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Certain TV shows have persistent sourcing problems — wrong episode ordering, PAL frame-rate versions, mislabeled releases, or inconsistent naming across databases. The Dumpstarr Database includes targeted custom formats and regex patterns to address each of these cases.
Problem: Season 8 of Adventure Time was split by TheTVDB into separate mini-seasons. Several release groups did not follow this ordering, producing releases labeled S08 that map to different episodes than TheTVDB expects.Solution: Releases for S08 from groups known to use non-TVDB ordering are matched and blocked.Regex pattern (Adventure Time Season 8.yml):
name: Adventure Time Season 8
pattern: (?i)^adventure[ ._-]+time[ ._-]+S08.*-(CtrlHD|EPSiLON|H3B|NTb|RTN).*
description: Matches releases for season 8 of the show Adventure Time from groups
  that do not follow the TVDB ordering.
tags:
  - Custom
  - Banned
Groups matched: CtrlHD, EPSiLON, H3B, NTb, RTN.
Problem: Some multi-episode releases are in the wrong order, incorrectly labeled, or otherwise malformed in a way that causes Sonarr to mis-import them.Solution: Releases containing JOiNED in the title are flagged. The JOiNED tag is used by groups that concatenate episodes in non-standard ways.Custom format (Bad Multis.yml):
name: Bad Multis
description: Matches releases where the multi-episode file is in the wrong order,
  labeled incorrectly, etc.
tags:
  - Custom
conditions:
  - name: JOiNED
    type: release_title
    required: false
    negate: false
    pattern: JOiNED
Scored at -10000 in the TV 1080p profile to block these releases entirely.
Problem: Releases from the HONE group use a title pattern that causes Radarr’s parser to loop or incorrectly identify the release. Specifically, releases that contain HONE in the title but are not actually from the HONE release group.Solution: The format matches releases where the HONE group name appears in the release title but the release group is not HONE itself.Custom format (Bad Naming Scheme.yml):
name: Bad Naming Scheme
description: Matches releases from HONE that are not explicitly from the HONE group.
tags:
  - Banned
conditions:
  - name: Not HONE Groups
    negate: true
    pattern: HONE Groups
    required: true
    type: release_group
  - name: HONE Release Title
    negate: false
    pattern: HONE Release Title
    required: true
    type: release_title
Scored at -10000 in the Movies 1080p profile.
Problem: Several release groups produce 25fps PAL versions of The Big Bang Theory. These are inferior to the native 23.976fps NTSC source and cause playback issues.Solution: Releases from groups known to produce PAL encodes are matched by title and blocked via the TBBT Banned Groups custom format in Sonarr.Regex pattern (The Big Bang Theory.yml):
name: The Big Bang Theory
pattern: \b(the[ ._-]+)?big[ ._-]+bang[ ._-]+theory\b
tags: []
This pattern is used as a condition inside the TBBT Banned Groups custom format to scope it to this show only.
Problem: Season 6 of House M.D. has a known ordering discrepancy between TheTVDB and some release groups. Releases labeled S06 from certain groups map to different episodes than TheTVDB expects.Solution: Releases for S06 from the affected groups are matched and blocked.Regex pattern (House Season 6.yml):
name: House Season 6
pattern: ^(Dr\.\s*)?House.*S06.*-(d3g|DBTV|DUSKLiGHT|HONE|NERO|NINJACENTRAL|LiPAN|SiGMA|TVARCHiV|WADU).*
description: Matches releases for season 6 of the show House from groups that do not
  follow the TVDB ordering.
tags:
  - Custom
  - Banned
Groups matched: d3g, DBTV, DUSKLiGHT, HONE, NERO, NINJACENTRAL, LiPAN, SiGMA, TVARCHiV, WADU.
Problem: The NTb release of Parks and Recreation is labeled as a WEB-DL but is actually a WEBRip. This mislabeling causes Sonarr to enter a download loop, repeatedly grabbing and rejecting the same release.Solution: Releases matching the Parks and Recreation title with the NTb group tag and a WEB-DL (or WEB.DL) label in the title are flagged and blocked.Regex pattern (Parks and Recreation.yml):
name: Parks and Recreation
pattern: (?i)^parks[ ._-]+and[ ._-]+recreation.*?\b(web[ ._-]?(dl|\.dl))\b.*?-ntb.*
description: This is to match the show Parks and Recreation and the release group
  NTb. This is built out because the NTb release of Parks and Rec is a mislabeled
  WEBRip and causes a download loop.
tags:
  - Custom
  - Banned
tests:
  - id: 1
    input: Parks.and.Recreation.S01E01.Make.My.Pit.A.Park.1080p.AMZN.WEBRip.DD5.1.x264-NTb-AsRequested
    expected: false
  - id: 2
    input: Parks.and.Recreation.S01E01.Make.My.Pit.A.Park.1080p.AMZN.WEB.DL.DD5.1.x264-NTb-AsRequested
    expected: true
The test cases confirm that a real WEBRip is not matched (false), while the mislabeled WEB.DL is correctly caught (true).
Problem: Scrubs has two distinct sets of sourcing issues:
  1. Several groups produce 25fps PAL encodes that are visually inferior.
  2. Some releases carry bonus or supplemental content labeled in a way that gets imported as regular episodes.
Solution: Four custom formats work together, all scoped to Scrubs releases by the Scrubs (2001) title pattern:Title match pattern (Scrubs (2001).yml):
name: Scrubs (2001)
pattern: \bScrubs\b(?!.*2026)
tags:
  - Scrubs
  - Custom
Approved groups (Scrubs (2001) Approved Groups.yml):
name: Scrubs (2001) Approved Groups
pattern: (?<=^|[\s.-])(BoOk|BMF|DBTV|DEFiANCE|FoV|GAMEOVER|NTROPiC-FTP|SiNNERS)\b
tags:
  - Scrubs
Banned groups format (Scrubs (Banned Groups).yml):
name: Scrubs (Banned Groups)
tags:
  - Scrubs
conditions:
  - name: Scrubs (2001)
    negate: false
    pattern: Scrubs (2001)
    required: true
    type: release_title
  - name: Allowed Groups
    negate: true
    pattern: Scrubs (2001) Approved Groups
    required: false
    type: release_group
Banned title format (Scrubs (Banned Title).yml):
name: Scrubs (Banned Title)
tags:
  - Scrubs
conditions:
  - name: Scrubs (2001)
    negate: false
    pattern: Scrubs (2001)
    required: true
    type: release_title
  - name: Scrubs (2001) Banned Title
    negate: false
    pattern: Scrubs (2001) Banned Title
    required: true
    type: release_title
The Scrubs (Banned Title) pattern targets releases with Bonus.<word> in the title:
name: Scrubs (2001) Banned Title
pattern: \bBonus\.(?:\w+\.?)+
tags:
  - Scrubs
  - Custom
Boost formats provide positive scores to desirable Scrubs releases:
  • Scrubs (Internal Boost) — adds score when a Scrubs release is tagged as Internal
  • Scrubs (Remux Boost) — adds score when a Scrubs release is a Remux
In TV 1080p, Scrubs (Banned Groups) and Scrubs (Banned Title) are scored at -10000, while both boost formats are scored at +10.
Problem: Early seasons of the US version of Whose Line Is It Anyway are inconsistently named across release groups. Many releases don’t identify themselves as the US version, causing Sonarr to grab the UK or Australian versions instead.Solution: The Whose Line (Not US Version) custom format matches releases that contain the show title but do not carry a marker identifying them as the US version. These are scored at -10000 to block them.Title match pattern (Whose Line Is It Anyway.yml):
name: Whose Line Is It Anyway
pattern: Whose[. _-]?Line[. _-]?Is[. _-]?It[. _-]?Anyway
tags: []
US version identifier pattern (Whose Line - US Version.yml):
name: Whose Line - US Version
pattern: '[\.\ \s\-(\ []US[\.\s\-)\ ]]|[\.\s\-]S(?:0[89]|[1-9]\d)E|\b(?:AMZN|...)\b'
tags:
  - Version
The US version pattern matches explicit US tags, streaming service markers (AMZN, PCOK, NF, HMAX, PMTP, CWS), later season numbers (S08 and above), and other identifiers that reliably indicate the US broadcast.Custom format (Whose Line (Not US Version).yml):
name: Whose Line (Not US Version)
description: This format targets releases that are NOT the United States version of
  "Whose Line Is It Anyway" to correctly source early seasons.
tags:
  - Version
conditions:
  - name: Whose Line is it Anyway
    negate: false
    pattern: Whose Line Is It Anyway
    required: true
    type: release_title
  - name: US Version
    negate: true
    pattern: Whose Line - US Version
    required: true
    type: release_title
Scored at -10000 in the TV 1080p profile.

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