2004   by The Dvdr Releasing Standards

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Release size must be at least 4.15 Gb unless source is DVD5. . PAL after NTSC and NTSC after PAL is allowed. Video: . Re-encoding: . CCE version 2.50+ must be used for all purposes where the transcoding (re-encoding) of the video stream is required. Other encoding programs such as: REmpeg and TMPGenc, etc. are NOT allowed in any circumstances. . Automated Programs that perform DVD9>DVD5 rips are FORBIDDEN, e.g. InstanCopy, DVDXCopy, etc. . Minimum average bitrate allowed is 3000 kbit/s (2800 kbit/s for tv shows). If minimum average bitrate cannot be achieved, a valid explanation is required in the nfo. . Passes: . Movies below or equal 100 Minutes: 5 or more passes. . Movies over 100 Minutes: 6 or more passes. . Extras: If transcoded, 5 or more passes. . Note: The initial 1st pass that encodes the .vaf file in CCE is NOT considered a pass in any circumstance. Audio: . Dolby Digital is considered the standard audio format and is required in ALL releases. . DTS is not considered a standard audio format and is NOT a reason to proper/dupe an existing release. DTS-only releases are also strictly FORBIDDEN as valid releases. . If audio is stripped from a DVD9 disk, higher bitrates must be kept over lower bitrates (if a dvd has 2.0 and 5.1 audio, 2.0 would be stripped in favor to 5.1) unless their is a valid reason, e.g. significantly reduces bitrate. However in regards to DVDs that contain both DTS and 5.1, 5.1 must be kept. The inclusion of a DTS stream is up to the ripper's discretion. . For non-English movies, the movie's original language audio stream must be kept unless it is not contained in the retail. In the circumstances that a reissue/new edition dvd contains an original language audio stream, a re-release of the movie is valid. . For ALL English movies, the English audio stream MUST be kept. . The inclusion of other audio streams are at ripper's discretion whether they are foreign or commentary. ▄▄▄████▄▄▄▄ ▄▄██▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ ███▓▒█▒██▓▒▒▓█████▒███████▒█▓███▓████▒▓█████▒██████▒█▒▓█████▓█████ █████▀ ███▀▀██▓▒███▓▒▒▓███████▀▀▀ █ ▌ █▀▒▀██▒▒▓▀▀▀█ █ █▌ ▌ ▐██ ■ █ ▀███▀▀ █ █ ██ ▌ ▐▌ ▐ ▌ █ ▌ ■▐██ ▌ █ █▀ ▌ ▌ █▐▌ ▐▐▌ █ ▌█ ▐ ▐█ ▐ ▌▌ ▀ █▀ ▐ ▌▐█▐ ■ █ █ ▌ ▌ ▐██ Source: . Releases MUST be from either SCREENER or RETAIL dvds. Other sources are not allowed, e.g. PDVD, VHS, TV, TS, TC, CAM, etc shall not be tolerated. . Region duping (differs from PAL/NTSC duping), i.e. R1, R2 are not permitted unless there were problems with the first release (problems need to be stated regarding 1st release). . Releases from reissues/superior editions of previous released DVDs are only valid for: Criterion Ed. and DVDs which do markedly improve upon the initial release, i.e. contains a 5.1 stream comparitive to an inferior stream in the previous release. Authoring: . Authoring in both Scenarist and DVD Maestro are allowed. However, users of DVD Maestro need to be aware of the problem which doesn't check that if the total bitrate exceeds 9800kbit/s. Rippers should be aware that the MAX bitrate is 9800kbit/s for both audio and video streams. Subtitles: . If English subtitles are present, they will be kept under ALL circumstances. . If the dvd contains no more than three subtitle streams, all will be kept. If the dvd contains more than three subtitle streams, it's ripper's discretion which subtitles should be kept. Its advised to keep the most common used language subtitles. Menus: . Menus MUST be included. . The menu must be in English and not foreign, unless they are aimed for non-English endusers. . Menus on TV Show disk must be kept at all costs. Extras: . Extras are an added value but are not needed. Extras are allowed to be transcoded with a minimum average bitrate of 1700kbit/s. DVD Limitations: . Macro vision must be removed. . All user limitations and restrictions must be removed. . Releases must be made region free. ▄▄▄████▄▄▄▄ ▄▄██▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ ███▓▒█▒██▓▒▒▓█████▒███████▒█▓███▓████▒▓█████▒██████▒█▒▓█████▓█████ █████▀ ███▀▀██▓▒███▓▒▒▓███████▀▀▀ █ ▌ █▀▒▀██▒▒▓▀▀▀█ █ █▌ ▌ ▐██ ■ █ ▀███▀▀ █ █ ██ ▌ ▐▌ ▐ ▌ █ ▌ ■▐██ ▌ █ █▀ ▌ ▌ █▐▌ ▐▐▌ █ ▌█ ▐ ▐█ ▐ ▌▌ ▀ █▀ ▐ ▌▐█▐ ■ █ █ ▌ ▌ ▐██ Packaging: . All releases must either use .IMG or .ISO. Other formats NOT allowed. . Releases must be broken up into rars of 50,000,000 bytes. . Solid Archive and Recovery Record MUST be used. . SFVs and NFOs MUST be included. . NFO must include the following: . Groups name. . Title. . US theatrical release date. . Regions, NTSC or PAL. . Number of Passes and Bitrate used when re-encoding. . Audio streams, and subtitles included. . What has been stripped, extras, menu, etc. . IMDB, or similar link. . Number of archive files. Samples: . Samples are required. Minimum size shall be 30mb, but must be no more than 50mb. . Samples must be put in a separate sub directory, labeled 'Sample'. . Vobs may be cut and used as sample, or renamed to mpg. . Samples must be from actual packed vob. Separate encodes are not allowed. Directory Naming: . Directory names shall NOT exceed 64 characters. . ALL releases are to include production year. . Directory name should include Disktype (NTSC/PAL) . Acceptable characters are as follows: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 . -_ . DVD-5, and DVD-9 COMPLETE are recommended to be named as: Movie.Title.Year.COMPLETE.Disktype.DVDR-Groupname . Non-Complete DVD-9 releases must be named as follows: Movie.Title.Year.Disktype.DVDR-Groupname . Sub directories must be labeled DISK1, DISK2, DISK3, etc CD1, DVD1, will NOT be tolerated. ` ▄▄▄████▄▄▄▄ ▄▄██▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ ███▓▒█▒██▓▒▒▓█████▒███████▒█▓███▓████▒▓█████▒██████▒█▒▓█████▓█████ █████▀ ███▀▀██▓▒███▓▒▒▓███████▀▀▀ █ ▌ █▀▒▀██▒▒▓▀▀▀█ █ █▌ ▌ ▐██ ■ █ ▀███▀▀ █ █ ██ ▌ ▐▌ ▐ ▌ █ ▌ ■▐██ ▌ █ █▀ ▌ ▌ █▐▌ ▐▐▌ █ ▌█ ▐ ▐█ ▐ ▌▌ ▀ █▀ ▐ ▌▐█▐ ■ █ █ ▌ ▌ ▐██ Propers: . Propers will ONLY be released if previous had technical flaws such as menu errors, bad quality, etc. No dupes/propers if the previous release was not COMPLETE. . Propers based on previous releases having improper dir names will not be tolerated. . If previous release was not region free, a patch must be used, NOT a proper. Other Notes: . Intros and outros are not tolerated. . Group watermarks within the DVD are STRICTLY forbidden. ▄▄▄████▄▄▄▄ ▄▄██▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ ███▓▒█▒██▓▒▒▓█████▒███████▒█▓███▓████▒▓█████▒██████▒█▒▓█████▓█████ █████▀ ███▀▀██▓▒███▓▒▒▓███████▀▀▀ █ ▌ █▀▒▀██▒▒▓▀▀▀█ █ █▌ ▌ ▐██ ■ █ ▀███▀▀ █ █ ██ ▌ ▐▌ ▐ ▌ █ ▌ ■▐██ ▌ █ █▀ ▌ ▌ █▐▌ ▐▐▌ █ ▌█ ▐ ▐█ ▐ ▌▌ ▀ █▀ ▐ ▌▐█▐ ■ █ █ ▌ ▌ ▐██ ▐ The DVDR Releasing Standards Originally Written and Organized By: AUK . SOUL . JR . MAH . PURP . CONE ▐░ ░▌ ▄██▒ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▒██▄ ▄███░ ▄████████▒▓ ▓▒████████▄ ░███▄ █████▒ ▄██████████████▒▒▓ ▓▒▒██████████████▄ ▒█████ ▐██████▓▄████████████████████░▒▓▓ ▓▓▒░████████████████████▄▓██████▌ ▐██████████████▓▓▒▒░▀▀████████████░▒▒▓▓▒▒░████████████▀▀░▒▒▓▓██████████████▌ ▀███████████▓▒ ▀████████████████████████████▀ ▒▓███████████▀ ▀▀██████▓▒ ▀████████████████████████▀ ▒▓██████▀▀ ▀▀ ▀████████████████████▀ ▀▀ ▀████████████████▀ ▀▀████████▀▀ ▀▀▀▀