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- ³ ³
- ³ The federation of releasing groups presents ³
- ³ ³
- ³ The XviD Releasing Standards 2005 ³
- ³ ³
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- ³ Requirements: Notepad with terminal font or any other ascii viewer. ³
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- ³ ÀÄÄÄ[ INTRO ]ÄÄÄÙ ³
- 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
- ³ ³
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- 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 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 rule will not apply to movies ripped before TXD2K5> 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 .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 nfo to mention the AR>. 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 are not dupes of previous ³
- ³ releases>. 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 above>, 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 rips> 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
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- 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 untouched> 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 is recommended to ³
- ³ check the full avi file and not just the sample>. 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
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- 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
- ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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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
Posted by XviD 2005 on Friday 23rd October 2009 16:56:29 - Never Expires
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