Radarr
Radarr is a movie collection manager. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new movies and will interface with clients and indexers to organize, sort, and rename them.
It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of existing files in the library when a better quality format becomes available.
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How do I access Radarr?
Radarr is available:
- From your dashboard: https://your-username.elfhosted.com
- Directly: https://your-username-radarr.elfhosted.com
Signed-in users see their own URLs
The addresses above show the general pattern. Sign in and these become your personal, clickable links.
Import existing remote media
If you have existing remote media mounted at /storage/<something> (like Real-Debrid), you can use ElfBot to create symlinks to bring this into your Radarr library, without consuming any more space.
Here's how the process works. The end result is that Plex only sees [3]: /storage/symlinks/movies:
To perform a symlink import using ElfBot, run elfbot symlink /storage/realdebrid-zurg/movies. ElfBot will symlink any new content at /storage/realdebrid-zurg/movies to /storage/symlinks/import/movies. After this, use Radarr to perform an automatic / interactive manual import from /storage/symlinks/import/movies/.
In Radarr, navigate to Movies -> Manual Import, and point the import at /storage/symlinks/import/movies/.
Not Library Import
We're not importing an organized library here, we're importing an unorganized collection of files from your content sources. Use Movies -> Manual Import instead, since this will rename and upgrade your content, and move it to existing libraries
HD and 4K Libraries
Radarr isn't able to keep multiple copies of the same movie in different formats - it tries to upgrade a lower-quality format when a higher-quality one becomes available. It's sometimes desirable to keep multiple versions in your storage though, so that Plex / Jellyfin / Emby can prompt you which version you'd like to play.
To this end, a "4K" version of Radarr is available, which can either be manually managed, or configured to sync with the "regular" (HD) Radarr.
Autopulse (instant library updates)
Rather than relying on your media server's scheduled library scans, you can use [Autopulse][autopulse] to instantly update Plex/Emby/Jellyfin whenever Radarr imports new content. See the [Autopulse docs][autopulse] for setup instructions, including how to configure a webhook in Radarr pointing to http://autopulse:2875/triggers/radarr (or http://autopulse:2875/triggers/radarr4k for Radarr 4K).
Quality profiles
Both Radarr instances (HD and 4K) ship with two pre-configured quality profiles each, based on the TRaSH Guides custom formats and tier scoring with two ElfHosted-specific tweaks:
- Two profiles per resolution, not one. TRaSH publishes a single "best quality" profile. ElfHosted splits this into Quality and Compatibility because the right answer depends on which clients you stream from.
- Freeleech as a debrid cache-hit indicator. Freeleech releases are scored at
+5000, which strongly correlates with cache state on Real-Debrid. A cached release plays instantly; an uncached one queues for download.
Profile menu
| Instance | Profile | Use when |
|---|---|---|
| Radarr | HD - Best Quality | Streaming primarily on Apple TV / Shield / Fire TV with passthrough-capable hardware. Rewards lossless audio. |
| Radarr | HD - Best Compatibility | Streaming on a mix of clients including web browsers, phones, casual smart TVs. Penalizes HEVC and lossless audio that force transcoding. |
| Radarr 4K | 4K - Best Quality | As above plus a Dolby Vision-capable display chain. DV is strongly preferred over plain HDR. |
| Radarr 4K | 4K - Best Compatibility | Mixed-client households on 4K-capable hardware. HDR formats scored flat (HDR10 is the most universal). HEVC is neutral since every 4K client decodes it. |
By default, requests submitted via Seerr (or its predecessors Overseerr / Jellyseerr) use Best Compatibility, which works across the broadest range of clients.
Migrating an older Radarr setup to the new profiles
If your Radarr was provisioned before mid-2026, you'll have an older single-profile setup (named something like HD Bluray + WEB (ElfHosted - Default) or 4K - 2160p (ElfHosted - Default)) and need to install the new profiles. Two ways:
Automated (recommended), run from ElfTerm:
elfbot refresh-profiles all # every *arr instance in your stack
elfbot refresh-profiles radarr # or just one
The command fetches the current canonical JSONs, looks up your custom format IDs by name, and POSTs the new profiles. Existing profiles are preserved so nothing breaks; once you've re-pointed Seerr / Overseerr / Jellyseerr to the new profile, you can delete the old one via the Radarr UI.
refresh-profiles also auto-heals one common Radarr-side side-effect of older provisioning: the cross-instance import list (Radarr importing from Radarr4K, or vice versa) had its Quality Profiles filter set to a profile ID that no longer exists. In that state the import list silently imports nothing. The script detects orphan-only filters and replaces them with current canonical profile IDs from the source instance. Filters with at least one valid entry are left untouched — your manual choices aren't overridden. If you want to check or fix this manually: Settings -> Import Lists -> open the cross-instance list -> Quality Profiles should show the current HD - Best Quality / HD - Best Compatibility (or 4K - ...) entries ticked.
Manual: download the JSON and import via Radarr's UI (Settings -> Profiles -> Import Profile):
- HD - Best Quality
- HD - Best Compatibility
- 4K - Best Quality (for Radarr 4K)
- 4K - Best Compatibility (for Radarr 4K)
Changing your default profile
In Radarr / Radarr 4K: Settings -> Profiles, edit the profile you want to use as default, then use Seerr / Overseerr / Jellyseerr's profile dropdown to point new requests at it. Per-movie overrides are also possible from the movie's edit screen.
Common scenarios
"My phone keeps transcoding instead of direct-playing." Switch new requests to Best Compatibility. The lossless audio penalty (-300 to -500) and HEVC penalty (-1000) steer downloads toward x264 + AC3/EAC3/AAC releases that direct-play universally.
"I want the highest possible quality and don't care about transcoding." Use Best Quality. To go further and accept Bluray remuxes, enable Bluray-1080p Remux (HD) or Bluray-2160p Remux (4K) in the profile's quality items list.
"Freeleech is pulling lower-tier releases over higher-tier ones." By design: cache-hit wins over quality, because a cache miss means real wait time. To soften this, edit the profile and lower the FreeLeech score from +5000 to +700. That keeps freeleech as a tiebreaker between similar-quality releases without overriding tier-superior non-freeleech releases.
"Radarr's queue keeps filling with releases that won't import." This happens when the profile's Upgrade Until Custom Format Score is set higher than any realistic release can score. RSS Sync grabs candidates that look like upgrades, then import-time scoring rejects them, leaving them stuck in queue forever. The shipped profiles use:
| Profile | Upgrade Until Custom Format Score | Minimum Custom Format Score Increment |
|---|---|---|
| HD - Best Quality | 6800 (FreeLeech + HD Bluray Tier 01) | 50 |
| HD - Best Compatibility | 6700 (FreeLeech + WEB Tier 01) | 50 |
| 4K - Best Quality | 7500 (FreeLeech + Remux Tier 01) | 50 |
| 4K - Best Compatibility | 6700 (FreeLeech + WEB Tier 01) | 50 |
The profiles aim at different ceilings on purpose. HD - Best Quality stops at a cached Bluray encode (HD Remux is rarely justified at 1080p per TRaSH's design). 4K - Best Quality stops at a cached Bluray Remux — the genuine top tier at 2160p with full HDR/DV and lossless audio. Both Compatibility profiles are satisfied with any cached WEB-DL. Season Packs don't apply here (Radarr is movie-only); on Sonarr they raise the achievable max and feed upgrades via the 50-point increment. If you've edited any of these and want to reset, re-import the canonical JSON or run elfbot refresh-profiles radarr.
"I want IMAX cuts to override freeleech." Drop the FreeLeech score below IMAX's +800, e.g. to +500. Freeleech still tiebreaks; IMAX wins when both formats exist.
"I want to allow HEVC at HD." In HD - Best Compatibility, set the x265 and x266 custom format scores to 0. The codec then competes on tier and audio scoring alone.
"I want to customize profiles beyond what ElfHosted ships, or restore TRaSH's stock profiles." Add Profilarr to your subscription. Profilarr is a UI-driven profile and custom-format manager for Radarr / Sonarr with TRaSH-aligned presets baked in and one-click sync to all your *arr instances. A $1, 7-day trial is usually enough to import the profiles you want; cancel after if you don't need ongoing tweaks.
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