Learned my lesson on this. Ended up with a ton of 1mbps 1080p files that look terrible. All depends on what show/movie and absolutely based on what sources I had. I’m sure other people’s setups can acquire better files on average.
Understandable. I haven’t had any of those problems, even though I only use some free torrent trackers. Unpopular stuff (local shows that aren’t in English for example) can sometimes take a while, so I’m thinking of subscribing to some paid usenet indexer.
I know this is a bit late for a reply, but sonarr and radarr allow you to set specific requirements it must meet as well as things you’d like it to have. In my case, I’ve told not to get anything 4k or above (no 4k displays so why bother) or less than 720p and to prefer h265 since they are always a lot smaller files. It will even replace h264 copies if a new h265 comes out. It does great at finding nice looking copies in a small file.
I’m aware. Like I said it’s probably more telling of my sources than anything.
I can get everything as a direct download link anyways and skip seeding, so I prefer to do that while manually selecting how much space I’m giving away on my server.
I also hated how it would pull hundreds of individual torrents if it couldn’t find a pack, so messy.
Just a different approach, glad it works for people just not my jazz.
Learned my lesson on this. Ended up with a ton of 1mbps 1080p files that look terrible. All depends on what show/movie and absolutely based on what sources I had. I’m sure other people’s setups can acquire better files on average.
I just prefer to download manually these days.
Understandable. I haven’t had any of those problems, even though I only use some free torrent trackers. Unpopular stuff (local shows that aren’t in English for example) can sometimes take a while, so I’m thinking of subscribing to some paid usenet indexer.
I know this is a bit late for a reply, but sonarr and radarr allow you to set specific requirements it must meet as well as things you’d like it to have. In my case, I’ve told not to get anything 4k or above (no 4k displays so why bother) or less than 720p and to prefer h265 since they are always a lot smaller files. It will even replace h264 copies if a new h265 comes out. It does great at finding nice looking copies in a small file.
I’m aware. Like I said it’s probably more telling of my sources than anything.
I can get everything as a direct download link anyways and skip seeding, so I prefer to do that while manually selecting how much space I’m giving away on my server.
I also hated how it would pull hundreds of individual torrents if it couldn’t find a pack, so messy.
Just a different approach, glad it works for people just not my jazz.