By morning, the red lights on his NAS had turned a steady, calm green. He sat down with a cup of coffee and pulled up a show. He looked for the artifacts, the "blurring" the purists warned about. But as the 10-bit HDR colors washed over him, crisp and vibrant, he realized the war was over.
Based on community feedback and best practices, here are quality profile configurations for different user scenarios:
Instead of writing your own rules, you can copy pre-made Custom Formats from Trash Guides that look for high-quality x265 release groups (like QxR , MeGusta , or TAZ ) while filtering out poorly encoded, low-bitrate "fake" HEVC releases. Troubleshooting Common Issues sonarr prefer x265
| Custom Format | Score | Purpose | |---|---|---| | x265 Preferred | +100 | Prefer HEVC when available | | x265 + 1080p Only | +1000 | Heavily favor HEVC for HD content | | Block x264 | -10000 | Prevent x264 downloads entirely | | Trusted Groups (ELiTE, QxR, etc.) | +50 | Favor high-quality release groups |
Prevent Sonarr from grabbing files that are too small to maintain acceptable visual quality: Go to > Media Management . Enable Advanced Settings at the top of the page. Scroll down to the File Size Limits section. By morning, the red lights on his NAS
You can store almost twice as many episodes for the same disk space.
Go to Settings > Custom Formats . Create a Format for x265: Add a new format and name it "x265/HEVC". But as the 10-bit HDR colors washed over
For a more thorough capture, include variations that may appear in release titles:
Release Profile: - Preferred: x265 hevc - Score: +100 - Optional “must not contain” if you want pure x265: x264