The HighDef XViD Releasing Standards 2005   by The Federation of Releasing Groups

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ The federation of releasing groups presents │ │ │ │ The HighDef XViD Releasing Standards 2005 │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ Requirements: Notepad with terminal font or other ascii viewer │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴─────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Why HighDef XViD? Isn't DVD-R good enough? No. │ │ XViD is superior to MPEG-2 by a lot. At some bitrate (e.g. 4 mbit/s) │ │ MPEG-2 can let 720x576/720x480 look good. XViD can let 1280x720 look │ │ good at the very same video bitrate. │ │ Compatibility is a lot smaller problem by now thanks to XBMC and modern │ │ standalone players ... so why not let everyone enjoy true HDTV? │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴────────────────┬───────────────────────┬─────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └───[ RELEASE RULES ]───┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Runtime: │ │ │ │ 0 to 30 min: 1 CD ( 734,000,000 byte) │ │ 25 to 60 min: 1/3 DVD-5 (1,560,000,000 byte) │ │ 55 to 85 min: 1/2 DVD-5 (2,340,000,000 byte) │ │ 80 to 170 min: 1 DVD-5 (4,680,000,000 byte) │ │ 160 to * min: 1 DVD-9 (8,450,000,000 byte) │ │ │ │ Releases must utilize 97 to 100% of the target file size. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Audio: │ │ │ │ AC3 5.1 is to be used. │ │ Source can be from the HDTV airing and/or from a foreign DVD. │ │ Muxing a different audio language to an existing release's video is │ │ welcome if allowed by the video source group and mentioned in the nfo. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Video: │ │ │ │ Framerate: │ │ Must be as close to original source framerate as possible. │ │ │ │ Codec: │ │ Must be XviD. │ │ Must not be singlepass encoding technique. │ │ │ │ Resolution: │ │ Must be 1280x720 progressive. │ │ │ │ Credits: │ │ Full Credits must be included. │ │ Credits must not be encoded separately at a lower bitrate if they │ │ contain video footage, ie bloopers. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Packaging: │ │ │ │ Must be .avi, not bin/cue, iso or img. │ │ Must be packed with .rar, compression is not allowed. │ │ Must be broken into 15MB (CD), 50MB (DVD-5) or 100MB (DVD-9) volumes. │ │ Must include recovery record. │ │ Must have .sfv. │ │ Must have .nfo including: │ │ group name │ │ title │ │ release date │ │ theatrical relase date (movies) │ │ original air date (TV episodes) │ │ file size │ │ number and size of volumes │ │ audio source, format and bitrate │ │ video bitrate │ │ runtime │ │ iMDB-link or similar │ │ All .nfos have to include the maximum information possible. Lack of │ │ info or smartass comments such as "good size" or "nice audio" will not │ │ be tolerated. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Samples: │ │ │ │ A 15 to 30MB Sample must be included. │ │ Must be taken from the release - not encoded separately. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Propers: │ │ │ │ Propers are only permitted in the case of a technical flaw with the │ │ original release (i.e. sync problems, bad choice of file size, ...). │ │ Propers must state the proper reason and include proof. │ │ Qualitative propers are not allowed. │ │ Propers based upon the compliance with new instances of THX │ │ guidelines are not allowed. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Directory Naming: │ │ │ │ All releasenames must include: │ │ TV: Show name, season & episode number (S??E??), episode title, │ │ language, source (720p.HDTV), codec (XVID), groupname. │ │ Movies: Title, production year, language, source (720p.HDTV), │ │ codec (XVID), groupname. │ │ English language does not need to be tagged. │ │ No FESTIVAL/STV/LIMITED/READ.NFO in dirnames. │ │ Permited tags are: PROPER, REPACK, RERIP, INTERNAL, DC, EXTENDED, │ │ REMASTERED, UNRATED. │ │ │ │ Acceptable characters in the directory name are: │ │ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ │ │ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz │ │ 0123456789.-_ │ │ No spaces or double dots. │ │ │ │ Examples: │ │ Funky.Show.S93E72.Groovy.Title.720p.HDTV.XVID-CoolGroup │ │ Great.Movie.2007.Chinese.UNRATED.720p.HDTV.XVID-BigGroup │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────┬────────────────────────────┬──────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └───[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]───┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Source related notes: │ │ │ │ For now the only source to be used is 720p HDTV. │ │ THX will be updated when we will be blessed with HD-DVDs. │ │ Re-encoding HDWMV to XVID will not be tolerated. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Ripping related notes: │ │ │ │ Group watermarks are not allowed. │ │ No intros, outros, betweenos, or any other form of defacement of the │ │ movie will be tolerated. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Filesystem related notes: │ │ │ │ ISO9660 craps out above 2GB files, so in order to burn 1/2 DVD-5 or │ │ larger releases you will have to use UDF. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ Thx to TDX2k4, we kinda stole their design :) │ └───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘ ┌───────┴┴──────────────┬──────────────────────────┬────────────────┴┴───────┐ │ └────────[ GROUPS ]────────┘ │ │ THX2K5 signed by the following Groups: │ │ ────────────────────────────────────── │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─┘ └──[ v0.3 created by the Union of Themepark Zombies in September 2005 ]──┘