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│ The federation of releasing groups presents │
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│ The XviD Releasing Standards 2005 │
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│ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │
│ After a long wait and hours of work, I am proud to present, the new XviD │
│ scene standards. In this celebration note, I must condemn the leaking of │
│ the 2004 draft edition, which was written only for the purpose of helping │
│ us all in building this new set of guidelines. I wanna thank everyone who │
│ took time to express their ideas and experience into bringing this document │
│ to life. Also, we shall not forget, all the past teams from 2000 to 2002 │
│ that made the DivX and XviD scene guidelines available, for TXD2K5 to be │
│ built upon. So without further ado, Enjoy! │
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│ └───[ RELEASE RULES ]───┘ │
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│ Movie Length: │
│ - PAL (25 fps) = MINIMUM runtime is 100 minutes/CD. │
│ - FILM (23.976 fps) = MINIMUM runtime is 105 minutes/CD. │
│ - NTSC (29.97 fps) = MINIMUM runtime is 87 minutes/CD. │
│ - 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 fps as outlined above: │
│ i.e. 3 CD FILM rip minimum = 105 x (3-1) = 210 minutes. │
│ - MINIMUM time length rule is as implied - that is the MINIMUM time per │
│ CD -- NOT MAXIMUM!!! (i.e. no such thing as "must be more than 1 CD") │
│ - Release runtime must be at least 50 minutes for using the full burnable │
│ media capacity. In such cases, releases MUST utilize a MINIMUM of │
│ 680mb of the 700mb standard burnable media (Multi-CD releases MUST │
│ conform to the 680mb minimum, for each CD used). Any other use of the │
│ media shall not be over 350mb (Sizes between 350mb to 680mb are not │
│ allowed). │
│ - Media usage is at ripper's discretion, please use it. │
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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 it was on the DVD's │
│ audio: i.e. 48khz for 48khz and 44.1khz for 44.1khz. │
│ - MP3 files must be normalized. │
│ - ABR is considered a VBR technique. │
│ - AC3 MUST be used wisely and correctly. Ripper's discretion on when to │
│ use it. Using or not using AC3 IS NOT a technical flaw. │
│ - MONO AC3 is not allowed, in that case must encode to mono MP3. │
│ - Multi-language audio tracks are FORBIDDEN! (Use INTERNAL!) │
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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. │
│ - Group watermarks of any kind on the video will not be tolerated! │
│ - Intermission messages must be removed from the avi! │
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│ Framerate: │
│ - MUST be as close to original source framerate as possible. │
│ - In some cases PAL movies should be ivtc'd (i.e. to 24fps). Therefore │
│ using a PAL source is not an excuse for lack of ivtc. │
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│ Codec: │
│ - MUST BE XviD (all DivX codecs are banned). │
│ - 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 - 672 pixels for WS movies (Letterboxed is considered WS). │
│ 448 - 576 pixels for FS movies (Only 4:3 images). │
│ - Height and Width: Must be a multiple of 16. │
│ - Cropping is required to be the MAXIMUM possible (black borders must │
│ be cropped to their maximum). Over cropped releases are considered │
│ a technical flaw. Some movies present changing ARs, in that case the │
│ cropping applies only to the image that presents more pixels (Means │
│ that part of the movie will have bad cropping). │
│ - Movie encodes must be within 5% of the original aspect ratio. │
│ Calculating AR % error: (Release AR - Original AR)/Original AR x 100 │
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│ Subs, Interactive Menus, Trailers: │
│ - OPTIONAL (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 a .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 │
│ aforementioned subtitles in the picture itself (i.e. Subs in the │
│ matte portion of the picture MUST be typed in a separate file and the │
│ frame shall be cropped). If there is a part of the burned subtitles │
│ on the picture itself, and another part on the matte portion of the │
│ picture, the frame must be cropped to 2 pixels from the start of the │
│ subtitles on the matte portion. Upside cropping of the picture has │
│ nothing to do with the downside, therefore the cropping on the upside │
│ MUST BE to it's maximum. │
│ - English subs on non English movies MUST fit on CD with main movie, │
│ all other optional subs SHOULD fit on the CD. │
│ - Foreign movies (Non English Spoken) with no English subs, must have │
│ the language name taggings (applies to the various non English │
│ scenes). Movies with English subs present, WILL NOT HAVE any language │
│ tag on them! │
│ - Using of hand made subs on non English releases (i.e. fansubs) MUST │
│ be mentioned in the nfo, and at nuker's discretion if to nuke the │
│ release for Bad.Subs, depends on how bad the subtitles are. Please │
│ use common judgement! Releases that were nuked for bad subtitles, may │
│ be propered only by subtitles that came from the retail DVD (Ripper's │
│ choice if to release the full movie again or just the subtitles). │
│ - Multi-language subtitles cannot be used as a basis for a dupe. │
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│ Packaging: │
│ - All releases must be AVI, not BIN/CUE. │
│ - Must be packed with RAR and broken into 15 or 20 MB volumes. │
│ Releases that are more then 1 CD must have the RAR files broken into │
│ 2 or more CD volumes. │
│ - Compression is not allowed. │
│ - Recovery and MD5 record are recommended. │
│ - Must have SFV included for each CD. │
│ - Must have NFO. │
│ - NFO SHOULD INCLUDE: │
│ Group name │
│ Title │
│ Actual XviD release date │
│ DVD release date │
│ Theatrical release 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 (i.e. 50x15MB) │
│ Ripping method │
│ DRF average │
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│ Credits: │
│ - Movie credits can be encoded separately at a lower bitrate only if the │
│ time length exceeds the no. of CDs used (i.e. 106 min on 1CD for FILM │
│ source, or 201 min on 2CDs for PAL source, etc). │
│ - Any movies with scenes in the credits (i.e. bloopers or continuation │
│ of story) MAY NOT be downsampled! │
│ - Cutting Credits is not allowed. │
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│ Samples: │
│ - REQUIRED! │
│ - 1 full minute in length and in a separate folder marked as 'Sample'. │
│ - MUST be taken from the movie - NOT encoded separately. │
│ - Vob samples are recommended for any rip that is deemed questionable: │
│ i.e. 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 in the │
│ original release (i.e. Bad IVTC, Interlacing, bad number of CDs). │
│ - Releases not nuked on release lists and/or sites MUST include │
│ original sample of the technical flaw. │
│ - Qualitative propers are not allowed, nor are propers based on │
│ decisions made by a ripper (i.e. No. of CDs, AC3 or MP3, etc). │
│ - Propers based upon the compliance with new instances of TXD2K5 │
│ guidelines are also forbidden. │
│ Only propers acceptable when propering old tdx rips are propers based │
│ on picture damage: Aspect Ratio, IVTC, Over-Cropping. Other propers │
│ acceptable are propers based on releases that did not follow previous │
│ tdx guidelines, at the time they were released. │
│ - 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 TXD2K5> │
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│ WS vs. FS: │
│ - FS movies after WS was out, are FORBIDDEN unless proven it contains │
│ more picture (use of sample or .jpg as proof). │
│ - 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 wasn't 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 instead. However WS after a wider WS │
│ was 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, UNCUT, REMASTERED, UNRATED, THEATRICAL, │
│ CHRONO. │
│ - Special Edition releases without any different features in the film │
│ itself will be considered dupes of previous releases of the same │
│ movie. │
│ - Shorter cut version of a movie after a longer version was released is │
│ allowed (i.e. THEATRICAL), and MUST be mentioned in the dirname. │
│ - Remastered movies after the original have been released are allowed │
│ only if the original release was in BLACK AND WHITE and the │
│ remastered edition is colour. Everything else use INTERNAL! │
│ (Remastered DVD releases that were nuked in the past and were colour │
│ after black and white, shall not be unnuked and shall not be duped!) │
│ - Remastered audio will be considered a dupe if it's the only reason │
│ movie was re-released. │
│ - Extras released in a special movie edition, cannot be used as a basis │
│ for a dupe, unless released separately <and are not dupes of previous │
│ releases>. │
│ - Homemade Rips are not allowed (Use INTERNAL!). For example adding of │
│ deleted scenes, alternate endings, chrono editions. Only retail DVD │
│ rips of this versions are allowed. │
│ - NOTE: PAL - NTSC length difference comes from the no. of frames, not │
│ extra footage. │
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│ Directory Naming: │
│ - All releases are to include production year (applies to the pre scene │
│ as well). │
│ - DO NOT indicate Ripping method, DVD/XviD release date, Genre, Audio │
│ which was used (no AC3) or anything else! (ONLY WITHIN THE NFO) │
│ - Movie distribution tags i.e. FESTIVAL, STV, LIMITED or TV (TV tag │
│ is used for TV movies only) are allowed and shall be used wisely and │
│ correctly. │
│ - READ.NFO is strictly forbidden. │
│ - Other permitted tags are: WS/FS <rules above>, PROPER, REPACK, RERIP, │
│ REAL, RETAIL, EXTENDED, REMASTERED, UNRATED, CHRONO, THEATRICAL, DC, │
│ SE, UNCUT, INTERNAL, DUBBED, SUBBED. │
│ - 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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│ - Releases that are more than 1 CD MUST be named CD1, CD2, CD3 and so │
│ on ('disc1' and others are NOT allowed). │
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│ TV Series Notes: │
│ - All Episodes <DVD rips> are obligated to follow the above rules. │
│ - Media usage capacity: │
│ * 4x 20-23min = 1CD, Releases shall not be over 175mb. │
│ * 3x 23-35min = 1CD, Releases shall not be over 233mb. │
│ * 2x 35-50min = 1CD, Releases shall not be over 350mb. │
│ * Episodes further then 50 minutes, will follow the length rules │
│ of TXD2K5. │
│ NOTE: Runtimes not mentioned above should fit on 1 CD i.e. 5x120mb, │
│ 6x116mb, 7x100mb etc. │
│ - Sizes mentioned above may be used only when minimum runtime is applied, │
│ i.e. 23 minutes on 233mb or 35 minutes on 350mb. Media usage is at │
│ ripper's discretion (i.e. 25 minutes may also be on 175mb). │
│ - Recommendation: 26x22min = 1 DVD-R Disc, 13x45min = 1 DVD-R Disc │
│ i.e. 172mb x 26eps or 344mb x 13eps fits on 1 burnable DVD-R Disc. │
│ - Exception: 20-23min NTSC episodes (29.97 fps) may use 233mb. │
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│ └───[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]───┘ │
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│ Source related notes: │
│ - DVD source shall be RETAIL/DVD Screener only. Non DVD sources like │
│ CAM, TS, TC, VHS, SCREENER, PDVD, LDVD etc, MUST be tagged with source │
│ in dirname and MUST adhere to ALL TXD2K5 rules! │
│ - DVD Screeners shall be clearly marked in the directory name and the │
│ nfo shall contain presence of studio watermarking and counters or │
│ lack thereof. │
│ - Use of downsampled DVD-Rs as source is FORBIDDEN! <only untouched> │
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│ Internals: │
│ - All INTERNALS must follow TXD2K5 rules, apart from the time length │
│ rules and multi-language audio tracks rule (and will not be considered │
│ as dupes). Other codecs and containers are allowed for experimental │
│ purposes. │
│ - NOTE: INTERNAL dirfix is not allowed as a basis of avoiding a nuke. │
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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 should be lowered if │
│ possible, until the minimal res is reached. See Resolution rules. │
│ DRF average can be checked with DRF Analyzer <It is recommended to │
│ check the full avi file and not just the sample>. │
│ - Quant. Matrix always has to be H.263/MPEG due to lack of hardware │
│ support for Custom matrixes. │
│ - Quarterpel/GMC forbidden due to lack of hardware support. │
│ - Packed Bitstream is not supported on some of the major gen chipsets, │
│ therefore using it, is not recommended. │
│ - The use of ITU-R is not recommended since it gives an AR error of │
│ around 2% from the original DVD's Aspect Ratio. │
│ - Multi-language audio tracks are allowed only for INTERNALS. │
│ Multiple languages should be interleaved into the AVI, with a │
│ graphedit filter for each appropriate audio stream. │
│ - 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 2K5 (2005-09-25) │
│ TDX2K2 <2002-07-12) 2K1 (2001-04-22) Original (2000-04-26) │
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│ └--------[ GROUPS ]--------┘ │
│ TXD2K5 Rules signed by the following XviD Groups: │
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│ ALLiANCE HLS DMT DoNE XPD DEiTY DVL LRC │
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│ FRAGMENT EPiC FiNaLe LiGHTNiNG iNCiTE PROMiSE │
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│ VALiOMEDiA iMBT DDX VoMiT iNFiNiTE TWiST EXiLE LiNE │
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│ TheWretched GoDSMaCK aAF iMMORTALs FiCO aNBc MEDiAMANiACS │
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│ SAPHiRE TML iLLUSiON NEPTUNE MDX KiNOBOX SiNK RETRO │
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│ EPiSODE TURKiSO SSB TDL CRDS WRD FEZ SAVANNAH │
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│ AEROHOLiCS DnB BETAMAX CG MiNT DvF BiEN │
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│ FFNDVD SAiNTS GOTHiC SFM FQM MEDiEVAL FoV │
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└----[ Edited By tcj 2005. Respect goes to all TDX teams 2000-2002 ]----┘