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│ The federation of releasing groups presents │
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│ The XviD Releasing Standards 2004 │
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│ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │
│ Yes it took us a while, but here they are. The new XviD standards 2004. │
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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 │
│ - These runtimes are scalable via the following equation: │
│ N cd timeminimum = (N-1) * allowed_time where N is number of CDs and │
│ allowable time applies to your format │
│ (i.e. 3 cd FILM rip min = 110 x (3-1) = 220 minutes) │
│ - Length rules applies per MINIMUM time on a cd, not MAXIMUM! │
│ - The use of AC3 has nothing to do with the length rules! │
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│ Media usage is at Ripper's discretion, please use it. │
│ Releases must utilize at minimum 97% of total media capacity (700mb cd) │
│ an undersized release is a technical flaw unless it is a multi-cd release │
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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! │
│ - MP3 tracks must have the original frequency as on the AC3. │
│ - MP3 files must be normalized. │
│ - 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. │
│ -MONO AC3 is BANNED! in that case must encode to 1.0 mp3! │
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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 and Aspect Ratio │
│ - Width: 512 - 640 pixels and MUST be a multiple of 16. │
│ EXCEPTION: 4:3 FS sources may use a minimum resolution of 448 pixels, │
│ and maximal resolution of 576 pixels! │
│ - Height: Must be a multiple of 16. │
│ - Cropping is required to the MAXIMUM possible. │
│ - Movie encodes must be within 5% of original aspect ratio. │
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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. MUXED subs will proper BURNED subs │
│ - 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. │
│ - 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. │
│ - Foreign movies (Non English Spoken) with no english subs must have │
│ the language name taggings (applies to the various none english │
│ scenes). Movies with english subs present, WILL NOT have any language │
│ tag on them! │
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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 SHOULD INCLUDE: │
│ Group name │
│ Title │
│ Actual XviD release date │
│ DVD release date │
│ Theatrical relase date (US preferably) │
│ Video size │
│ Framesize/aspect ratio │
│ Audio bitrate │
│ Video bitrate │
│ Movie runtime/length │
│ IMDB/amazon/any other dvd site info link │
│ Number of rars per cd (eg. 50x15MB) │
│ Ripping Method │
│ - All NFOs have to include the maximum information possible. Lack of │
│ info or smartass comments such as "good size" or "nice res" will not │
│ be tolerated! │
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│ Credits: │
│ - Movie credits can be encoded separately at a lower birate only if │
│ the time length exceeds the no. of cds used. (ie. 111 min on 1cd │
│ for ntsc source, or 211 min on 2cds for pal source etc.) │
│ - Any movies with scenes in the credits (ie. bloopers,continuation of │
│ story) MAY NOT be downsampled! │
│ - Cutting Credits is FORBIDDEN! │
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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. │
│ - Vob samples are recommended for any rip that is deemed questionable, │
│ (No ivtc possible on source, ivtc to 24.975fps etc). │
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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, bad no. of cds). │
│ - 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. │
│ - Only propers that will be acceptable when propering old tdx rips are │
│ propers based on picture damage. (Aspect Ratio and IVTC) │
│ - Subbed (in original movie language) propers dubbed (in any language). │
│ - Hardcored Subs may be propered by releases containing Vobsub/Srt. │
│ <This rule will not apply to movies ripped before TXD2K4.> │
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│ WS after FS: │
│ - FS movies after WS was out, are FORBIDDEN! │
│ - WS movies after FS was out, MUST HAVE original sample from the │
│ previous release, unless proven no WS dvd was out at the time the │
│ FS was released. A WS not following the above is considered a DUPE! │
│ - WS or FS name tags on the release name, if the other wasnt released │
│ in the past, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! <use nfo to mention the AR> │
│ - WS cannot proper another WS. <for example 2.35:1 after 1.85:1 is out> │
│ Use the tag WS in the dirname. However WS after WiderWS released │
│ will be considered a DUPE unless proven it contains more picture! │
│ Sample rule, applies here also. │
│ - Letterboxed DVDs are not considered FS even if it's FS on the source! │
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│ Special Movie Editions: │
│ - Allowed: SE, DC, Extended, Remastered, UNRATED, CHRONO. │
│ - Releases MUST CONTAIN at least 2 minute extra/alternate footage from │
│ the past releases of the same movie. If not use the INTERNAL tag. │
│ PAL - NTSC length diffrence comes from the no. of frames. BE AWARE! │
│ - Remastered will not be considered a dupe ONLY IF the previous │
│ release was BLACK AND WHITE. Everything else use INTERNAL! │
│ - Extras ARE NOT CONSIDERED an edition and will be nuked for dupe, │
│ unless released seperatly. <and are not dupes of previous releases> │
│ - Chrono editions will be accepted only if its a retail version, and │
│ not homemade. │
│ - Extras that are put into the movie by hand, will not be claimed as │
│ extended or unrated etc, and will be considered as a fake. │
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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), │
│ DVD/DivX release DATE, GENRE or anything else! (ONLY within the NFO) │
│ - NO AC3/FESTIVAL/STV/LIMITED/READ.NFO in dirnames, include it in NFO! │
│ - Permited tags are: WS <rules above>, PROPER, REPACK, RERIP, INTERNAL │
│ DC, SE, EXTENDED, REMASTERED, UNRATED, CHRONO. │
│ - 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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│ TV Series Notes: │
│ - All Episodes <Caps or DVDRips> are obligated to follow the above │
│ rules. │
│ - Media usage capicity: 4x25min = 1CD, 2x50min = 1CD │
│ Episodes of up to 25 minutes, will not be over 175mb. │
│ Episodes of up to 50 minutes, will not be over 350mb. │
│ Episodes further then 50 minutes, will follow the length rules of │
│ TXD2K4. │
│ - Capping method ie. PDTV/HDTV/DSRip etc. must be mentioned in the │
│ dirname. │
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│ └───[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]───┘ │
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│ Source related notes: │
│ - Source shall be DVD RETAIL 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. │
│ - Use of downsampled DVD-Rs as source is FORBIDDEN! <only untouched> │
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│ Ripping related notes: │
│ - Maximum VIDEO bitrates are covered by length rules. │
│ - If DRF average would be over 4.0, the resolution must be lowered if │
│ possible, untill the minimal res is reached. See Resolution rules. │
│ DRF average can be checked with DRF Analyzer. │
│ - Quant. Matrix always has to be H.263 due lack of hardware support for │
│ for Custom matrixes. │
│ - Quarterpel / GMC forbidden due lack of hardware support. │
│ - 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 1 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. │
│ - 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. │
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│ The Tradition Continues: TXD RULES 2k4 (finale date here) │
│ TDX2k2 <7/12/02) 2k1 (4/22/01) original (4/26/00) │
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│ └-------─[ GROUPS ]--------┘ │
│ TXD2K4 Rules signed by the following XviD Groups: │
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│ FiCO - iLLUSiON - PROMiSE - TML - TWiST - VoMiT │
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└----[ Edited By tcj- 2004. Respect goes to all TDX teams 2000-2004 ]----┘