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│ The Danish 720p x264 TV Releasing Standards 2008 │
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│ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │
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│ First: Thanks to the authors of The.720p.x264.TV.Releasing.Standards.2007 │
│ The reason why tvx2642k7 can not be followed by danish tv rippers is on │
│ basis of audio. We need to add an exception for MPEG2 audio as some │
│ networks choose to air only in this format at the time of this writing. │
│ Here's a list of current audio properties: │
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│ Channel Provider Specifications │
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│ Kanal 5 HD Canal Digital 256kbit/s MP2, 2ch │
│ Kanal 5 HD YouSee 192kbit/s MP2, 2ch │
│ TV2 Sport HD Canal Digital 384kbit/s AC3, 6ch │
│ TV2 Sport HD YouSee 384kbit/s AC3, 6ch │
│ TV2 Sport HD Stofa 384kbit/s AC3, 6ch │
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│ In the event that either provider, or another provider, changes Kanal 5 HD │
│ audio format to AC3 we will be making a revised ruleset │
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│ Please note this exception from the tvx2642k7 ruleset is ONLY valid until │
│ Kanal 5 HD is broadcasted with AC3 audio as 720p x264 is about quality │
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│ Here's a list of changes from the original tvx2642k7 for lazy readers: │
│ - MP2 audio is allowed if this is best source available (see Audio section) │
│ - Resizing is to be done using Lanczos4 only (see Video section) │
│ - Framerate must be 25fps (see Framerate section) │
│ - Also note the directory naming (see Notes) │
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│ └───[ RELEASE RULES ]───┘ │
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│ Episode Length: │
│ - Shows 19:00-29:59 long shall be 550MB │
│ - Shows 37:00-53:59 long shall be 1100MB │
│ - Shows 54:00-69:59 long shall be 1466MB │
│ - Shows of any other length can be sized at ripper's discretion, │
│ provided the size is a multiple of 550 or 733 MB │
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│ Audio: │
│ - Must be MP2 or 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 just as AC3 is, and always will be, prefered │
│ to MP2. Strive to use best audio source available │
│ - Sources with clipping audio will be considered a nuke │
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│ Video: │
│ - 720p sources (e.g. TV2 Sport HD) 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, e.g. │
│ crop(2,2,-4,-2).addborders(2,2,4,2) │
│ - 1080i/p (e.g. Kanal 5 HD) Sources are to be cropped and resized using │
│ Lanczos4. mod8 or variate is encouraged (total amount of pixels cropped │
│ vertically equals total amount of pixels cropped horizontally to │
│ maintain proper AR) │
│ - Improper methods of IVTC that result in loss of half the fields │
│ (SeparateFields.SelectEven, YV12InterlacedSelectTopFields) are banned │
│ - Improper IVTC methods that result in jerky playback such as Force Film │
│ are banned │
│ - Custom Matrices are allowed │
│ - Group watermarks of any kind on the video will not be tolerated │
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│ Framerate: │
│ - Must be 25fps │
│ - In some cases PAL shows are broadcasted in 50fps, therefore you need to │
│ properly convert it to 25fps │
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│ 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 5 or higher │
│ - M.E. Algorithm (me) should be Hexagon (hex) or better │
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│ Resolution: │
│ - Must be 1280 x 720 │
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│ Subs: │
│ - Optional │
│ - VOBSUB 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 │
│ - Release muxed with subs must still adhere to the filesizes listed above │
│ - Multi-language subtitles cannot be used as a basis for a dupe │
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│ 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 │
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│ Credits/Previously On: │
│ - Encouraged, but not required. Ripper's discretion │
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│ Samples: │
│ - REQUIRED! │
│ - Roughly sixty seconds length and in a separate folder marked as Sample │
│ - Must be taken from the episode - not encoded separately │
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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, missing footage, resizing │
│ 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 not allowed │
│ - Propers based upon the rules set forth here are allowed only on │
│ releases that come after this document is made public │
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│ Directory Naming: │
│ - Show.Name.SXXEXX.DANiSH.720p.HDTV.x(X)264-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 MP2, AC3 or AC3.X.X is FORBIDDEN as MP2 will be banned │
│ if/when AC3 is available │
│ - 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, DUBBED, │
│ SUBBED, INTERNAL │
│ - Acceptable characters in naming a directory include (NO spaces, double │
│ dots or underscores - single dots ONLY): │
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│ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ │
│ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz │
│ 0123456789 .- │
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│ └───[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]───┘ │
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│ 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. Note, at the time of writing, │
│ Kanal 5 HD and TV2 Sport HD both use logos with the text "HD" when │
│ broadcasting true HD │
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│ Internals: │
│ - All INTERNALS must follow DKTVX2642K8 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 │
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│ 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 │
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│ The Danish 720p x264 TV Releasing Standards 2008 (2008-02-11) │
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│ └--------[ GROUPS ]--------┘ │
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│ DKTVX2642K7 rules revised by the following Groups: │
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│ LUL dupeNET │
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│ DKTVX2642K7 rules signed by the following Groups: │
│ ──────────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ BALLIN DiViSiON DTV iMCARE │
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└----[ Respect goes to authors of tvx2642k7 and all x264 teams. ]----┘