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Quality Profiles

Quality profiles define your preferences for media quality, including resolution, codecs, file size, and sources.

Built-in Profiles

Mydia includes 8 built-in profiles:

Profile Resolution Use Case
SD 480p Low bandwidth, small storage
HD-720p 720p Balanced quality/size
HD-1080p 1080p Standard HD
Ultra-HD 2160p 4K content
WEB-DL-1080p 1080p Streaming sources
Bluray-1080p 1080p Disc quality
Remux-1080p 1080p Lossless disc rip
Remux-2160p 2160p 4K lossless

The preset gallery offers 23 one-click import profiles:

TRaSH Guides

Community-vetted profiles following TRaSH Guides recommendations:

  • HD Bluray + WEB
  • UHD Bluray + WEB
  • Remux + WEB

Profilarr/Dictionarry

Quality tiers for different use cases:

  • Quality - Best possible quality
  • Balanced - Quality vs. size tradeoff
  • Efficient - Good quality, smaller files
  • Compact - Minimal storage usage
  • Remux - Lossless quality

Available for 720p, 1080p, and 2160p resolutions.

Storage & Use-Case Profiles

  • Storage-optimized
  • Streaming-optimized
  • Mobile-optimized

Profile Configuration

Resolution Filtering

Set minimum and maximum resolution:

  • Minimum: Reject releases below this resolution
  • Maximum: Reject releases above this resolution

File Size Limits

Configure per-minute file size limits:

  • Minimum: Reject undersized files (likely low quality)
  • Maximum: Reject oversized files (storage constraints)

Source Preferences

Rank your preferred sources:

  1. Bluray
  2. WEB-DL
  3. WEBRip
  4. HDTV
  5. DVD

Codec Preferences

Configure video codec preferences:

  • x265/HEVC - Better compression, smaller files
  • x264/AVC - Wider compatibility
  • AV1 - Newest codec, best compression

HDR Preferences

Configure HDR format handling:

  • Dolby Vision
  • HDR10+
  • HDR10
  • HLG

Upgrade Rules

Configure automatic upgrades:

  • Enable/disable automatic upgrades
  • Set score threshold for upgrades
  • Configure upgrade delay

Creating Custom Profiles

  1. Navigate to Admin > Quality Profiles
  2. Click Create Profile
  3. Configure settings
  4. Save profile

Assigning Profiles

Profiles can be assigned:

  • Per library (default profile)
  • Per media item (override)

Next Steps