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How to Sync 2 Radarr or Sonarr with each other

In this guide I will try to explain how you can sync two (or more) Radarr/Sonarr instances with each other.

I'm going to show two different options on how you can setup your sync with two Radarr/Sonarr instances.

Option 1: This option is best used if you want a 1:1 copy of your Radarr/Sonarr instances as it'll sync everything.
Option 2: This option is best used if you only want to cherry pick which Movies/TV Shows you want as 4K/2160p (UHD).

!!! bug "" I'm not going to explain how to set up two Radarr/Sonarr instances for your system, being it depends on how you have it installed/running. Radarr Multiple Instance Information and Sonarr Multiple Instance Information

Preparation

For this you need to have prepared the following:

Two Radarr/Sonarr instances fully setup (Indexers, Custom Formats, Downloaders, etc).
One download client (Two if you prefer Usenet and Torrents).
Your download client has two separate categories (movies-hd, movies-uhd, tv-hd, tv-uhd, etc)

!!! warning

:bangbang:You can't use the same root (media library) folder for both Radarr's/Sonarr's:bangbang:

Make sure you use two separate root folders in Radarr/Sonarr (movies-hd, movies-uhd, tv-hd, tv-uhd, etc)

Option 1

!!! info "" In this example I'm going to use two Radarr instances (The basics is the same for Sonarr).

- `Radarr 1` = My main 4K/2160p (UHD) Radarr.
- `Radarr 2` = My 1080p Radarr that I've setup for a streaming optimized quality profile.[^1]

This option is best used if you want a 1:1 copy of your Radarr/Sonarr instances

Adding the Radarr Sync list

In Radarr 2 go to Settings => Lists

Click on the + to add a list and select Radarr

Then you get a screen with the following options:

The name you want to call your Sync list.
Enable to Enable the list.
Enable so the movies will be automatically added.
Enable so the movies will be added and monitored (if disabled then there will be no search done for the movies).
Enable so Radarr will perform a search when a movie is added.
When Radarr shall consider a movie as available.¹
The Quality Profile you want to use on Radarr 2.
Your root location for your media library.
The Full URL to Radarr 1 (Use local URL if they run on the same system).
Your API Key of Radarr 1.
Which Profile of Radarr 1 you want to Sync with Radarr 2.
Test the connection to Radarr 1.
Save your settings.

Radarr Download client setup

You don't need a separate download client for your two Radarr instances, this all can be done with one download client (Two if you prefer Usenet and Torrents).

Settings => Download Clients

Select your preferred download client.

The only thing you need to change/create is a separate Category that you're going to use for Radarr 2

!!! warning

This can't and shouldn't be the same category you use for `Radarr 1` but a separate `Category`.

How does this Radarr Sync work

You now only need to make use of Radarr 1. All movies you add to Radarr 1 will be synced to Radarr 2 at a scheduled time.

Option 2

!!! info "" In this example I'm going to use two Sonarr instances (The basics is the same for Radarr).

- `Sonarr 1` = My main 1080p WEB-DL Sonarr.
- `Sonarr 2` = 4K/2160p (UHD) WEB-DL Sonarr.

This option is best used if you only want to have a few TV shows (or movies if you use this option with Radarr) as 4K/2160p (UHD)

Extra preparation

In Sonarr 1 go to Settings => Profiles

Clone your used profile and rename your profile from Profilename - Copy to Profilename!

Adding the Sonarr Sync list

In Sonarr 2 go to Settings => Import Lists

Click on the + to add a list and select Sonarr

Then you get a screen with the following options:

The name you want to call your Sync list.
Enable so the shows will be automatically added.
Choose your monitoring options.²
Your root location for your media library.
The Quality Profile you want to use on Sonarr 2.
Series Type.³
If you want to use Season Folders.
The Full URL to Sonarr 1 (Use local URL if they run on the same system).
Your API Key of Sonarr 1.
The Cloned Profile of Sonarr 1 that we're going to use to sync with Sonarr 2.
Test the connection to Sonarr 1.
Save your settings.

Sonarr Download client setup

You don't need a separate download client for your two Sonarr/Radarr instances, this can all be done with one download client (Two if you prefer Usenet and Torrents).