ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ The federation of releasing groups presents ³ ³ ³ ³ The XviD Releasing Standards 2005 ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Requirements: Notepad with terminal font or other ascii viewer ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³ ÀÄÄÄ[ INTRO ]ÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ Yes it took us a while, but here they are. The new XviD standards 2005. ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ÀÄÄÄ[ RELEASE RULES ]ÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ 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 min = 105 x (3-1) = 210 minutes ³ ³ - Media usage is at ripper's discretion, please use it. ³ ³ - Releases must utilize a MINIMUM of 680mb of the 700mb burnable media, ³ ³ unless the length of the movie does not exceed 50 minutes. In that ³ ³ case the release MUST NOT be over 350mb. The same rules will apply to ³ ³ multi-cd releases, where each CD MUST conform to the 680mb minimum. 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 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 - VBR techniques: ³ ³ * strongly recommended to use r3mix with LAME. 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 BANNED! In that case must encode to mono mp3! ³ ³ - Multi-language audio tracks are FORBIDDEN! 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 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 forementioned 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 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 birate 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 FORBIDDEN! 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 no. 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 ³ ³ ³ 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 jpgs 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 wasnt released ³ ³ in the past, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! . ³ ³ - WS cannot proper another WS . 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, REMASTERED, UNRATED, CHRONO, THEATRICAL. 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 ARE NOT CONSIDERED an edition and will be nuked for dupe, ³ ³ unless released seperately . 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 , PROPER, REPACK, RERIP, ³ ³ REAL, RETAIL, EXTENDED, REMASTERED, UNRATED, CHRONO, THEATRICAL, DC, ³ ³ SE, 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 are obligated to follow the above ³ ³ rules. ³ ³ - Media usage capacity: 4x25min = 1CD, 2x50min = 1CD ³ ³ Episodes of up to 25 minutes, shall not be over 175mb. ³ ³ Episodes of up to 50 minutes, shall not be over 350mb. ³ ³ Episodes further then 50 minutes, will follow the length rules of ³ ³ TXD2K5. ³ ³ NOTE: Runtimes not mentioned above should fit on 1 CD i.e. 3x233mb, ³ ³ 5x120mb, 6x116mb, 7x100mb etc. ³ ³ - Recommendation: 26x25min = 1 DVD-R Disc, 13x50min = 1 DVD-R Disc ³ ³ i.e. 172mb x 26eps or 344mb x 13eps fits on 1 burnable DVD-R Disc. ³ ³ - Capping method i.e. PDTV/HDTV/DSR etc. must be mentioned in the ³ ³ dirname. ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ 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 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! 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). 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, untill the minimal res is reached. See Resolution rules. ³ ³ DRF average can be checked with DRF Analyzer . 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 (final date here) ³ ³ TDX2K2 <2002-07-12) 2K1 (2001-04-22) Original (2000-04-26) ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ 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 iMBT LiGHTNiNG iNCiTE TWiST FEZ ³ ³ ³ ³ VALiOMEDiA DDX VoMiT iNFiNiTE aAF iLLUSiON GODSMACK ³ ³ ³ ³ TheWretched TDL PROMiSE TML BLooDWeiSeR SSB iMMORTALs ___ ³ ³ ³ ³ RETRO TURKiSO _____________________________________ ³ ³ ³ ³ _____________________________________________ ³ ³ ³ ³ _______________________________________ ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÙ À----[ Edited By tcj 2005. 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