles

Create a new profile and name it what ever you want I used Bluray|WEB-1080p

Add Quality Profile

Merge Qualities

Merge the following Qualities together:

  • Bluray-720p
  • Bluray-1080p
  • WEBDL/WEBRIP-1080p

To merge them you need to click on the edit groups.

Merge Qualities

Quality Profile Settings

  • Enable: Upgrades Allowed
  • Upgrade Until Quality: Bluray|WEB-1080p
  • Minimum Custom Format Score: 10001
  • Upgrade Until Custom Format Score: 10000
example - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Quality Profile Settings

Attention

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

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

Custom Formats and scores

HQ Source Groups - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
HQ-WEBDL 1750 26fa26253af4001701fedb56cec376dc
HQ-Remux 0 403f3f6266b90439cacc1e07cae4dc2d
HQ 0 1c7d7b04b15cc53ea61204bebbcc1ee2
BHDStudio - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
BHDStudio 1800 5153ec7413d9dae44e24275589b5e944
Resolution - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
720p 5 b2be17d608fc88818940cd1833b0b24c
1080p 50 820b09bb9acbfde9c35c71e0e565dad8
Misc - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
Repack/Proper 5 e7718d7a3ce595f289bfee26adc178f5
Repack2 6 ae43b294509409a6a13919dedd4764c4
Proper and Repacks - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

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

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

cf-mm-propers-repacks-disable

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

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

Breakdown and Why

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

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

    Don't use this together with x265 (no HDR/DV), Only ever include one of them ⚠

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

    But it will allow x265 releases if they have HDR and/or DV

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

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

    Don't use this together with x265 (HD), Only ever include one of them ⚠

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

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

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

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

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

    Remuxes and Bluray have a fallback to HDR10.

    Hint

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

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

Quality Size

Settings => Quality

Change the 1080p Quality Size to the range BHDStudio uses ( I searched BHD to check what was their smallest and biggest release, so this can change later if needed)

If you notice issues with the sizes please report it.

Quality Min Preferred Max
WEBDL-1080p 25.2 84.7 85.7
WEBRip-1080p 25.2 84.7 85.7
Bluray-720p 25.2 101 102
Bluray-1080p 33.8 135.9 136.9
example - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Quality Size

Attention

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

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

Questions or Suggestions?

If you have questions or suggestions click the chat badge to join the Discord Support Channel where you can ask your questions directly and get live support.

Discord chat

  1. If you don't mind to get also other Bluray Encodes (less or not streaming optimized) then you could lower this score to 10. ↩

Last update: October 2, 2022 09:38:48