The DivX Releasing Standards 2002   by The Federation of Releasing Groups

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ The federation of releasing groups presents │ │ │ │ The DivX Releasing Standards 2002 │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Requirements: Notepad with terminal font or other ascii viewer │ ├──────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────────────────┤ │ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │ │ │ │ In an unparalleled event of co-operation and innovation, the DivX scene │ │ united once again to bring you the 2002 installment of the TDX guideli- │ │ nes. We thank all of you who so kindly gave up time and energy to bring │ │ us suggestions and help us brainstorm on the newest of video technolo- │ │ gies. So without further ado, we present to you, the DivX ripper/enthu- │ │ siast, the TDX 2002 Releasing Standards. │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴─────────────────┬───────────────────────┬────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └───[ RELEASE RULES ]───┘ │ │ │ │ Movie Length: │ │ - PAL (25 fps) = min runtime is 105 minutes/CD │ │ - FILM (23.976 fps) = min runtime is 110 minutes/CD │ │ - NTSC (29.97 fps) = min runtime is 92 minutes/CD │ │ TV-Series Episodes shall NOT be exempt from these rules (See Series │ │ Notes). │ │ 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 your format │ │ (i.e. 4 cd FILM rip min = 110 x (4-1) = 330 minutes) │ │ │ │ Media usage is at Ripper's discretion, please use it. │ │ Releases should utilize at minimum 97% of total media capacity, however │ │ an undersized release is not a technical flaw. │ │ │ │ │ │ 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! │ │ - VBR techniques: │ │ - strongly recommended to use --r3mix with LAME │ │ - ABR is considered a VBR technique. │ │ - AC3 MUST be used wisely and correctly. │ │ - AC3 MUST be interleaved at 64 or 96 ms. │ │ │ │ VIDEO: │ │ Keyframe: │ │ - MUST be <=20 seconds and MUST be inserted according to scene │ │ changes and framesizes as determined by the codec or encoding │ │ application. │ │ │ │ Framerate: │ │ - MUST be as close to original source framerate as possible. │ │ │ │ Codec: │ │ - MUST be DivX 3.11 or XviD. │ │ - MUST use 2 pass technique during encoding! │ │ - NO DUPES BASED ON CODEC TYPE, USE INTERNAL. │ │ │ │ Resolution: │ │ - Width: 512 - 640 pixels and MUST be a multiple of 16. │ │ EXCEPTION: 4:3 FS sources may use a minimum resolution of 448 pixels. │ │ - Height: Must be a multiple of 16. │ │ - Cropping is required. │ │ │ │ │ │ Subs, Interactive Menus, Trailers: │ │ - OPTIONAL (if and 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. │ │ - Subtitles not muxed into video stream MUST be encapsulated in .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. │ │ - Subbed is preferred over dubbed. │ │ - Burned subtitles shall only be permissible when the source exhibits │ │ forementioned subtitles in the picture itself (i.e. Subs in the │ │ matte portion of the picture MUST be typed in a seperate file and │ │ the frame shall be cropped). │ │ - Subs on non english movies MUST fit on CD with main movie, all other │ │ optional subs SHOULD fit on CD. │ │ │ │ │ │ Series Notes: │ │ - Episodes shall not overlap on CDs (i.e. 2eps/CD, 4eps/CD is allowed │ │ 1.5eps/CD is NOT). │ │ - Episodes are not subject to the same scaling rules as cinematic │ │ features and must obey forementioned rule. │ │ - Suggested media usage: 4x23min = 1CD, 2x45min = 1CD, 1x60min = 1CD │ │ │ │ │ │ Packaging: │ │ - All releases must be AVI, not BIN/CUE. (see Notes Section) │ │ - Must be packed with RAR, compression is NOT ALLOWED │ │ and broken into 15 or 20 MB volumes │ │ - Recovery record recommended. │ │ - Must have SFV │ │ - Must have NFO │ │ - NFO MUST INCLUDE: │ │ Group name │ │ Title │ │ Actual DivX release date │ │ DVD release date │ │ US theater release date │ │ Video size │ │ Framesize/aspect ratio │ │ Audio bitrate │ │ Video bitrate │ │ Movie runtime/length │ │ IMDB/adultdvdempire link │ │ Number of rars per cd (eg. 44x15MB) │ │ Ripping Method │ │ │ │ │ │ Credits: │ │ - Movie credits are preferred but CAN be cut in order to fit within │ │ 1 CD (700 MB) if the movie length would exceed 110 minutes. │ │ - NOT required in the AVI itself. │ │ - NOT required in the NFO - it is 'recommended' to list the main few │ │ characters as IMDB lists them. │ │ │ │ │ │ Samples: │ │ - REQUIRED │ │ - 1 full minute in length (approximately 10 MB) and in separate folder │ │ marked 'SAMPLE'. │ │ - MUST be taken from the movie - NOT encoded separately. │ │ │ │ │ │ Propers: │ │ - Propers are ONLY permitted in the case of a technical flaw with the │ │ original release (i.e. Bad IVTC, Interlacing, etc). │ │ - Releases not nuked on release lists and/or sites MUST include │ │ original sample of technical flaw. │ │ - Qualitative propers are not allowed, nor are propers based on │ │ decisions made by a ripper (i.e. # of CDs, AC3 or MP3, etc). │ │ - Propers based upon the compliance with new instances of TDX │ │ guidelines are also forbidden (i.e. older rips with 720px res). │ │ - Subbed (in original movie language) propers dubbed (in any language). │ │ │ │ │ │ Directory Naming: │ │ - Directory names shall NOT exceed 64 characters. │ │ - All releases are to include production year. │ │ - DO NOT indicate Ripping method (MM4/VM2/VBR/SBC and so on), │ │ WS (widescreen), DVD/DivX release DATE, GENRE or anything else │ │ in the directory name (ONLY within the NFO). │ │ - Acceptable characters in naming a directory include (NO spaces or │ │ double dots - single dots or underscores ONLY): │ │ │ │ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ │ │ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz │ │ 0123456789 . -_ │ │ │ │ - All Release directories, regardless of year, shall be named according │ │ to Movie.Name.Year.Source.Codec-Group, suggested naming for the movie │ │ itself shall follow the same procedure │ │ (i.e. Movie.Name.Year.Source.Codec-Group.avi, │ │ Movie.Name.CD1.Year.Source.Codec-Group.avi). │ │ │ │ - Releases that are more than 1 CD will follow these specs: │ │ - MUST be named CD1, CD2, CD3 and so on. ('disc1', etc will NOT │ │ be allowed). │ │ - There MUST be a SFV included for each CD. │ │ - Rars MUST be broken into 2 or more CD volumes. (78 rars of a 2 │ │ disc title will NOT be tolerated) │ │ │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┬──────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └───[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]───┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ Source related notes: │ │ - Source shall be DVD Only, no exceptions! │ │ - DVD Screeners shall be clearly marked in the directory name and the │ │ nfo shall contain presence of studio watermarking, or lack thereof. │ │ │ │ Ripping related notes: │ │ - Maximum VIDEO bitrates are covered by length rules. │ │ - Movies should be ripped in their most widescreen format available. │ │ - Multi-language audio tracks are allowed. │ │ - Multiple languages should be interleaved into the AVI, with │ │ a graphedit filter for each appropriate audio stream. │ │ - Movies that would ordinarily fit on one CD should not be made │ │ into 2 CD releases on the basis of additional audio tracks. │ │ - Multi-language audio CANNOT be used as a basis for a dupe. │ │ - Multi-language subtitles CANNOT be used as a basis for a dupe. │ │ - AVI and not BIN/CUE: │ │ - Some people burn to archive and play on a computer at a later │ │ time, BUT since there is no outside purpose other than playing on │ │ the computer, there is NO need to be packaged as BIN/CUE. │ │ - Group Watermarks WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN ANY CASE. │ │ - NO intros, outros, betweenos, or any other form of defacement of the │ │ movie will be tolerated. │ │ - Movie container MUST be AVI. OGG, OGM, MCF, Project Theora, MP4 are │ │ all forbidden due to bugs and usability factors, maybe next year! │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴───────────────┬──────────────────────────┬───────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └───[ GROUPS & MEMBERS ]───┘ │ │ │ │ TDX 2002 revision was organized by: │ │ - E.L. - V. - f3k - │ │ │ │ Respects to the original TDX, Team DivX, organizers: │ │ - krazy8 - RipKord - Wuman - Lava - MaTaN - │ │ │ │ TDX 2002 has been approved by the following DivX groups: │ │ - AEN - DOMiNiON - DVD-R - EPiSODE - EPiC - INCiTE - MDX - │ │ - QiX - SChiZO - VCDVaULT - │ │ │ │ Also signed by: │ │ - SATELLiTE - InFuX - aNBc - DEiTY - MEDiAMANiACS - DVL - │ │ - CPY - JDX - DDX - REQUiSiTE - SEVcD - FoCUS - │ │ - DiSTORTiON - COLLiSiON - WOT - │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘