Click → Release Title . Paste the following regex into the Regular Expression box:
In the world of home media servers, storage space is the ultimate luxury. As we curate 4K remuxes, complete TV series box sets, and high-bitrate Blu-ray rips, it’s alarmingly easy to fill a 20TB array. sonarr prefer x265
This guide will show you exactly how to bend Sonarr to your will. We will cover advanced Custom Formats, scoring systems, and a "prefer/upgrade to x265" workflow that automates your library conversion. Before we dive into the code, a word of caution. If you set Sonarr to strictly require x265, you will miss downloads. Click → Release Title
"name": "✅ x265 / HEVC (Prefer)", "includeCustomFormatWhenRenaming": false, "specifications": [ "name": "x265 or HEVC", "implementation": "ReleaseTitleSpecification", "negate": false, "required": false, "fields": "value": "(?i)\\b(x , "name": "Not x264", "implementation": "ReleaseTitleSpecification", "negate": true, "required": false, "fields": "value": "\\b(x ] This guide will show you exactly how to
Enter (HEVC). This video codec offers roughly double the compression efficiency of the aging x264 (H.264). Switching your downloads to x265 can save you terabytes of space without sacrificing visual quality.
Go to → Profiles (or Quality Profiles ). Select the profile you use for TV shows (e.g., "HD - 1080p" or "4K").