Sonarr FAQ - Revision history

Bakerboy448: /* How are possible downloads compared? */

2021-05-21T17:21:06Z

How are possible downloads compared?

Bakerboy448: /* How does Sonarr find episodes? */

2021-05-13T04:50:47Z

How does Sonarr find episodes?

Bakerboy448 at 04:49, 13 May 2021

2021-05-13T04:49:40Z

Bakerboy448 at 04:38, 8 May 2021

2021-05-08T04:38:39Z

Bakerboy448: /* I see that feature/bug X was fixed, why can’t I see it? */

2021-05-06T21:59:42Z

I see that feature/bug X was fixed, why can’t I see it?

Bakerboy448: /* Why can’t Sonarr import episode files for series X? / Why can’t Sonarr find releases for series X? */

2021-05-05T16:02:39Z

Why can’t Sonarr import episode files for series X? / Why can’t Sonarr find releases for series X?

Bakerboy448: /* Why can’t Sonarr import episode files for series X? / Why can’t Sonarr find releases for series X? */

2021-05-05T15:18:44Z

Why can’t Sonarr import episode files for series X? / Why can’t Sonarr find releases for series X?

Bakerboy448: /* How does Sonarr handle scene numbering issues (American Dad!, etc)? */

2021-05-04T16:28:16Z

How does Sonarr handle scene numbering issues (American Dad!, etc)?

Bakerboy448 at 23:17, 28 April 2021

2021-04-28T23:17:16Z

Bakerboy448 at 23:16, 28 April 2021

2021-04-28T23:16:45Z

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 # Episode Number
 # Indexer Priority
-# Peers (If Torrent)
+# Seeds/Peers (If Torrent)
 # Age (If Usenet)
 # Size

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 * Sonarr does ''not'' regularly search for episode files that are missing or have not met their quality goals. Instead, it fairly frequently queries your indexers and trackers for ''all'' the newly posted episodes/newly uploaded releases, then compares that with its list of episodes that are missing or need to be upgraded. Any matches are downloaded. This lets Sonarr cover a library of ''any size'' with just 24-100 queries per day (RSS interval of 15-60 minutes). If you understand this, you'll realize that it only covers the ''future'' though.
 * So how do you deal with the present and past? When you're adding a show, you'll need to set the correct path, profile and monitoring status then use the Start search for missing checkbox. If the show has had no episodes and hasn't been released yet, you don't need to initiate a search.
-* Put another way, Sonarr will only find episodes that are newly uploaded to your indexers. It will not actively try to find episodes you want that uploaded in the past.
+* Put another way, Sonarr will only find releases that are newly uploaded to your indexers. It will not actively try to find releases uploaded in the past.
 * If you've already added the show, but now you want to search for it, you have a few choices. You can go to the show's page and use the search button, which will do a search and then automatically pick episode(s). You can search individual episodes or seasons automatically or manually. Or you can use the filters of <code>Missing</code> and <code>Cut-off Unmet</code>.
 * If Sonarr has been offline for an extended period of time, Sonarr will attempt to page back to find the last release it processed in an attempt to avoid missing a release. As long as your indexer supports paging and it hasn't been too long Sonarr will be able to process the releases it would have missed and avoid you needing to perform a search for the missed episodes.

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 <span id="how_does_Sonarr_find_episodes"><small>[[#how_does_Sonarr_find_episodes|anchor]]</small></span><br>
-* Sonarr does ''not'' regularly search for episode files that are missing or have not met their quality goals. Instead, it fairly frequently queries your indexers and trackers for ''all'' the newly posted episodes, then compares that with its list of episodes that are missing or need to be upgraded. Any matches are downloaded. This lets Sonarr cover a library of ''any size'' with just 24-100 queries per day (RSS interval of 15-60 minutes). If you understand this, you'll realize that it only covers the ''future'' though.
+* Sonarr does ''not'' regularly search for episode files that are missing or have not met their quality goals. Instead, it fairly frequently queries your indexers and trackers for ''all'' the newly posted episodes/newly uploaded releases, then compares that with its list of episodes that are missing or need to be upgraded. Any matches are downloaded. This lets Sonarr cover a library of ''any size'' with just 24-100 queries per day (RSS interval of 15-60 minutes). If you understand this, you'll realize that it only covers the ''future'' though.
 * So how do you deal with the present and past? When you're adding a show, you'll need to set the correct path, profile and monitoring status then use the Start search for missing checkbox. If the show has had no episodes and hasn't been released yet, you don't need to initiate a search.
 * Put another way, Sonarr will only find episodes that are newly uploaded to your indexers. It will not actively try to find episodes you want that uploaded in the past.

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 For Sonarr you can make use of the `{Preferred Words}` token in your renaming scheme. and also check mark `Include Preferred when Renaming` in the release profile.
 take a look [https://trash-guides.info/Sonarr/V3/Sonarr-recommended-naming-scheme/ HERE] for a recommended naming scheme examples for Sonarr.
 Using the tokens in your renaming scheme could help with download loop issues.
 == How does Sonarr handle scene numbering issues (American Dad!, etc)? ==
 <span id="how_does_sonarr_handle_scene_numbering_issues"><small>[[#how_does_sonarr_handle_scene_numbering_issues|anchor]]</small></span><br>

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 If you know a TVDB update was made more than 48 hours ago, then please come discuss on our [https://discord.gg/M6BvZn5 Discord].
 == I see that feature/bug X was fixed, why can’t I see it? ==
-<span id="i_see_that_feature_bug_x_was_fixed_why_cant_i_see_it"><small>[[#i_see_that_feature_bug_x_was_fixed_why_cant_i_see_it"|anchor]]</small></span><br>
+<span id="i_see_that_feature_bug_x_was_fixed_why_cant_i_see_it"><small>[[#i_see_that_feature_bug_x_was_fixed_why_cant_i_see_it|anchor]]</small></span><br>
 Sonarr consists of two main branches of code, <code>main</code> and <code>develop</code>, <code>main</code>is released periodically, when the <code>develop</code> branch is stable and <code>develop</code> is for pre-release testing and people willing to live on the edge, if you want to help out testing or want more information on the two branches, please see: [[Sonarr_Settings#Updates|Release Branches]]. When a feature is marked as in <code>develop</code> it will only be available to users running the <code>develop</code> branch, once it has been move to live (in <code>main</code>) it is officially released.

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−	The series "Helt Perfekt" with TVDB ids of <code>343189</code> and <code>252077</code> ~~will be impossible~~ to automate due to TVDB having the same name for both shows, violating TVDB's own rules. The first entry for the series gets the name. Any future entries for the series must have the year as part of the series name. ~~Given release groups are releasing both series under the same name~~, ~~this show is impossible~~ to ~~automate.~~	+	The series "Helt Perfekt" with TVDB ids of <code>343189</code> and <code>252077</code> is difficult to automate due to TVDB having the same name for both shows, violating TVDB's own rules. The first entry for the series gets the name. Any future entries for the series must have the year as part of the series name. However, a scene exception as been added to map releases (case sensitive mapping) Helt Perfekt releases containing <code>NORWEGIAN</code> -> <code>252077</code> and containing <code>SWEDISH</code> -> <code>343189</code>

	== TVDB is updated why isn't Sonarr? ==		== TVDB is updated why isn't Sonarr? ==

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	''Again, do not request a mapping for Anime; use XEM for that.'' Further information can be found with some of the XEM folks that hangout in our [https://discord.gg/an9rnEdWs5 <nowiki>#XEM</nowiki> discord channel].		''Again, do not request a mapping for Anime; use XEM for that.'' Further information can be found with some of the XEM folks that hangout in our [https://discord.gg/an9rnEdWs5 <nowiki>#XEM</nowiki> discord channel].
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		+	The series "Helt Perfekt" with TVDB ids of <code>343189</code> and <code>252077</code> will be impossible to automate due to TVDB having the same name for both shows, violating TVDB's own rules. The first entry for the series gets the name. Any future entries for the series must have the year as part of the series name. Given release groups are releasing both series under the same name, this show is impossible to automate.

	== TVDB is updated why isn't Sonarr? ==		== TVDB is updated why isn't Sonarr? ==

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 *** Scene uses a year for the season S2010 and TVDb uses S01.
 ** [http://thexem.de XEM] works in most cases and keeps it running smooth without you ever knowing. However as with most things, there will always be a ''black sheep'' and in this case there is a list of them.
-** This is a list of the known shows and how/why they're problematic:
+** This is an incomplete list of the known shows and how/why they're problematic:
 *** American Dad
 *** Arrested Development
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 *** Pawn Stars
 *** Pokémon
-**** On TheXem, [http://thexem.de/xem/show/4638 pokemon] is tracking * dubbed* episodes. So if you want subbed episodes, you may be out of luck.
+**** On TheXem, [http://thexem.de/xem/show/4638 pokemon] is tracking * dubbed* episodes. So if you want subbed episodes, you may be out of luck. If certain release groups are following TVDB and not XEM mapping, please contact us on our discord and bring the release name and group name as exceptions can be added for groups who follow TVDB.
 * '''Possible resolutions:'''
-# TVDb adds alternate ordering to the API (Current status: They say v4 but dont count on it to work or be stable based on the history of v3)
+# TVDb adds alternate ordering to the API (Current status: They say v4 but don't count on it to work or be stable based on the history of v3)
 # XEM adds a map to allow for alternate orders that sonarr can use (Current status: Unlikely)
 # Sonarr allows for disabling of XEM maps when doing manual searches (Current status: Unlikely)
 * '''Sonarr side effects:'''
 ** On top of the issues with the shows already, Sonarr also has some odd behavior so you may just need to overlook this as well. Example:
-** American Dad is currently on S17 based on TVDb or S16 based on Scene at the time of this writing. So searching in sonarr for season 17 will '''only''' return S16 results because of the XEM map. If you have a tracker with S17 episodes (because they use P2P and not Scene), you are SOL & sonarr will never see them or find them. Right click > Save as on the torrent and add it manually is your <u>solution</u>. However here is the odd part, if you use tags and you add it to your client with a tag that Sonarr looks for, it will see the episodes and when they download it '''will''' automatically import them to S17. So it wont find S17 because it is mapped to S16 but it will import S17 to S17 even though it is mapped to S16. Cant explain it & never got an answer for it so enjoy the inconsistent logic as it will save you having to import it.
+** American Dad is currently on S17 based on TVDb or S16 based on Scene at the time of this writing. So searching in sonarr for season 17 will '''only''' return S16 results because of the XEM map. If you have a tracker with S17 episodes (because they use P2P and not Scene), please contact us on our discord and bring the release name and group name as exceptions can be added for groups who follow TVDB.
 == Why can’t Sonarr import episode files for series X? / Why can’t Sonarr find releases for series X? ==

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