SQP-1 WEB (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 run a second 'Streaming Optimized' instance of Radarr and want both versions, or you just want streaming-optimized 1080p overall. You want fewer upgrades than with SQP-1 because the WEBDL has often been watched before the BHDstudio Blu-ray is released.
- You want good compatibility across various playback devices without compromising release quality.
- You want little to no transcoding for low-powered devices or remote streaming.
- Smaller file sizes and bitrates.
- Easier to get even without access to top-tier trackers/indexers.
- You prefer Dolby Digital Plus (Atmos) audio over Dolby Digital, as WEB-DLs commonly come with Dolby Digital Plus (Atmos) audio.
- You prefer Imax-Enhanced.
- You prefer included embedded subs.
- More cross-seed hits, as WEBDL is more spread out over the trackers.
BHDStudio release 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
If you don't have access to the top tier indexers, you won't have access to all BHDStudio releases. WEB releases, however, have much better general availability.
hallowed release HQ 1080p encodes with the following features:
- Highly streamable releases with some more modern optimizations:
- Dolby Digital Plus multichannel or AAC mono/stereo audio (converted from lossless audio track)
- Included English SRT subtitles, as well as a selection of PGS subtitles in English and other languages
- Dual audio for foreign films
- Smaller sizes
- Good quality
hallowed's releases have very good general availability.
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.
- When a 1080p BHDStudio/hallowed is released it won't be grabbed as an upgrade.
- If no 1080p WEBDL can be found, a 1080p BHDStudio or hallowed release will be preferred (where the hallowed will be preferred over BHDStudio).
- If no 1080p WEBDL or 1080p BHDStudio/hallowed can be found, a 1080p Bluray encode will be grabbed, although these can be less - or not at all - streaming optimized.
- Releases with 2.0 audio will be scored lower, so a WEB Tier 01 could be trumped by a BHDStudio or any other HD Bluray Tier 03 that has, for example, 5.1 audio.
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
Instructions
- Follow every step below.
- Don't skip any steps.
- Changing the tested recommended scores could result in undesired results.
- 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 WEB (1080p)
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:
Merge the following Qualities together
- Bluray-1080p
- WEBDL-1080p
- WEBRip-1080p
and name it: Bluray|WEB-1080p
Select the following qualities
- The merged quality profile:
Bluray|WEB-1080p
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.
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, 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]
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 |
| 2.0 Stereo | -175 |
89dac1be53d5268a7e10a19d3c896826 |
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 | 550 | 5153ec7413d9dae44e24275589b5e944 |
| hallowed | 600 | 7a0d1ad358fee9f5b074af3ef3f9d9ef |
| 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.
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 as0in 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
0is because they are mainly used for the naming scheme and other variables should decide for movies if a certain release if preferred. CRiTandMAare the only ones with a positive score because of their better source material, or higher bitrate and quality compared to other streaming services.BCorehas 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 (Optional) - [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 |
| IMAX Enhanced | 800 | 9f6cbff8cfe4ebbc1bde14c7b7bec0de |
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, and a WEB-DL generally does not add movie versions.
- Adding IMAX/IMAX Enhanced will replace the BHDStudio release in most cases
- When adding movie versions except for the Imax-Enhanced, a random Blu-ray encode might replace a WEB-DL because WEB-DL generally does not add movie versions.
Quality Size
Settings => Quality
| Quality | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|
| WEBDL-1080p | 12.5 | 85.7 |
| WEBRip-1080p | 12.5 | 85.7 |
| 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.
Questions or Suggestions?
