Is this possible?

[u/DCCXVIII]

Scenario: I want to create 2 "quality profiles" for 2160p content. One is for files that are between 15-30GB in size. The other is for files that are between 50-100GB. I know I can do this using the "custom formats" feature and adding them to their respective quality profiles. I then set the smaller size quality profile as a score of 1 and the larger quality profile to a score of 2. This way I can select between the 2 file size ranges depending on how much HDD space I want to allocate to a particular file. Both profiles are associated up to and including 2160p remuxes.

Here's the problem: Doing the above means any movie assigned to smaller quality profile, ignores the size limit because radarr will instead seek out the highest possible custom format score and completely ignore the smaller custom format restriction. I believe this happens because there does not appear to be a maximum format score function in radarr. Unfortunately the "Upgrade Until Custom Format Score" option is not a maximum (it is basically another minimum score level that radarr allows to be passed if a higher scored file is detected).

I did think about just trying to split them based on their quality profile (i.e. blurays vs remuxes). But the problem with that is that sometimes the bluray files are larger than remuxes and sometimes remuxes are larger than blurays.

Am I missing something here that can solve this problem?

Thanks!

[u/gilahacker]

You can set a negative value for a custom format score. Set it high enough to be below the minimum and no matches will download.

Not sure if this solves your entire problem, I'm still not fully awake yet and not firing on all cylinders, but hopefully it helps.

[u/DCCXVIII → u/gilahacker]

Sorry I'm not sure if I'm understanding you correctly.

If I set e.g. the larger file size custom format to a negative value, then even when I select the larger file size quality profile, it will never trigger the larger file size custom format since it will be lower in score to the smaller custom format won't it?

What I'm trying to do is set the smaller custom format to e.g. 1 and the larger file size custom format to e.g. 2, but ensure that radarr does not go after the higher custom format score when the movie is set to the smaller file size quality profile. This way, I can switch between the 2 file size ranges based on the quality profile I've selected since radarr will always go after the highest possible custom format score.

That's why I mentioned that if radarr had a maximum format score function, I could do it. But as far as I can tell, no such function exists.

[u/gilahacker → u/DCCXVIII]

Small 4k profile - small custom format can be zero, set the large custom format to -10000

Large 4k profile - set small custom format to -10000, large custom format can just be zero.

In the profiles themselves you can set the max and min acceptable scores. As long as your minimum custom format score is greater than whatever -10000 plus whatever other positive custom format scores may apply adds up to, it should do what you want.

-10000 is just an example. I have that set for a divx/xvid custom format on some of my profiles where I never want an old divx/xvid format file downloaded, as an example.

[u/DCCXVIII → u/gilahacker]

ok, I think I'm understanding now. What you say makes sense.

However when I tried to implement it, my small 4k custom format scores were no longer applying to search results and instead it was just outputting all the negative scores that I had implanted for the larger custom format, despite the fact that the movie in question was set to the smaller profile.

I must have done something wrong somewhere!

On the flip side, the larger custom format for the larger quality profile is working correctly.

Edit: Figured it out! I had messed up my languages filter in the smaller custom format. Got it all working now! Thanks for much for your help!