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title: home
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slug: home
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author: santiagosayshey
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created: 2025-01-21
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tags: [home, wiki]
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# 👋 Hey!
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Welcome to Dictionarry! This project aims to wiki-fy and **simplify media automation** in Radarr / Sonarr through extensive, data driven documentation, custom formats and quality profiles.
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## 💡 Motivation
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Navigating the world of media automation and coming across quality terms like "Remux", or "HEVC" or "Dolby Vision" can be quite daunting when all you want to do is setup a media server to watch some content. If often **feels like you need a masters in audio / video just to grab the latest blockbuster.** Dictionarry aims not to explain these concepts in detail, but **abstract them into more approachable ideas** that don't require extensive knowledge or experience.
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Dictionarry leverages two key features of Radarr and Sonarr to simplify media automation:
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1. Custom Formats - Think of these as smart filters that scan release titles for specific patterns. They help **identify important characteristics** of your media, such as:
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- Video quality (4K, HDR, Dolby Vision)
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- Audio formats (Atmos, DTS, TrueHD)
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- Source types (Remux, Web-DL, Blu-ray)
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- Potential issues (upscaled content, poor encodes)
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2. Quality Profiles - These act like a scoring system that **ranks releases** based on their Custom Format matches. You can:
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- Prioritize what matters most to you
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- Automatically upgrade to better versions
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- Avoid problematic releases
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Think of Dictionarry as your personal car-buying expert: Instead of researching every technical specification and test-driving dozens of vehicles, you get access to a curated showroom of pre-vetted options that match what you're looking for. Whether you want:
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- 2160p Remux - **Maximum Quality** 4K HDR remuxes with lossless audio and Dolby Vision
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- 2160p Quality - **Transparent 4K** HDR encodes selected using the Encode Efficiency Index
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- 1080p Quality - **Transparent 1080p** encodes optimized using the Golden Popcorn Performance Index
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- 1080p Efficient - **Efficient x265 1080p** Encodes optimized to save space using the Encode Efficiency Index
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- And More....
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Dictionarry's database of tested profiles and formats handles the technical decisions for you.
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## ⚙️ Profilarr
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The database by itself does nothing. Custom Formats and Quality Profiles **need to be imported** and configured in your individual arr installations. Rather than leaving you to manually create everything yourself based on our guides, we've created **Profilarr** to automate this process.
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Profilarr is a **configuration management tool** for Radarr and Sonarr that can interface with **ANY remote configuration database** (not just Dictionarry's!). It automatically:
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- **Pulls** new updates from your chosen database
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- **Compiles** the database format into specific arr formats
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- **Imports** them to your arr installations
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- Manages version control of your configurations
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Built on top of git, Profilarr treats your configurations like code, allowing you to:
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- Track changes over time
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- Maintain your own customizations while still receiving database updates
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- Resolve conflicts between local / remote changes when they arise
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The architecture was specifically built like this to **put user choice first**. We believe that:
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- **Your media setup should reflect your needs, not our opinions**
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- Updates should enhance your configuration, not override it
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- Different users have different requirements (storage constraints, hardware capabilities, quality preferences)
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- The ability to customize should never be sacrificed for convenience
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Profilarr empowers you to use Dictionarry's database (or anyone elses!) as a foundation while maintaining the freedom to adapt it to your specific needs.
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