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│ The federation of releasing groups presents │
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│ The DivX Releasing Standards 2002 │
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│ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │
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│ In an unparalleled event of co-operation and innovation, the DivX scene │
│ united once again to bring you the 2002 installment of the TDX guideli- │
│ nes. We thank all of you who so kindly gave up time and energy to bring │
│ us suggestions and help us brainstorm on the newest of video technolo- │
│ gies. So without further ado, we present to you, the DivX ripper/enthu- │
│ siast, the TDX 2002 Releasing Standards. │
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│ └───[ RELEASE RULES ]───┘ │
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│ Movie Length: │
│ - PAL (25 fps) = min runtime is 105 minutes/CD │
│ - FILM (23.976 fps) = min runtime is 110 minutes/CD │
│ - NTSC (29.97 fps) = min runtime is 92 minutes/CD │
│ TV-Series Episodes shall NOT be exempt from these rules (See Series │
│ Notes). │
│ These runtimes are scalable via the following equation: │
│ N cd time minimum = (N-1) * allowed_time where N is number of CDs and │
│ allowable time applies to your format │
│ (i.e. 4 cd FILM rip min = 110 x (4-1) = 330 minutes) │
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│ Media usage is at Ripper's discretion, please use it. │
│ Releases should utilize at minimum 97% of total media capacity, however │
│ an undersized release is not a technical flaw. │
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│ AUDIO: │
│ - MUST be MP3 or Studio AC3 (AC3 transcoding forbidden). │
│ - MUST be STEREO for STEREO sources, MONO for MONO sources │
│ (MONO audio as STEREO on source is considered a MONO source). │
│ - MUST BE VBR! NO CBR MP3! │
│ - VBR techniques: │
│ - strongly recommended to use --r3mix with LAME │
│ - ABR is considered a VBR technique. │
│ - AC3 MUST be used wisely and correctly. │
│ - AC3 MUST be interleaved at 64 or 96 ms. │
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│ VIDEO: │
│ Keyframe: │
│ - MUST be <=20 seconds and MUST be inserted according to scene │
│ changes and framesizes as determined by the codec or encoding │
│ application. │
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│ Framerate: │
│ - MUST be as close to original source framerate as possible. │
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│ Codec: │
│ - MUST be DivX 3.11 or XviD. │
│ - MUST use 2 pass technique during encoding! │
│ - NO DUPES BASED ON CODEC TYPE, USE INTERNAL. │
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│ Resolution: │
│ - Width: 512 - 640 pixels and MUST be a multiple of 16. │
│ EXCEPTION: 4:3 FS sources may use a minimum resolution of 448 pixels. │
│ - Height: Must be a multiple of 16. │
│ - Cropping is required. │
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│ Subs, Interactive Menus, Trailers: │
│ - OPTIONAL (if and ONLY if all other requirements have been met). │
│ - VOBSUB is the preferred format due to the fact it does not use │
│ OCR, however, any format that displays with DVobSub is acceptable. │
│ - Subtitles may be MUXED with video stream, but may NOT be BURNED │
│ into video stream. │
│ - Subtitles not muxed into video stream MUST be encapsulated in .rar │
│ file with the MOST compression available and shall be contained in │
│ the directory named 'Subs' and will NOT be packaged with main movie │
│ .rars. │
│ - Subbed is preferred over dubbed. │
│ - Burned subtitles shall only be permissible when the source exhibits │
│ forementioned subtitles in the picture itself (i.e. Subs in the │
│ matte portion of the picture MUST be typed in a seperate file and │
│ the frame shall be cropped). │
│ - Subs on non english movies MUST fit on CD with main movie, all other │
│ optional subs SHOULD fit on CD. │
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│ Series Notes: │
│ - Episodes shall not overlap on CDs (i.e. 2eps/CD, 4eps/CD is allowed │
│ 1.5eps/CD is NOT). │
│ - Episodes are not subject to the same scaling rules as cinematic │
│ features and must obey forementioned rule. │
│ - Suggested media usage: 4x23min = 1CD, 2x45min = 1CD, 1x60min = 1CD │
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│ Packaging: │
│ - All releases must be AVI, not BIN/CUE. (see Notes Section) │
│ - Must be packed with RAR, compression is NOT ALLOWED │
│ and broken into 15 or 20 MB volumes │
│ - Recovery record recommended. │
│ - Must have SFV │
│ - Must have NFO │
│ - NFO MUST INCLUDE: │
│ Group name │
│ Title │
│ Actual DivX release date │
│ DVD release date │
│ US theater release date │
│ Video size │
│ Framesize/aspect ratio │
│ Audio bitrate │
│ Video bitrate │
│ Movie runtime/length │
│ IMDB/adultdvdempire link │
│ Number of rars per cd (eg. 44x15MB) │
│ Ripping Method │
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│ Credits: │
│ - Movie credits are preferred but CAN be cut in order to fit within │
│ 1 CD (700 MB) if the movie length would exceed 110 minutes. │
│ - NOT required in the AVI itself. │
│ - NOT required in the NFO - it is 'recommended' to list the main few │
│ characters as IMDB lists them. │
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│ Samples: │
│ - REQUIRED │
│ - 1 full minute in length (approximately 10 MB) and in separate folder │
│ marked 'SAMPLE'. │
│ - MUST be taken from the movie - NOT encoded separately. │
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│ Propers: │
│ - Propers are ONLY permitted in the case of a technical flaw with the │
│ original release (i.e. Bad IVTC, Interlacing, etc). │
│ - Releases not nuked on release lists and/or sites MUST include │
│ original sample of technical flaw. │
│ - Qualitative propers are not allowed, nor are propers based on │
│ decisions made by a ripper (i.e. # of CDs, AC3 or MP3, etc). │
│ - Propers based upon the compliance with new instances of TDX │
│ guidelines are also forbidden (i.e. older rips with 720px res). │
│ - Subbed (in original movie language) propers dubbed (in any language). │
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│ Directory Naming: │
│ - Directory names shall NOT exceed 64 characters. │
│ - All releases are to include production year. │
│ - DO NOT indicate Ripping method (MM4/VM2/VBR/SBC and so on), │
│ WS (widescreen), DVD/DivX release 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): │
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│ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ │
│ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz │
│ 0123456789 . -_ │
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│ - All Release directories, regardless of year, shall be named according │
│ to Movie.Name.Year.Source.Codec-Group, suggested naming for the movie │
│ itself shall follow the same procedure │
│ (i.e. Movie.Name.Year.Source.Codec-Group.avi, │
│ Movie.Name.CD1.Year.Source.Codec-Group.avi). │
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│ - Releases that are more than 1 CD will follow these specs: │
│ - MUST be named CD1, CD2, CD3 and so on. ('disc1', etc will NOT │
│ be allowed). │
│ - There MUST be a 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) │
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│ └───[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]───┘ │
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│ Source related notes: │
│ - Source shall be DVD Only, no exceptions! │
│ - DVD Screeners shall be clearly marked in the directory name and the │
│ nfo shall contain presence of studio watermarking, or lack thereof. │
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│ Ripping related notes: │
│ - Maximum VIDEO bitrates are covered by length rules. │
│ - Movies should be ripped in their most widescreen format available. │
│ - Multi-language audio tracks are allowed. │
│ - Multiple languages should be interleaved into the AVI, with │
│ a graphedit filter for each appropriate audio stream. │
│ - Movies that would ordinarily fit on one CD should not be made │
│ into 2 CD releases on the basis of additional audio tracks. │
│ - Multi-language audio CANNOT be used as a basis for a dupe. │
│ - Multi-language subtitles CANNOT be used as a basis for a dupe. │
│ - AVI and not BIN/CUE: │
│ - Some people 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. │
│ - Group Watermarks WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN ANY CASE. │
│ - NO intros, outros, betweenos, or any other form of defacement of the │
│ movie will be tolerated. │
│ - Movie container MUST be AVI. OGG, OGM, MCF, Project Theora, MP4 are │
│ all forbidden due to bugs and usability factors, maybe next year! │
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│ └───[ GROUPS & MEMBERS ]───┘ │
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│ TDX 2002 revision was organized by: │
│ - E.L. - V. - f3k - │
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│ Respects to the original TDX, Team DivX, organizers: │
│ - krazy8 - RipKord - Wuman - Lava - MaTaN - │
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│ TDX 2002 has been approved by the following DivX groups: │
│ - AEN - DOMiNiON - DVD-R - EPiSODE - EPiC - INCiTE - MDX - │
│ - QiX - SChiZO - VCDVaULT - │
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│ Also signed by: │
│ - SATELLiTE - InFuX - aNBc - DEiTY - MEDiAMANiACS - DVL - │
│ - CPY - JDX - DDX - REQUiSiTE - SEVcD - FoCUS - │
│ - DiSTORTiON - COLLiSiON - WOT - │
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