Sonarr: Utilize Video Codec on Series Details

Created on 20 Feb 2017 · 10Comments · Source: Sonarr/Sonarr

AVC and HEVC are already stored in .nfo files so this information is already available. It would be nice if a user could display which codec was stored. Currently only the resolution and source is displayed (e.g. 1080p Bluray, 720p HDTV, etc.). It would be great if "1080p Bluray HEVC" was displayed and HEVC/AVC could be prioritized in the desired profiles.

Additionally, upon scanning for changes if it's noticed that the files got smaller but switched to HEVC, the quality would remain the same but it would be decided that the user manually re-encoded the files to HEVC.

ui-only v3

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JahnSteven

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Gotcha, I have a few ideas where to put that, though it'd be a separate column probably.

markus101 on 22 Feb 2017

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Display it where?

It would be great if "1080p Bluray HEVC" was displayed and HEVC/AVC could be prioritized in the desired profiles.

There is another GHI for preferred words already.

Additionally, upon scanning for changes if it's noticed that the files got smaller but switched to HEVC, the quality would remain the same but it would be decided that the user manually re-encoded the files to HEVC.

If the filename is the same, Sonarr won't even notice it's been changed, unless there is a change to media info that forces it to rescan Sonarr would still store the old media info. Checking if every file is the same is the same as what Sonarr thinks it is gets expensive so existing files are ignored when rescanning the series folder unless they have gone missing.

markus101 on 20 Feb 2017

Display it where?

Here perhaps?

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existing files are ignored when rescanning the series folder unless they have gone missing.

This is the only workaround I have discovered is to remove the files, and re-add them. Then they are recognized as HEVC in the nfo and the new file size is refreshed.

JahnSteven on 21 Feb 2017

Gotcha, I have a few ideas where to put that, though it'd be a separate column probably.

markus101 on 22 Feb 2017

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markus, I assume you wanted to do it in v3 only.

Taloth on 22 Feb 2017

Yeah, it will fit with some of the other work I've done there.

markus101 on 22 Feb 2017

What does GHI stand for? You've referred to it in two issues. I've never seen that acronym before and a search doesn't yield anything.

I went to the restrictions tab on the indexers page, but that appears to be a hard restriction and not a preferred word.

JahnSteven on 24 Feb 2017

GHI = Github issue.

Taloth on 24 Feb 2017

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id rather have you show it with the file details screen.. radarr shows them in a Media Info column like quality... which kills the limited horz space.. example: AVC (1280x536) (02:12:52) DTS (English)