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|
| The x264 Sports Releasing Standards 2009 (a.k.a TXSRS2K9) |
| Version: 1.0 |
| Release Date: 2009-06-21 |
| |
| Requirements: Notepad with terminal font or any other ascii viewer. |
| |
| [ Introduction ] |
| |
| x264 has become the best video codec over the past 2yrs or so, giving higher quality video than xvid |
| and at lower filesizes. AAC has become the best audio codec over the past few years and gives the |
| same quality as mp3 but at a lower bitrate which allows for higher video bitrate for release sizes. |
| Sports have high motion which xvid is unable to adequately compress to a good enough standard and is |
| no longer being developed, so x264 with AAC audio is the best option for us to use. Sports have been |
| hard to regulate as they need different rules due to their duration, content type and what should be |
| included in the encode and how to tag releases, these rules will address these issues. |
| |
| There are many standalone players like TviX, Popcorn Hour, WD TV HD Media Player, MVIX, mini iSTAR |
| etc that can play back x264 (.mkv) and aac audio, PS3 and Xbox 360 will likely add support for .mkv |
| files in the future. Windows7 has h264 and aac codecs built in, haali splitter will allow you to |
| play the .mkv files in Windows Media Player on windows7, we recommend VLC player or MPC-HC. |
| |
| These rules are for DSR, PDTV, WS.PDTV and HDTV sources ONLY, analog is forbidden. Releases will be |
| DSR.x264, WS.DSR.x264, PDTV.x264, WS.PDTV.x264 and HDTV.x264. DSRip, WS.DSRip, FS.DSR, FS.PDTV and |
| WS.HDTV tags are NOT allowed. These rules apply for ALL sports e.g Football (aka soccer), NFL, NBA, |
| Formula 1, WWE, MMA (e.g UFC), Tennis, NHL, MotoGP etc. Reality tv shows that include only some |
| sport should use xvid rules e.g The.Ultimate.Fighter, The.Contender, Gladiators etc. |
| |
| These rules are ONLY for english audio releases, swedish, dutch etc will have to create their own |
| sports rules if they want to use x264 for sports. |
| |
| |
| [ Previous Releases ] |
| |
| These rules do not apply to previous releases, and propering for those reasons will not be tolerated |
| |
| |
| [ General ] |
| |
| 1.1) Release must be packed in RAR. SFV and NFO must be included. |
| 1.2) Rars should be in multiples of 50 MiB, no more than 99 files, compression forbidden, use |
| "store". Recovery record/recovery rars are optional. |
| 1.3) Release must be muxed into mkv container. |
| 1.4) DSR dupes WS.DSR, PDTV, WS.PDTV and HDTV Source. WS.DSR dupes PDTV, WS.PDTV, HDTV. PDTV dupes |
| WS.PDTV and HDTV source, WS.PDTV dupes HDTV source. |
| 1.5) Suggested directory format (unless your sport is covered later in the rules): |
| Sport.YEAR.Event.SOURCE.x264-GROUP. |
| 1.6) No intros, outros, betweenos, or any other form of defacement of the show will be tolerated. |
| 1.7) Credits must not be removed but can be encoded at a lower bitrate, minimum of 300kbps. |
| 1.8) A sample MUST be 50-70 seconds in length, preferably not of intro or closing trailers. |
| 1.8.1) It must be cut from the final release and not encoded separately (use mkvtoolnix or |
| similar). |
| 1.8.2) It must be put within a directory named "Sample". |
| 1.8.3) Sample must be a .mkv file. You cannot use .mp4, .avi etc. |
| 1.9) x264 dupes xvid, use internal. Xvid doesn't dupe x264, hopefully all groups will move to x264 |
| for sports then we can ban xvid for sports as it cannot cope with high motion sports, however |
| better sources dont dupe xvid eg hdtv.x264 doesnt dupe ws.pdtv.xvid etc. |
| 1.10) Groups are to state any known problems in the nfo, minor problems like 1 video glitch for 1sec |
| can be just written in nfo, more severe should use READ.NFO tag. If a group has a copy |
| without problems they can issue a proper. See proper section for more details. |
| 1.11) NO spoilers allowed e.g "Well done lewis hamilton" or "Man United deserved the win". However, |
| groups are allowed to say things like "this was a great final" or "this was a great race" etc. |
| 1.12) Scrolling or stationary ticker-tape text bars at top or bottom of shows MUST be cropped out if |
| they are present for 100% of the show and are not to do with the sport being aired. |
| 1.13) Groups can use any size under 175mb for short sporting events e.g single boxing or mma fights |
| as long as it has a MINIMUM bitrate 950. |
| 1.14) SEGMENTING IS BANNED! |
| |
| |
| [ Audio ] |
| |
| 2.1) Audio must be AAC (NDAAC-HE) or AC3. (NDAAC-HE codec is free and available at nero.com). |
| 2.2) AC3 must be original untouched/untranscoded AC3. |
| 2.3) AAC must be Nero AAC 1.3.3.0 or newer with profile NDAAC-HE-64kbps with MP4-AAC extension and |
| Adaptive bitrate changed to 80 or higher in config. This gives same quality as 128bit mp3 but |
| at only 60% of the filesize. |
| 2.4) Release must only contain 1 audio track muxed into the mkv container. |
| 2.5) Dupes based on audio format are forbidden and should be tagged iNTERNAL. |
| 2.6) Sources with clipping audio will be considered a nuke. |
| 2.7) Audio that is 120ms or more out of sync or drifts more than 120ms between any two points (e.g. |
| needing -80 at one and +40 at another) is considered to be technically flawed and may be |
| propered. |
| 2.8) Original frequency of 48Khz or 44.1Khz must be maintained. |
| |
| |
| [ Video ] |
| |
| 3.1) If needed, appropriate de-interlacing and ivtc must be applied. |
| 3.2) Must use a minimum encode of 2 passes. |
| 3.3) Height and width of release must be mod 16. |
| 3.4) 50/60fps video must be dropped to 25/30fps use SelectEven() or similar. |
| 3.5) Crop the black borders from the source. Crop to the picture that presents the most pixels even |
| if this means some parts of the release has black bars. Releases that are uncropped on 1 or |
| more sides for 100% duration of the show are to be nuked and can be propered. 1px MINIMUM |
| needed to proper for a release being uncropped for 100% duration on 1 or more sides. |
| 3.6) Releases are not to be overcropped, they will be nuked and can be propered. 1px is the MINIMUM |
| needed to proper. |
| 3.7) Aspect Ratio must be within +-1.5% of original AFTER cropping. Resolution should be chosen to |
| keep the Aspect Ratio within +-1.5%. MeGUI has an option to only show resolutions within a |
| specified percentage, you can type "1.5", this is in Options-Settings-Acceptable Aspect Error" |
| 3.8) Custom Matrices are allowed. |
| 3.9) VfW (Video for Windows) is not allowed. |
| 3.10) Stripping or falsifying encode information in the file header is banned. |
| 3.11) Must be Level 4.1 High Profile (MeGUI requires this to select some options). |
| 3.12) x264 version used must be at least v1162 and no older than 30 revisions. See www.x264.nl |
| 3.13) --deblock must be enabled. Must be the same on each pass. |
| --aq-mode must be enabled. |
| --bframes 3 or higher is required and must be same in both passes. |
| --subme 7 or higher is required. |
| --ref 5 or higher is required. |
| --me umh or higher is required (a.k.a multi-hex). |
| --trellis 1 or higher is required. |
| --b-pyramid must be used in both passes (B-Pyramid). |
| --weightb must be used (Weighted B-Prediction). |
| --bime must be used (Bidirectional M.E). |
| * Chroma M.E. must be used (enabled by default). |
| * Keyframe interval (--keyint) must be at least 200 and at most 300. It is recommended to be |
| 10*framerate (PAL=250, NTSC=300). |
| * Min GOP Size (--min-keyint) must be at least 20 and at most 30. It is recommended to be |
| equal to the framerate (PAL=25, NTSC=30). |
| * CABAC must be used (enabled by default). |
| * Macroblock options (--partitions) must be default: "p8x8,b8x8,i8x8,i4x4" or higher "all". |
| * Adaptive DCT (--8x8dct) must be used. |
| * Adaptive B-Frames must be used (enabled by default). |
| * B Frame mode (--direct) must be set to Spatial (default) or Auto and must be the same for |
| both passes. |
| 3.14) The final pass must be done as one continuous encode spanning the entire episode, i.e. may not |
| be segmented. |
| 3.15) Video bitrate must be a MINIMUM of 950. |
| |
| |
| [ Video Resolutions ] |
| |
| 3.16) Width: 608 - 720 pixels for Widescreen (16:9). |
| 544 - 720 pixels for Fullscreen (4:3). |
| 3.17) Video should not be upscaled unless the vertical resolution would be reduced if a lower |
| resolution was used e.g some channels are 544*576 or 544*512, encodes can be done as 720*400 |
| or 640*352 or similar as reducing the horizontal would mean halving the vertical to just |
| 544*288 which would be much lower quality than upscaling the horizontal. 720/704px must ONLY |
| be used for releases with 1200+ bitrate. Use a lower horizontal resolution for releases that |
| dont make the minimum 1200 bitrate allowed. |
| |
| |
| [ Total Size ] |
| |
| 4.1) Final mkv file size in MiB (1048576 bytes) must be 1 of the following unless the runtime is |
| too short then any filesize lower than 175mb may be used but must still maintain a minimum of |
| 950 bitrate: |
| |
| * 175mb |
| * 233mb |
| * 350mb |
| * 440mb |
| * 550mb |
| * 700mb |
| * 746mb (1/6 dvdr) |
| * 1119mb (1/4 dvdr) |
| * 1493mb (1/3 dvdr) |
| * 2239mb (1/2 dvdr) |
| * 4479mb (1 dvdr) |
| |
| 4.2) Multiples of dvd5 must be used for longer releases, not dvd9. |
| 4.3) 2mb undersize and 2mb oversize are the maximum tolerated. |
| 4.4) Releases are NOT to be split, single .mkv files only. |
| 4.5) 950 minimum bitrate must obeyed at all times unless stated otherwise in a rule specific to a |
| sport in the next section of the rules. |
| |
| |
| [ NFO's ] |
| |
| 5.1) NFO as a minimum MUST contain the following information: |
| * Release name |
| * Audio Codec |
| * Audio Bitrate |
| * Audio Channels (if its AC3) |
| * Video Bitrate |
| * Video Codec and number of passes |
| * Runtime (HH:MM OR HH:MM:SS) |
| * Resolution |
| * Framerate |
| * Filesize of .mkv file (to the nearest MB). |
| 5.2) The following are recommended: Description of the sporting event, release date, air date and |
| fight line-ups for boxing and MMA events. |
| |
| |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
| [ Rules Specific To Each Sport ] |
| |
| 6.1) WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) - All in show material is to be left in including adverts |
| of forthcoming events or WWE cd's/dvds. All regular adverts that dont air as part of the WWE |
| broadcast must be removed. |
| |
| Tagging to be used: |
| |
| WWE.Friday.Night.Smackdown.YYYY.MM.DD.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| WWE.Friday.Night.Smackdown.International.YYYY.MM.DD.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| WWE.Monday.Night.RAW.YYYY.MM.DD.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| WWE.Bottom.Line.YYYY.MM.DD.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| WWE.Afterburn.YYYY.MM.DD.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| WWE.EVENT.YEAR.PPV.SOURCE.x264-GROUP for PPV releases like Wrestlemania, Backlash etc. |
| |
| Use discretion for other releases like induction ceremonies, wwe diva shows and similar |
| releases. Groups cannot proper for different countries having longer runtimes and |
| censored/uncensored footage, use internal. |
| |
| |
| 6.2) TNA (Total Nonestop Action Wrestling) - All in show material is to be left in including adverts |
| of forthcoming events or TNA cd's/dvds. All regular adverts that dont air as part of the TNA |
| broadcast must be removed. |
| |
| Tagging to be used: |
| |
| TNA.Impact.YYYY.MM.DD.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| TNA.EVENT.YEAR.PPV.SOURCE.x264-GROUP for PPV releases like Hard.Justice, No.Surrender etc. |
| |
| Use discretion for other releases like induction ceremonies and similar releases. Groups |
| cannot proper for different countries having longer runtimes and censored/uncensored footage, |
| use internal. |
| |
| |
| 6.3) Football (a.k.a soccer) - Normal football matches (approx 95mins) are to be a MINIMUM of 700mb, |
| any unusually long matches due to broken legs that require match to be postponed for a few |
| minutes, powercuts, crowd trouble, extra time, penalties that make a make go over approx 95mins |
| MUST use a higher filesize. Normal matches that are long that run 96mins or longer are valid at |
| 700mb. Releases must include the full match. Half-time studio talk, pre-match and post-match |
| footage are optional, these dupe each other, use internal if we wish to pre a release which has |
| different types of footage in. FULL team names must be used e.g Manchester.United, not Man.U or |
| Man.United etc. Leg.1 and Leg.2 tags are allowed for cup matches, .Final. and .Semifinal. |
| .Quarterfinal. tags should be used. |
| |
| Tagging to be used: |
| |
| EPL.YEAR.Home.Team.Vs.Away.Team.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| SPL.YEAR.Home.Team.Vs.Away.Team.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| La.Liga.YEAR.Home.Team.Vs.Away.Team.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| Serie.A.YEAR.Home.Team.Vs.Away.Team.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| UCL.YEAR.Group.Home.Team.Vs.Away.Team.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| UEFA.World.Cup.YEAR.Group.Home.Team.Vs.Away.Team.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| FA.Community.Shield.YEAR.Team.1.Vs.Team.2.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| FA.Cup.YEAR.Round.Home.Team.Vs.Away.Team.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| |
| e.g EPL.2009.Manchester.United.Vs.Liverpool.WS.PDTV.x264-GROUP |
| |
| |
| 6.4) Boxing - Main.Event.Only releases and Fight.Only releases are to include walk-ins and fight, |
| post-fight interviews are optional. Complete.Event releases should include all broadcasted |
| footage. Fight.Only should only be used if you are to release 2 or less fights, if you want to |
| release all fights then release a Complete.Event release. If the fight you are releasing is the |
| main event then use Main.Event.Only tag. Names for events like |
| Kelly.Pavlik.Vs.Bernard.Hopkins.2 are allowed, however full names must be used. HBO.Boxing tag |
| is also allowed. If the boxing is a Pay Per View event then add a PPV tag. |
| |
| Tagging to be used: |
| |
| Boxing.opponent.1.Vs.opponent.2.Main.Event.Only.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| Boxing.opponent.1.Vs.opponent.2.Complete.Event.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| Boxing.opponent.1.Vs.opponent.2.Fight.Only.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| |
| |
| 6.5) UFC - Main.Event.Only releases and Fight.Only releases are to include walk-ins, fight and |
| post-fight interviews. Complete UFC releases should include all broadcasted footage. Fight.Only |
| must only be used if you are to release 2 or less fights, if you want to release all fights |
| then release the whole event. If the fight you are releasing is the main event then use |
| Main.Event.Only tag. Names for events like Randy.Couture.Vs.Brock.Lesnar are allowed, however |
| full names must be used. Most UFC events are Pay Per View so ALWAYS use PPV for UFC numbered |
| events, dont use PPV tag for UFC.Ultimate.Fight.Night events. |
| |
| Tagging to be used: |
| |
| UFC.Number.Name.opponent.1.Vs.opponent.2.Main.Event.Only.PPV.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| UFC.Number.Name.opponent.1.Vs.opponent.2.Fight.Only.PPV.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| UFC.Number.Name.PPV.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| |
| e.g UFC.98.Evans.vs.Machida.PPV.HDTV.x264-GROUP |
| e.g UFC.98.Evans.vs.Machida.Main.Event.Only.PPV.HDTV.x264-GROUP |
| e.g UFC.90.Undisputed.Randy.Couture.Vs.Mirko.Cro.Cop.Fight.Only.PPV.HDTV.x264-GROUP |
| |
| |
| 6.6) Formula 1 - Qualifying should be tagged Qualifying.Only or Complete.Qualifying. Races should be |
| tagged Race.Only or Complete.Event. Race.Only and Qualfying.Only must contain ALL of the racing |
| broadcast on the channel capped from. Complete.Qualifying and Complete.Event must contain all |
| of the tv show broadcast on the channel capped from. |
| |
| Tagging to be used: |
| |
| Formula1.YEAR.Event.Grand.Prix.Complete.Event.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| Formula1.YEAR.Event.Grand.Prix.Race.Only.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| Formula1.YEAR.Event.Grand.Prix.Complete.Qualifying.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| Formula1.YEAR.Event.Grand.Prix.Qualifying.Only.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| |
| e.g Formula1.2009.Chinese.Grand.Prix.Complete.Event.WS.PDTV.x264-GROUP |
| |
| |
| 6.7) Tennis - Several hours in a row is allowed to be released as a part number e.g |
| Tennis.Wimbledon.Day.2.Part.2.SOURCE.x264-GROUP. Releases missing some of the end or beginning |
| are allowed as matches dont often fully air as tv channels change the match being shown to the |
| most important matches, READNFO tag must be used if the whole match isn't aired. |
| |
| Pre-match build-up and after match interviews are encouraged to be included but not required |
| no dupes based on this, use internal. Full names of players must be used. Countries must be |
| used in cup competitions like the Davis Cup tournament. |
| |
| Tagging to be used: |
| |
| Tennis.Event.YEAR.GENDER.Round.opponent.A.Vs.opponent.B.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| Tennis.Davis.Cup.YEAR.Round.Country.1.Vs.Country.2.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| |
| e.g Tennis.US.Open.2009.Mens.Semifinal.Roger.Federer.Vs.Rafael.Nadal.WS.PDTV.x264-GROUP |
| e.g Tennis.Davis.Cup.2009.1st.Round.England.Vs.Russia.WS.PDTV.x264-GROUP |
| |
| |
| 6.8) NHL - National Hockey League - Games that are 1h30m - 1h40m should be done with a minimum of |
| 700MB. Longer games due to various reasons such as penalties or fighting etc, should be done |
| at a higher filesize. Pre-season games are to be tagged with Pre.Season tag. DATE (YYYY.MM.DD) |
| must be used to define when the game was aired and should be tagged after the 2 team's names. |
| Team tags should be done as the following: NHL.Away.Team.Vs.Home.Team. The team's "nickname" |
| must be used when defining the home and away team. I.e. the following tag isn't allowed: |
| NHL.Colorado.Vs.Anaheim.2008.10.31.WS.PDTV.x264-GROUP. All hockey games should follow this kind |
| of tagging, obviously dont tag NHL for non-NHL games. Round and game should be used for stanley |
| cup for non-finals games e.g .R1G1. |
| |
| Tagging to be used: |
| |
| NHL.Away.Team.Vs.Home.Team.DATE.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| NHL.Stanley.Cup.Finals.Game.NUMBER.Away.Team.Vs.Home.Team.YEAR.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| NHL.Stanley.Cup.R.Number+G.Number.Away.Team.Vs.Home.Team.YEAR.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| |
| e.g. NHL.Hurricanes.Vs.Ducks.2009.10.21.WS.PDTV.x264-GROUP |
| NHL.Stanley.Cup.Finals.Game.6.Edmonton.Oilers.Vs.Carolina.Hurricanes.2008.HDTV.x264-GROUP |
| NHL.Stanley.Cup.R1G1.Edmonton.Oilers.Vs.Carolina.Hurricanes.2008.HDTV.x264-GROUP |
| |
| |
| 6.9) NFL - National Football League - These games are often 2 hours or more, and should therefore be |
| at a minimum size of 1193MB. Pre-season games are to be tagged with Pre.Season tag. DATE |
| (YYYY.MM.DD) must be used and should be tagged after the two teams. Team tags should be done as |
| NFL.Away.Team.Vs.Home.Team. The team's "nickname" must be used when defining the away team and |
| home team. I.e. the following tag isn't allowed: |
| NFL.Chicago.Vs.Washington.2008.10.31.PDTV.x264-GROUP. All football games should follow this |
| kind of tagging, of course NFL shouldn't be tagged for non-NFL games. |
| |
| Tagging to be used: |
| |
| NFL.Away.Team.Vs.Home.Team.DATE.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| |
| e.g. NFL.Hurricanes.Vs.Ducks.2009.10.21.WS.PDTV.x264-GROUP |
| |
| |
| 6.10) MLB - Major League Baseball - These games are often 2 hours or more, and should like NFL have |
| a minimum size of 1193MB. Pre-season games are to be tagged with Pre.Season tag. Release must |
| use the DATE tag e.g 2008.10.31 to define when the game was aired, .YEAR. tag isn't allowed. |
| These taggings go for any kind of baseball games. Each release must be tagged with the team |
| nicknames i.e. MLB.Baltimore.Vs.Texas.2009.10.31.PDTV.x264-GROUP is not allowed. |
| |
| Tagging to be used: |
| |
| MLB.Away.Team.Vs.Home.Team.DATE.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| MLB.Pre.Season.Away.Team.Vs.Home.Team.DATE.SOURCE.x264-GROUP |
| |
| e.g. MLB.Red.Sox.Vs.White.Sox.2009.10.31.WS.PDTV.x264-GROUP |
| |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| [ PROPERS ] |
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| 7.1) PROPERS are valid in the case of a technical flaw in the original release i.e. bad IVTC, |
| interlacing, audio glitches, out of sync, missing footage, aspect ratio, overcropped by 1px or |
| more, uncropped on 1 or more sides for 100% of the release, video bitrate is under 950, aac |
| audio bitrate is under 80kbps, bad x264 settings, video glitches in 2 or more areas or if the |
| video glitch has an audio glitch at the glitch too. |
| 7.2) Samples (.mkv) or screenshots (.png) are encouraged to prove previous release was faulty. |
| 7.3) Releases that were nuked at the time of releasing a proper dont require proof, however proof |
| is encouraged. |
| 7.4) Samples and screenshots are preferred to be put in Sample dir or Proof dir, however a url to a |
| image sharing site or filesharing site is allowed in the nfo or in a nuke/unnuke reason. |
| 7.5) Groups should give full reasons not just bad.crop. Please state which side(s) and whether it |
| is uncropped, undercropped or overcropped. Preferably state timecodes if possible for glitches |
| or missing footage or ads left in etc. |
| 7.6) Qualitative propers are not allowed e.g your channel has higher bitrate and/or resolution, |
| better x264 settings used etc, nor are propers based on decisions made by a ripper (i.e. |
| filesize, AC3 or AAC etc). |
| 7.7) Nfofix must be issued if a group forgets to put proper reason in nfo if previous release was |
| not nuked at time of releasing proper. Release will be nuked but will be unnuked when nfofix |
| is released. |
| 7.8) Propers are permitted if there are broadcast or signal glitches in a previous release, however |
| if a group uses READ.NFO tag explaining the problems in the release it shouldn't be nuked |
| unless a group can proper it with a release without those problems. If you think the problem |
| might be your signal and you dont want to risk being propered then use iNTERNAL. |
| 7.9) READ.NFO tag is NOT to be used with a PROPER tag, proper notes are required so read.nfo tag |
| is obselete when a PROPER or REAL.PROPER tag is used. |
| 7.10) PROPER tag is not needed for releases tagged iNTERNAL which have problems, tag normally. |
| 7.11) If you release an encode without watching and it has broadcast glitches and not signal |
| glitches and can prove it either via 2 original .mpg, .ts or similar files or an online |
| streaming link then the release is to be unnuked as it isn't the group's fault. Proof can be |
| submitted in an unnuke with links to tv channel streaming site or free filesharing urls e.g |
| sendspace.com, rapidshare etc OR the group can release an nfofix with the proof and url links. |
| Naming another scene release such as a 720p or xvid version with the same broadcast errors is |
| also fine, preferably state the timecodes of the broadcast problems in the release. Group can |
| tag READ.NFO at risk of being propered or can use iNTERNAL if they cant prove it was the |
| broadcast that was at fault. |
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| [ REPACKS ] |
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| 8.1) REPACKS MUST contain a full reason of what was wrong with previous release e.g |
| commercials.not.removed.at.6m12s.to.11m03s, missing.5mins.footage.at.12m15s, out.of.sync etc. |
| 8.2) Nfofix must be issued if a group forgets to put repack reason in nfo or release will be nuked, |
| it will be unnuked once nfofix has been released. |
| 8.3) Groups must use REPACK, not PROPER if their own previous release was faulty, self propers are |
| not allowed. |
| 8.4) Use REPACK tag instead of RERIP. |
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| [ DiRFiXES ] |
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| 9.1) If releases are mislabeled e.g wrong year, event, date, spelling mistake etc, then a dirfix is |
| a valid way of fixing and original release is to be UNNUKED. Dirfix to internal before a nuke |
| to avoid a nuke is allowed but dirfix after a nuke is not permitted. |
| 9.2) Dirfixes to iNTERNAL are not allowed if release has technical flaws e.g missing footage, |
| video glitches, audio glitches, low audio bitrate, low video bitrate, overcropped, uncropped |
| or any other technical flaw. |
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[ Suggested encode settings ]
10.1) First pass:
x264.exe --pass 1 --level 4.1 --stats .stats --bitrate 950 --threads auto --bframes 3 --me dia --ref 1 --subme 3 --no-dct-decimate --partitions none --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL sport.avs
10.2) Second pass:
x264.exe --pass 2 --level 4.1 --stats .stats --bitrate 950 --threads auto --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --weightb --me umh --ref 5 --mixed-refs --subme 7 --trellis 1 --analyse all --8x8dct --no-fast-pskip --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output sport.mkv sport.avs
[ Signed By (in alphabetic order) ]
GORE JETSET KICKOFF NOsegmenT T0nk4
[ These rules apply from 2009-06-22 00:00:01 GMT ]
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