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Guide to understanding Movie Release Jargon updated with R3
dont know if we have one of these so i thought i would post this one hope it helps some of you
Sources CAM - A cam is a theater rip usually done with a digital video camera. A mini tripod is sometimes used, but a lot of the time this wont be possible, so the camera make shake. Also seating placement isn't always idle, and it might be filmed from an angle. If cropped properly, this is hard to tell unless there's text on the screen, but a lot of times these are left with triangular borders on the top and bottom of the screen. Sound is taken from the onboard microphone of the camera, and especially in comedies, laughter can often be heard during the film. Due to these factors picture and sound quality are usually quite poor, but sometimes we're lucky, and the theater will be fairly empty and a fairly clear signal will be heard. TELESYNC (TS) - A telesync is the same spec as a CAM except it uses an external audio source (most likely an audio jack in the chair for hard of hearing people). A direct audio source does not ensure a good quality audio source, as a lot of background noise can interfere. A lot of the times a telesync is filmed in an empty cinema or from the projection booth with a professional camera, giving a better picture quality. Quality ranges drastically, check the sample before downloading the full release. A high percentage of Telesyncs are CAMs that have been mislabeled. R3 Region 3 is from Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong) The quality of R3 retail is very similar to dvdscr's.they must use a TS or a cam English audio rip because there high quality audio would only be in a Region 3 language. TELECINE (TC) - A telecine machine copies the film digitally from the reels. Sound and picture should be very good, but due to the equipment involved and cost telecines are fairly uncommon. Generally the film will be in correct aspect ratio, although 4:3 telecines have existed. A great example is the JURASSIC PARK 3 TC done last year. TC should not be confused with TimeCode , which is a visible counter on screen throughout the film. SCREENER (SCR) - A pre VHS tape, sent to rental stores, and various other places for promotional use. A screener is supplied on a VHS tape, and is usually in a 4:3 (full screen) a/r, although letterboxed screeners are sometimes found. The main draw back is a "ticker" (a message that scrolls past at the bottom of the screen, with the copyright and anti-copy telephone number). Also, if the tape contains any serial numbers, or any other markings that could lead to the source of the tape, these will have to be blocked, usually with a black mark over the section. This is sometimes only for a few seconds, but unfortunately on some copies this will last for the entire film, and some can be quite big. Depending on the equipment used, screener quality can range from excellent if done from a MASTER copy, to very poor if done on an old VHS recorder thru poor capture equipment on a copied tape. Most screeners are transferred to VCD, but a few attempts at SVCD have occurred, some looking better than others. R5 Line-means R5/TC's Over the past 6 months the major movie studios have been releasing retail dvds early in Russia. They do this to stop the widespread use of pirated telecines (which were once very common). Lately however there has been very few real telecines, most of the scene telecines you see are actually R5 retails. R5 retail is rushed out by the studio, they are basically competing with pirates, so there is little to no cleanup of the film after the telecine process. So the main difference between telecines put out by the pirates is that the r5's are done using pro equipment, professional studios and professional people. The quality of R5 retail is very similar to dvdscr's, no time is usually spent cleaning up dvdscrs either. they must use a TS or a cam English audio rip because there high quality audio would only be in a russian language. DVD-SCREENER (DVDscr) - Same premise as a screener, but transferred off a DVD. Usually letterbox , but without the extras that a DVD retail would contain. The ticker is not usually in the black bars, and will disrupt the viewing. If the ripper has any skill, a DVDscr should be very good. Usually transferred to SVCD or DivX/XviD. DVDRip - A copy of the final released DVD. If possible this is released PRE retail (for example, Star Wars episode 2) again, should be excellent quality. DVDrips are released in SVCD and DivX/XviD. VHSRip - Transferred off a retail VHS, mainly skating/sports videos and XXX releases. TVRip - TV episode that is either from Network (capped using digital cable/satellite boxes are preferable) or PRE-AIR from satellite feeds sending the program around to networks a few days earlier (do not contain "dogs" but sometimes have flickers etc) Some programs such as WWF Raw Is War contain extra parts, and the "dark matches" and camera/commentary tests are included on the rips. PDTV is capped from a digital TV PCI card, generally giving the best results, and groups tend to release in SVCD for these. VCD/SVCD/DivX/XviD rips are all supported by the TV scene. WORKPRINT (WP) - A workprint is a copy of the film that has not been finished. It can be missing scenes, music, and quality can range from excellent to very poor. Some WPs are very different from the final print (Men In Black is missing all the aliens, and has actors in their places) and others can contain extra scenes (Jay and Silent Bob) . WPs can be nice additions to the collection once a good quality final has been obtained. DivX Re-Enc - A DivX re-enc is a film that has been taken from its original VCD source, and re-encoded into a small DivX file. Most commonly found on file sharers, these are usually labeled something like Film.Name.Group(1of2) etc. Common groups are SMR and TND. These aren't really worth downloading, unless you're that unsure about a film u only want a 200mb copy of it. Generally avoid. Watermarks - A lot of films come from Asian Silvers/PDVD (see below) and these are tagged by the people responsible. Usually with a letter/initials or a little logo, generally in one of the corners. Most famous are the "Z" "A" and "Globe" watermarks. Asian Silvers / PDVD - These are films put out by eastern bootleggers, and these are usually bought by some groups to put out as their own. Silvers are very cheap and easily available in a lot of countries, and its easy to put out a release, which is why there are so many in the scene at the moment, mainly from smaller groups who don't last more than a few releases. PDVDs are the same thing pressed onto a DVD. They have removable subtitles, and the quality is usually better than the silvers. These are ripped like a normal DVD, but usually released as VCD. Formats VCD - VCD is an mpeg1 based format, with a constant bitrate of 1150kbit at a resolution of 352x240 (NTCS). VCDs are generally used for lower quality transfers (CAM/TS/TC/Screener(VHS)/TVrip(analogue) in order to make smaller file sizes, and fit as much on a single disc as possible. Both VCDs and SVCDs are timed in minutes, rather than MB, so when looking at an mpeg, it may appear larger than the disc capacity, and in reality u can fit 74min on a CDR74. SVCD - SVCD is an mpeg2 based (same as DVD) which allows variable bit-rates of up to 2500kbits at a resolution of 480x480 (NTSC) which is then decompressed into a 4:3 aspect ratio when played back. Due to the variable bit-rate, the length you can fit on a single CDR is not fixed, but generally between 35-60 Mins are the most common. To get a better SVCD encode using variable bit-rates, it is important to use multiple "passes". this takes a lot longer, but the results are far clearer. XVCD/XSVCD - These are basically VCD/SVCD that don't obey the "rules". They are both capable of much higher resolutions and bit-rates, but it all depends on the player to whether the disc can be played. X(S)VCD are total non-standards, and are usually for home-ripping by people who don't intend to release them. DivX / XviD - DivX is a format designed for multimedia platforms. It uses two codecs, one low motion, one high motion. most older films were encoded in low motion only, and they have problems with high motion too. A method known as SBC (Smart Bit-rate Control) was developed which switches codecs at the encoding stage, making a much better print. The format is Ana orphic and the bit-rate/resolution are interchangeable. Due to the higher processing power required, and the different codecs for playback, its unlikely we'll see a DVD player capable of play DivX for quite a while, if at all. There have been players in development which are supposedly capable, but nothing has ever arisen. The majority of PROPER DivX rips (not Re-Encs) are taken from DVDs, and generally up to 2hours in good quality is possible per disc. Various codecs exist, most popular being the original Divx3.11a and the new XviD codecs. CVD - CVD is a combination of VCD and SVCD formats, and is generally supported by a majority of DVD players. It supports MPEG2 bit-rates of SVCD, but uses a resolution of 352x480(ntsc) as the horizontal resolution is generally less important. Currently no groups release in CVD. DVD-R - Is the recordable DVD solution that seems to be the most popular (out of DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD+R). it holds 4.7gb of data per side, and double sided discs are available, so discs can hold nearly 10gb in some circumstances. SVCD mpeg2 images must be converted before they can be burnt to DVD-R and played successfully. DVD>DVDR copies are possible, but sometimes extras/languages have to be removed to stick within the available 4.7gb. MiniDVD - MiniDVD/cDVD is the same format as DVD but on a standard CDR/CDRW. Because of the high resolution/bit-rates, its only possible to fit about 18-21 mins of footage per disc, and the format is only compatible with a few players. Misc Info Regional Coding - This was designed to stop people buying American DVDs and watching them earlier in other countries, or for older films where world distribution is handled by different companies. A lot of players can either be hacked with a chip, or via a remote to disable this. RCE - RCE (Regional Coding Enhancement) was designed to overcome "Multiregion" players, but it had a lot of faults and was overcome. Very few titles are RCE encoded now, and it was very unpopular. Macrovision - Macrovision is the copy protection employed on most commercial DVDs. Its a system that will display lines and darken the images of copies that are made by sending the VHS signals it can't understand. Certain DVD players (for example the Dansai 852 from Tescos) have a secret menu where you can disable the macrovision, or a "video stabaliser" costs about 30UKP from Maplin NTSC/PAL - NTSC and PAL are the two main standards used across the world. NTSC has a higher frame rate than pal (29fps compared to 25fps) but PAL has an increased resolution, and gives off a generally sharper picture. Playing NTSC discs on PAL systems seems a lot easier than vice-versa, which is good news for the Brits Smile An RGB enabled scart lead will play an NTSC picture in full colour on most modern tv sets, but to record this to a VHS tape, you will need to convert it to PAL50 (not PAL60 as the majority of DVD players do.) This is either achieved by an expensive converter box (in the regions of £200+) an onboard converter (such as the Dansai 852 / certain Daewoos / Samsung 709 ) or using a World Standards VCR which can record in any format. Release Files RARset - The movies are all supplied in RAR form, whether its v2 (rar>.rxx) or v3 (part01.rar > partxx.rar) form. BIN/CUE - VCD and SVCD films will extract to give a BIN/CUE. Load the .CUE into notepad and make sure the first line contains only a filename, and no path information. Then load the cue into Nero/CDRWin etc and this will burn the VCD/SVCD correctly. TV rips are released as MPEG. DivX files are just the plain DivX - .AVI NFO - An NFO file is supplied with each movie to promote the group, and give general iNFOrmation about the release, such as format, source, size, and any notes that may be of use. They are also used to recruit members and acquire hardware for the group. SFV - Also supplied for each disc is an SFV file. These are mainly used on site level to check each file has been uploaded correctly, but are also handy for people downloading to check they have all the files, and the CRC is correct. A program such as pdSFV or hkSFV is required to use these files. Usenet Information Access - To get onto newsgroups, you will need a news server. Most ISPs supply one, but this is usually of poor retention (the amount of time the files are on server for) and poor completition (the amount of files that make it there). For the best service, a premium news server should be paid for, and these will often have bandwidth restrictions in place. Software - You will need a newsreader to access the files in the binary newsgroups. There are many different readers, and its usually down to personal opinion which is best. Xnews / Forte Agent / BNR 1 / BNR 2 are amongst the popular choices. Outlook has the ability to read newsgroups, but its recommended to not use that. Format - Usenet posts are often the same as those listed on VCDQUALiTY (i.e., untouched group releases) but you have to check the filenames and the description to make sure you get what you think you are getting. Generally releases should come down in .RAR sets. Posts will usually take more than one day to be uploaded, and can be spread out as far as a week. PAR files - As well as the .rxx files, you will also see files listed as .pxx/.par . These are PARITY files. Parity files are common in usenet posts, as a lot of times, there will be at least one or two damaged files on some servers. A parity file can be used to replace ANY ONE file that is missing from the rar set. The more PAR files you have, the more files you can replace. You will need a program called SMARTPAR for this. Scene Tags PROPER - Due to scene rules, whoever releases the first Telesync has won that race (for example). But if the quality of that release is fairly poor, if another group has another telesync (or the same source in higher quality) then the tag PROPER is added to the folder to avoid being duped. PROPER is the most subjective tag in the scene, and a lot of people will generally argue whether the PROPER is better than the original release. A lot of groups release PROPERS just out of desperation due to losing the race. A reason for the PROPER should always be included in the NFO. SUBBED - In the case of a VCD, if a release is subbed, it usually means it has hard encoded subtitles burnt throughout the movie. These are generally in malaysian/chinese/thai etc, and sometimes there are two different languages, which can take up quite a large amount of the screen. SVCD supports switch able subtitles, so some DVDRips are released with switch able subs. This will be mentioned in the NFO file if included. UNSUBBED - When a film has had a subbed release in the past, an Unsubbed release may be released LIMITED - A limited movie means it has had a limited theater run, generally opening in less than 250 theaters, generally smaller films (such as art house films) are released as limited. INTERNAL - An internal release is done for several reasons. Classic DVD groups do a lot of .INTERNAL. releases, as they wont be dupe'd on it. Also lower quality theater rips are done INTERNAL so not to lower the reputation of the group, or due to the amount of rips done already. An INTERNAL release is available as normal on the groups affiliate sites, but they can't be traded to other sites without request from the site ops. Some INTERNAL releases still trickle down to IRC/Newsgroups, it usually depends on the title and the popularity. Earlier in the year people referred to Centropy going "internal". This meant the group were only releasing the movies to their members and site ops. This is in a different context to the usual definition. STV - Straight To Video. Was never released in theaters, and therefore a lot of sites do not allow these. ASPECT RATIO TAGS - These are *WS* for widescreen (letterbox) and *FS* for Fullscreen. RECODE - A recode is a previously released version, usually filtered through TMPGenc to remove subtitles, fix color etc. Whilst they can look better, its not looked upon highly as groups are expected to obtain their own sources. REPACK - If a group releases a bad rip, they will release a Repack which will fix the problems. NUKED - A film can be nuked for various reasons. Individual sites will nuke for breaking their rules (such as "No Telesyncs") but if the film has something extremely wrong with it (no soundtrack for 20mins, CD2 is incorrect film/game etc) then a global nuke will occur, and people trading it across sites will lose their credits. Nuked films can still reach other sources such as p2p/usenet, but its a good idea to check why it was nuked first in case. If a group realise there is something wrong, they can request a nuke. NUKE REASONS :: this is a list of common reasons a film can be nuked for (generally DVDRip) ** BAD A/R ** :: bad aspect ratio, ie people appear too fat/thin ** BAD IVTC ** :: bad inverse telecine. process of converting framerates was incorrect. ** INTERLACED ** :: black lines on movement as the field order is incorrect. **OOS** :  ut of syncDUPE - Dupe is quite simply, if something exists already, then theres no reason for it to exist again without proper reason. 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³ After a long wait and hours of work, I am proud to present, the new XviD ³
³ scene standards. In this celebration note, I must condemn the leaking of ³
³ the 2004 draft edition, which was written only for the purpose of helping ³
³ us all in building this new set of guidelines. I wanna thank everyone who ³
³ took time to express their ideas and experience into bringing this document ³
³ to life. Also, we shall not forget, all the past teams from 2000 to 2002 ³
³ that made the DivX and XviD scene guidelines available, for TXD2K5 to be ³
³ built upon. So without further ado, Enjoy! ³
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³ Movie Length: ³
³ - PAL (25 fps) = MINIMUM runtime is 100 minutes/CD. ³
³ - FILM (23.976 fps) = MINIMUM runtime is 105 minutes/CD. ³
³ - NTSC (29.97 fps) = MINIMUM runtime is 87 minutes/CD. ³
³ - These runtimes are scalable via the following equation: ³
³ N CD time minimum = (N-1) * allowed time where N is number of CDs and ³
³ allowable time applies to fps as outlined above: ³
³ i.e. 3 CD FILM rip minimum = 105 x (3-1) = 210 minutes. ³
³ - MINIMUM time length rule is as implied - that is the MINIMUM time per ³
³ CD -- NOT MAXIMUM!!! (i.e. no such thing as "must be more than 1 CD") ³
³ - Release runtime must be at least 50 minutes for using the full burnable ³
³ media capacity. In such cases, releases MUST utilize a MINIMUM of ³
³ 680mb of the 700mb standard burnable media (Multi-CD releases MUST ³
³ conform to the 680mb minimum, for each CD used). Any other use of the ³
³ media shall not be over 350mb (Sizes between 350mb to 680mb are not ³
³ allowed). ³
³ - Media usage is at ripper's discretion, please use it. ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ AUDIO: ³
³ - MUST be MP3 or Studio AC3 (AC3 transcoding forbidden). ³
³ - MUST be STEREO for STEREO sources, MONO for MONO sources ³
³ (MONO audio as STEREO on source is considered a MONO source). ³
³ - MUST BE VBR! NO CBR MP3! ³
³ - MP3 tracks must have the original frequency as it was on the DVD's ³
³ audio: i.e. 48khz for 48khz and 44.1khz for 44.1khz. ³
³ - MP3 files must be normalized. ³
³ - ABR is considered a VBR technique. ³
³ - AC3 MUST be used wisely and correctly. Ripper's discretion on when to ³
³ use it. Using or not using AC3 IS NOT a technical flaw. ³
³ - MONO AC3 is not allowed, in that case must encode to mono MP3. ³
³ - Multi-language audio tracks are FORBIDDEN! (Use INTERNAL!) ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ VIDEO: ³
³ - Keyframe: ³
³ MUST be <=20 seconds and MUST be inserted according to scene changes ³
³ and framesizes as determined by the codec or encoding application. ³
³ - Group watermarks of any kind on the video will not be tolerated! ³
³ - Intermission messages must be removed from the avi! ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Framerate: ³
³ - MUST be as close to original source framerate as possible. ³
³ - In some cases PAL movies should be ivtc'd (i.e. to 24fps). Therefore ³
³ using a PAL source is not an excuse for lack of ivtc. ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Codec: ³
³ - MUST BE XviD (all DivX codecs are banned). ³
³ - MUST use 2 pass technique during encoding. ³
³ - NO DUPES BASED ON CODEC TYPE, USE INTERNAL! ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Resolution and Aspect Ratio: ³
³ - Width: 512 - 672 pixels for WS movies (Letterboxed is considered WS). ³
³ 448 - 576 pixels for FS movies (Only 4:3 images). ³
³ - Height and Width: Must be a multiple of 16. ³
³ - Cropping is required to be the MAXIMUM possible (black borders must ³
³ be cropped to their maximum). Over cropped releases are considered ³
³ a technical flaw. Some movies present changing ARs, in that case the ³
³ cropping applies only to the image that presents more pixels (Means ³
³ that part of the movie will have bad cropping). ³
³ - Movie encodes must be within 5% of the original aspect ratio. ³
³ Calculating AR % error: (Release AR - Original AR)/Original AR x 100 ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Subs, Interactive Menus, Trailers: ³
³ - OPTIONAL (ONLY if all other requirements have been met). ³
³ - VOBSUB is the preferred format due to the fact it does not use OCR. ³
³ However, any format that displays with DVobSub is acceptable. ³
³ - Subtitles may be MUXED with video stream, but MAY NOT be BURNED into ³
³ video stream. MUXED subs will proper BURNED subs. ³
³ - Subtitles not muxed into video stream MUST be encapsulated in a .rar ³
³ file with the MOST compression available and shall be contained in ³
³ the directory named 'Subs' and will NOT be packaged with main movie ³
³ rars. ³
³ - Burned subtitles shall only be permissible when the source exhibits ³
³ aforementioned subtitles in the picture itself (i.e. Subs in the ³
³ matte portion of the picture MUST be typed in a separate file and the ³
³ frame shall be cropped). If there is a part of the burned subtitles ³
³ on the picture itself, and another part on the matte portion of the ³
³ picture, the frame must be cropped to 2 pixels from the start of the ³
³ subtitles on the matte portion. Upside cropping of the picture has ³
³ nothing to do with the downside, therefore the cropping on the upside ³
³ MUST BE to it's maximum. ³
³ - English subs on non English movies MUST fit on CD with main movie, ³
³ all other optional subs SHOULD fit on the CD. ³
³ - Foreign movies (Non English Spoken) with no English subs, must have ³
³ the language name taggings (applies to the various non English ³
³ scenes). Movies with English subs present, WILL NOT HAVE any language ³
³ tag on them! ³
³ - Using of hand made subs on non English releases (i.e. fansubs) MUST ³
³ be mentioned in the nfo, and at nuker's discretion if to nuke the ³
³ release for Bad.Subs, depends on how bad the subtitles are. Please ³
³ use common judgement! Releases that were nuked for bad subtitles, may ³
³ be propered only by subtitles that came from the retail DVD (Ripper's ³
³ choice if to release the full movie again or just the subtitles). ³
³ - Multi-language subtitles cannot be used as a basis for a dupe. ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Packaging: ³
³ - All releases must be AVI, not BIN/CUE. ³
³ - Must be packed with RAR and broken into 15 or 20 MB volumes. ³
³ Releases that are more then 1 CD must have the RAR files broken into ³
³ 2 or more CD volumes. ³
³ - Compression is not allowed. ³
³ - Recovery and MD5 record are recommended. ³
³ - Must have SFV included for each CD. ³
³ - Must have NFO. ³
³ - NFO SHOULD INCLUDE: ³
³ Group name ³
³ Title ³
³ Actual XviD release date ³
³ DVD release date ³
³ Theatrical release date (US preferably) ³
³ Video size ³
³ Framesize/Aspect Ratio ³
³ Audio bitrate ³
³ Video bitrate ³
³ Movie runtime/Length ³
³ IMDB/Amazon/Any other DVD site info link ³
³ Number of rars per CD (i.e. 50x15MB) ³
³ Ripping method ³
³ DRF average ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Credits: ³
³ - Movie credits can be encoded separately at a lower bitrate only if the ³
³ time length exceeds the no. of CDs used (i.e. 106 min on 1CD for FILM ³
³ source, or 201 min on 2CDs for PAL source, etc). ³
³ - Any movies with scenes in the credits (i.e. bloopers or continuation ³
³ of story) MAY NOT be downsampled! ³
³ - Cutting Credits is not allowed. ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Samples: ³
³ - REQUIRED! ³
³ - 1 full minute in length and in a separate folder marked as 'Sample'. ³
³ - MUST be taken from the movie - NOT encoded separately. ³
³ - Vob samples are recommended for any rip that is deemed questionable: ³
³ i.e. no ivtc possible on source, ivtc to 24.975fps etc. ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Propers: ³
³ - Propers are ONLY permitted in the case of a technical flaw in the ³
³ original release (i.e. Bad IVTC, Interlacing, bad number of CDs). ³
³ - Releases not nuked on release lists and/or sites MUST include ³
³ original sample of the technical flaw. ³
³ - Qualitative propers are not allowed, nor are propers based on ³
³ decisions made by a ripper (i.e. No. of CDs, AC3 or MP3, etc). ³
³ - Propers based upon the compliance with new instances of TXD2K5 ³
³ guidelines are also forbidden. ³
³ Only propers acceptable when propering old tdx rips are propers based ³
³ on picture damage: Aspect Ratio, IVTC, Over-Cropping. Other propers ³
³ acceptable are propers based on releases that did not follow previous ³
³ tdx guidelines, at the time they were released. ³
³ - Subbed (in original movie language) propers dubbed (in any language). ³
³ - Hardcored Subs may be propered by releases containing Vobsub/Srt. ³
³ <This> ³
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³ ³
³ WS vs. FS: ³
³ - FS movies after WS was out, are FORBIDDEN unless proven it contains ³
³ more picture (use of sample or .jpg as proof). ³
³ - WS movies after FS was out, MUST HAVE original sample from the ³
³ previous release, unless proven no WS DVD was out at the time the FS ³
³ was released. A WS not following the above is considered a DUPE! ³
³ - WS or FS name tags on the release name, if the other wasn't released ³
³ in the past, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! <use>. ³
³ - WS cannot proper another WS: for example 2.35:1 after 1.85:1 is out. ³
³ Use the tag WS in the dirname instead. However WS after a wider WS ³
³ was released, will be considered a DUPE unless proven it contains ³
³ more picture! Sample rule applies here also. ³
³ - Letterboxed DVDs are not considered FS even if it's FS on the source! ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Special Movie Editions: ³
³ - Allowed: SE, DC, EXTENDED, UNCUT, REMASTERED, UNRATED, THEATRICAL, ³
³ CHRONO. ³
³ - Special Edition releases without any different features in the film ³
³ itself will be considered dupes of previous releases of the same ³
³ movie. ³
³ - Shorter cut version of a movie after a longer version was released is ³
³ allowed (i.e. THEATRICAL), and MUST be mentioned in the dirname. ³
³ - Remastered movies after the original have been released are allowed ³
³ only if the original release was in BLACK AND WHITE and the ³
³ remastered edition is colour. Everything else use INTERNAL! ³
³ (Remastered DVD releases that were nuked in the past and were colour ³
³ after black and white, shall not be unnuked and shall not be duped!) ³
³ - Remastered audio will be considered a dupe if it's the only reason ³
³ movie was re-released. ³
³ - Extras released in a special movie edition, cannot be used as a basis ³
³ for a dupe, unless released separately <and>. ³
³ - Homemade Rips are not allowed (Use INTERNAL!). For example adding of ³
³ deleted scenes, alternate endings, chrono editions. Only retail DVD ³
³ rips of this versions are allowed. ³
³ - NOTE: PAL - NTSC length difference comes from the no. of frames, not ³
³ extra footage. ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Directory Naming: ³
³ - All releases are to include production year (applies to the pre scene ³
³ as well). ³
³ - DO NOT indicate Ripping method, DVD/XviD release date, Genre, Audio ³
³ which was used (no AC3) or anything else! (ONLY WITHIN THE NFO) ³
³ - Movie distribution tags i.e. FESTIVAL, STV, LIMITED or TV (TV tag ³
³ is used for TV movies only) are allowed and shall be used wisely and ³
³ correctly. ³
³ - READ.NFO is strictly forbidden. ³
³ - Other permitted tags are: WS/FS <rules>, PROPER, REPACK, RERIP, ³
³ REAL, RETAIL, EXTENDED, REMASTERED, UNRATED, CHRONO, THEATRICAL, DC, ³
³ SE, UNCUT, INTERNAL, DUBBED, SUBBED. ³
³ - Acceptable characters in naming a directory include (NO spaces or ³
³ double dots - single dots or underscores ONLY): ³
³ ³
³ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ³
³ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ³
³ 0123456789 .-_ ³
³ ³
³ - Releases that are more than 1 CD MUST be named CD1, CD2, CD3 and so ³
³ on ('disc1' and others are NOT allowed). ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ TV Series Notes: ³
³ - All Episodes <DVD> are obligated to follow the above rules. ³
³ - Media usage capacity: ³
³ * 4x 20-23min = 1CD, Releases shall not be over 175mb. ³
³ * 3x 23-35min = 1CD, Releases shall not be over 233mb. ³
³ * 2x 35-50min = 1CD, Releases shall not be over 350mb. ³
³ * Episodes further then 50 minutes, will follow the length rules ³
³ of TXD2K5. ³
³ NOTE: Runtimes not mentioned above should fit on 1 CD i.e. 5x120mb, ³
³ 6x116mb, 7x100mb etc. ³
³ - Sizes mentioned above may be used only when minimum runtime is applied, ³
³ i.e. 23 minutes on 233mb or 35 minutes on 350mb. Media usage is at ³
³ ripper's discretion (i.e. 25 minutes may also be on 175mb). ³
³ - Recommendation: 26x22min = 1 DVD-R Disc, 13x45min = 1 DVD-R Disc ³
³ i.e. 172mb x 26eps or 344mb x 13eps fits on 1 burnable DVD-R Disc. ³
³ - Exception: 20-23min NTSC episodes (29.97 fps) may use 233mb. ³
³ ³
³ ³
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ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ ÀÄÄÄ[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]ÄÄÄÙ ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Source related notes: ³
³ - DVD source shall be RETAIL/DVD Screener only. Non DVD sources like ³
³ CAM, TS, TC, VHS, SCREENER, PDVD, LDVD etc, MUST be tagged with source ³
³ in dirname and MUST adhere to ALL TXD2K5 rules! ³
³ - DVD Screeners shall be clearly marked in the directory name and the ³
³ nfo shall contain presence of studio watermarking and counters or ³
³ lack thereof. ³
³ - Use of downsampled DVD-Rs as source is FORBIDDEN! <only> ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Internals: ³
³ - All INTERNALS must follow TXD2K5 rules, apart from the time length ³
³ rules and multi-language audio tracks rule (and will not be considered ³
³ as dupes). Other codecs and containers are allowed for experimental ³
³ purposes. ³
³ - NOTE: INTERNAL dirfix is not allowed as a basis of avoiding a nuke. ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ Ripping related notes: ³
³ - Maximum VIDEO bitrates are covered by length rules. ³
³ - If DRF average would be over 4.0, the resolution should be lowered if ³
³ possible, until the minimal res is reached. See Resolution rules. ³
³ DRF average can be checked with DRF Analyzer <It>. ³
³ - Quant. Matrix always has to be H.263/MPEG due to lack of hardware ³
³ support for Custom matrixes. ³
³ - Quarterpel/GMC forbidden due to lack of hardware support. ³
³ - Packed Bitstream is not supported on some of the major gen chipsets, ³
³ therefore using it, is not recommended. ³
³ - The use of ITU-R is not recommended since it gives an AR error of ³
³ around 2% from the original DVD's Aspect Ratio. ³
³ - Multi-language audio tracks are allowed only for INTERNALS. ³
³ Multiple languages should be interleaved into the AVI, with a ³
³ graphedit filter for each appropriate audio stream. ³
³ - NO intros, outros, betweenos, or any other form of defacement of the ³
³ movie will be tolerated. ³
³ ³
³ ³
³ ³
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ The Tradition Continues: TXD RULES 2K5 (2005-09-25) ³
³ TDX2K2 <2002-07-12) 2K1 (2001-04-22) Original (2000-04-26) ³
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³ À--------[ GROUPS ]--------Ù ³
³ TXD2K5 Rules signed by the following XviD Groups: ³
³ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ³
³ ALLiANCE HLS DMT DoNE XPD DEiTY DVL LRC ³
³ ³
³ FRAGMENT EPiC FiNaLe LiGHTNiNG iNCiTE PROMiSE ³
³ ³
³ VALiOMEDiA iMBT DDX VoMiT iNFiNiTE TWiST EXiLE LiNE ³
³ ³
³ TheWretched GoDSMaCK aAF iMMORTALs FiCO aNBc MEDiAMANiACS ³
³ ³
³ SAPHiRE TML iLLUSiON NEPTUNE MDX KiNOBOX SiNK RETRO ³
³ ³
³ EPiSODE TURKiSO SSB TDL CRDS WRD FEZ SAVANNAH ³
³ ³
³ AEROHOLiCS DnB BETAMAX CG MiNT DvF BiEN ³
³ ³
³ FFNDVD SAiNTS GOTHiC SFM FQM MEDiEVAL FoV ³
³ ³
ÀÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÙ
À----[ Edited By tcj 2005. Respect goes to all TDX teams 2000-2002 ]----Ù
Please also take note of the TV XviD Releasing Standards 2007 Code:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¬ ¬ ¬ The TV XviD Releasing Standards 2007 ¬ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¬ Requirements Notepad with terminal font or any other ascii viewer. ¬ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------¬ ¬ +---[ INTRO ]---+ ¬ ¬ Thanks to those who came before with TVx2642K7, TDX2K2, and TXD2K5. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ These standards are intended to bring a level playing field to the TV-XviD ¬ ¬ scene and attempt to put down some rules to end some of the controversy ¬ ¬ that has plagued us in recent years. ¬ ¬ ¬ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¬ +---[ RELEASE RULES ]---+ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Release sizing: ¬ ¬ - Shows 18:00-23:59 shall be 175MB ¬ ¬ - Shows 24:00-34:59 shall be 233MB ¬ ¬ - Shows 35:00-52:59 shall be 350MB ¬ ¬ - Shows 53:00-59:59 shall be 440MB ¬ ¬ - Shows 60:00-64:59 shall be 525MB ¬ ¬ - Shows 65:00-95:00 Shall be 700MB ¬ ¬ *NOTE: Shows 60:00-64:59 may be sized at either 525 or 700MB at the ¬ ¬ capper's discretion based on show framerate and content. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Best effort should be made to release all episodes of a given series ¬ ¬ at the same size. If one episode runs slightly over or under the size ¬ ¬ lines, it should still be done at the same size as other episodes in ¬ ¬ order to maintain consistency. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - 2CD releases may be optionally split into separate discs, but this is ¬ ¬ not required. 3CD or more releases must be split to prevent issues with ¬ ¬ 2GB files. If releases are split into multiple discs, they must be ¬ ¬ placed in directories named CD1, CD2, CD3, etc. (No Disc1, cd1, or other ¬ ¬ naming styles). ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Episodes that air back-to-back without a natural break such as full ¬ ¬ credits or commercials in between must be encoded as a single release. ¬ ¬ Directory naming for this will be in the following format ¬ ¬ TV.Show.S03E04-E05.HDTV.XviD-Group. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Releases must be within the range of 5.0MB under to 3.0 MB over the ¬ ¬ target size. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Previously on/Credits: ¬ ¬ - It is suggested that any previously on footage be included in the ¬ ¬ release, but it is not required. No release may be propered for glitches ¬ ¬ in or missing portions of previously on footage. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Credits that are overlayed on actual show content are required to be ¬ ¬ included ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Credits that are run cleanly, i.e. with no modifications such as ¬ ¬ promos for upcoming shows, are encouraged but not required ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Credits run with promos for other shows are not recommended, but may ¬ ¬ optionally be included ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Video: ¬ ¬ - 2-pass variable bitrate XviD must be used ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Quantization type must be either MPEG or H.263. Custom quantization ¬ ¬ matrices are not allowed. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - QPel and GMC are not allowed ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - B Frames ¬ ¬ - The use of B frames is required ¬ ¬ - A maximum of 2 consecutive B frames may be used ¬ ¬ - This document gives no preference to packed vs. unpacked bitstreams ¬ ¬ as there are benefits to each format, and it is trivial to convert ¬ ¬ between them using MPEG4 Modifier. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Framerates must be in relation to the original source. Valid ¬ ¬ framerates for releases are FILM (23.976 fps), PAL (25.000 fps), and ¬ ¬ NTSC (29.970 fps). ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Valid resolutions are 512x384 or 576x432 for 43; 624x352, 640x352, ¬ ¬ or 640x368 for 169; and 544x352 or 576x368 for 149. NTSC Video ¬ ¬ (29.970 fps) may also be released at 608x336. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Releases shall be cropped so that all blacknoise on the edges is ¬ ¬ removed. In the case of changing crops, cropping should be done so that ¬ ¬ no part of the release is overcropped. Portions of a channel logo ¬ ¬ extending into black areas must be cropped. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Video defacement such as intros, outros, and group watermarks is ¬ ¬ forbidden. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Audio: ¬ ¬ - Allowed audio formats are VBR MP3 and original AC3. ABR is considered a ¬ ¬ VBR technique. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - MP3 audio should be encoded using standard LAME presets such as ¬ ¬ '--preset 128' or '-m s -V 5 -b 32' ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Average bitrate on MP3 audio may not exceed 192kbps ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - MP3 audio must be normalized ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Audio frequency must be maintained at 48kHz ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Original AC3 audio may be used at the discretion of the capper. ¬ ¬ However, transcoding to AC3 is forbidden. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Release Naming\Packaging: ¬ ¬ - Directory Naming ¬ ¬ - Numbering for episodic programming shall be in the format S00E00 or ¬ ¬ 0x00 (or S00E0000x000 for series with more than 99 episodes per ¬ ¬ season) ¬ ¬ - Number for date-based programming including sports and variety shows ¬ ¬ shall be in the format YYYY.MM.DD ¬ ¬ - Other numbering formats such as S00.E00, DD.MM.YY, and MM.DD.YY are ¬ ¬ not permitted ¬ ¬ - For variety shows, it is strongly recommended that the primary ¬ ¬ guest's name be included in the directory name ¬ ¬ - Different shows that have the same name in different countries should ¬ ¬ be tagged with the ISO country code for the country of airing ¬ ¬ - example Big.Brother.US.S01E01.PDTV.XviD-Group ¬ ¬ - Different shows with the same name produced in different years should ¬ ¬ be tagged with the year of airing of the first season ¬ ¬ - example Battlestar.Galactica.2003.S03E01.HDTV.XviD-Group ¬ ¬ - Releases are to be named in the format ¬ ¬ Show.Name.S00E00.HDTV.XviD-Group ¬ ¬ Show.Name.2007.08.10.Guest.HDTV.XviD-Group ¬ ¬ Show_Name.0x00.HDTV_XviD-Group ¬ ¬ - The episode title may optionally be included between the episode ¬ ¬ number and the source ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Additional Tagging: ¬ ¬ - PROPER, REPACK, RERIP, REAL, UNCUT, SUBBED, iNTERNAL, DIRFIX, ¬ ¬ SAMPLEFIX, NFOFIX, or Read.NFO are allowed (discretion is recommended) ¬ ¬ - All releases tagged PROPER, REPACK, RERIP, REAL, and Read.NFO must ¬ ¬ include notes in the NFO as to why the release was tagged that way. ¬ ¬ PROPER.Read.NFO is therefore redundant and should not be used. ¬ ¬ - Additional tagging should be placed directly before the source, i.e. ¬ ¬ Show.Name.S00E00.PROPER.HDTV.XviD-Group ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Source Naming: ¬ ¬ - Valid source names are DSR, WS.DSR, PDTV, WS.PDTV, HDTV, and no tag ¬ ¬ - Analog source will have no tag other than WS if appropriate. ¬ ¬ - Source Definitons: ¬ ¬ - 480i\576i\576p shall be tagged DSR when horizontal resolution is ¬ ¬ less than 704px ¬ ¬ - 480i\576i\576p shall be tagged PDTV when horizontal resolution is ¬ ¬ greater than or equal to 704px ¬ ¬ - 720p\1080i\1080p shall be tagged HDTV ¬ ¬ - 4:3 content broadcast at HDTV resolutions shall be tagged PDTV ¬ ¬ - Windowboxed (16:9 with black on all sides)\Letterboxed (16:9 with ¬ ¬ black on the top and bottom)\Native 16:9 content shall be labeled as ¬ ¬ Widescreen (WS.DSR or WS.PDTV) ¬ ¬ - The use of the HDTV tag implies widescreen, so WS.HDTV shall not ¬ ¬ be used ¬ ¬ - All sources listed must be 100% digital. S-Video, composite, or RF ¬ ¬ from a digital receiver to a tuner card is analog. Valid DSR, PDTV, ¬ ¬ and HDTV sources will be received via a digital connection such as ¬ ¬ USB, Firewire, or Ethernet from a receiver, or using an ATSC, QAM, or ¬ ¬ DVB tuner. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - AVI: ¬ ¬ - Container must be AVI ¬ ¬ - The AVI itself should be named like the release and include some ¬ ¬ format of episode number (show initials are fine, as is shortening the ¬ ¬ episode number) ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - RAR\SFV: ¬ ¬ - Releases shall be packed into 15,000,000 or 20,000,000 byte rars ¬ ¬ using store compression ¬ ¬ - An SFV must be created for all RAR files in the release ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Sample: ¬ ¬ - All releases must include a sample of length :50-1:10, cut directly ¬ ¬ from the release ¬ ¬ - The sample must be placed in a directory named Sample (SAMPLE and ¬ ¬ sample are not permitted) ¬ ¬ - The file itself should be named uniquely, preferably containing the ¬ ¬ name of the release as well as the word sample ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - NFO: ¬ ¬ - An NFO must be included in the release and, at a minimum, must ¬ ¬ contain release name, episode number (or title), and date of ¬ ¬ airing/release ¬ ¬ - The NFO must be named uniquely based on the name of the release ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Allowed Characters: ¬ ¬ - abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ¬ ¬ - ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ¬ ¬ - 0123456789 ¬ ¬ - ._- ¬ ¬ - All Sample, NFO, SFV, and RAR names MUST be in all lowercase ¬ ¬ letters. The name of AVI inside the RARs is permitted to contain ¬ ¬ capital letters ¬ ¬ - Double dots (..) are not allowed ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Propers: ¬ ¬ - Propers are only permitted in the case of technical flaws with the ¬ ¬ original release or violations of applicable rules ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - All propers must include a note in the NFO detailing the flaw in the ¬ ¬ original release, including timecodes if relevant ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Including a sample of the flaw is suggested but not required ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ - Propers are expressly permitted in cases of any of the following flaws ¬ ¬ in a release: ¬ ¬ - Audio 150ms or more out of sync ¬ ¬ - Severe audio drops resulting in the inability to understand material ¬ ¬ dialogue ¬ ¬ - Improper audio normalization, including audio with levels that vary ¬ ¬ widely between parts, very quiet audio, or audio with excessive ¬ ¬ clipping ¬ ¬ - Bad cropping resulting in a line of black pixels or noise along an ¬ ¬ edge for the entire episode ¬ ¬ - Releases missing a significant portion of video, either in duration ¬ ¬ or content ¬ ¬ - Loss of 2 seconds of fade in after a break, with no lost dialogue, ¬ ¬ is considered bad form, but is not a valid proper reason ¬ ¬ - Change in video format (i.e. PDTV on an HDTV release) exceeding five ¬ ¬ seconds or causing loss of dialogue. ¬ ¬ - Local overlays such as weather, breaking news, or Amber Alerts that ¬ ¬ exceed five minutes in length, cause a change in video format (i.e. ¬ ¬ drop to PDTV on an HDTV release), or cause loss of dialogue or video ¬ ¬ - The proper release must be completely free of overlays to be ¬ ¬ considered valid; merely having less spam is not enough ¬ ¬ - Inclusion of 2 or more seconds of commercials over an entire release ¬ ¬ - Releases with sizing outside the allowed range. 3.01MB oversize is a ¬ ¬ valid proper reason. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¬ The TV XviD Releasing Standards 2007 (2007-09-12) ¬ ¬ ¬ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¬ + ------[ GROUPS ] ------+ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ TVX2K7 rules created by the following Groups: ¬ ¬ ------------------------------------------------ ¬ ¬ DIMENSION LOL FQM XOR ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ TVX2K7 rules signed by the following Groups: ¬ ¬ ------------------------------------------------ ¬ ¬ 2HD aAF AFFiNiTY BiA CAPH CaRaT CRiMSON FoV FUtV ¬ ¬ GOTHiC hV iNGOT KYR NODLABS NoTV OMiCRON ORENJi ¬ ¬ RiVER SSTV SYS TBS YesTV ¬ ¬ ¬ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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cheers TS i did not know there was a TV XviD Releasing Standards rules, learn something every day
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