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# How to Sync 2 Radarr or Sonarr with each other
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In this guide I will try to explain how you can sync two (or more) Radarr/Sonarr instances with each other.
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I'm going to show two different options on how you can setup your sync with two Radarr/Sonarr instances.
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- Option 1: This option is best used if you want a 1:1 copy of your Radarr/Sonarr instances as it'll sync everything
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- Option 2: This option is best used if you only want to have a subset of your library Movies/TV Shows as 4K/2160p (UHD) as it filters by quality profile
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!!! bug ""
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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](https://wiki.servarr.com/radarr/installation#multiple-instances) and [Sonarr Multiple Instance Information](https://wiki.servarr.com/sonarr/installation#multiple-instances)
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## Preparation
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For this you need to have prepared the following:
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- Two Radarr/Sonarr instances fully setup (Indexers, Custom Formats, Downloaders, etc).
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- One download client (*Two if you prefer Usenet and Torrents*).
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- Your download client has two separate categories (movies-hd, movies-uhd, tv-hd, tv-uhd, etc)
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!!! warning
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:bangbang:You can't use the same root (media library) folder for both Radarr's/Sonarr's:bangbang:
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Make sure you use two separate root folders in Radarr/Sonarr (movies-hd, movies-uhd, tv-hd, tv-uhd, etc)
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### Option 1
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!!! info ""
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In this example I'm going to use two Radarr instances (The basics is the same for Sonarr).
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- `Radarr 1` = My main 4K/2160p (UHD) Radarr.
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- `Radarr 2` = My 1080p Radarr that I've setup for a streaming optimized quality profile.[^1]
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This option is best used if you want a 1:1 copy of your Radarr/Sonarr instances
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#### Adding the Radarr Sync list
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In `Radarr 2` go to `Settings` => `Lists`
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Click on the + to add a list and select `Radarr`
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Then you get a screen with the following options:
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1. The name you want to call your Sync list.
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1. Enable to Enable the list.
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1. Enable so the movies will be automatically added.
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1. Enable so the movies will be added and monitored (if disabled then there will be no search done for the movies).
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1. Enable so Radarr will perform a search when a movie is added.
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1. When Radarr shall consider a movie as available.[^2]
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1. The Quality Profile you want to use on `Radarr 2`.
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1. Your root location for your media library.
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1. The Full URL to `Radarr 1` (Use local URL if they run on the same system).
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1. Your API Key of `Radarr 1`.
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1. Which Profile of `Radarr 1` you want to Sync with `Radarr 2`.
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1. Test the connection to `Radarr 1`.
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1. Save your settings.
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#### Radarr Download client setup
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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*).
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`Settings` => `Download Clients`
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Select your preferred download client.
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The only thing you need to change/create is a separate `Category` that you're going to use for `Radarr 2`
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!!! warning
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This can't and shouldn't be the same category you use for `Radarr 1` but a separate `Category`.
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### How does this Radarr Sync work
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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.
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------
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### Option 2
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!!! info ""
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In this example I'm going to use two Sonarr instances (The basics is the same for Radarr).
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- `Sonarr 1` = My main 1080p WEB-DL Sonarr.
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- `Sonarr 2` = 4K/2160p (UHD) WEB-DL Sonarr.
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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)
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#### Extra preparation
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In `Sonarr 1` go to `Settings` => `Profiles`
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Clone your used profile and rename your profile from `Profilename - Copy` to `Profilename!`
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#### Adding the Sonarr Sync list
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In `Sonarr 2` go to `Settings` => `Import Lists`
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Click on the + to add a list and select `Sonarr`
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Then you get a screen with the following options:
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1. The name you want to call your Sync list.
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1. Enable so the shows will be automatically added.
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1. Choose your monitoring options.[^3]
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1. Your root location for your media library.
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1. The Quality Profile you want to use on `Sonarr 2`.
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1. Series Type.[^4]
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1. If you want to use Season Folders.
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1. The Full URL to `Sonarr 1` (Use local URL if they run on the same system).
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1. Your API Key of `Sonarr 1`.
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1. The Cloned Profile of `Sonarr 1` that we're going to use to sync with `Sonarr 2`.
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1. Test the connection to `Sonarr 1`.
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1. Save your settings.
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#### Sonarr Download client setup
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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*).
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`Settings` => `Download Clients`
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Select your preferred download client.
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Only thing you need to change/create is a separate `Category` that you're going to use for `Sonarr 2`
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!!! tip
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This can't and shouldn't be the same category you use for `Sonarr 1` but a separate `Category`.
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### How does this Sonarr Sync work
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You now only need to make use of `Sonarr 1`. When you got a TV show (or a movie if you use this option with Radarr) that you also want as 4K/2160p (UHD) then you make sure you make use of the Cloned Quality Profile. And it will sync at a scheduled time.
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[^1]:
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If you're interested in the 1080p streaming optimized quality profile you can join my [discord](https://trash-guides.info/discord) and get access to the Special Quality Profiles channel (access-to-sqp) by accepting the rules.
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This is a special quality profile I created for people who are really interested in it.
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This release profile is fine tuned for when you want to run a 2nd Radarr for 1080p, and want minimum to none transcoding and smaller sizes for the second copies.
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Why choose this quality profile?
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- Streaming optimized (optimized for PLEX, emby, Jellyfin, and other streaming platforms)
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- Small sizes
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- Good quality
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- Only AC3 Audio (downmixed lossless audio track to Dolby Digital 5.1 for optimal compatibility)
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- You want maximum compatibility between all devices and still have a HQ release.
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- You run two instances of Radarr and want both versions or just for the 1080p ones.
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- You want to have minimum to none transcoding for low powered devices or remote streaming.
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[^2]:
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- **Announced**: Radarr will consider movies available as soon as they are added to Radarr. This setting is recommended if you have good private trackers that do not have fakes.
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- **In Cinemas**: Radarr will consider movies available as soon as movies hit cinemas. This option is not recommended.
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- **Released**: Radarr will consider movies available as soon as the Blu-ray is released. This option is recommended if your indexers contain fakes often.
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[^3]:
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- **All Episodes**: Monitor all episodes except specials
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- **Future Episodes**: Monitor episodes that have not aired yet
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- **Missing Episodes**: Monitor episodes that do not have files or have not aired yet
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- **Existing Episodes**: Monitor episodes that have files or have not aired yet
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- **First Season**: Monitor all episodes of the first season. All other seasons will be ignored
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- **Latest Season**: Monitor all episodes of the latest season and future seasons
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- **None**: No episodes will be monitored
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[^4]:
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- **Anime**: Episodes released using an absolute episode number
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- **Daily**: Episodes released daily or less frequently that use year-month-day (2017-05-25)
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- **Standard**: Episodes released with SxxEyy pattern
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