RSS Filter Question - If/Then/Else?

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Hey Folks.

I am a long time user of SABNZBD, but just started using RSS feeds. RSS Feeds are AWESOME, but I cannot seem to figure out how to address a filter issue.

I have a basic filter to download 1080 content. Here it is:

By default, my filter is set to this:
- Reject: "SD"
- Reject: 720
- At Most: 3.5G
- Accept: *

On occasion, the filter downloads both a 4K and 1080P version of a content. Is there any way to "Prefer" 4K over 1080P? If the 4K is less than 3.5GB, I want it and to ignore the 1080p version. If it the 4K version is over 3.5g, I want to just download the 1080p version.

I couldn't figure if I can write "If/Then/Else" logic into the RSS filter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[jcfp]

On occasion, the filter downloads both a 4K and 1080P version of a content. Is there any way to "Prefer" 4K over 1080P? If the 4K is less than 3.5GB, I want it and to ignore the 1080p version. If it the 4K version is over 3.5g, I want to just download the 1080p version.

I couldn't figure if I can write "If/Then/Else" logic into the RSS filter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You may not need any such logic. Filters are analyzed in order and the first one matched will be selected. Hence, rather than rejecting only some lower quality profiles and accepting everything else you could filter for size, then explicitly accept 4k and 1080p in the preferred order, and (implicitly) reject everything else at the end.

Even so, using rss feeds for this kind of thing has its limitations. You could still end up with multiple hits for the same quality or extra hits when the same content reappears later on. Consider using a third party application that integrates with sab to handle the quality choices (and duplicate detection, etc.) for you, many have extended options in that department including the ability to upgrade to a better quality if that were to become available at a later time.

[safihre]

Such examples of great programs would be Sonarr (TV) and Radarr (movies).

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Hi jcfp,

Thanks for the great suggestion. I will take a look at modifying the sequence of my rss feed rules.

So based on your suggestion, I should write my rules like this:

- at Most: 3.5G
- Accept: 4K
- Accept: 1080
- Reject: *

So based on that logic.. if a file is less then 3.5G, the 4k version will be downloaded. If 4k doesn't exist, the 1080p; will be next. The rest will be rejected. Makes sense.

Safihre,

Thanks for the suggestion on sonarr and radarr. I already use sonarr, but will give radarr a run. The content I am using RSS feeds are not listed in Sonarr or Radarr, if you get my drift

Thanks again!!

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Just a quick update. The RSS Filter did not work as intended. It downloaded the 4k.. then it downloaded the 1080p version.

I was looking at some documentation, and it says the filter accepts RegEx syntax. I am no regex expert, but I am going to give that a shot. I will report back when I figure it out.

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