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UHD Remux|IMAX-E (SQP-3)

Info

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

It uses Custom Formats and specific needed settings that probably will 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 got a decent audio setup. (that supports all HD audio formats)
  • You got a setup that completely supports DoVi from start to end.
  • HDR/DoVi (Depending what's offered and often both)
  • HD Audio (Atmos, TrueHD etc...)
  • You want the highest quality possible, with the option to upgrade to IMAX Enhanced.

Workflow Logic

Workflow Logic - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

Depending what's released first and available the following Workflow Logic will be used:

  • When the 4k WEBDL is released it will download the 4k WEB-DL. (streaming services)
  • When the 4k Remux is released it will upgrade to the 4k Remux.
  • When the IMAX-E is released it will upgrade to the IMAX-E. (optional, see below)

Possible Variables

When no 4k exist it will grab the following:

  • 1080p WEBDL with DV/HDR
  • 1080p Remux

[Optional] IMAX Enhanced (IMAX-E)
- When a IMAX Enhanced exist it will upgrade/downgrade to IMAX Enhanced.
- IMAX Enhanced will be ONLY chosen if it has the same AUDIO and HDR Metadata
- It won't downgrade from a TrueHD Atmos to a DD+ Atmos or from a DV to a HDR.

Important Notice

Important Notice

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.

From experience most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CF that work together they end up with undesired results.

If you're unsure or have questions do not hesitate to ask for help on Discord.

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: Remux|IMAX-E|2160p

!Create a new Quality Profile

Merge Qualities

First we're going to merge a couple of qualities.

If you don't know how to merge qualities take a look at the following Guide:

=> How to Merge Quality

Merge the following Qualities together
  • WEBDL-2160p
  • WEBRip-2160p
  • Remux-2160p
  • WEBDL-1080p
  • WEBRip-1080p

and name it what ever you want I used: WEB|Remux|2160p

!Merge the following Qualities together

Move selected quality to top

Tip

  • Qualities higher in the list are more preferred even if not checked.
  • Qualities within the same group are equal.
  • Only checked qualities are wanted.

This is why it's recommended to move the selected quality to the top of the list.

Select the following qualities

  • The merged quality profile: WEB|Remux|2160p
  • Remux-1080p

!Select the following qualities

Quality Profile Settings

  • Enable: Upgrades Allowed
  • Upgrade Until Quality: WEBDL|Remux|2160p
  • Minimum Custom Format Score: 550
  • 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

Audio - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

!HDR Formats Flowchart

Custom Format Score Trash ID
TrueHD ATMOS 5000 496f355514737f7d83bf7aa4d24f8169
DTS X 4500 2f22d89048b01681dde8afe203bf2e95
ATMOS (undefined) 3000 417804f7f2c4308c1f4c5d380d4c4475
DD+ ATMOS 3000 1af239278386be2919e1bcee0bde047e
TrueHD 2750 3cafb66171b47f226146a0770576870f
DTS-HD MA 2500 dcf3ec6938fa32445f590a4da84256cd
FLAC 2250 a570d4a0e56a2874b64e5bfa55202a1b
PCM 2250 e7c2fcae07cbada050a0af3357491d7b
DTS-HD HRA 2000 8e109e50e0a0b83a5098b056e13bf6db
DD+ 1750 185f1dd7264c4562b9022d963ac37424
DTS-ES 1500 f9f847ac70a0af62ea4a08280b859636
DTS 1250 1c1a4c5e823891c75bc50380a6866f73
AAC 1000 240770601cc226190c367ef59aba7463
DD 750 c2998bd0d90ed5621d8df281e839436e
HDR Formats - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

!HDR Formats Flowchart

Custom Format Score Trash ID
DV HDR10 1500 e23edd2482476e595fb990b12e7c609c
DV 1500 58d6a88f13e2db7f5059c41047876f00
DV HLG 1500 55d53828b9d81cbe20b02efd00aa0efd
DV SDR 1500 a3e19f8f627608af0211acd02bf89735
HDR10+ 600 b974a6cd08c1066250f1f177d7aa1225
HDR10 500 dfb86d5941bc9075d6af23b09c2aeecd
HDR 500 e61e28db95d22bedcadf030b8f156d96
HDR (undefined) 500 2a4d9069cc1fe3242ff9bdaebed239bb
PQ 500 08d6d8834ad9ec87b1dc7ec8148e7a1f
HLG 500 9364dd386c9b4a1100dde8264690add7

Hint

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 ALL the HDR Formats listed above (including ALL the DV ones (with and without HDR in it), It is important to also add the DV (WEBDL) Custom Format with a score of -10000

Movie Versions - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
Hybrid 100 0f12c086e289cf966fa5948eac571f44
Remaster 25 570bc9ebecd92723d2d21500f4be314c
4K Remaster 25 eca37840c13c6ef2dd0262b141a5482f
Criterion Collection 25 e0c07d59beb37348e975a930d5e50319
Special Edition 125 957d0f44b592285f26449575e8b1167e
IMAX 800 eecf3a857724171f968a66cb5719e152
IMAX Enhanced 800 9f6cbff8cfe4ebbc1bde14c7b7bec0de

IMAX Enhanced

IMAX Enhanced: Get More Picture Instead of Black Bars.

IMAX Enhanced exclusive expanded aspect ratio is 1:90:1, which offers up to 26% more picture for select sequences, meaning more of the action is visible on screen.

If you don't prefer IMAX Enhanced then don't add it or use a score of 0

HQ Release Groups - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
Remux Tier 01 1900 3a3ff47579026e76d6504ebea39390de
Remux Tier 02 1850 9f98181fe5a3fbeb0cc29340da2a468a
WEB Tier 01 1700 c20f169ef63c5f40c2def54abaf4438e
WEB Tier 02 1650 403816d65392c79236dcb6dd591aeda4
WEB Tier 03 1600 af94e0fe497124d1f9ce732069ec8c3b

- Don’t use HQ-xxx and Tiers together
- Remux Tier 01-02 replaces HQ-Remux
- Web Tier 01-03 replaces HQ-WEBDL

Misc - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
Repack/Proper 5 e7718d7a3ce595f289bfee26adc178f5
Repack2 6 ae43b294509409a6a13919dedd4764c4
x264 ⚠ -10000 2899d84dc9372de3408e6d8cc18e9666

Breakdown and Why

  • x264 has a score of -10000 because we only want the HDR/DV versions of the WEBDL-1080p
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
LQ -10000 90a6f9a284dff5103f6346090e6280c8
3D -10000 b8cd450cbfa689c0259a01d9e29ba3d6
SDR -10000 9c38ebb7384dada637be8899efa68e6f

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.
  • 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.
  • 3D: Is 3D still a thing for home use ?
  • SDR: This will help to prevent to grab UHD/4k releases without HDR Formats.
Optional - [CLICK TO EXPAND]

The x265 (no HDR/DV) is a MUST for this SQP ⚠

Custom Format Score Trash ID
Bad Dual Groups -10000 b6832f586342ef70d9c128d40c07b872
DV (WEBDL) ⁉ 923b6abef9b17f937fab56cfcf89e1f1
HDR10+ Boost 901 b17886cb4158d9fea189859409975758
EVO (no WEBDL) -10000 90cedc1fea7ea5d11298bebd3d1d3223
No-RlsGroup -10000 ae9b7c9ebde1f3bd336a8cbd1ec4c5e5
Obfuscated -10000 7357cf5161efbf8c4d5d0c30b4815ee2
Retags -10000 5c44f52a8714fdd79bb4d98e2673be1f
Scene -10000 f537cf427b64c38c8e36298f657e4828
x265 (no HDR/DV) ⚠ -10000 839bea857ed2c0a8e084f3cbdbd65ecb

Breakdown and Why

  • 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.
  • HDR10+ Boost: [Optional] (use this one only if you have a (Samsung) TV that supports HDR10+ and you don't have a Setup that supports DV or you prefer HDR10+

  • EVO (no WEBDL): This group is often banned for the low quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL are okay.
  • 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)
  • Scene: [Optional] (use these only if you dislike scene releases)
  • 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 ⚠

Resolution - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
1080p 50 820b09bb9acbfde9c35c71e0e565dad8
2160p 100 fb392fb0d61a010ae38e49ceaa24a1ef
Streaming Services - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
AMZN 0 b3b3a6ac74ecbd56bcdbefa4799fb9df
ATVP 0 40e9380490e748672c2522eaaeb692f7
DSNP 0 84272245b2988854bfb76a16e60baea5
HMAX 0 5763d1b0ce84aff3b21038eea8e9b8ad
Hulu 0 526d445d4c16214309f0fd2b3be18a89
NF 0 170b1d363bd8516fbf3a3eb05d4faff6
PCOK 0 c9fd353f8f5f1baf56dc601c4cb29920
PMTP 0 e36a0ba1bc902b26ee40818a1d59b8bd
MA 10 2a6039655313bf5dab1e43523b62c374

Breakdown and Why

  • These reason why these Custom Formats have a score of 0 is because they are mainly used for the naming scheme and other variables should decide for movies if a certain release if preferred.
  • MA is the only one with a score because of their higher bitrate and quality compared to other streaming services.

Quality Size

Settings => Quality

Quality Min Max
WEBDL-1080p 12.5 400
WEBRip-1080p 12.5 400
Remux-1080p 136.8 400
WEBDL-2160p 34.5 400
WEBRip-2160p 34.5 400
Remux-2160p 187.4 400

The reason why you don't see the Preferred score in the table above is because we want max quality anyway. So set it as high as possible.

The highest preferred quality you can manually enter is 1 less than the Maximum quality. If you use the slider, the preferred quality can be up to 5 lesser than the Maximum quality.

Make sure you have enabled Show Advanced in Radarr, if you don't see a provision to enter the scores, under the Quality settings.


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Last update: November 4, 2022 21:26:22