Sonarr and the codecs/formats...what am I missing?

Submitted ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

So…I’m trying to make AV1 to be a preferred codec over x265. I made an AV1 custom format to follow the x265 one. And, in Profiles - HD 1080p, I set the score for AV1 to 40, while x265 has 10. And…yet, I see the following message when attempting a manual upgrade:

Episode.S01E01.1080p.WEBRip.DS4K.AV1.mkv -Not a Custom Format upgrade for existing episode file(s). New: [AV1 Preferred] (0) do not improve on Existing: [x265 Preferred] (10)

So…for some reason, AV1 is getting a 0. Why? It should be getting a 40. Where can I see the reason for this??

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smiletolerantly@awful.systems ⁨53⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
You (sadly) need to group all quality profiles into a single one, and then handly quality through a custom format. Example from my setup:

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thelittleblackbird@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It is about the quality. Pretty sure there is not a quality upgrade and then the format is not applied.

It is contra intuitive for the arr stack. What triggers the format is the quality and then the rest of parameters.

I find it annoying because you can not make a format that you prefer a 1080 HD movie in multilanguage over a 4k in just English…

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- iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  You mean it would have to also be…bigger rate or… a higher position hierarchically in the quality list? As in, having to change the ‘quality’ from WebRIP-1080p to WebDL-1080p which somehow is one step further in the list? That would then trigger the custom format sections, ONLY?
  
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non_burglar@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Use the trash guides, it’s all in there.

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darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Sounds like the custom format isn’t working. A screenshot might help.

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- iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  Here’s a bunch of screenshots attached! I find interesting that if I use the parsing tool to test on a filename that’s getting a zero score, on the parsing tool it gets a 39, which should be plenty justified for a file upgrade.
  
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  - iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    Sigh. When in doubt…reboot. Seems the evaluation doesn’t necessary update or re-evaluate after some changes to the qualities/formats have been done. But after I rebooted, it immediately imported the files.
    
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frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Are you sure that profile is being applied?

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- iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  I think so! I mean, it’s giving it a full zero. The other custom format in the profile has a 10, and that’s correctly applied.
  
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curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You’ll need to share your custom format json (or screenshot) and your quality profile.

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- iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  Thanks! I’ve just uploaded a few screenshots in the thread.
  
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