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- THE 2010 DVDR RELEASING STANDARDS
- [ November 14th, 2009 ]
- General:
- . Release size for reencoded dvd must be 4.3-4.37 Gb.
- . PAL after NTSC and NTSC after PAL is allowed.
- . Widescreen releases are allowed after Fullscreen.
- . Fullscreen releases NOT allowed after Widescreen.
- Video:
- . Re-encoding:
- . CCE version v2.50 or better must be used in all
- circumstances where re-encoding of the video
- stream is required. REmpeg and TMPGenc are NOT allowed.
- New unknown or unreleased encoders are not strictly
- forbidden, however use at your own risk.
- . Automated Programs that perform DVD9>DVD5 rips are
- FORBIDDEN, e.g. InstanCopy, DVDXCopy, DVDShrink, CloneDVD, etc.
- . Minimum average bitrate allowed is 3000 kbit/s
- (2800 kbit/s for tv shows). If minimum average bitrate
- cannot be achieved, a valid explanation is required in
- the NFO.
- . TV-DVDR is NOT required to be deinterlaced.
- . DVDR is required to be deinterlaced.
- . Quality Settings:
- . CCE:
- . No CBR. Multipass is to be enforced.
- . The initial 1st pass that encodes the .vaf file
- in CCE is NOT considered within the multipass set.
- . The number of passes required for a movie is to be
- determined by the final avg bitrate. Under
- 4,000k/s 6+ passes required, over 4,000k/s
- 5 passes are required.
- . If a source dvd contains 2 versions of the same film,
- (ie: WS & FS, theatrical & unrated, etc..) it is up to the
- ripper as to which versions are removed and/or kept. The
- minimum bitrate of 3000 kbit/s still applies, so if 2
- version of same film are retained, BOTH must be 3000 kbit/s
- or higher.
- . WS is preferred over FS, but NOT required.
- . If unable to maintain minimum 3000 kbit/s for both
- versions and one is stripped, the final dvd is allowed
- under to be under the minimum filesize of 4.3 Gb. This
- MUST be explained in NFO.
- Audio:
- . Dolby Digital is considered the standard audio format and is
- required in all releases that contain this audio format.
- . DVDs that contain only PCM audio are allowed and should
- be noted in the NFO.
- . Downsampling of audio tracks, except audio commentary is
- banned. No downsampling of any other tracks.
- . If audio is stripped from a DVD9 disk, superior audio tracks
- need to be kept. e.g. If a DVD contained DD2.0 and DD5.1
- audio, DD2.0 would be stripped in favor to 5.1. However in
- regards to DVDs that contain both DTS and 5.1, 5.1 must be
- kept. The inclusion of a DTS stream is up to the ripper's
- discretion.
- . For non-English movies, the movie's original language audio
- stream must be kept unless it is not contained in the retail.
- In the circumstances that a reissue/new edition dvd contains
- an original language audio stream, a re-release of the movie
- is valid.
- . For ALL English movies, the English audio stream MUST be kept.
- . The inclusion of other audio streams will be based upon the
- ripper's discretion, whether they are foreign or commentary.
- Notes: DTS/SUPERBIT/DTS-ONLY are issues that cannot be ignored.
- However, it is not up to us to decide whether they should
- be allowed or not. Rather, it's up to the SITES that will
- determine their own appropriate rules. However, those
- groups that wish to release DTS, SUPERBIT and/or DTS-ONLY
- should name their directory clearly with the appropriate
- tags of DTS, SUPERBIT and/or DTS-ONLY.
- Source:
- . Releases of superior/remastered editions of previous released
- DVDs are ALLOWED as they improve upon the initial release.
- e.g. If a new mastered DVD contains a 5.1 stream compared
- to an inferior stream in the previous release, the
- release is considered valid.
- . Mastered DVDs of: Director's Cut, Criterion, Unrated or any
- editions with additional/extended scenes are not considered
- dupes over existing mastered DVDs.
- . The DVD to be ripped should also be the best available edition
- on the market.
- Authoring:
- . NO ONE CLICK APPS ARE TO BE USED! e.g. InstanCopy, DVDXCopy,
- DVDShrink, CloneDVD, etc. Anything else like Scenarist or Maestro is
- acceptable so long as newly reauthored DVDR plays as original does.
- . VTS Sectors must always be gotten.
- Subtitles:
- . Keep them all. If certain subs present a problem, it is the
- rippers discretion to retain. A reasonable explanation MUST
- be included in the NFO if any subtitles are removed.
- . Closed Captioning must be retained if present on source disc.
- Menus:
- . Menus MUST be included. In extreme cases where the retail does
- not contain a menu, it must be mentioned in the NFO.
- . The menu must be in English and not foreign, unless they
- are aimed for non-English endusers.
- . Removing useless links within the menu is required. If you
- remove something, disable or remove the button.
- . If all else is stripped and still can't get a 3000k/s avg
- bitrate, then the menu may be reencoded at a minimum of
- 3000k/s avg.
- Extras:
- . Extras are an added value but are NOT required to be kept.
- . If extras are reencoded, the following guidelines must be
- adhered to:
- . Minimum bitrate of 2500 kbit/sec.
- . A minimum of 5 passes.
- . The removal of Blank/Empty/Never Accessed Cells is optional if
- the main movie bitrate is 3,000k or higher. If the release is
- tagged COMPLETE, removal is NOT required.
- DVD Limitations:
- . Macro vision must be removed.
- . All PUOs must be removed. Parental management is NOT a PUO.
- . Parental management is recommened to be removed, but NOT required.
- . FBI and copyright warnings are recommened to be removed, but NOT
- required.
- . Releases must be made region free.
- . Any new unmentioned copy protection that comes out( ie: ARcoSS)
- must be stripped.
- Packaging:
- . All releases must either use .IMG or .ISO. Other formats
- are NOT allowed.
- . DVD5 releases must be broken up into rars of 50,000,000 bytes.
- . DVD9 releases must be broken up into rars of 100,000,000 bytes.
- . Recovery Record MUST be used.
- . Compression method must be store.
- . SFVs and NFOs MUST be included.
- . NFO must include the following:
- . Title.
- . Source disc region (one of the following - R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, or R6)
- (Note: NTSC or PAL is required in directory name!)
- . Number of Passes and Bitrate used when re-encoding
- main movie.
- . Audio streams - list languages.
- (Simply stating "All" is unacceptable.)
- . Subtitle streams - list languages.
- (Simply stating "All" is unacceptable.)
- . What has been stripped, extras, menu, etc.
- . IMDB, or similar link.
- Samples:
- . Samples are required. Minimum size shall be 30mb, but must be
- no more than 50mb.
- . Samples must be put in a separate sub directory, labeled
- 'Sample'.
- . Vobs must be cut and used as sample. You cannot rename a rar
- and use it as the sample. The sample must have a header.
- . Samples must be from actual packed vob. Separate encodes are
- not allowed.
- . VOBSplitter or ChopperXP are recommended for making samples.
- Directory Naming:
- . ALL releases are to include production year, except for
- TV series.
- . Directory name MUST include REGION (NTSC or PAL).
- . Acceptable characters are as follows:
- ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
- 0123456789 . -_
- . COMPLETE is for DVD5 and/or DVD9 1:1 copies only! If you
- reencode OR remove anything (other than copy protection, PUOs,
- or warnings), you may NOT use the COMPLETE tag.
- . Complete releases recommended to be named as:
- MOVIE.TITLE.YEAR.COMPLETE.<NTSC or PAL>.DVDR-GROUP
- . The use of the COMPLETE tag is recommened in the directory
- name. If it is not used in the directory name, then it is
- required to be stated in the nfo if the release is COMPLETE.
- . Non-Complete releases are to be named as:
- MOVIE.TITLE.YEAR.<NTSC or PAL>.DVDR-GROUP
- . TVDVDR: Season and Volume tags may be used. If disc/box says
- Season, use Season; if it says Volume use Volume; if it says
- Season and Volume, use both.
- . Sub directories are to be labeled as DISC1, DISC2, etc.
- Propers/Nuking:
- . Propers will be acceptable if any of the above standards are
- not followed in a release and/or if the previous release had
- technical flaws e.g. video glitches, audio errors, menu errors
- etc. However, if the release can be patched, a PROPER by
- another group or REPACK by initial group will NOT be tolerated.
- . Just because a previous release was not COMPLETE does not
- provide a legitimate reason to PROPER/DUPE.
- . Propers based on previous releases having improper dir names
- will not be tolerated.
- . A PROPER based on increased quality when the previous release
- was within the standards is considered qualitative and will NOT
- be tolerated.
- . Propers based on previous releases having improper dir names,
- incomplete NFO's or bad samples will NOT be tolerated. DIRFIX,
- NFOFIX and SAMPLEFIX are to be used in these cases.
- . Regions do not dupe each other, regardless of PAL or NTSC.
- . MULTI releases are not considered dupes if there are
- more/different audio or subtitle languages present than on
- previous releases.
- . Internal releases must follow these guidelines. Internals are
- to be tagged properly. (i.e. " iNT", "INT" or "INTERNAL")
- Tagging:
- . Intros and outros are not tolerated.
- . Group watermarks within the DVD are STRICTLY forbidden.
- . Volume Label must be EXACTLY like the original. Adding any
- tags to the Volume Label will not be tolerated.
- The 2010 DVDR Releasing Standards Written and Organized By:
- ANiPUNK . CCE . CLASSiC . DNA . DPiMP . DVD9 . EwDp . EXT
- HUMANiSM . INSECTS . JKR . KART3LDVD . LhBoX . MSD . NLC
- NTX . Puzzle . RaDiuS . TH30R1STS . TIFF . TXF
Posted by DVDR2010 on Sunday 29th November 2009 02:40:11 - Never Expires
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