File size preference for Radarr?
I only download 1080p unless it's something like LOTR that I'll splurge on space for. A comedy doesn't need spectacular visual fidelity.
Just downloaded a 44gb file for a 1080p version of Forest Gump, and I'm just kinda not interested in filling my hard drives with excessive file sizes. Noticed that some other films are 20gb and 13gb, etc, still way too big for what they are.
Any way to maybe have radarr have a file size preference? Like, for 1080p I don't need it to be any bigger than 3gb, and most movies can be 1.5gb and be fine
Edit: I have to say, I asked a beginner/basic question and no one here has tried to belittle me, or come at me with hostility, I've only gotten helpful advice. Thank you all!
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You can do this with custom formats. You'd want to create a custom format that gives a score if the file is below a certain size threshold (say 1.5GB per hour), then add minimum custom scores to the release profiles you use (e.g. Bluray 1080p). You can also add custom filters for release groups that prioritise file size. YTS for example keeps their releases as small as possible.
You got a remux, which is uncompressed. You can turn those off in Radarr to avoid those surprises.
If you want to fine-tune your file sizes (and quality) further, you can set up custom formats and quality profiles. The Trash Guides explain it well, the "HD Blu-ray + Web" profile on that page is a solid starting point. It'll usually grab 6-12GB movies, but you can tweak it if you want them smaller.
Trash Guides FTW. I’ve used them for all my *arr setups and it’s been flawless.
Doesn't Trash Guides prefer larger files though? Iirc if you just do everything as they recommend you'll always be grabbing the highest quality stuff available, which is the opposite of what this person wants.
The guide doesn’t set an upper bound on the UHD quality profiles, but that doesn’t mean you have to set up yours exactly the same.
I have mine set with reasonable limits and have never run into a problem with file size, just have to make sure you’re setting the values to something that’s a) realistic and b) that you can live with.
One thing to note: if you set your threshold cutoffs properly you don’t have to worry about downloading files that are always at the upper end of the limit. Once the service downloads a file that meets the threshold it stops downloading for that episode/movie. If it grabs a file that’s below the threshold, it will keep trying to upgrade the file until the threshold is met.
It always throws me when I see at 1080 movie less than 5gb, then I scroll across and see it's x265....
Serviceable, but still not great quality most of the time.
You can edit the accepted sizes under Settings > Quality
Most modern devices should support x265 playback which has the compression sizes you are looking for.
In addition to setting the cap to file sizes for media, you can also blacklist tags like REMUX etc.
This is an example of a custom format for hevc/x265 files that are no larger than 6Gigs. You just need to create a new custom quality profile and give below custom format a positive/higher score.
Use Quality Profiles and default to a lower quality. You can set the profile for each item when adding it, or change it after the fact.
https://trash-guides.info/Radarr/radarr-setup-quality-profiles/
In the profiles? Not sure if that's the correct term, but there's settings for all the quality profiles 720p 1080p etc with a slider that can set minimum and maximum size for that quality.
https://trash-guides.info/Radarr/
44gb for 1080 seems to be a remux file, which is the source of channel not converted but only repackaged. Just remove remux from your profiles and sed radarr to upgrade to other 1080 profiles by moving remux down in the list.
Think the "Quality Definitions" section of the settings in Radarr is what you're looking for.