Filtering RAR-packed releases from IRC announces in Autobrr?
I’m using Autobrr with IRC announces and Prowlarr (Torznab).
With Torznab indexers, filtering works because the indexer setup allows blocking RAR/archived content when adding the indexer.
However, with IRC announces, Autobrr still grabs releases that are RAR-packed.
There’s no .rar or similar in the release name, so regex filters don’t help. As far as I understand:
- IRC announces only provide the release name
- No file list or metadata is available at that stage
Question:
- Is there any reliable way to filter RAR-packed releases at the IRC level?
- Or is excluding known archive-heavy groups and/or enforcing this post-download the only real solution?
Curious how others handle this.
Posted Dec 30, 2025, 9:12 PM UTC
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