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A quality profile tells Radarr or Sonarr which releases to accept, prefer, and upgrade to over time. It defines an ordered list of acceptable quality levels (the quality ladder), score thresholds that control when a release is grabbed or upgraded, and a set of custom format scores that bias selection toward preferred release groups, audio codecs, HDR formats, and more. Profilarr syncs these profiles — along with their custom format assignments — directly into your Radarr and Sonarr instances. Because custom formats differ between apps, each profile can carry shared formats (applied to both), plus app-specific overrides via custom_formats_radarr and custom_formats_sonarr.

All profiles at a glance

ProfileAppResolutionFocusMin Score
Movies 1080pRadarr1080pStreaming optimized, direct-play safe750
Movies 2160pRadarr2160pStreaming optimized, HDR, direct-play safe1000
Movies 1080p HQRadarr1080pMerged qualities, HD audio allowed750
Movies 2160p HQRadarr2160pMerged qualities, HDR + Dolby Vision, HD audio1000
TV 1080pSonarr1080pBalanced quality/file size, delay profile recommended0
TV 2160pSonarr2160pHDR + Dolby Vision TV, delay profile recommended0
Anime 1080pRadarr + Sonarr1080pDual Audio anime, tier-based group scoring0
1080p LQAny1080pLow-priority content, maximum storage savings0

Profile fields explained

When true, Radarr/Sonarr will replace an already-downloaded file if a better release becomes available. All profiles in this database have upgrades enabled.
The minimum total custom format score a release must reach before it is grabbed at all. Releases scoring below this threshold are ignored. Movie profiles set this to 750 or 1000 to enforce release group quality. TV and Anime profiles set it to 0 to avoid missing content from smaller or less-scored groups.
The target score ceiling. Once a downloaded file’s score reaches this value, no further upgrades are attempted. All profiles use 10000, meaning upgrades continue until the highest-tier release available is obtained.
How many score points a candidate release must exceed the current file’s score to trigger an upgrade. All profiles use 1, so any marginal improvement qualifies.

Custom format assignment

Each profile YAML contains up to three custom format sections:
  • custom_formats — applied to both Radarr and Sonarr instances.
  • custom_formats_radarr — applied only to Radarr. Movie profiles carry their full scoring here.
  • custom_formats_sonarr — applied only to Sonarr. TV profiles carry their full scoring here.
This separation allows a single profile to target both apps while keeping release group tiers and streaming source scores appropriate for each.

Browse profiles

Movie Profiles

Movies 1080p, Movies 2160p, Movies 1080p HQ, and Movies 2160p HQ — all targeting Radarr.

TV Show Profiles

TV 1080p, TV 2160p, and 1080p LQ — for Sonarr and low-priority media.

Anime Profile

Anime 1080p — tier-based scoring with Dual Audio support for both Radarr and Sonarr.

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