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notgrizzly
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SABnzbd resets custom Prowlarr/Sonarr indexer categories

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Hi everyone,

I’m running into a strange issue with SABnzbd and custom indexer categories.

I use SABnzbd together with Prowlarr and Sonarr, in Docker containers on unRaid, and I’m trying to use the German categories for my indexer (scenenzbs). In SABnzbd, I have two categories configured:

- tv
- movies

In the indexer settings in Prowlarr, under “Categories / Groups”, I assign:

TV category: TV - DE*, Anime
Movies category: Movies - DE*, dummy

However, every time Sonarr/Prowlarr send downloads, these custom category selections reset back to the English default ones (like TV, Movies, etc).

I checked the indexer's API caps and it clearly provides the German categories like:

TV - DE, with subcategories like HD, SD, UHD
Movies - DE, with subcategories as well

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<caps>
<categories>

<category id="3000" name="Audio">

<subcat id="3030" name="Audiobook"/>

<subcat id="3130" name="Audiobook - DE"/>

<subcat id="3230" name="Audiobook - ES"/>

<subcat id="3040" name="Lossless"/>

<subcat id="3010" name="MP3"/>

<subcat id="3050" name="Other"/>

<subcat id="3020" name="Video"/>

</category>

<category id="7000" name="Books">

<subcat id="7030" name="Comics"/>

<subcat id="7020" name="Ebook"/>

<subcat id="7010" name="Mags"/>

</category>

<category id="7100" name="Books - DE">

<subcat id="7130" name="Comics"/>

<subcat id="7120" name="Ebook"/>

<subcat id="7110" name="Mags"/>

</category>

<category id="1000" name="Console">

<subcat id="1010" name="NDS"/>

<subcat id="1080" name="PS3"/>

<subcat id="1100" name="PS4"/>

<subcat id="1110" name="PS5"/>

<subcat id="1020" name="PSP"/>

<subcat id="1035" name="Switch"/>

<subcat id="1030" name="Wii"/>

<subcat id="1060" name="WiiWare/VC"/>

<subcat id="1070" name="XBOX 360 DLC"/>

<subcat id="1040" name="Xbox"/>

<subcat id="1050" name="Xbox 360"/>

<subcat id="1090" name="Xbox One"/>

</category>

<category id="2000" name="Movies">

<subcat id="2060" name="3D"/>

<subcat id="2050" name="BluRay"/>

<subcat id="2010" name="Foreign"/>

<subcat id="2040" name="HD"/>

<subcat id="2020" name="Other"/>

<subcat id="2030" name="SD"/>

<subcat id="2045" name="UHD"/>

</category>

<category id="2100" name="Movies - DE">

<subcat id="2160" name="3D"/>

<subcat id="2150" name="BluRay"/>

<subcat id="2140" name="HD"/>

<subcat id="2120" name="Other"/>

<subcat id="2130" name="SD"/>

<subcat id="2145" name="UHD"/>

</category>

<category id="2200" name="Movies - ES">

<subcat id="2260" name="3D"/>

<subcat id="2250" name="BluRay"/>

<subcat id="2240" name="HD"/>

<subcat id="2220" name="Other"/>

<subcat id="2230" name="SD"/>

<subcat id="2245" name="UHD"/>

</category>

<category id="8000" name="Other">

<subcat id="8010" name="Misc"/>

</category>

<category id="4000" name="PC">

<subcat id="4010" name="0day"/>

<subcat id="4080" name="3D-Print"/>

<subcat id="4050" name="Games"/>

<subcat id="4020" name="ISO"/>

<subcat id="4035" name="Linux"/>

<subcat id="4030" name="Mac"/>

<subcat id="4070" name="Mobile-Android"/>

<subcat id="4040" name="Mobile-Other"/>

<subcat id="4060" name="Mobile-iOS"/>

<subcat id="4100" name="Pico"/>

<subcat id="4090" name="Tutorials"/>

</category>

<category id="5000" name="TV">

<subcat id="5070" name="Anime"/>

<subcat id="5080" name="Documentary"/>

<subcat id="5020" name="Foreign"/>

<subcat id="5040" name="HD"/>

<subcat id="5050" name="Other"/>

<subcat id="5030" name="SD"/>

<subcat id="5060" name="Sport"/>

<subcat id="5045" name="UHD"/>

</category>

<category id="5100" name="TV - DE">

<subcat id="5170" name="Anime"/>

<subcat id="5180" name="Documentary"/>

<subcat id="5140" name="HD"/>

<subcat id="5150" name="Other"/>

<subcat id="5130" name="SD"/>

<subcat id="5160" name="Sport"/>

<subcat id="5145" name="UHD"/>

</category>

<category id="5200" name="TV - ES">

<subcat id="5270" name="Anime"/>

<subcat id="5280" name="Documentary"/>

<subcat id="5240" name="HD"/>

<subcat id="5250" name="Other"/>

<subcat id="5230" name="SD"/>

<subcat id="5260" name="Sport"/>

<subcat id="5245" name="UHD"/>

</category>

<category id="6000" name="XXX">

<subcat id="6010" name="DVD"/>

<subcat id="6060" name="ImgSet"/>

<subcat id="6070" name="Other"/>

<subcat id="6050" name="Pack"/>

<subcat id="6020" name="WMV"/>

<subcat id="6030" name="XviD"/>

<subcat id="6040" name="x264"/>

</category>

</categories>

<groups> </groups>

<genres>

<genre id="22" categoryid="1000" name="Adventure"/>

<genre id="27" categoryid="1000" name="Arcade"/>

<genre id="132" categoryid="1000" name="Card & Board Game"/>

<genre id="24" categoryid="1000" name="Fighting"/>

<genre id="2" categoryid="1000" name="Game Boy"/>

<genre id="21" categoryid="1000" name="Hack and slash/Beat 'em up"/>

<genre id="23" categoryid="1000" name="Indie"/>

<genre id="135" categoryid="1000" name="Music"/>

<genre id="9" categoryid="1000" name="Nintendo 64"/>

<genre id="143" categoryid="1000" name="Pinball"/>

<genre id="50" categoryid="1000" name="Platform"/>

<genre id="85" categoryid="1000" name="Point-and-click"/>

<genre id="60" categoryid="1000" name="Puzzle"/>

<genre id="140" categoryid="1000" name="Quiz/Trivia"/>

<genre id="38" categoryid="1000" name="Racing"/>

<genre id="101" categoryid="1000" name="Real Time Strategy (RTS)"/>

<genre id="20" categoryid="1000" name="Role-playing (RPG)"/>

<genre id="55" categoryid="1000" name="Shooter"/>

<genre id="30" categoryid="1000" name="Simulator"/>

<genre id="125" categoryid="1000" name="Sport"/>

<genre id="31" categoryid="1000" name="Strategy"/>

<genre id="35" categoryid="1000" name="Tactical"/>

<genre id="34" categoryid="1000" name="Turn-based strategy (TBS)"/>

<genre id="134" categoryid="1000" name="Visual Novel"/>

</genres>

</caps>


So the categories do exist. But for some reason, SABnzbd (or maybe Prowlarr?) keeps resetting my selections. Has anyone experienced this or knows a fix?

Thanks in advance!
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Re: SABnzbd resets custom Prowlarr/Sonarr indexer categories

Post by safihre »

You can see the category parsing in the Debug logging of Sab. Then you can also see what was provided to us by Prowlar.

I'm not sure I fully understand your setup.
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Re: SABnzbd resets custom Prowlarr/Sonarr indexer categories

Post by blakejosh »

You can try setting category IDs manually in Prowlarr or configure mapping rules directly in Sonarr/Radarr if they support custom categories.
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