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<pre class="nfo">┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ │
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│ The 720p x264 TV Releasing Standards 2008 │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Requirements: Notepad with terminal font or any other ascii viewer. │
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├──────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────────────┤
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│ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │
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│ │
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│ Well, the 2007 rules did a pretty decent job of getting us here, but given │
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│ the advances over the last year, it's time again to get together and bring │
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│ better quality to the scene. │
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│ │
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└───────┬┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘
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┌───────┴┴─────────────────┬───────────────────────┬─────────────────┴┴───────┐
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│ └───[ RELEASE RULES ]───┘ │
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│ │
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│ This document takes effect starting with shows airing 2008-04-20. │
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│ │
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│ Episode Sizing: │
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│ - 12:15 - 16:30 = 373MB │
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│ - 16:30 - 24:45 = 559MB │
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│ - 24:45 - 33:00 = 746MB │
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│ - 33:00 - 49:45 = 1119MB │
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│ - 49:45 - 66:15 = 1493MB │
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│ - 66:15 - 99:30 = 2239MB │
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│ - Other runtimes should be scaled to keep a minimum video bitrate of │
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│ 2700kbit/s at a multiple of 559 or 746MB. │
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│ - Releases must be no more than 2MB undersized and must be no more than │
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│ the even division of a 4479MB DVDR. For example, a 44:00 release must │
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│ be no more than 4479 * 1/4 = 1119.75 MB, and a 25:00 release must be │
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│ no more than 4479 * 1/6 = 746.5 MB. │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Audio: │
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│ - Must be original source audio, AC3 if available │
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│ - Re-encoding/transcoding audio is forbidden │
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│ - Dupes based on audio format are forbidden and should be tagged INTERNAL │
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│ - Sources with clipping audio will be considered a nuke │
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│ - Multi-language audio tracks are allowed. Multiple languages must be │
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│ muxed into the MKV. These languages must be identified in the container │
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│ when muxing. │
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│ - Audio that is 120ms or more out of sync or drifts more than 120ms │
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│ between any two points (e.g. needing -80 at one and +40 at another) is │
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│ considered to be technically flawed and may be propered │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Video: │
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│ - 720p sources are not to be resized. In the event of imperfections │
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│ lasting the majority of the episode, the release shall be cropped with │
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│ borders added to retain 1280x720 resolution │
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│ - 50/60fps 720p video such as sports must be dropped to 25/30fps │
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│ - 1080i/p sources are to be cropped and resized using sharp resizers such │
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│ as Lanczos/Lanczos4, Spline36, or Blackman. Bicubic is banned. │
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│ - Improper methods of IVTC that result in loss of half the fields │
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│ (SeparateFields.SelectEven, YV12InterlacedSelectTopFields) are banned │
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│ - Improper IVTC methods that result in jerky playback, such as Force │
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│ Film, are banned │
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│ - 1080i video sources must be deinterlaced with a smart deinterlacer such │
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│ as LeakKernelDeint. FieldDeinterlace is banned. │
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│ - Group watermarks of any kind on the video will not be tolerated │
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│ - Intros, outros, betweenos, or any other form of defacement of the │
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│ episode will not be tolerated │
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│ - Sources that sideconvert 1080i to 720p (such as Bell Expressvu) are │
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│ banned │
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│ - Upconverted sources must not be done as 720p.x264. See notes regarding │
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│ HR.PDTV.x264. │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Framerate: │
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│ - IVTC or deinterlacing must be applied as needed │
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│ - In rare cases PAL shows should be IVTC'd to 24fps. Therefore using a │
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│ PAL source is not an excuse for lack of IVTC. │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Codec/Container: │
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│ - Must be x264 │
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│ - Must use Matroska (.mkv) for container │
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│ - Stripping or falsifying encode information in the file header is banned │
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│ - Must be High Profile (MeGUI requires this to select some options) │
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│ - Custom Matrices are allowed │
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│ - Must be minimum 2 passes. The final pass must be done as one continuous │
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│ encode spanning the entire episode, i.e. may not be segmented. │
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│ - Deblocking must be used; values are at the discretion of the group but │
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│ must be the same between passes (default is enabled, 0:0 settings) │
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│ - Adaptive quantization must be used (enabled by default in builds >= │
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│ 805 from x264.nl) │
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│ - Chroma M.E. must be used (enabled by default) │
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│ - M.E. Algorithm (--me) must be Hexagon (hex) or better │
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│ - Subpixel refinement (--subme) must be 6 or 7 │
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│ - Keyframe interval (--keyint) must be at least 200 and at most 300. It │
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│ is recommended to be 10*framerate (film=240, PAL=250, NTSC=300). │
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│ - Min GOP Size (--min-keyint) must be at least 20 and at most 30. It is │
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│ recommended to be equal to the framerate (film=24, PAL=25, NTSC=30). │
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│ - Trellis (--trellis) must be 1 or higher │
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│ - Number of Reference Frames (--ref) must be 3 or higher │
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│ - CABAC must be used (enabled by default) │
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│ - Macroblock options (--partitions) must be default │
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│ ("p8x8,b8x8,i8x8,i4x4") or higher ("all") │
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│ - Adaptive DCT (--8x8dct) must be used │
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│ - Number of B-frames (--bframes) must be 3 or higher and must be the same │
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│ in both passes │
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│ - Adaptive B-Frames must be used (enabled by default) │
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│ - B-Pyramid (--b-pyramid) must be used in both passes │
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│ - Weighted B-Prediction (--weightb) must be used │
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│ - Bidirectional M.E. (--bime) must be used │
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│ - B Frame mode (--direct) must be set to Spatial (default) or Auto and │
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│ must be the same for both passes │
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│ - Suggested command lines: │
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│ x264.exe --pass 1 --bitrate #### --stats "some.stats" --threads auto │
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│ --keyint 240 --min-keyint 24 --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --me dia --subme 1 │
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│ --partitions none --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output NUL │
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│ "some.avs" │
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│ │
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│ x264.exe --pass 2 --bitrate #### --stats "some.stats" --threads auto │
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│ --keyint 240 --min-keyint 24 --ref 3 --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --bime │
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│ --weightb --subme 6 --trellis 1 --8x8dct --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim │
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│ --output "some.mkv" "some.avs" │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Resolution: │
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│ - 1280 x 720 │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Subs: │
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│ - Optional │
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│ - VOBSUB is the preferred format │
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│ - Subtitles must be muxed into the MKV. "Subs" directories are forbidden. │
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│ - Burned subtitles will only be allowed when the source exhibits │
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│ such subtitles in the picture itself │
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│ - Release muxed with subs must still adhere to the filesizes listed above │
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│ - Multi-language subtitles cannot be used as a basis for a dupe │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Packaging: │
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│ - All releases must be MKV │
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│ - Releases must be packed with RAR and broken into 50,000,000 byte RARs; │
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│ 100MB RARs are allowed for releases 2200MB and larger. │
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│ - Multi-episode releases should not be split │
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│ - Compression must not be used │
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│ - Recovery and MD5 record are optional │
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│ - Encryption or password protection is forbidden │
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│ - Must have SFV and NFO │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Credits/Previously On: │
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│ - Not required. Ripper's discretion. │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Samples: │
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│ - REQUIRED! │
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│ - Roughly sixty seconds length and in a separate folder marked as Sample │
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│ - Must be taken from the episode - not encoded separately │
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│ - Stream samples are recommended for any questionable issue with the │
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│ source, e.g. no IVTC possible, IVTC to 24.975fps, etc. │
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│ │
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│ Propers: │
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│ - Propers are only permitted in the case of a technical flaw in the │
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│ original release (e.g. Bad IVTC, Interlacing, missing footage, resizing │
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│ 720p source, bad crop, commercials, bad x264 settings used, bad source, │
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│ etc.) │
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│ - Sample of propered release is encouraged │
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│ - Proper reason must be stated in nfo │
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│ - Qualitative propers are not allowed │
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│ - Propers based upon the rules set forth here are allowed only on │
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│ releases that come after this document is made public │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Directory Naming: │
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│ - Show.Name.SXXEXX.720p.HDTV.x264-GROUP for normal series │
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│ - Show.Name.YYYY-MM-DD.720p.HDTV.x264-GROUP for sports/daily shows │
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│ - Show.Name.PartXX.720p.HDTV.x264-GROUP for miniseries │
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│ - ALL others are FORBIDDEN. (e.g 0x00 000 EXX.EP.TITLE) │
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│ - The use of audio format tags such as AAC, AC3, and AC3.x.x is FORBIDDEN │
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│ - READ.NFO is allowed; however, discretion is recommended │
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│ - PROPER.READ.NFO is NOT allowed. The NFO is REQUIRED to have a reason; │
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│ therefore, the tag is redundant. │
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│ - Other permitted tags are: PROPER, REPACK, RERIP, REAL, UNCUT, DUBBED, │
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│ SUBBED, INTERNAL │
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│ - Acceptable characters in naming a directory include (NO spaces or │
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│ double dots - single dots ONLY): │
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│ │
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│ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ │
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│ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz │
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└───────┬┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘
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┌───────┴┴───────────────┬────────────────────────────┬──────────────┴┴───────┐
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│ └───[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]───┘ │
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│ │
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│ HR.PDTV.x264: │
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│ - HR PDTV x264 encodes are allowed for shows airing on an HD channel but │
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│ that do not air in HDTV │
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│ - 4:3 resolution is 720x544, 16:9 resolution is 960x544 │
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│ - 16:9 shows must fill the screen on the source broadcast. Widescreen │
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│ shows letterboxed within a 4:3 frame within a 16:9 frame (aka │
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│ windowboxing or postage stamp) lack sufficient source resolution to │
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│ warrant releasing in an HR format. │
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│ - Releases must be cropped and resized as necessary │
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│ - Sizing is as follows: │
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│ Animation │
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│ 12:15 - 16:30 = 139MB │
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│ 16:30 - 24:45 = 186MB │
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│ 24:45 - 33:00 = 279MB │
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│ 33:00 - 49:45 = 373MB │
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│ 49:45 - 66:15 = 559MB │
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│ 66:15 - 99:30 = 746MB │
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│ Live action │
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│ 12:15 - 16:30 = 186MB │
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│ 16:30 - 24:45 = 279MB │
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│ 24:45 - 33:00 = 373MB │
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│ 33:00 - 49:45 = 559MB │
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│ 49:45 - 66:15 = 746MB │
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│ 66:15 - 99:30 = 1119MB │
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│ - All other standard rules apply │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Internals: │
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│ - All INTERNALS must follow TVx2642k8 rules apart from the time length │
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│ rules │
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│ - NOTE: INTERNAL dirfix is allowed as a basis of avoiding a nuke │
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│ The 720p x264 TV Releasing Standards 2008 (2008-04-17) │
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┌───────┴┴───────────────┬──────────────────────────┬────────────────┴┴───────┐
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│ └--------[ GROUPS ]--------┘ │
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│ │
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│ TVx2642k8 rules created by the following groups: │
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│ ──────────────────────────────────────────────── │
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│ 2HD aAF BiA CTU DHD E7 GOTHiC KuDoS │
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│ MirageTV ORENJi PiX TERRA YesTV │
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│ │
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└──┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──┘
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└----\ Thanks to the x264 developers for their assistance in /----┘
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└----\ determining the best mix of encode settings. /----┘
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└----\ Edited By n 2008. Respect goes to all x264 teams. /----┘ </pre>
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