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Quality Profiles
A quality profile controls what qualities you want for a series, it lets you decide whether or not you want SDTV or HDTV only and if you eventually want episodes in DVD or Bluray. NzbDrone ships with a few default profiles, but you're able to edit and create your own to match your preferences. NzbDrone uses your quality profile when considering a release for grabbing.
A quality profile is made up of allowed qualities and a cutoff.
An allowed quality is a quality that you would want an episode to be in, in order for the release to be wanted.
The quality that when met or exceeded will not accept any higher quality releases
In all examples the preference for quality is top down (qualities higher in the list are more preferred).
Default SDTV profile.
DVD SDTV
SDTV
No existing file exists. When drone finds a release for this episode it will accept either SDTV or DVD, any other quality is rejected.
Existing file is SDTV. If a DVD release is found it will be rejected because the cutoff has already been met.
No existing files exists. A search is performed and both SDTV and DVD are available, NzbDrone will grab the DVD release because it is the best allowed quality.
Default HDTV 720p profile.
Bluray 720p WEBDL 720p HDTV 720p
WEBDL 720p
No existing file exists. if NzbDrone finds a WEBDL 720p release it would grab it.
Existing file exists at HDTV 720p. If a Bluray720p release is found it will be grabbed because the cutoff has not been met
Existing file exists at WEBDL 720p. If a Bluray720p release is found it will be grabbed because the cutoff has been met.
These examples show the power of a quality profile that has had the quality orders adjusted, they should only be used if you understand the pros and cons of this action.
Want to watch in HDTV 720p the first time, but want to save disk space when archiving the file for later watching.
DVD HDTV 720p
DVD
No existing file exists. HDTV 720p release found and grabbed.
Existing file exists at HDTV 720p. DVD release is available and is grabbed because it is more desired than the HDTV 720p release.
No existing file exists. Episode is searched and both HDTV 720p and DVD are available, DVD release is grabbed because it is preferred.