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SQP-1 (1080p) Streaming Optimized

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 show/hide]
  • You want maximum compatibility across all devices and still a HQ release.
  • You run 2 instances of Radarr and want both versions or just the 1080p ones.
  • You want to have little to no transcoding for low powered devices or remote streaming.
  • You want to grab streaming optimized releases.
  • Small sizes.

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

Biggest drawback: If you don't have access to the top tier indexers you won't have access to all BHDStudio releases, and you will end up with less or not streaming optimized releases.

Workflow Logic

Workflow Logic - [Click to show/hide]

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

  • When a 1080p WEBDL is released it will be downloaded. (streaming services)
  • When a 1080p BHDStudio is released it will download the BHDStudio release.
  • If no 1080p BHDStudio or 1080p WEBDL can be found (not existing or limited sources) it will download a 1080p Bluray encode (less or not streaming optimized).

Possible Variables

  • Prefer 1080p WEBDL with IMAX-E.

Important Notice

Important Notice

All the used scores and combinations of Custom Formats in this Guide are tested to get the desired results while preventing download loops as much as possible.

From experience, most of the time when people change scores or leave out certain CFs 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

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Instructions

  1. Follow every step 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: SQP-1 (1080p)

!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
  • Bluray-1080p
  • WEBDL-1080p
  • WEBRip-1080p
  • WEBDL-720p
  • WEBRip-720p

and name it: Bluray|WEB-1080p

!Merge the following Qualities together

Select the following qualities
  • The merged quality profile: Bluray|WEB-1080p
  • Bluray-720p

!Select the following qualities

Move selected quality to top

Info

The order listed in the profile matters even if a quality is not checked, for example if you have a 1080p version but wanted the SD version, Radarr will reject all SD results because 1080p is listed higher than SD even though 1080p was not checked.

Qualities at the top of the list will appear first in manual searches.

  • 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.

Source: Wiki Servarr

Quality Profile Settings

  • Enable: Upgrades Allowed
  • Upgrade Until Quality: Bluray|WEB-1080p
  • Minimum Custom Format Score: 1000 (1)
  • Upgrade Until Custom Format Score: 10000

(1) If you're limited to public indexers, don't have access to top-tier indexers, or are searching for content that is more rare, you might want to lower the Minimum Custom Format Score to 10.

example - [Click to show/hide]

!Quality Profile Settings

Warning

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

The following Custom Formats are required:

Audio - [Click to show/hide]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
TrueHD ATMOS ⚠ -10000 ⚠ 496f355514737f7d83bf7aa4d24f8169
DTS X ⚠ -10000 ⚠ 2f22d89048b01681dde8afe203bf2e95
ATMOS (undefined) ⚠ 0 ⚠ 417804f7f2c4308c1f4c5d380d4c4475
DD+ ATMOS ⚠ 135 ⚠ 1af239278386be2919e1bcee0bde047e
TrueHD ⚠ -10000 ⚠ 3cafb66171b47f226146a0770576870f
DTS-HD MA ⚠ -10000 ⚠ dcf3ec6938fa32445f590a4da84256cd
FLAC ⚠ 0 ⚠ a570d4a0e56a2874b64e5bfa55202a1b
PCM ⚠ 0 ⚠ e7c2fcae07cbada050a0af3357491d7b
DTS-HD HRA ⚠ -10000 ⚠ 8e109e50e0a0b83a5098b056e13bf6db
DD+ ⚠ 125 ⚠ 185f1dd7264c4562b9022d963ac37424
DTS-ES ⚠ 0 ⚠ f9f847ac70a0af62ea4a08280b859636
DTS ⚠ 0 ⚠ 1c1a4c5e823891c75bc50380a6866f73
AAC ⚠ 0 ⚠ 240770601cc226190c367ef59aba7463
DD ⚠ 115 ⚠ c2998bd0d90ed5621d8df281e839436e

Scores marked with a ⚠ warning ⚠ are different to those used in the main public guide

The CF with 0 you can choose to add with a score of 0 or just don't add them.
The reason why we score them this low is to prevent transcoding as much as possible.
The reason why DTS and DTS-ES have a score of 0 is to make sure that you don't limit yourself too much.

HQ Release Groups - [Click to show/hide]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
BHDStudio 1000 5153ec7413d9dae44e24275589b5e944
WEB Tier 01 1700 c20f169ef63c5f40c2def54abaf4438e
WEB Tier 02 1650 403816d65392c79236dcb6dd591aeda4
WEB Tier 03 1600 af94e0fe497124d1f9ce732069ec8c3b
HD Bluray Tier 01 ⚠ 1100 ⚠ ed27ebfef2f323e964fb1f61391bcb35
HD Bluray Tier 02 ⚠ 1050 ⚠ c20c8647f2746a1f4c4262b0fbbeeeae
HD Bluray Tier 03 ⚠ 1000 ⚠ 5608c71bcebba0a5e666223bae8c9227

Scores marked with a ⚠ warning ⚠ are different to those used in the main public guide

Miscellaneous (Required) - [Click to show/hide]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
Repack/Proper 5 e7718d7a3ce595f289bfee26adc178f5
Repack2 6 ae43b294509409a6a13919dedd4764c4
Repack3 7 5caaaa1c08c1742aa4342d8c4cc463f2
Proper and Repacks - [Click to show/hide]

We also suggest changing 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 show/hide]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
BR-DISK -10000 ed38b889b31be83fda192888e2286d83
LQ -10000 90a6f9a284dff5103f6346090e6280c8
LQ (Release Title) -10000 e204b80c87be9497a8a6eaff48f72905
x265 (HD) ⚠ -10000 dc98083864ea246d05a42df0d05f81cc
3D -10000 b8cd450cbfa689c0259a01d9e29ba3d6
Extras -10000 0a3f082873eb454bde444150b70253cc
10bit -10000 a5d148168c4506b55cf53984107c396e
AV1 -10000 cae4ca30163749b891686f95532519bd

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 top trackers due to their releases' lack of quality or other reasons.
  • LQ (Release Title): A collection of terms seen in the titles of low-quality releases that are not captured by using a release group name.
  • x265 (HD): This blocks 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265.

    If you have also added x265 (no HDR/DV) to your Radarr,
    then one of them should be scored as 0 in your quality profile.

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

  • Extras: Blocks releases that only contain extras
  • 10bit: Blocks releases that use Hi10P
  • AV1: This blocks all releases encoded in AV1.

    AV1 encodes are currently targeting small file sizes, rather than good visual quality.

    • This is a new codec and you need modern devices that support it.
    • We also had reports of playback/transcoding issues.
    • No main group is actually using it (yet).
    • It's better to ignore this new codec to prevent compatibility issues
Resolution - [Click to show/hide]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
1080p 50 820b09bb9acbfde9c35c71e0e565dad8
720p 5 b2be17d608fc88818940cd1833b0b24c
Streaming Services - [Click to show/hide]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
AMZN 0 b3b3a6ac74ecbd56bcdbefa4799fb9df
ATVP 0 40e9380490e748672c2522eaaeb692f7
BCORE ⚠ -10000 ⚠ cc5e51a9e85a6296ceefe097a77f12f4
CRiT 20 16622a6911d1ab5d5b8b713d5b0036d4
DSNP 0 84272245b2988854bfb76a16e60baea5
HBO 0 509e5f41146e278f9eab1ddaceb34515
HMAX 0 5763d1b0ce84aff3b21038eea8e9b8ad
Hulu 0 526d445d4c16214309f0fd2b3be18a89
iT 0 e0ec9672be6cac914ffad34a6b077209
MAX 0 6a061313d22e51e0f25b7cd4dc065233
MA 20 2a6039655313bf5dab1e43523b62c374
NF 0 170b1d363bd8516fbf3a3eb05d4faff6
PMTP 0 e36a0ba1bc902b26ee40818a1d59b8bd
PCOK 0 c9fd353f8f5f1baf56dc601c4cb29920
STAN 0 c2863d2a50c9acad1fb50e53ece60817

Scores marked with a ⚠ warning ⚠ are different to those used in the main public guide


Breakdown and Why

  • The 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.
  • CRiT and MA are the only ones with a positive score because of their better source material, or higher bitrate and quality compared to other streaming services. BCore has a negative score as these releases have a very high bitrate so can cause transcoding.

The following Custom Formats are optional:

Miscellaneous (Optional) - [Click to show/hide]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
Bad Dual Groups -10000 b6832f586342ef70d9c128d40c07b872
EVO (no WEBDL) -10000 90cedc1fea7ea5d11298bebd3d1d3223
No-RlsGroup -10000 ae9b7c9ebde1f3bd336a8cbd1ec4c5e5
Obfuscated -10000 7357cf5161efbf8c4d5d0c30b4815ee2
Retags -10000 5c44f52a8714fdd79bb4d98e2673be1f
Scene -10000 f537cf427b64c38c8e36298f657e4828

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 the first track. Also they often even rename the release name into Portuguese.
  • EVO (no WEBDL): This group is often banned for low-quality Blu-ray releases, but their WEB-DL is okay.
  • No-RlsGroup: [Optional] Some indexers strip out the release group which 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)
Movie Versions - [Click to show/hide]
Custom Format Score Trash ID
Remaster 25 570bc9ebecd92723d2d21500f4be314c
4K Remaster 25 eca37840c13c6ef2dd0262b141a5482f
Criterion Collection 25 e0c07d59beb37348e975a930d5e50319
Masters of Cinema 25 9d27d9d2181838f76dee150882bdc58c
Vinegar Syndrome 25 db9b4c4b53d312a3ca5f1378f6440fc9
Special Edition 125 957d0f44b592285f26449575e8b1167e

Info

  • If you prefer 1080p WEBDL with IMAX-E then add IMAX Enhanced with the default scores.
  • The reason why we don't add IMAX is because BHDStudio didn't add IMAX to their filename before 2023-07-27.

Adding IMAX/IMAX Enhanced will replace the BHDStudio release in most cases ⚠

Quality Size

Settings => Quality

Quality Min Max
WEBDL-720p 12.5 85.7
WEBRip-720p 12.5 85.7
WEBDL-1080p 12.5 85.7
WEBRip-1080p 12.5 85.7
Bluray-720p 25.2 102
Bluray-1080p 33.8 154

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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