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As the title says I’m curious what quality people choose. I chose Ultra-HD and am a little stunned when I look at the file sizes for some movies at 100GB.

Another question is how can I change the quality and will Radarr remove the existing download and then get a smaller one?

If it helps I have a GPU capable of hardware transcoding.

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[–] variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

https://trash-guides.info/Radarr/Radarr-Quality-Settings-File-Size/

I just use the trash guides I don't do 4k and I have it as low as DVD because a lot of cartoons don't get picked up when I had dvd quality disabled.

To change the quality just make multiple profiles, i have one for 4k and one for regular. Default is regular but sometimes rarely I'll set a movie to 4k and then just hit the search button and it will upgrade it or downgrade if I went the other way

Thanks for this. I now know what I’m doing more.

[–] 418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I don’t personally need ultra high quality movies. I just don’t see the difference. I go for the 2-3GB size. YIFY has been my go-to for years.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Same u less they don’t have it then I go TL or Avistaz

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It works with upgrade until. If you have a BluRay 2160p right now, it won't re-download a BluRay 1080p if you change the profile.

You can state wanted and max file sizes per format.

Ok thanks. I updated the settings.