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Þ°Ý The UK TV XviD Releasing Standards 2011 Þ°Ý
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Þ°Ý +---[ INTRO ]---+ Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý This rule set is written specifically for UK TV, taking into Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý consideration various factors which differ from other regions. Þ°Ý
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Þ°Ý +---[ RELEASE RULES ]---+ Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Release sizing: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Shows 18:00-22:59 must be 175MiB Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Shows 23:00-30:59 must be 233MiB Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Shows 31:00-46:59 must be 350MiB Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Shows 47:00-73:59 must be 550MiB Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Shows 74:00-94:59 must be 700MiB Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - If the length of the show is near the end of any range, the Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý next size up may be used in the interests of quality, at cappers Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý discretion. For example, a 70 minute show could be either Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý 550MiB or 700MiB. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Shows above these lengths must be a multiple of 550 or 700 while Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý keeping the average video bitrate above 880kbps. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Splitting into CDs is OPTIONAL. If releases are split they must Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý be placed in directories named CD1, CD2, CD3 etc. No Disc1 cd1 Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý or other naming styles. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Episodes that air back-to-back without a natural break such as Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý full credits or commercials in between must be pred as a single Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý release. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - All releases must be no more than 2.0MiB above the target size. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Releases up to and including 700MiB must be no more than 3.0MiB Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý under the target size. Releases larger than 700MiB may be no Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý more than 6.0MiB under. This applies to the size of the entire Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý release, not per CD. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Previously on/Credits: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Any "previously on" footage must be included. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - No release may be propered for glitches in, or missing portions Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý of previously on footage. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Full end credits must be included if they contain show content Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý or outtakes/bloopers. End credits are optional if they are clean Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý or contain promotions for future episodes or other shows. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Video: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - 2-pass variable bitrate XviD must be used. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Quantization matrix must be either MPEG or H.263. Custom Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý quantization matrices are not allowed. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - QPel and GMC are not allowed. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Pixel Aspect ratio MUST be square (default). Custom 1:1 or any Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý other custom ratio is not allowed. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - B Frames: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - The use of B frames is required. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - A maximum of 2 consecutive B frames may be used. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - This document gives no preference to packed versus unpacked Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý bitstreams as there are benefits to each format, and it is Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý trivial to convert between them using MPEG4 Modifier. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Framerates must be in relation to the original source. Valid Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý framerates for releases are PAL (25 fps). Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Valid horizontal resolutions are are 512-576 for 4:3, 608-640 Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý for 16:9, 544-576 for 14:9 or 672-720 for 2.35:1. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - A maximum aspect ratio error of 5% is permissible. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Releases shall be cropped so that all black/noise on the edges Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý of the first full scene of a show is removed. These crop values Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý must then be used for the entire show. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Live shows must be cropped to the first studio scene which may Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý not be the first full scene broadcast. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Live shows without any studio scenes must follow the main rule Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý and be cropped to the first full scene. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - In situations where the first scene has vastly different AR to Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý the rest of the episode, crop values that retain most picture Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý throughout must be used. (example: 2.35:1 for the opening scene, Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý 16:9 after - crop to 16:9) Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Video defacement such as intros, outros, and group watermarks Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý are forbidden. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Audio: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Allowed audio formats are VBR MP3 and original AC3. ABR is Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý considered a VBR technique. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - MP3 audio must be encoded using standard LAME presets such as Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý '--preset 128' or '-m s -V 5 -b 32'. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Average bitrate on MP3 audio may not exceed 192kbps. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - MP3 audio must be normalized. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Audio sampling rate must be maintained at 48KHz. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Original AC3 audio may be used at the discretion of the capper, Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý provided video bitrate remains above 890kbit. However, Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý transcoding to AC3 is forbidden. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Release Naming: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Numbering for episodic programming shall be in the format Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý S00E00 or 0x00 (or S00E000 / 0x000 for series with more than 99 Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý episodes per season). Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Number for date-based programming including soaps, daytime TV Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý and variety shows shall be in the format YYYY.MM.DD. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - For variety shows, it is strongly recommended that the primary Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý guest's name be included in the directory name. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Different shows that have the same name in different countries Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý must be tagged with the code for the country of airing. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý (example: The.Apprentice.UK.S01E01.SOURCE.XviD-Group) Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Different shows with the same name produced in different years Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý must be tagged with the year of airing of the first season. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý (example: Doctor.Who.2005.S00E00.SOURCE.XviD-Group) Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Releases are to be named in the format: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Show.Name.S00E00.SOURCE.XviD-Group Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Show.Name.Part0.SOURCE.XviD-Group Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Show.Name.2008.00.00.SOURCE.XviD-Group Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Show.Name.S03E04-E05.SOURCE.XviD-Group Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Show_Name.0x00.SOURCE.XviD-Group Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Show_Name.Part_Zero.SOURCE.XviD-Group Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Show_Name.3x04_3x05.SOURCE.XviD-Group Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - The episode title may optionally be included between the episode Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý number and the source. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Allowed Characters: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - 0123456789 Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - .-_ Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - All Sample, NFO, SFV, and RAR names MUST be in all lowercase Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý letters. The name of AVI inside the RARs is permitted to Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý contain capital letters. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Double dots (..) are not allowed. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Additional Tagging: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - PROPER, REPACK, REAL, UNCUT, SUBBED, INTERNAL, Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý OAR (Original Aspect Ratio), DIRFIX, SAMPLEFIX, NFOFIX or Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý READNFO are allowed (discretion is recommended). Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - All releases tagged PROPER, REPACK, REAL, and READNFO must Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý include notes in the NFO as to why the release was tagged Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý that way. PROPER.READNFO is therefore redundant and must not Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý be used. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Source Naming: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Valid source names are WEBRIP, PDTV, WS.PDTV, HDTV, and no Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý tag (analogue). Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Analogue source will have no tag other than WS if needed. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Source Definitions: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - analogue, via svideo or the like, must have no tag. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - 576i\576p shall be tagged PDTV. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - 720p\1080i\1080p shall be tagged HDTV. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Content from iPlayer, 4oD or other/future services must be Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý tagged WEBRIP. Use common sense. If multiple streams are Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý available, use the highest quality one. Propering with a Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý higher quality source will not be tolerated. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - 4:3 content broadcast at HDTV resolutions shall be tagged Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý PDTV. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Windowboxed (16:9 with black on all sides), Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý letterboxed (16:9 with black on the top and bottom) and Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý native 16:9 content shall be labeled as Widescreen (WS.PDTV). Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - The use of the HDTV tag implies widescreen so WS.HDTV shall Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý not be used. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Upscaled sources must be labeled PDTV. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - PDTV/HDTV sources must be 100% digital. S-Video, composite, Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý or RF from a digital receiver to a tuner card is analogue. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Valid PDTV and HDTV sources will be received via a digital Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý connection such as USB, Firewire, Ethernet from a reciever, Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý or DVB tuner. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Dupe order: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý WEBRIP -> PDTV -> WS.PDTV -> HDTV Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Packaging: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Container: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Container must be AVI. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - The file must consist of one video stream, one audio stream Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý and the usual AVI overheads, files are not to be padded out Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý with junk. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - The AVI itself must be named like the release and include Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý some format of episode number (show initials are fine, as is Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý shortening the episode number). Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - RAR\SFV: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Releases shall be packed into 15,000,000 or 20,000,000 byte Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý RARs using store compression. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - 50,000,000 byte RARs are allowed for releases that are 1100MiB Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý or larger, and MUST be used for larger releases to ensure Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý there are no more than 101 rar parts. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - An SFV must be created for all RAR files in the release. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Sample: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - All releases must include a sample of length :50-1:10 cut Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý directly from the release (NOT encoded separately). Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - The sample must be placed in a directory named Sample. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - The file itself must be named uniquely, preferably containing Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý the name of the release as well as the word sample. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - NFO: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - An NFO must be included in the release and, at a minimum, Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý must contain release name, episode number (or title), channel Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý the show was broadcast on, and date of airing/release. An Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý IMDB/tvrage/broadcaster link is recommended but not essential. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - The NFO must be named uniquely based on the name of the Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý release. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Propers: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Propers are only permitted in the case of technical flaws with Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý the original release or violations of applicable rules. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - All propers must include a note in the NFO detailing the flaw in Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý the original release, including timecodes if relevant. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Including a sample of the flaw is suggested but not required. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Propers are expressly permitted in cases of any of the following Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý flaws in a release: Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Audio 120ms or more out of sync. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Severe audio drops resulting in the inability to understand Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý dialogue. Glitches that do not result in inability to Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý understand dialogue are not properable. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Improper audio normalization, including audio with levels that Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý vary widely between parts, very quiet audio, or audio with Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý excessive clipping. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Under or over crop of 2 or more pixels on any one side that Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý lasts for the entire show. Propers for under/over crop which Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý does not last for the entire show are not allowed. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Releases missing a significant portion of video, either in Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý duration or content. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Glitches that do not result in the inablity to watch the show Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý are not nukeable (we all agree Freeview isn't perfect). Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Change in video format (PDTV on an HDTV release) exceeding Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý five seconds or causing loss of dialogue. Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý - Inclusion of 2 or more seconds of commercials over an entire Þ°Ý
Þ°Ý release. Þ°Ý
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Þ°Ý The UK TV XviD Releasing Standards 2011 Þ°Ý
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