I’d would like like to set a custom format to modify the min/preferred/max Quality Definitions as a bitrate value i.e MB/minute, not a raw data value by size as is the only option currently; as this doesn’t take into considering content length! I’m well aware this isn’t possible with regex, that’s not what I’m asking for.
Sonarr is already evaluating releases based on rough bitrate values which means it’s already taking into consideration the length of said content and the file size of the release to arrive at said conclusion. If I could set a custom format to change those values from the global defaults, that would allow me to target preferred releases far more accurately!
Because right now, the only way to really accomplish this is two-fold and both are clunky and not ideal.
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You estimate the min file size of a 20 minute show based on the minimum bitrate you want and then you estimate the max file size of a 120M show based on the maximum bitrate you want. There is no way to set a preferred bitrate either. Lets says you want a min bitrate of 3000Kbps and a max of 11000Kbps. The min max size would be 450MB-8GB, not useful at all.
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You curate a collection of release groups that reliably target certain bitrates and hope for the best.
IMO neither of these is ideal and if you added custom format quality definitions it would simplify custom formats considerably and take out lots of the guess work. When I can specifically target resolution, source, codecs, audio channels, HDR, enhancements layers, & release groups in a single custom format entry it gives me exactly what I’m looking for EXCEPT bitrate i.e video quality. Not to mention the usefulness when trying to target HEVC content as opposed to x264/AVC content.
Thank you in advance for all your help and hard work you guys put in.