Assign Quality based on Indexer group number #466

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opened 2026-02-20 12:01:48 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

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Originally created by @feerlessleadr on GitHub (Mar 15, 2019).

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Hopefully this is the right place to put this. I don't have a need for lossless music, so I generally search for albums in the 3010 group within newznab (for MP3). The problem I'm running into with Lidarr however, is that from what I can tell, most posts/releases in that specific indexer category don't specifically have an MP3 label on the release, so Lidarr labels the release as unknown, and doesn't pick it up.

Obviously this defeats the purpose for me, since I have to manually search and grab individual releases, rather than letting lidarr do all the work for me.

Describe the solution you'd like
Is it possible to have lidarr tag releases for quality based on both the filename, as well as the newznab group it is being pulled from?

Describe alternatives you've considered
Right now, I've removed all of the newznab categories from lidarr, with the exception of 3010, so that only mp3 results are returned, and have included the unknown quality in my lossy profile.

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AB#330

Originally created by @feerlessleadr on GitHub (Mar 15, 2019). **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** Hopefully this is the right place to put this. I don't have a need for lossless music, so I generally search for albums in the 3010 group within newznab (for MP3). The problem I'm running into with Lidarr however, is that from what I can tell, most posts/releases in that specific indexer category don't specifically have an MP3 label on the release, so Lidarr labels the release as unknown, and doesn't pick it up. Obviously this defeats the purpose for me, since I have to manually search and grab individual releases, rather than letting lidarr do all the work for me. **Describe the solution you'd like** Is it possible to have lidarr tag releases for quality based on both the filename, as well as the newznab group it is being pulled from? **Describe alternatives you've considered** Right now, I've removed all of the newznab categories from lidarr, with the exception of 3010, so that only mp3 results are returned, and have included the unknown quality in my lossy profile. **Additional context** Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here. [AB#330](https://dev.azure.com/Servarr/7ab38f4e-5a57-4d70-84f4-94dd9bc5d6df/_workitems/edit/330)

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Type: Enhancement

Status: Investigating

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@Qstick commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2019):

The issue with this is that the category may tell us it’s MP3 but does not tell us the bitrate.

@Qstick commented on GitHub (Mar 17, 2019): The issue with this is that the category may tell us it’s MP3 but does not tell us the bitrate.

deekerman commented

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@feerlessleadr commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2019):

fair enough - is there anything I'm missing in terms of having lidarr automatically download mp3s?

I'm on a number of fairly popular indexing sites, and almost none of the mp3 releases are labeled as such by the uploader, so they all come up as unknown.

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@feerlessleadr commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2019): fair enough - is there anything I'm missing in terms of having lidarr automatically download mp3s? I'm on a number of fairly popular indexing sites, and almost none of the mp3 releases are labeled as such by the uploader, so they all come up as unknown. Thanks

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@Qstick commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2019):

No, there are some things we could probably do get identification pre download a bit better. Just hasn't been a huge priority

@Qstick commented on GitHub (Mar 18, 2019): No, there are some things we could probably do get identification pre download a bit better. Just hasn't been a huge priority

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 12:01:51 -05:00

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@GregTroar commented on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020):

Hi all,
Having exact same issues, Lidarr cannot be used as such as all MP3 released are tagged as "unknown" and as such Lidarr does not download a single MP3 release. Indeed, the official MP3 releases do not include the MP3 tag in the title anymore...
This definitely defeats the purpose for me as well.

@GregTroar commented on GitHub (Nov 26, 2020): Hi all, Having exact same issues, Lidarr cannot be used as such as all MP3 released are tagged as "unknown" and as such Lidarr does not download a single MP3 release. Indeed, the official MP3 releases do not include the MP3 tag in the title anymore... This definitely defeats the purpose for me as well.