Would like for Flexget to consider webdl and webrip the same quality

[Jeeaaasus]

I would like for Flexget to consider webdl and webrip the same quality.
Would this be possible to do?

Some release groups name their torrents "web" and these are counted as webdl quality, but sometimes awful quality.
And on the other hand some torrents named "webrip" are of excellent quality, in particular the Amazon and Netflix shows.

I've tried to manipulate the quality field but can't get that to work. Is it not possible to change the quality field?
I've gotten it to work by manipulating the title field but then Flexget crashes sometimes, understandably, and I would like to avoid this method.

Anyone got any ideas?

[keksznet]

you can add something like this in your config:

quality: 720p webdl|webrip ##that's is a pipe between webdl and webrip ("|")
if:
- "'\.WEB\.x264' in title":
quality: 720p webrip

but I don't know exactly what you want to achieve

what do you want to filter?
maybe a regex accept or reject with an IF statemant is better for this
for example reject groups, they do "bad" quality encodes

[Jeeaaasus]

Hey keksznet
That's interesting..
I have quality requirements like this in my config

target: 1080p webdl
quality: 1080p

And then I tried what you said like this:

if:
  - "('.WEB.x264' in title)":
      quality: 720p webrip

And it does match torrents named like "ShowName.S01E01.1080p.WEB.x264-RELEASE" (obfuscated obviously)

But Flexget still sees the torrent as 'webdl'. This only changes the quality requirements for that torrent. Which isn't really helpful.

title            : ShowName.S01E01.1080p.WEB.x264-RELEASE
quality          : 1080p webdl h264
reason           : 1080p webdl h264 does not match quality requirement [<Requirements(720p webrip)>]

I'd like for Flexget to consider this torrent as 'webrip' quality and not webdl.

[AndreasT]

Do you want to download everything or be selective and not download releases with webrip or web in their name?

[Jeeaaasus]

I don't want to filter away any quality.

I have a config like this:

    configure_series:
      settings:
        timeframe: 240 minutes
        target: 1080p webdl
        quality: 1080p
    discover:
      what:
        - next_series_episodes:
            from_start: yes
      from:
        - rarbg:
            category: 41
            use_tvdb: true
            sorted_by: seeders

And I want Flexget to download the torrent with the most seeders regardless if it's an webrip OR webdl quality

[jon]

Then use the “webrip+” quality.

[keksznet]

in this case you don't need target and timeframe
only setup quality as 1080p and webdl|webrip as source
and you can regexp release groups if you don't like them
or you can build IF statements, what should happen if the title contains something you need

maybe you could favour AMZN tagged releases
but skip all from TBS
etc.

[Jeeaaasus]

If I do that then Flexget will always download the webdl quality and ignore the webrips.

[Jeeaaasus]

I understand what you mean but how would I go about favoring a torrent? With an IF statment i presume, but then?

[keksznet]

You can do something like this:

quality: 1080p webrip+
  if:
    -  "('\.WEB\.H264' in title)":
      delay: 2 hours

assuming WEB.x264 is only a webdl and in the 2 hours there will be a WEBRIP

and if it's not good, maybe you can check parsing with guessit (external package)
usage:

parsing:
  series: guessit

Maybe guessit can decide better if something has better quality or not

here some examples from guessit:

p@~/flexget-dev $ ./bin/guessit ..////TV/The.Last.Ship.S05E03.720p.WEBRip.x264-TBS/the.last.ship.s05e03.720p.webrip.x264-tbs.mkv 
For: ..////TV/The.Last.Ship.S05E03.720p.WEBRip.x264-TBS/the.last.ship.s05e03.720p.webrip.x264-tbs.mkv
GuessIt found: {
    "season": 5, 
    "episode": 3, 
    "screen_size": "720p", 
    "format": "WEBRip", 
    "video_codec": "h264", 
    "title": "the last ship", 
    "release_group": "tbs", 
    "container": "mkv", 
    "mimetype": "video/x-matroska", 
    "type": "episode"
}
p@~/flexget-dev $ ./bin/guessit ..////TV/Bodyguard.S01E06.720p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-NTb.mkv 
For: ..////TV/Bodyguard.S01E06.720p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-NTb.mkv
GuessIt found: {
    "title": "Bodyguard", 
    "season": 1, 
    "episode": 6, 
    "screen_size": "720p", 
    "streaming_service": "Amazon Prime", 
    "format": "WEB-DL", 
    "audio_codec": "EAC3", 
    "audio_channels": "2.0", 
    "video_codec": "h264", 
    "release_group": "NTb", 
    "container": "mkv", 
    "mimetype": "video/x-matroska", 
    "type": "episode"
}
p@~/flexget-dev $ ./bin/guessit ..////TV/Tom.Clancys.Jack.Ryan.S01E08.720p.WEB.H264-MEMENTO/tom.clancys.jack.ryan.s01e08.720p.web.h264-memento.mkv 
For: ..////TV/Tom.Clancys.Jack.Ryan.S01E08.720p.WEB.H264-MEMENTO/tom.clancys.jack.ryan.s01e08.720p.web.h264-memento.mkv
GuessIt found: {
    "season": 1, 
    "episode": 8, 
    "screen_size": "720p", 
    "format": "WEB-DL", 
    "video_codec": "h264", 
    "title": "tom clancys jack ryan", 
    "release_group": "memento", 
    "container": "mkv", 
    "mimetype": "video/x-matroska", 
    "type": "episode"
}
p@palinkade2 ~/flexget-dev $ ./bin/guessit ..////TV/The.Outpost.S01E07.720p.WEB.h264-TBS/the.outpost.s01e07.720p.web.h264-tbs.mkv 
For: ..////TV/The.Outpost.S01E07.720p.WEB.h264-TBS/the.outpost.s01e07.720p.web.h264-tbs.mkv
GuessIt found: {
    "season": 1, 
    "episode": 7, 
    "screen_size": "720p", 
    "format": "WEB-DL", 
    "video_codec": "h264", 
    "title": "the outpost", 
    "release_group": "tbs", 
    "container": "mkv", 
    "mimetype": "video/x-matroska", 
    "type": "episode"
}

[shotfirer]

Your initial assumption about WEB/WEBRip difference is not correct. It more depends on the release group rather than a quality. For example:

Fear.the.Walking.Dead.S04E15.1080p.WEB.H264-DEFLATE
Fear.the.Walking.Dead.S04E15.I.Lose.People.1080p.AMZN.WEBRip.DDP5.1.x264-INFLATE

But it's the same 3.77Gb release.

If you just want to get the best quality possible by the end of the day, you need to tell FlexGet, that webrip quality is above webdl, by using reorder_quality, and then force FlexGet do download any forthcoming releases by adding upgrade: yes to your series config, and using allow_different_qualities: better in the exists_series.

Probably not a perfect solution, but working fine for me

[Jeeaaasus]

Turns out it is possible to change the quality field..

if:
- "'.WEB.x264' in title":
quality: 720p webrip

keksznet almost had the solution from the begining. Just needed the "set:"

if:
  - "'.WEB.x264' in title":
      set:
        quality: 720p webrip

Now my task looks a bit like this:

  Download-Task:
    template: Shows
    thetvdb_lookup: yes
    configure_series:
      settings:
        quality: 1080p !hdtv webrip+
        target: 1080p webdl
        timeframe: 470 minutes
        propers: 470 minutes
        identified_by: ep
        tracking: backfill
        exact: yes
      from:
        trakt_list:
          account: '{? trakt.account ?}'
          list: '{? trakt.list ?}'
          type: shows
          strip_dates: yes
    discover:
      what:
        - next_series_episodes:
            from_start: yes
      from:
        - rarbg:
            category: 41
            use_tvdb: true
            sorted_by: seeders
    if:
      - "title | re_search('(?i)(1080p)(.*)(WEB)(?!.?DL|.?RIP)')":
          set:
            quality: 1080p webrip
      - "title | re_search('(?i)(720p)(.*)(WEB)(?!.?DL|.?RIP)')":
          set:
            quality: 720p webrip

I made it with regex and it's working exactly as I wanted it. Now "WEB" torrents are considered webrip.

[keksznet]

Cool!
I like when someone gets back to post the solution.
It's good for other lost users.

Thanks for sharing!