Examples
Here are some example filters that can be useful.
TV - Sonarr
When using autobrr with Sonarr these are some good recommendation filters to start off.
It's advisable to setup your Sonarr properly with the help of Trash-guides and then just do some light filtering of releases to not push unwanted releases to Sonarr.
Don't forget to add a Sonarr action!
Not all indexers announce video container like mkv or mp4. It's best to leave this off.
HD WEB (720p, 1080p)
Set this to match your quality settings in Sonarr
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Resolution | [720p, 1080p] |
| Sources | [WEB, WEB-DL, WEBRip] |
| Match Categories | Depends on Indexer |
4k (2160p)
Set this to match your quality settings in Sonarr
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Resolution | [2160p] |
| Sources | [WEB, WEB-DL, WEBRip] |
| Match Categories | Depends on Indexer |
HDR and DV
Leave blank to match either and let your arr decide, or do the following to include or exclude HDR formats:
If you WANT ONLY HDR formats
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Match HDR | [HDR, DV] or Select all |
If you DON'T WANT ANY HDR formats
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Except HDR | [HDR, DV] or Select all |
Only season packs
If you only want to match season packs:
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Seasons | 1-99 |
| Episodes | 0 |
Only episodes, skip season packs
If you only want to match episodes and no season packs:
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Seasons | 1-99 |
| Episodes | 1-99 |
Movies - Radarr
When using autobrr with Radarr these are some good recommendation filters to start off.
It's advisable to setup your Radarr properly with the help of Trash-guides and then just do some light filtering of releases to not push unwanted releases to Radarr.
Don't forget to add a Radarr action!
Not all indexers announce video container like mkv or mp4. It's best to leave this off.
HD (720p, 1080p)
Set this to match your quality settings in Radarr
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Resolution | [720p, 1080p] |
| Sources | [WEB, WEB-DL, WEBRip, BluRay] |
| Match Categories | Depends on Indexer |
4k (2160p)
Set this to match your quality settings in Radarr
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Resolution | [2160p] |
| Sources | [WEB, WEB-DL, WEBRip, BluRay, UHD.Bluray] |
| Match Categories | Depends on Indexer |
HDR and DV
Leave blank to match either and let your arr decide, or do the following to include or exclude HDR formats:
If you WANT ONLY HDR formats
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Match HDR | [HDR, DV] or Select all |
If you DON'T WANT ANY HDR formats
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Except HDR | [HDR, DV] or Select all |
Build buffer
If you are in need of buffer this is an example that will work will on general indexers with freeleech/bonus systems.
Check your indexer or our list of indexers supporting freeleech filtering for specifics.
| Field | Values |
|---|---|
| Freeleech | True / active |
And to not flood your torrent client you can use either Max downloads Per and set a limit on how many can be downloaded in a time period.
Or better, set the max active downloads rule for qBittorrent or Deluge.
This can be set in Settings -> Clients, click edit on your client, or create a new identical client with limits.
- Toggle
Rules - Set
Max active downloadsto 2.
This setting will make the filter check qBittorrent before adding a torrent. If the Max active downloads is reached, then it will not add the torrent.
This should not be confused with qBittorrent's BUILT IN setting with the same name. That will add torrents as paused and start only after the limit is below. This will hurt your ratio BAD.
Here's a small chart of recommended Max active downloads depending on server type, connection and disks. Try them out and increase the number until you hit negative ratios.
| Type | Connection | Disks | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated | 1Gbit | HDD | 2 |
| Dedicated | 1Gbit | SSD/NVME | 2-3 |
| Dedicated | 2Gbit | HDD | 2-3 |
| Dedicated | 10Gbit | HDD | 2-3 |
| Dedicated | 10Gbit | SSD/NVME | 4-5+ |
| Shared | 1Gbit | HDD | 1 |
| Shared | "20Gbit+" | HDD | 2-3 |
| Shared | "20Gbit+" | SSD/NVME | 2-3 |
And if you have traffic limits, then max downloads per is there to help you limit it.
Other tips
It's generally a good idea to check the latest torrents and the browse pages to try and look for patterns of what get snatches.
Some indexers and content types the current year releases do get a lot of snatches. If there's internal groups it's highly likely they do very well also.