How to set up Quality Profiles (French)

aka How to Set Up Custom Formats to Get French Audio and/or Subs

This guide is created and maintained by Someone Said "Nice"?

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Basics

It is quite important that you follow and understand what is envisioned by Trash's guide:

Adding Custom Formats, as explained in How to import Custom Formats.
Setting up a quality Profile to make use of the Custom Formats, as explained in How to setup Quality Profiles | Basics section.

Please read those two sections before continuing the guide as they hold important information. The rest of this guide will assume you did.

Tip

TRaSH created a flowchart to make your decision easier. Remember that this chart does not include any of the following Custom Formats, and you will still need to read this guide to get MULTi releases.

FAQ

I am not French from France but from Canada, does the guide still work?

Yes, the guide does accommodate for all types of French: VFF, VFQ, and VFB (even though this one is quite rare). Just make sure you check the scoring of the French Audio Versions section.

I am only interested in getting French subs (VOSTFR)

Please follow the Want Original with subs (VOSTFR) profile.

Can I get HDLight or 4KLight?

Probably not, this guide is not geared toward these specific types. If space is an issue for you, prefer Web-DL or 720p Blu-ray releases.

What about anime?

An example of Anime is also provided at the end: Anime.

FlareSolverr?

Please refer to the How to set up FlareSolverr section.

Prowlarr specific settings

Indexers - Replace MULTi by another language in release name option

Prowlarr allows MULTi to be replaced by another language. This option is great in theory but will lead to false positives regarding the French audio CFs. Please prefer using the Sonarr-specific settings "Indexers - Multi Languages option" below.

Indexers - Replace VOSTFR and SUBFRENCH with ENGLISH option

This option should not be used, mostly because you lose some information regarding the release. Moreover, VOSTFR does not mean that the audio is in English but rather it is the Original audio, meaning it could be Spanish, Korean, etc.

Indexers - Replace VFQ with FRENCH

Same as for the MULTi option, this will lead to false positives regarding the French audio CFs. Keep it disabled.

Screenshot example - [Click to show/hide]

Sonarr specific settings

Media Management - Episode Naming

Please have a look there: Recommended naming scheme.

Indexers - Multi Languages option

In Sonarr, you can tell that MULTi in an indexer means that a release possesses at least certain audio. For the purpose of this guide, you will select Original and French. This option should only be used for French indexers. Doing so in more "international" indexers can create false positives with the French Audio CFs.

If you do not see the option, it is because you need to activate the "Advanced Options" of Sonarr.

Screenshot example - [Click to show/hide]

Score logic

Sonarr v4 current logic

Sonarr v4 current logic - [Click to show/hide]

As of v4 release the logic is as follows:

The Current logic on how downloads are compared is Quality Trumps All

Quality
Custom Formats
Protocol
Episode Count
Episode Number
Indexer Priority
Seeds/Peers (If Torrent)
Age (If Usenet)
Size

Source: Wiki Servarr

REPACKS and PROPERs are v2 of Qualities and thus rank above a non-repack of the same quality.

Settings => Media Management => File Management => Proper & Repacks Change to Do Not Prefer and use the Repack/Proper Custom Format

Quality Profiles

Getting the Right Language Profile

Want Original with subs, or VOSTFR: You only want Original audio (English, Spanish, Korean, etc.) and French subtitles.
Want MULTi but will take French if unavailable, or MULTi.VF: You want Original + French audio tracks, with a fallback to French audio if both are unavailable.
Want MULTi but will take Original if not available, or MULTi.VO: You want Original + French audio tracks, with a fallback to Original audio if both are not available.

Profile	Both `Original` + `French` audio	Only `Original` Audio	Only `French` Audio	`English` Subs	`French` Subs
VOSTFR
MULTi.VF
MULTi.VO

What the profile is trying to get
What the profile is trying to avoid
Not the main purpose of the profile but can happen

For the VOSTFR profile, it is recommended to get Bazarr up and running

To do so, follow the Bazarr Setup Guide. Bazarr will help you get French subtitles when no VOSTFR releases are available.

French Audio Versions

Those are all optional and only there to rename your release or to avoid getting a certain type of French audio. Examples:

You prefer to have both VFF and VFQ, known as VF2 audio; in this case, you will score VF2 at 101 and keep the others at 0 (default).
You prefer VFF over VFQ; in this case, you will score VFF and VF2 at 101, set VFI to 0 (default), and VFQ to -101.
You prefer VFQ over VFF; in this case you will score VFQ and VF2 at 101, set VFI to 0 (default), and VFF to -101.
You absolutely do not want VQ audio; in this case, you will set it to -10000.

Indexers

Not all indexers report the type of French Audio a release has. Therefore, you can still get unwanted French audio. Scoring these CFs can also create download loops; please read the warning below.

Attention

It has been proven that raising the score of an audio to more than 101 (except for VOSTFR) has a higher chance to lead to download loops and therefore is not recommended. Similarly, lowering the score of an audio to less than -101 (unless absolutely not wanted as in the example) has a higher chance to lead to download loops and therefore is not recommended.

Explanation - [Click to show/hide]

Acronyms	French Explanation	English Explanation
TRUEFRENCH or VFF	Version francophone française (doublage réalisé en France)	Full French version (dubbing done in France)
FRENCH or VF^[1]	Version francophone (normalement équivalente à la VFQ)	French version (normally equivalent to VFQ)
VOF	Version originale française	Original French Version
VFI	Version francophone internationale	International French Version
VFQ	Version francophone québécoise (doublage réalisé au Québec)	Canadian French Version (dubbing done in Quebec)
VOQ	Version originale québécoise (ex. : Bon Cop, Bad Cop)	Quebec Original Version (e.g., Bon Cop, Bad Cop)
VQ	Version québécoise (accent québécois important, ex. : Les Simpson, le film)	Quebec Version (strong Quebec accent, e.g., The Simpsons movie)
VFB	Version francophone belge	Belgian French Version
VF[1-9] or FR[1-9]	Indique le nombre de doublages présents (normalement VF2, soit VFF et VFQ)	Indicates the number of dubs present (normally VF2 being VFF and VFQ)
VOSTFR^[2]	Indique que l'audio est dans la langue originale, avec des sous-titres en français	Indicates soundtrack in the original language, with French subtitles

[1] VF is included under the VFQ Custom Format, but it should be noted that it was often mismatched with VFF instead of VFQ pre-2022.
[2] It should be noted that SUBFRENCH is included in this Custom Format.

French Audio Versions - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Trash ID
VFF	2c29a39a4fdfd6d258799bc4c09731b9
VOF	7ae924ee9b2f39df3283c6c0beb8a2aa
VFI	b6816a0e1d4b64bf3550ad3b74b009b6
VF2	34789ec3caa819f087e23bbf9999daf7
VFQ	7a7f4e4f58bd1058440236d033a90b67
VOQ	802dd70b856c423a9b0cb7f34ac42be1
VQ	82085412d9a53ba8d8e46fc624eb701d
VFB	0ce1e39a4676c6692ce47935278dac76
VOSTFR	07a32f77690263bb9fda1842db7e273f

HD Bluray + WEB (1080p)

Basic Settings

Make sure you merge the Bluray and WEB qualities into one group under your Quality Profile's qualities. This is due to the fact that potential releases with French audio may not exist in WEB. For some older shows, you might want to enable the HDTV-720p/1080p, or even DVD quality sources. Depending on your preferences, you could also merge the HDTV with their related Web|Bluray group.

Profile Screenshot - [Click to show/hide]

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

I suggest to follow the following Guides first.

For this Quality Profile we're going to make use of the following Custom Formats with the scores given in the table.

Attention

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

Click For Support

The following Custom Formats are required:

Language Profiles Related Custom Formats Scoring - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Trash ID	VOSTFR Profile Score	MULTi.VF Profile Score	MULTi.VO Profile Score
Language: Original + French	10e77b96ae4770a7de645a91a53ce29a	0	500	500
Language: Not Original	ae575f95ab639ba5d15f663bf019e3e8	-10000	0	-10000
Language: Not French	322fca6f8f3694acc1401ddb530fd33d	0	-10000	0
VOSTFR	07a32f77690263bb9fda1842db7e273f	1000	0	0
MULTi	7ba05c6e0e14e793538174c679126996	0	0	0
FR HD Bluray Tier 01	d844321db5e126d2e7e46152f0706532	0	1800	1800
FR WEB Tier 01	ddb8eaa9c85a549c50034d280539d54d	0	1700	1700
FR WEB Tier 02	a4c51febd4d8b2a0db10a3c974f21d92	0	1650	1650
FR WEB Tier 03	dbfc0a4b5cb4cbd693311c4482ae9683	0	1600	1600
FR Scene Groups	2f3422339d185eb227a324644a2fbfca	0	1500	1500
WEB Tier 01	e6258996055b9fbab7e9cb2f75819294	1700	0	1700
WEB Tier 02	58790d4e2fdcd9733aa7ae68ba2bb503	1650	0	1650
WEB Tier 03	d84935abd3f8556dcd51d4f27e22d0a6	1600	0	1600
WEB Scene	d0c516558625b04b363fa6c5c2c7cfd4	1600	0	1600

Note: French Scene groups are included as a fallback if you really want their releases despite a potential loss in quality. Either set the CF score to 1500 (default) or 0 depending on what you want to achieve. Not including them may hinder your capacity to get releases with French audio.

Note: The MULTi CF is not really needed for the VOSTFR profile, as it is only used for renaming your file in order to keep the Language: Original + French CF's scoring.

Unwanted - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
BR-DISK	-10000	85c61753df5da1fb2aab6f2a47426b09
LQ	-10000	9c11cd3f07101cdba90a2d81cf0e56b4
LQ (Release Title)	-10000	e2315f990da2e2cbfc9fa5b7a6fcfe48
FR LQ	-10000	3ba797e5dc13af4b8d9bb25e83d90de2
x265 (HD)	-10000	47435ece6b99a0b477caf360e79ba0bb
Extras	-10000	fbcb31d8dabd2a319072b84fc0b7249c
AV1	-10000	15a05bc7c1a36e2b57fd628f8977e2fc

Breakdown and Why

BR-DISK : This is a custom format to help Sonarr 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.
FR LQ: A collection of known low-quality French groups that are often banned from the top trackers due to their releases' lack of quality or other reasons.
x265 (HD): This blocks 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265.

If you have also added x265 (no HDR/DV) to your Sonarr,
then one of them should be scored as 0 in your quality profile.
Extras: This blocks/ignores extras
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

Type of FanSubs - [Click to show/hide]

Those Custom Formats are optionals and allow to know which type of FanSubs your releases have. Only the FastSub is not wanted as it is often done too quickly and are often not well done. If you do not want FanSub either you should also score it to -10000.

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
FanSUB	0	84f0acbda9c0c9de783894fb66df25aa
FastSUB	-10000	ea0bb4b6ba388992fad1092703b5ff7b

Miscellaneous (Required) - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
Repack/Proper	5	ec8fa7296b64e8cd390a1600981f3923
Repack v2	6	eb3d5cc0a2be0db205fb823640db6a3c
Repack v3	7	44e7c4de10ae50265753082e5dc76047

Proper and Repacks - [Click to show/hide]

We also suggest changing the Propers and Repacks settings in Sonarr.

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.

General Streaming Services - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
AMZN	70	d660701077794679fd59e8bdf4ce3a29
ATVP	100	f67c9ca88f463a48346062e8ad07713f
CC	50	77a7b25585c18af08f60b1547bb9b4fb
DCU	50	36b72f59f4ea20aad9316f475f2d9fbb
DSNP	100	89358767a60cc28783cdc3d0be9388a4
HMAX	80	a880d6abc21e7c16884f3ae393f84179
HBO	50	7a235133c87f7da4c8cccceca7e3c7a6
HULU	50	f6cce30f1733d5c8194222a7507909bb
iT	50	0ac24a2a68a9700bcb7eeca8e5cd644c
MAX	90	81d1fbf600e2540cee87f3a23f9d3c1c
NF	60	d34870697c9db575f17700212167be23
PMTP	60	c67a75ae4a1715f2bb4d492755ba4195
PCOK	60	1656adc6d7bb2c8cca6acfb6592db421
SHO	50	ae58039e1319178e6be73caab5c42166
STAN	60	1efe8da11bfd74fbbcd4d8117ddb9213
SYFY	50	9623c5c9cac8e939c1b9aedd32f640bf

The following Custom Formats are optional:

Miscellaneous (Optional) - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
Bad Dual Groups	-10000	32b367365729d530ca1c124a0b180c64
No-RlsGroup	-10000	82d40da2bc6923f41e14394075dd4b03
Obfuscated	-10000	e1a997ddb54e3ecbfe06341ad323c458
Retags	-10000	06d66ab109d4d2eddb2794d21526d140
Scene	-10000	1b3994c551cbb92a2c781af061f4ab44

Breakdown and Why

Bad Dual Groups: [Optional] These groups take the original release and add their own language track (e.g. AAC 2.0 Portuguese) as the first track. Afterward, FFprobe would determine that the media file is Portuguese. It's a common rule that you only add the best audio as the main track. Also they often even rename the release name into Portuguese.
No-RlsGroup: [Optional] Some indexers strip out the release group which could result in LQ groups being scored incorrectly. For example, a lot of EVO releases end up with a stripped group name. These releases would appear as "upgrades" and could end up getting a decent score after other CFs are scored.
Obfuscated: [Optional] Use these only if you wish to avoid renamed releases.
Retags: [Optional] Use this if you wish to avoid retagged releases. Retagged releases often are not consistent with the quality of the original group's release (e.g. TGx downsampling an NTb release from 5.1 audio to 2.0 audio, yet maintaining the NTb naming).
Scene: [Optional] Use this only if you want to avoid SCENE releases.

French Streaming Services - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Trash ID
AUViO	b0d6195c23ae254932da00512db7e8a8
MyCANAL	f27d46a831e6b16fa3fee2c4e5d10984
SALTO	0455d6519a550dbf648c97b56e7231d2

Info - [Click to show/hide]

AUViO/RTBF: Auvio is a catch-up TV, video-on-demand and podcasting platform owned by RTBF. The RTBF (or Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française) is a public service broadcaster delivering radio and television services to the French-speaking Community of Belgium, in Wallonia and Brussels.
MyCANAL/CANAL+: MyCANAL is the streaming service of Canal+ (Canal Plus, sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal), a French premium television channel launched in 1984. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted. The channel does not broadcast advertising, except when broadcasting on free-to-air slots. Almost all foreign films and series are broadcast in their original language with French subtitles.
SALTO: Salto (stylized as SⱯLTO) is a French subscription streaming service. A joint venture between France Télévisions, the TF1 Group and the Groupe M6, it was launched on October 20, 2020.

Note: The Advanced Audio Custom Formats aren't used in the profile, as WEB-DL do not often come with HD audio (most newer WEB-DL will have lossy Atmos, though). If you want HD audio, we would suggest going with Remuxes.

UHD Bluray + WEB (2160p)

Basic Settings

Make sure you merge the Bluray and WEB qualities into one group under your Quality Profile's qualities. This is due to the fact that potential releases with French audio may not exist in WEB. For some older shows, you might want to enable the Bluray-720p/1080p, Web-720p/1080p, HDTV-720p/1080p/2160p, or even DVD quality sources. Depending on your preferences, you could also merge the HDTV with their related Web|Bluray group.

Profile Screenshot - [Click to show/hide]

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

I suggest to follow the following Guides first.

For this Quality Profile we're going to make use of the following Custom Formats with the scores given in the table.

Attention

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

Click For Support

The following Custom Formats are required:

Language Profiles Related Custom Formats Scoring - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Trash ID	VOSTFR Profile Score	MULTi.VF Profile Score	MULTi.VO Profile Score
Language: Original + French	10e77b96ae4770a7de645a91a53ce29a	0	500	500
Language: Not Original	ae575f95ab639ba5d15f663bf019e3e8	-10000	0	-10000
Language: Not French	322fca6f8f3694acc1401ddb530fd33d	0	-10000	0
VOSTFR	07a32f77690263bb9fda1842db7e273f	1000	0	0
MULTi	7ba05c6e0e14e793538174c679126996	0	0	0
FR HD Bluray Tier 01	d844321db5e126d2e7e46152f0706532	0	1800	1800
FR WEB Tier 01	ddb8eaa9c85a549c50034d280539d54d	0	1700	1700
FR WEB Tier 02	a4c51febd4d8b2a0db10a3c974f21d92	0	1650	1650
FR WEB Tier 03	dbfc0a4b5cb4cbd693311c4482ae9683	0	1600	1600
FR Scene Groups	2f3422339d185eb227a324644a2fbfca	0	1500	1500
WEB Tier 01	e6258996055b9fbab7e9cb2f75819294	1700	0	1700
WEB Tier 02	58790d4e2fdcd9733aa7ae68ba2bb503	1650	0	1650
WEB Tier 03	d84935abd3f8556dcd51d4f27e22d0a6	1600	0	1600
WEB Scene	d0c516558625b04b363fa6c5c2c7cfd4	1600	0	1600

Note: French Scene groups are included as a fallback if you really want their releases despite a potential loss in quality. Either set the CF score to 1500 (default) or 0 depending on what you want to achieve. Not including them may hinder your capacity to get releases with French audio.

Note: The MULTi CF is not really needed for the VOSTFR profile, as it is only used for renaming your file in order to keep the Language: Original + French CF's scoring.

All HDR Formats - [Click to show/hide]

Why would I choose All HDR formats ?

You have a 4K/2160p TV and a hardware media player device (such as Roku, AppleTV, Shield, SmartTV App, etc.) that supports several HDR formats (such as Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, etc.).

Plex for Apple TV and Plex with Infuse is only capable of playing Dolby Vision profiles 5 and 8 correctly if CMv2.9 is being used.
This is something that cannot be determined beforehand.
So whether you are using an Apple TV, with or without Infuse, it will always be hit or miss whether the content is compatible.
Additionally, it is uncertain whether the Dolby Vision layer will play, fall back to HDR10, or encounter a black screen.
You've chosen a profile that includes 4K/2160p releases. You must use all the HDR formats with 4k/2160p profiles.
You must add ALL the HDR formats - don't leave any of them out!

Why am I getting purple or green colors? - [Click to show/hide]

Why am I getting purple or green colors?

There are several possible reasons why your TV would show purple or green colors when playing Dolby Vision content.

Unsupported Hardware: Your TV or hardware media player device (Roku, AppleTV, etc) doesn't support Dolby Vision or your hardware media player device doesn't support all the Dolby Vision Profiles. As a result, the device might struggle to produce accurate colors, leading to a purple or green tint.
Incorrect Display Settings: Dolby Vision content often requires specific settings to be enabled on your TV or display device in order to deliver the intended visual experience. If these settings are not configured properly, it can result in the device showing distorted colors (including purple or green hues).
HDMI Compatibility Issues: Sometimes, HDMI cables or ports may not be fully compatible with Dolby Vision. If the media player device is not recognizing the Dolby Vision signal properly, it may fail to process the content correctly, resulting in abnormal color rendering.

To resolve the purple or green color issues when playing Dolby Vision content, you can try the following troubleshooting steps:

Ensure your TV or hardware media player device is Dolby Vision compatible and up-to-date with the latest firmware.
Verify that your TV or display device is set up correctly and has the necessary Dolby Vision settings enabled.
Check the HDMI cables and ensure they can transmit Dolby Vision signals.

Dolby Vision Profiles - [Click to show/hide]

Dolby Vision Profiles

Profile 5 ⁽¹⁾ - This is what comes with WEB-DL Dolby Vision releases without HDR10 fallback.
(Incompatible devices will playback with blown out pinks and greens)
Profile 7 ⁽²⁾ - This is what comes with UHD Bluray Remuxes and UHD BluRay releases.
These files will play on an Nvidia Shield Pro (2019), but on most other players will revert to the HDR10 fallback.
Profile 8 ⁽³⁾ - This is what comes with (Hybrid) WEB-DL (HULU), Hybrid UHD Remux, and UHD BluRay releases (all of which have HDR10 fallback).
This works with several mainstream media players.

Plex for Apple TV and Plex with Infuse is only capable of playing Dolby Vision profiles 5 and 8 correctly if CMv2.9 is being used.
This is something that cannot be determined beforehand.
So whether you are using an Apple TV, with or without Infuse, it will always be hit or miss whether the content is compatible.
Additionally, it is uncertain whether the Dolby Vision layer will play, fall back to HDR10, or encounter a black screen.

^{(1) PLEX for AppleTV and Plex with Infuse will only play profile 5 correctly if CMv2.9 is used}
^{(2) Neither Infuse nor PLEX for AppleTV will deliver real Dolby Vision with Profile 7.}
^{(3) On PLEX for AppleTV, it won't deliver real Dolby Vision with Profile 8 and will only play the HDR10 fallback if CM2.9 is used. Otherwise, you will end up with a black screen
“although your TV will incorrectly say that it is playing DV”.
With infuse, it will convert it on the fly to Profile 5, and deliver real Dolby Vision if CMv2.9 is used. Otherwise, you will end up with a black screen
“Make sure you set the Extended Dolby Vision settings to Limited (prefer accuracy), Convert P8 to P5 (when possible), and play other P8 as HDR (output will switch to either DoVi or HDR depending on the video)”}

Dolby Vision Versions - CMv2.9 and CMv4.0 - [Click to show/hide]

It is too technical to explain in detail, so I'll keep it short with tested facts:
PLEX for AppleTV and Plex with Infuse only support CMv2.9.

There are two versions of Dolby Vision, namely CMv2.9 and CMv4.0. CMv4.0 uses an improved algorithm and a superior tone curve, allowing for better mapping and more controls during the Dolby Vision trim pass process.

More info about the different Dolby Vision Versions: Dolby Vision Versions - CMv2.9 vs. CMv4.0

Which HDR Format should I choose? - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
DV HDR10+	1500	2b239ed870daba8126a53bd5dc8dc1c8
DV HDR10	1500	7878c33f1963fefb3d6c8657d46c2f0a
DV	1500	6d0d8de7b57e35518ac0308b0ddf404e
DV HLG	1500	1f733af03141f068a540eec352589a89
DV SDR	1500	27954b0a80aab882522a88a4d9eae1cd
HDR10+	600	a3d82cbef5039f8d295478d28a887159
HDR10	500	3497799d29a085e2ac2df9d468413c94
HDR	500	3e2c4e748b64a1a1118e0ea3f4cf6875
HDR (undefined)	500	bb019e1cd00f304f80971c965de064dc
PQ	500	2a7e3be05d3861d6df7171ec74cad727
HLG	500	17e889ce13117940092308f48b48b45b

Add Custom Format DV (WEBDL) with a score of -10000 - [Click to show/hide]

Why would I add this Custom Format?

Not all devices in your chain support Dolby Vision.
You share your media library with other family members that don't have Dolby Vision compatible devices.
According the flowchart I should add this Custom Format

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
DV (WEBDL)	-10000	9b27ab6498ec0f31a3353992e19434ca

Add the Custom Formats DV HDR10+ Boost and HDR10+ Boost - [Click to show/hide]

Why would I add this Custom Format?

You have a (Samsung) TV that supports HDR10+.
According the flowchart I should add this Custom Format

If you use this Custom Format then 99% of the time you also need to add the following Custom Format DV (WEBDL) with a score of -10000

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
HDR10+ Boost	901	0dad0a507451acddd754fe6dc3a7f5e7
DV HDR10+ Boost	100	385e9e8581d33133c3961bdcdeffb7b4

Unwanted - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
BR-DISK	-10000	85c61753df5da1fb2aab6f2a47426b09
LQ	-10000	9c11cd3f07101cdba90a2d81cf0e56b4
LQ (Release Title)	-10000	e2315f990da2e2cbfc9fa5b7a6fcfe48
FR LQ	-10000	3ba797e5dc13af4b8d9bb25e83d90de2
x265 (HD)	-10000	47435ece6b99a0b477caf360e79ba0bb
Extras	-10000	fbcb31d8dabd2a319072b84fc0b7249c
AV1	-10000	15a05bc7c1a36e2b57fd628f8977e2fc

Breakdown and Why

BR-DISK : This is a custom format to help Sonarr 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.
FR LQ: A collection of known low-quality French groups that are often banned from the top trackers due to their releases' lack of quality or other reasons.
x265 (HD): This blocks 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265.

If you have also added x265 (no HDR/DV) to your Sonarr,
then one of them should be scored as 0 in your quality profile.
Extras: This blocks/ignores extras
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

Type of FanSubs - [Click to show/hide]

Those Custom Formats are optionals and allow to know which type of FanSubs your releases have. Only the FastSub is not wanted as it is often done too quickly and are often not well done. If you do not want FanSub either you should also score it to -10000.

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
FanSUB	0	84f0acbda9c0c9de783894fb66df25aa
FastSUB	-10000	ea0bb4b6ba388992fad1092703b5ff7b

Miscellaneous (Required) - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
Repack/Proper	5	ec8fa7296b64e8cd390a1600981f3923
Repack v2	6	eb3d5cc0a2be0db205fb823640db6a3c
Repack v3	7	44e7c4de10ae50265753082e5dc76047

Proper and Repacks - [Click to show/hide]

We also suggest changing the Propers and Repacks settings in Sonarr.

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.

General Streaming Services (UHD) - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
AMZN	70	d660701077794679fd59e8bdf4ce3a29
ATVP	100	f67c9ca88f463a48346062e8ad07713f
CC	50	77a7b25585c18af08f60b1547bb9b4fb
DCU	50	36b72f59f4ea20aad9316f475f2d9fbb
DSNP	100	89358767a60cc28783cdc3d0be9388a4
HMAX	80	a880d6abc21e7c16884f3ae393f84179
HBO	50	7a235133c87f7da4c8cccceca7e3c7a6
HULU	50	f6cce30f1733d5c8194222a7507909bb
iT	50	0ac24a2a68a9700bcb7eeca8e5cd644c
MAX	90	81d1fbf600e2540cee87f3a23f9d3c1c
NF	60	d34870697c9db575f17700212167be23
PMTP	60	c67a75ae4a1715f2bb4d492755ba4195
PCOK	60	1656adc6d7bb2c8cca6acfb6592db421
SHO	50	ae58039e1319178e6be73caab5c42166
STAN	60	1efe8da11bfd74fbbcd4d8117ddb9213
SYFY	50	9623c5c9cac8e939c1b9aedd32f640bf
UHD Streaming Boost	20	43b3cf48cb385cd3eac608ee6bca7f09
UHD Streaming Cut	-20	d2d299244a92b8a52d4921ce3897a256

UHD Streaming Boost and UHD Streaming Cut Custom Formats

Some streaming services have UHD releases that are generally better or worse than their HD counterparts. The UHD Streaming Boost and UHD Streaming Cut custom formats adjust those streaming services' scores appropriately for UHD releases.

These two custom formats must be included in your profile for UHD releases to be scored correctly.

The following Custom Formats are optional:

Miscellaneous (Optional) - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
Bad Dual Groups	-10000	32b367365729d530ca1c124a0b180c64
No-RlsGroup	-10000	82d40da2bc6923f41e14394075dd4b03
Obfuscated	-10000	e1a997ddb54e3ecbfe06341ad323c458
Retags	-10000	06d66ab109d4d2eddb2794d21526d140
Scene	-10000	1b3994c551cbb92a2c781af061f4ab44

Breakdown and Why

Bad Dual Groups: [Optional] These groups take the original release and add their own language track (e.g. AAC 2.0 Portuguese) as the first track. Afterward, FFprobe would determine that the media file is Portuguese. It's a common rule that you only add the best audio as the main track. Also they often even rename the release name into Portuguese.
No-RlsGroup: [Optional] Some indexers strip out the release group which could result in LQ groups being scored incorrectly. For example, a lot of EVO releases end up with a stripped group name. These releases would appear as "upgrades" and could end up getting a decent score after other CFs are scored.
Obfuscated: [Optional] Use these only if you wish to avoid renamed releases.
Retags: [Optional] Use this if you wish to avoid retagged releases. Retagged releases often are not consistent with the quality of the original group's release (e.g. TGx downsampling an NTb release from 5.1 audio to 2.0 audio, yet maintaining the NTb naming).
Scene: [Optional] Use this only if you want to avoid SCENE releases.

Miscellaneous UHD (Optional) - [Click to show/hide]

I recommend using the following Custom Formats

For details on "Why" and a potential warning please see the notes below.
x265 (no HDR/DV) over the x265 (HD)
SDR (no WEBDL) over the SDR

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
SDR	-10000	2016d1676f5ee13a5b7257ff86ac9a93
SDR (no WEBDL)	-10000	83304f261cf516bb208c18c54c0adf97
x265 (no HDR/DV)	-10000	9b64dff695c2115facf1b6ea59c9bd07

Breakdown and Why

SDR: This will prevent grabbing UHD/4k releases without HDR Formats.
SDR (no WEBDL): This will prevent grabbing UHD/4k Remux and Bluray encode releases without HDR Formats. - i.e., SDR WEB releases will still be allowed since 4K SDR WEB releases can often look better than the 1080p version due to the improved bitrate.

If you have also added SDR to your Sonarr,
then one of them should be scored as 0 in your quality profile.
x265 (no HDR/DV): This blocks 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265, But it will allow x265 releases if they have HDR and/or DV

If you have also added x265 (HD) to your Sonarr,
then one of them should be scored as 0 in your quality profile.

French Streaming Services - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Trash ID
AUViO	b0d6195c23ae254932da00512db7e8a8
MyCANAL	f27d46a831e6b16fa3fee2c4e5d10984
SALTO	0455d6519a550dbf648c97b56e7231d2

Info - [Click to show/hide]

AUViO/RTBF: Auvio is a catch-up TV, video-on-demand and podcasting platform owned by RTBF. The RTBF (or Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française) is a public service broadcaster delivering radio and television services to the French-speaking Community of Belgium, in Wallonia and Brussels.
MyCANAL/CANAL+: MyCANAL is the streaming service of Canal+ (Canal Plus, sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal), a French premium television channel launched in 1984. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted. The channel does not broadcast advertising, except when broadcasting on free-to-air slots. Almost all foreign films and series are broadcast in their original language with French subtitles.
SALTO: Salto (stylized as SⱯLTO) is a French subscription streaming service. A joint venture between France Télévisions, the TF1 Group and the Groupe M6, it was launched on October 20, 2020.

Note: The Advanced Audio Custom Formats aren't used in the profile, as WEB-DL do not often come with HD audio (most newer WEB-DL will have lossy Atmos, though). If you want HD audio, we would suggest going with Remuxes.

Anime

If you are looking to grab Anime with either French subs or MULTi audio (original + French).

Important

In a first time you should follow the original Anime Guide following sections:

Do not continue before you read those three sections and you followed their instructions.

Original Scoring

Those are the original scoring from the Anime Guide and need to be followed depending what you want to achieve. It will unsure that if a VOSTFR or MULTi releases is not found you will still have a good quality releases:

Default Scoring: Default scoring that will insure that you have good English subbed releases at least.
Dual Audio: If you want to have Dual Audio releases (original and English audio) in case Sonarr does not find a VOSTFR or MULTi release.
Uncensored Scoring: If you prefer uncensored releases.

Careful to not add the VOSTFR Custom Format with a score of -10000 as stated in the original guide. Otherwise, you will hinder your chance to get "French" releases.

Only want VOSTFR anime

For this example if you prefer VOSTFR over potential MULTi/DUAL (original and French) audio releases, you should score the VOSTFR to 101.

(Optional) You can also try to set up Bazarr to get French Sub. This is less preferred as fewer anime subs can be found online than from normal TV shows. However, it can be still a great backup.

Miscellaneous (Required) - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
Repack/Proper	1	ec8fa7296b64e8cd390a1600981f3923
Repack v2	2	eb3d5cc0a2be0db205fb823640db6a3c
Repack v3	3	44e7c4de10ae50265753082e5dc76047

Proper and Repacks - [Click to show/hide]

We also suggest changing the Propers and Repacks settings in Sonarr.

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	85c61753df5da1fb2aab6f2a47426b09
LQ	-10000	9c11cd3f07101cdba90a2d81cf0e56b4
LQ (Release Title)	-10000	e2315f990da2e2cbfc9fa5b7a6fcfe48
FR LQ	-10000	3ba797e5dc13af4b8d9bb25e83d90de2
x265 (HD)	-10000	47435ece6b99a0b477caf360e79ba0bb
Extras	-10000	fbcb31d8dabd2a319072b84fc0b7249c
AV1	-10000	15a05bc7c1a36e2b57fd628f8977e2fc

Breakdown and Why

BR-DISK : This is a custom format to help Sonarr 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.
FR LQ: A collection of known low-quality French groups that are often banned from the top trackers due to their releases' lack of quality or other reasons.
x265 (HD): This blocks 720/1080p (HD) releases that are encoded in x265.

If you have also added x265 (no HDR/DV) to your Sonarr,
then one of them should be scored as 0 in your quality profile.
Extras: This blocks/ignores extras
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

Type of FanSubs - [Click to show/hide]

Those Custom Formats are optionals and allow to know which type of FanSubs your releases have. Only the FastSub is not wanted as it is often done too quickly and are often not well done. If you do not want FanSub either you should also score it to -10000.

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
FanSUB	0	84f0acbda9c0c9de783894fb66df25aa
FastSUB	-10000	ea0bb4b6ba388992fad1092703b5ff7b

French Anime Streaming Services - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Score	Trash ID
ADN	7	d54cd2bf1326287275b56bccedb72ee2
CR	6	3e0b26604165f463f3e8e192261e7284
DSNP	5	89358767a60cc28783cdc3d0be9388a4
NF	4	d34870697c9db575f17700212167be23
AMZN	3	d660701077794679fd59e8bdf4ce3a29
VRV	3	44a8ee6403071dd7b8a3a8dd3fe8cb20
FUNi	2	1284d18e693de8efe0fe7d6b3e0b9170
ABEMA	1	a370d974bc7b80374de1d9ba7519760b
B-Global	0	7dd31f3dee6d2ef8eeaa156e23c3857e
Bilibili	0	4c67ff059210182b59cdd41697b8cb08
HIDIVE	0	570b03b3145a25011bf073274a407259
WKN	0	e5e6405d439dcd1af90962538acd4fe0

ADN is preferred over Crunchy Roll (CR) due to the use of Machine Language Translation (MTL) or AI translation for at least French subs for some anime shows. When ADN is known to produce their own subs.

Info regarding ADN and WKN (French Streaming Services) - [Click to show/hide]

ADN: Animation Digital Network, abbreviated ADN, formerly Anime Digital Network, is a VoD and simulcast platform born from the merger between KZPlay, belonging to Kazé, and Genzai, belonging to Kana Home Video, with the theme of broadcasting series and features Japanese and Franco-Belgian animated films.
WKN (or Wakanim): Wakanim was a French subscription video on-demand streaming service owned by U.S.-based Funimation. The service was specialized in the online streaming and simulcasting of Japanese anime series. It was also the first company to offer videos for download without digital rights management on anime series in Europe. The service was consolidated into Crunchyroll in March 2022.

HQ Source Groups - [Click to show/hide]

Custom Format	Trash ID	VOSTFR Profile Score	MULTi.VO Profile Score
Language: Original + French	10e77b96ae4770a7de645a91a53ce29a	-10000	500
Language: Not Original	ae575f95ab639ba5d15f663bf019e3e8	-10000	-10000
Language: Not French	322fca6f8f3694acc1401ddb530fd33d	0	0
VOSTFR	07a32f77690263bb9fda1842db7e273f	101	0
FR Anime Tier 01	db13a377f7afb29975ea39470434d2ef	1650	1650
FR Anime Tier 02	4e6134a384dbc0ef166234cc0e45d26d	1600	1600
FR Anime Tier 03	db34d4357937fbfe89b63ba095f22155	1550	1550
FR Scene Groups	2f3422339d185eb227a324644a2fbfca	1500	1500
FR Anime FanSub	44b6c964dad997577d793fd004a39224	1450	1450
FR HD Bluray Tier 01	d844321db5e126d2e7e46152f0706532	1250	1250
FR WEB Tier 01	ddb8eaa9c85a549c50034d280539d54d	1200	1200
FR WEB Tier 02	a4c51febd4d8b2a0db10a3c974f21d92	1150	1150
FR WEB Tier 03	dbfc0a4b5cb4cbd693311c4482ae9683	1100	1100

Tip

French Scene groups are included and should always be added, as some of the biggest releasers of French subbed and/or dubbed content are from the French Scene.

FanSUB groups can be scored either 1450 (default) or 1000, depending on whether you prefer FanSUB or SeaDex releases.

Original French Blu-ray/Web Tiers

They are optional and can be included or not. This is because some of them tend to release some anime.

VOSTFR Profile Score

If you want the VOSTFR profile to also accept MULTI releases when no VOSTFR release is available, you need to set the value of Language: Original + French to 0 instead of -10000

Prefer the FanSub version to others

For this example, if you prefer FanSub to any FR Anime Tiers, you should score the FR Anime FanSub to 1700 instead of 1450

HDR Formats

TRaSH provides great guides and explanations about them at the following links:

HDR Formats

Other Infos

A FAQ regarding most of the questions you could have is provided by TRaSH: FAQ & Info

Acknowledgements

A big thanks to all the people who helped me make and test those profiles and formats (and continue to do so).
A special thanks to MySuperChef, PrL, and KoUiGnAmAnN for their time and explanations.
A special thanks to SeiyaGame, TheFrenchNaruto, and Maxence who provided all of the Anime information.
A special thanks to Piou and Wikoul who are potentially both now in asylums due to the amount of testing.
TRaSH, for granting me a small space on his guide for this, his knowledge, and his friendliness.

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