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<pre class="nfo"> High Definition x264 Standards
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Revision 3.1 :: 2008-12-20
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[ Intro ]
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For the past two and a bit months most groups have adapted to the new 3.0 rules which made the x264 scene more
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uniform. It is however time for a small addtion to the rules. With 3.1 compressed rars are no longer allowed as
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compressing h264 does not reduce the size much, it just makes extracting slower. We have also decided to
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keep all release compliant with Level 4.1 of the ITU-T h264 specification. With all releases L4.1 it should
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be no problem for hardware players to play them. Please refer to the latest ITU-T h264 specification which is
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detailed when it comes to levels, refs etc. instead of using random incorrect internet sources as reason for nuke.
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This rule set will target HDDVD and BluRay sourced 720p and 1080p movie and TV-show rips.
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[ Previous Releases ]
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These rules do not apply to previous releases, and propering for those reasons will not be tolerated.
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[ General ]
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1.1) Release must be packed in RAR. SFV and NFO must be included.
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1.2) Rars should be in multiples of 50 MiB, no more than 99 files.
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1.3) Compressed rars are not allowed.
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1.4) Release must be muxed into mkv container.
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1.5) NFO should contain information on Audio and Video Bitrate.
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1.6) BluRay and HDDVD Sources dupe each other.
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1.7) Suggested directory format:
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Movie.Name.YEAR.<720p/1080p>.BluRay.x264.<PROPER/READ.NFO/REPACK>-GROUP
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TV.Show.SxxExx.<720p/1080p>.BluRay.x264.<PROPER/READ.NFO/REPACK>-GROUP
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1.8) No intros, outros, betweenos, or any other form of defacement of the film will be tolerated.
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1.9) Credits must not be removed but can be encoded at a lower bitrate provided they
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don't contain any scenes (bloopers, story, etc).
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1.10) A sample roughly 60 seconds in length is required.
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1.10.1) It must be cut from the final release and not encoded separately.
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1.10.2) It must be put within a directory named "Sample".
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[ Audio ]
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2.1) Audio must be AC3, DTS or FLAC, preferably from source.
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DTS core must be extracted from a DTS HR/HD MA track.
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AC3 640 kbit, DTS 768 kbit and DTS 1536 kbit must be encoded from a higher bitrate source.
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Encoded DTS track must be decodeable by older hardware decoders.
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FLAC audio must be created from LPCM, DTS HD MA or TRUEHD sources.
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2.2) Audio bitrate must never be below 640 kbit, unless source only has lower bitrate audio track.
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2.3) All audio shall be 5.1 with correct channels, except in the case of stereo/mono only.
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2.4) Release must only contain one audio track muxed into the mkv container, unless original language isn't english.
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2.4.1) Original language audio track or English dubbed track must be used.
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2.4.1.1) English dubbed movie without original audio track must be tagged -DUBBED-.
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2.4.1.2) DUBBED release only allowed if no release with secondary English dubbed audio track exists.
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2.4.2) If original language is not English:
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2.4.2.1) English Subtitles must be included.
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2.4.2.2) English dub is allowed as a secondary audio track.
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[ Video ]
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3.1) If needed, appropriate de-interlacing and ivtc must be applied.
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3.2) Must use a minimum encode of 2 passes.
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3.3) Width of release must be mod 16. Height of release must be mod 8.
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3.4) Crop the black borders from the source. Crop to the widest frame possible.
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3.4.1) Resizing is not allowed on 1080p encodes. Either crop to closest mod8/mod16 without overcropping, or crop().addborders()
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3.5) Use the same aspect ratio as the source, not what IMDB or cover says.
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3.6) Custom Matrices are allowed.
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3.7) VfW (Video for Windows) is not allowed.
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3.8) x264 version used must be at least 999 and no more than 50 revisions from newest.
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3.9) Level 4.1 must be respected.
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3.10) --deblock must be enabled.
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--aq-mode must be enabled.
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--bframes 3 or higher is required.
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--ref 5 or higher is required unless the vertical resolution is greater than 864, then 4 must be used to respect L4.1.
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--me umh or higher is required.
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--subme 7 or higher is required.
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--trellis 1 or higher is required.
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3.11) 720p refers to a MAXIMUM resolution of 1280x720.
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3.11.1) For aspect ratio equal or above 1.78 horizontal resolution must be 1280.
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e.g. AR of 2.35:1 will be 1280x544.
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3.11.2) For aspect ratio lower than 1.78 vertical resolution must be 720.
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e.g. AR of 1.33:1 will be 960x720.
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3.12) 1080p refers to a MAXIMUM resolution of 1920x1080.
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3.12.1) For aspect ratio equal or above 1.78 horizontal resolution must be 1920.
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e.g. AR of 2.35:1 will be 1920x816.
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3.12.2) For aspect ratio lower than 1.78 vertical resolution must be 1080.
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e.g. AR of 1.33:1 will be 1440x1080.
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3.13) Video bitrate should be as follows:
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3.13.1) 720p - Minimum 4000 kbit, maximum 8000 kbit. Minimum bitrate for animation is 2300 kbit.
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3.13.2) 1080p - Minimum 8000 kbit, maximum 14000 kbit, though not more than source-2000kbit. Minimum bitrate for animation is 5000 kbit.
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[ Subtitles ]
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4.1) Subtitles must be in a text-based format and muxed into the mkv container.
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4.2) Subtitles must not be burned into the video stream.
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4.3) Multi-language subtitles cannot be used as a basis for a dupe.
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4.4) "Subs" directories are forbidden.
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[ Total Size ]
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5.1) Final mkv file size in MiB (1048576 bytes) must be:
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Multiples of 2240
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DVD5/x (1493, 1120, etc.)
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8140, 2713
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In addition, 3360 and 4070 are allowed for 1080p tv.
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5.2) A max undersize of 40 MiB can be tolerated.
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5.3) Propering a release that could have been a larger size is not allowed, unless below minimum bitrate.
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[ Suggested encode settings ]
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6.1) First pass:
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x264.exe --pass 1 --level 4.1 --stats .stats --bitrate 4000 --threads auto --bframes 3 --me dia --ref 1 --subme 1 --no-dct-decimate --partitions none --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL movie.avs
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6.2) Second pass:
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x264.exe --pass 2 --level 4.1 --stats .stats --bitrate 4000 --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 movie.mkv movie.avs
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[ Signed By (in alphabetic order) ]
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1920, BestHD, CiNEFiLE, CLASSiC, CULTHD, CYBERMEN, DEFiNiTE, HALCYON, HANGOVER, HDEX, HDMI,
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hV, iKA, Japhson, ORPHEUS, REAVERS, SECTOR7, SEPTiC, SiNNERS, SUNSPOT, TiMELORDS, VOA
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[ These rules apply from 2009-01-01 00:00:00 GMT (1230768000 unixtime) ]
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[ Change Log ]
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+ = added
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- = removed
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* = changed
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3.1:
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+ 1.3: Compressed rars are not allowed.
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+ 3.9: Level 4.1 must be respected.
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* 3.10: --ref must now respect L4.1, not just allow it.
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</pre>
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