┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ The SWEDiSH 720p x264 TV Releasing Standards 2007 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Requirements: Notepad with terminal font or any other ascii viewer. │ ├──────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────────────┤ │ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │ │ This is a re-written version of the tvx2642k7.nfo │ │ from 'The.720p.x264.TV.Releasing.Standards.2007' to fit the tv-shows from │ │ swedish television! The main reason why we needed own rules is cause our │ │ shows airs with 640kbps ac3 audio, and with the runtime/sizes from the │ │ other ruleset we often ended up with low video bitrates. │ │ │ │ │ └───────┬┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴─────────────────┬───────────────────────┬─────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └───[ RELEASE RULES ]───┘ │ │ │ │ Episode Length: │ │ - Shows 20:00-22:00 long shall be 480MB │ │ - Shows 22:01-26:00 long shall be 550MB │ │ - Shows 26:01-30:00 long shall be 733MB │ │ - Shows 30:01-36:00 long shall be 880MB │ │ - Shows 36:01-45:00 long shall be 1100MB │ │ - Shows 45:01-60:00 long shall be 1466MB │ │ - Shows of any other length should be sized at ripper's discretion, │ │ provided the size is a multiple of 550 or 733 MB │ │ │ │ │ │ Audio: │ │ - Must be Studio AC3 (AC3 transcoding forbidden) │ │ - Dupes based on audio format are forbidden. These should be INTERNAL │ │ However it is encouraged not to release a 2.0 version of a show │ │ when true 5.1 is available │ │ - Audio containing errors/clipping/jitter/dropped frames │ │ will be considered as a nuke │ │ │ │ │ │ Video: │ │ - 720p sources are not to be resized. In the event of imperfections │ │ lasting the majority of the episode, the release shall be cropped with │ │ borders added to retain 1280x720 resolution AddBorders(*) not Crop(*) │ │ - 1080i/p Sources are to be cropped and resized using Lanczos or Lanczos4 │ │ - Custom Matrices are allowed │ │ - Group watermarks of any kind on the video will not be tolerated │ │ - Video dropps/errors/blocks are NOT allowed! will be considered as a │ │ nuke. To search a H264 source for errors, run ProjectX with video output│ │ disabled. If the audiopart of the log looks like this, it's not a proper│ │ release. │ │ │ │ │ │ PROJECTX VIDEO DROPPS/ERRORS EXAMPLE: │ │ │ │ --> AC-3/DTS Audio on PID 0x285 │ │ -> check CRC of AC-3 / MPEG-Audio L1,2 │ │ -> delete CRC in MPEG-Audio Layer1,2 │ │ Audio PTS: first packet 07:01:40.394, last packet 09:19:19.338 │ │ -> adjusting audio at its own timeline │ │ -> src_audio: AC-3, CM, 3/2lfe(5.1), dn -27dB, cm -3.0dB, sm -3dB, │ │ 48000Hz, 640kbps @ 00:00:00.000 │ │ !> missing syncword @ 154701313, @ 00:53:42.944 │ │ !> found syncword @ 154702608 │ │ !> 2 frame(s) (64ms) inserted @ 00:53:42.976 │ │ !> 1 frame(s) (32ms) inserted @ 00:53:43.136 │ │ audio frames: wri/pre/skip/ins/add 258096/0/0/3/0 @ 02:17:39.072 done... │ │ ---> new File: 'D:\Just_Testing.ac3' │ │ │ │ │ │ Framerate: │ │ - Must be 25fps. │ │ EXAMPLE: SVT HD source framerate is 50fps, │ │ you need to properly convert it to 25fps. │ │ │ │ Codec/Container: │ │ - Must be x264 │ │ - Must use Matroska (.mkv) for container │ │ - Must have a mininum of 3 B-frames │ │ - Must be minimum 2 passes. The final pass must be done as one continuous │ │ encode spanning the entire episode, e.g. may not be segmented │ │ - Subpixel refinement (subme) should be 6 or higher │ │ - M.E. Algorithm (me) should be multi hexagon (umh) or better │ │ │ │ │ │ Resolution: │ │ - 1280 x 720/688/544/etc (depending on the source). │ │ NOTE: for a 1280x720 source you can crop the black │ │ bars up/down but not at sides. │ │ │ │ │ │ Subtitles: │ │ - Optional │ │ - VOBSUB / Srt is the preferred format │ │ - Subtitles are to be muxed with video stream, but may not be burned │ │ into the video stream. "Subs" directories are forbidden │ │ - Burned subtitles will only be allowed when the source exhibits │ │ such subtitles in the picture itself (Hardcoded) │ │ - Release muxed with subs must still adhere to the filesizes listed above │ │ - Multi-language subtitles cannot be used as a basis for a dupe │ │ │ │ │ │ Packaging: │ │ - All releases must be MKV, not BIN/CUE │ │ - Must be packed with RAR and broken into 50MB or 20MB volumes │ │ - Multi episode releases should not be split │ │ - Compression is not allowed │ │ - Recovery and MD5 record are optional │ │ - Encryption or password protection is forbidden │ │ - Must have SFV and NFO │ │ │ │ │ │ Credits/Previously On: │ │ - Not required. Ripper's discretion │ │ │ │ │ │ Samples: │ │ - REQUIRED! │ │ - Roughly sixty seconds length and in a separate folder marked as Sample │ │ - Must be taken from the episode - not encoded separately │ │ │ │ │ │ Propers: │ │ - Propers are only permitted in the case of a technical flaw in the │ │ original release (i.e. Bad Interlacing, missing footage, dropps/errors, │ │ resizing of 720p source, bad crop, commercials, │ │ bad x264 settings used etc. │ │ - Sample of propered release is encouraged │ │ - Proper reason must be stated in nfo │ │ - Qualitative propers ARE allowed, 720p is all about Quality and should │ │ be encoded with the Highest Quality settings possible. │ │ 720p x264 is a very heavy format to encode so you will need a fast │ │ computer. │ │ │ │ - Prefered quality setting settings: │ │ --pass 2 --bitrate 3210 --stats "statsfile.stats" --deblock=1:0:0 │ │ --keyint 240 --min-keyint 24 --ref 3 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip │ │ --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --weightb --direct auto │ │ --subme 6 --trellis 1 --analyse all --8x8dct --threads 2 │ │ --thread-input --progress --me umh --no-psnr │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Directory Naming: │ │ - Program.Name.SXXEXX.SWEDiSH.720p.HDTV.x(X)264-GROUP │ │ │ │ EXAMPLE 1: Allsang.Pa.Skansen.2007.E04.SWEDiSH.720p.HDTV.x264-GROUP │ │ EXAMPLE 2: Parlamentet.S17E01.SWEDiSH.720p.HDTV.x264-GROUP │ │ │ │ - For daily shows or sports, Show.Name.YYYY-MM-DD.720p.HDTV.x(X)264-GROUP │ │ - ALL others are FORBIDDEN. (e.g 0x00 000 EXX.EP.TITLE) │ │ - The use of AC3 or AC3.X.X is FORBIDDEN (should be stated in NFO) │ │ - READ.NFO is allowed, however, discretion is recommended │ │ PROPER.READ.NFO is NOT needed. NFO is REQUIRED to have reason, and is │ │ purely redundant │ │ - Other permitted tags are: PROPER, REPACK, RERIP, REAL, UNCUT, SWEDUB, │ │ SWESUB, INTERNAL │ │ - Acceptable characters in naming a directory include (NO spaces, double │ │ dots or underscores - single dots ONLY): │ │ │ │ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ │ │ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz │ │ 0123456789 .- │ │ │ │ │ └───────┬┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴───────────────┬────────────────────────────┬──────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └───[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]───┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ Source related notes: │ │ - This ruleset only applies to episodes capped from HDTV sources, │ │ not HDDVD and Bluray. │ │ - HD lite is allowed. HD lite is defined for our purposes as any 1080x │ │ source that is not full 1920x1080 │ │ - Upconverted sources are not allowed │ │ │ │ │ │ Internals: │ │ - All INTERNALS must follow SWETX2642K7 rules, apart from the time length │ │ rules and multi-language audio tracks rule (and will not be considered │ │ as dupes) │ │ - NOTE: INTERNAL dirfix is allowed as a basis of avoiding a nuke │ │ │ │ │ │ Ripping related notes: │ │ - Multi-language audio tracks are allowed │ │ Multiple languages should be muxed into the MKV. These languages must │ │ be identified in the container when muxing │ │ - NO intros, outros, betweenos, or any other form of defacement of the │ │ episode will be tolerated │ │ │ │ │ └───────┬┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ The SWEDiSH 720p x264 TV Releasing Standards 2007 (2007-10-09) │ │ │ └───────┬┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴───────────────┬──────────────────────────┬────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └--------[ GROUPS ]--------┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ SWETVX2642K7 rules signed by the following Groups: │ │ ──────────────────────────────────────────────── │ │ HuBBaTiX MsR PRIPPS ST TS TX │ │ │ │ │ └──┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──┘ └----[ REMEMBER, X264 IS QUALiTY OVER SPEED ]----┘