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│ Team Div/X (TDX) Presents: The Div/X Releasing Standards (c) 2000 │
│ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Requirements: Notepad with terminal font or other ascii viewer │
├──────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┤
│ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │
│ │
│ This group was formed because we thought the new Div/X scene was a bit │
│ unmoderated, sloppy and pretty much a free-for-all. Leaders of the top │
│ 5 DivX releasing groups, topsite siteops as well as rippers and encoders │
│ have put their competitive edge against each other to work together for │
│ the betterment of the DivX scene. iSONEWS.COM and DiVXNEWS.COM are proud │
│ to bring you the results of Team DivX (TDX)'s meetings and debates. │
│ │
│ We realize that not EVERY group was included in these decisions, please │
│ do NOT take offense to this decision - We felt we selected enough people │
│ from different groups to represent all aspects of the discussion. All │
│ opinions were accepted and negotiated and then voted on for final approval.│
│ The rules went through 5 beta stages and have now been finally completed. │
│ We recognize that we are not perfect and these rules may be changed and/or │
│ modified at any time and the group will stay in contact for new developing │
│ technologies or conflicts with the current rule system. We would like to │
│ request that ALL groups and top sites accept these rules as standards │
│ and enforce them strictly. Our goal is to have an organized, acceptable │
│ and competitive scene so everyones co-operation is greatly appreciated. │
│ │
│ If ANYONE has any suggestions/comments/complaints please feel free to │
│ email us: tdx@divxnews.com (futher contact info at the bottom). We │
│ want to work with all of you, not against you. Thanks in advance for │
│ the positive input and support. │
│ │
│ // krazy8 - Coordinator │
│ │
└───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘
┌───────┴┴──────────────┬───────────────────────┬───────────────────┴┴───────┐
│ └───[ RELEASE RULES ]───┘ │
│ │
│ Movie MUST fit the following rules (applies to XXX as well): │
│ EITHER: │
│ - Released to DVD in the past 31 days (NO CLASSICS, NO EXCEPTIONS │
│ unless it is a siteop request and then it should not travel further │
│ than specified site) │
│ │
│ OR: │
│ - Original Screener Tape -> Div/X: │
│ - Referred to as 'PRVHS' (see Notes section) │
│ - MUST be ORIGINAL screener tape -> div/x (NOT the vcd screener - │
│ see reasons posted under 'vcd -> divx NOT allowed' in Notes │
│ section) │
│ - MUST be 512xXXX or BETTER │
│ - MUST be named Movie.Title.PRVHS.Divx-GROUP │
│ │
│ NOT ALLOWED: │
│ - VCD (includes vcd screeners, telesyncs, cams, workprints) -> Div/X │
│ will NOT be allowed (see Notes section) │
│ - VHS -> Div/X will NOT be allowed (NO EXCEPTIONS) │
│ - MULTI-LANGUAGE - (see Notes section) │
│ │
│ │
│ TV Movies / Straight to Video (not in theater) Movies: (see Notes section)│
│ - ONLY allowed if they make it to DVD and fit the date rules (released │
│ within 31 days) │
│ │
│ │
│ Movie Length: │
│ - Movies under 105minutes must be under 700 MBs. │
│ - Movies over 105minutes CAN be 2 CDs. Each under 650MBs. │
│ │
│ │
│ Bitrates: │
│ - Must use the Low-Motion Codec. │
│ - Video shall be a minimum of 720Kbs. │
│ - Audio shall be a minimum of: │
│ WMA 96kbs, 44kKz │
│ MP3 128Kbs, 44kKz │
│ - Audio should NOT be 48Khz, quality degrades on standard sound cards. │
│ │
│ │
│ Packaging: │
│ - All release must be .AVI, not BIN/CUE. (see Notes Section) │
│ - Must be packed with RAR. NO compression is needed (proven worthless) │
│ and broken into 15MB or 20MB volumes │
│ - Must have SFV. │
│ - Must have NFO. │
│ - NFO MUST INCLUDE: │
│ group name │
│ title │
│ actual divx release date │
│ US theater release date │
│ DVD release date │
│ audio bitrate (and stating wma or mp3) │
│ video bitrate │
│ movie runtime/length │
│ IMDB/adultdvdempire link │
│ number of rars per cd (eg. 44x15MB) │
│ widescreen indication in the nfo only - NOT in the directory name │
│ │
│ │
│ Credits: │
│ - NOT required in the .avi itself │
│ - NOT required in the .nfo - it is 'recommended' to list the main few │
│ characters as IMDB lists them │
│ │
│ │
│ Samples: │
│ - REQUIRED │
│ - 1 (one) full minute in length (approx 10MB) and in separate folder │
│ marked 'SAMPLE' │
│ - MUST be taken from the movie - NOT encoded separately │
│ │
│ │
│ Directory Naming: │
│ - Directory names shall NOT exceed 64 characters │
│ - DO NOT indicate WS (widescreen), DATE, GENRE or anything else in the │
│ directory name. (ONLY within the nfo) │
│ - Acceptable characters in naming a directory include: (NO spaces or │
│ double dots - single dots or underscores ONLY) │
│ │
│ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ │
│ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz │
│ 0123456789 . -_ │
│ │
│ - Movie.Title.DVDrip.Divx-GROUP │
│ - Movie.Title.PRVHS.Divx-GROUP │
│ - Movie.Title.XXX.Divx-GROUP (assuming ALL xxx releases are dvdrips, │
│ we do not need to say so in the directory name) │
│ │
│ - Releases that are more than 1 (one) CD will follow these specs: │
│ - MUST be named CD1, CD2, CD3 and so on. ('disc1', etc will NOT be │
│ allowed) │
│ - There MUST be an sfv included for each CD │
│ - rars MUST be broken into 2 or more CD volumes. (78 rars of a 2 │
│ disc title will NOT be tolerated) │
│ │
│ │
└───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘
┌───────┴┴────────────┬────────────────────────────┬────────────────┴┴───────┐
│ └───[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]───┘ │
│ │
│ A few notes: │
│ - Movies should be ripped in their most widescreen format available. │
│ - Watermarks WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN ANY CASE │
│ - vcd -> divx is NOT ALLOWED: │
│ - lose ability to be played in dvd player │
│ - waaaay too many releases │
│ - no quality upgrade, just smaller packaging │
│ - flood of crap groups (no skill involved, just a race to leech, │
│ convert and re-release) │
│ - PRVHS = Pre Release VHS which is also equivalent to Original Screener │
│ tape but this naming system will avoid confusion for nukers when it │
│ comes to nuking vcd -> divx because 'screener' is typically │
│ associated with vcd │
│ - NO TV Movies or Straight To Video: │
│ - UNLESS it makes it to dvd - then the 31day rule is applied │
│ - quality, commercials, too many tv movies │
│ - only the good ones make it to dvd │
│ - AVI and not BIN/CUE: │
│ - Some ppl burn to archive and play on a computer at a later time │
│ BUT since there is no outside purpose other than playing on the │
│ computer, there is NO need to be packaged as bin/cue │
│ - NO Multi-Language (keep in mind the goal of preserving the highest │
│ quality in the smallest package): │
│ - Not enough demand │
│ - DEGRADES the quality │
│ - Adds unnecessary space │
│ │
└───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘
┌───────┴┴────────────┬──────────────────────────┬──────────────────┴┴───────┐
│ └───[ GROUPS & MEMBERS ]───┘ │
│ │
│ TDX is comprised of members of the following top Div/X groups: │
│ │
│ - FM4 - FAiTH - PRiVCD - DHQ - DVL - │
│ │
│ - krazy8 - RipKord - │
│ - rook - xprog - WAREZ21-N - Badness - gand - │
│ - x[rush]x - Sigar - DireW0lf - DVDRick - rvn - │
│ - Redemtion - goldragon - │
│ │
└───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘
┌───────┴┴─────────────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────────────┴┴───────┐
│ └───[ CONTACT ]───┘ │
│ │
│ EMAIL: tdx@divxnews.com │
│ WWW : www.divxnews.com │
│ IRC : #divxnews / #isonews (efnet) │
│ │
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