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<pre class="nfo">┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ │
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│ The federation of releasing groups presents │
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│ │
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│ The DivX Releasing Standards 2002 │
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│ │
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└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Requirements: Notepad with terminal font or other ascii viewer │
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├──────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┤
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│ └───[ INTRO ]───┘ │
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│ │
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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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│ Movie Length: │
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│ - PAL = min runtime is 105 minutes/CD │
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│ - FILM = min runtime is 110 minutes/CD │
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│ - NTSC = min runtime is 92 minutes/CD │
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│ TV-Series Episodes shall NOT be exempt from these rules.(See Series Notes)│
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│ These runtimes are scalable via the following equation: │
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│ N cd timeminimum = (N-1) * allowed_time where N is number of CDs and │
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│ allowable time applies to your format │
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│ (i.e. 4 cd FILM rip min = 110 x (4-1) = 330 minutes) │
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│ │
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│ Media usage is at Ripper's discretion, please use it │
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│ Releases should utilize at minimum 97% of total media capacity, however │
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│ an undersized release is not a technical flaw │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ AUDIO: │
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│ - MUST be MP3 or Studio AC3 (AC3 transcoding forbidden) │
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│ - MUST be STEREO for STEREO sources, MONO for MONO sources │
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│ (MONO audio as STEREO on source is considered a MONO source) │
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│ - MUST BE VBR! NO CBR MP3! │
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│ - VBR techniques; │
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│ strongly recommended to use --r3mix with LAME │
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│ ABR is considered a VBR technique │
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│ - AC3 MUST be used wisely and correctly │
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│ - AC3 MUST be interleaved at 64 or 96 ms │
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│ │
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│ VIDEO: │
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│ Keyframe: │
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│ - MUST be <=20 second and MUST be inserted according to scene │
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│ changes and framesizes as determined by the codec or encoding │
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│ application │
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│ │
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│ Framerate: │
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│ - MUST be as close to original source framerate as possible │
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│ │
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│ Codec: │
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│ - MUST be DivX 3.11 or XviD │
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│ - MUST use 2 pass technique during encoding! │
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│ - NO DUPES BASED ON CODEC TYPE, USE INTERNAL │
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│ │
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│ Resolution: │
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│ - Width: 512 - 640 pixels and MUST be a multiple of 16 │
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│ EXCEPTION: 4:3 FS sources may use a minimum resolution of 448 pixels │
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│ - Height: Must be a multiple of 16 │
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│ - Cropping is required │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Subs, Interactive Menus, Trailers: │
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│ - OPTIONAL (if and ONLY if all other requirements have been met) │
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│ - VOBSUB is the preferred format due to the fact it does not use │
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│ OCR, however, any format that displays with DVobSub is acceptable │
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│ - Subtitles may be MUXED with video stream, but may NOT be BURNED │
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│ into video stream │
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│ - Subtitles not muxed into video stream MUST be encapsulated in .rar │
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│ file with the MOST compression available and shall be contained in │
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│ the directory named 'Subs' and will NOT be packaged with main movie │
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│ .rars │
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│ - Subbed is preferred over dubbed │
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│ - Burned subtitles shall only be permissible when the source exhibits │
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│ forementioned subtitles in the picture itself (i.e. Subs in the │
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│ matte portion of the picture MUST be typed in a seperate file and │
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│ the frame shall be cropped) │
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│ - Subs on non English Movies MUST fit on CD with main movie, all other │
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│ optional subs SHOULD fit on CD │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Series Notes: │
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│ - Episodes shall not overlap on CDs (i.e. 2eps/CD, 4eps/CD is allowed │
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│ 1.5eps/CD is NOT) │
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│ - Episodes are not subject to the same scaling rules as cinematic │
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│ features and must obey forementioned rule │
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│ - Suggested media usage: 4x23min = 1CD, 2x45min = 1CD, 1x60 = 1CD │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Packaging: │
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│ - All releases must be AVI, not BIN/CUE. (see Notes Section) │
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│ - Must be packed with RAR, compression is NOT ALLOWED │
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│ and broken into 15 or 20 MB volumes │
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│ - Recovery record recommended │
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│ - Must have SFV │
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│ - Must have NFO │
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│ - NFO MUST INCLUDE: │
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│ Group name │
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│ Title │
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│ Actual DivX release date │
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│ DVD release date │
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│ US theater release date │
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│ Video size │
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│ Framesize/aspect ratio │
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│ Audio bitrate │
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│ Video bitrate │
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│ Movie runtime/length │
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│ IMDB/adultdvdempire link │
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│ Number of rars per cd (eg. 44x15MB) │
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│ Ripping Method │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Credits: │
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│ - Movie credits are preferred but CAN be cut in order to fit within 1 CD│
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│ (700 MB) if the movie length would exceed 110 minutes │
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│ - NOT required in the AVI itself │
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│ - NOT required in the NFO - it is 'recommended' to list the main few │
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│ characters as IMDB lists them │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Samples: │
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│ - REQUIRED │
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│ - 1 full minute in length (approximately 10 MB) and in separate folder │
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│ marked 'SAMPLE' │
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│ - MUST be taken from the movie - NOT encoded separately │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Propers: │
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│ - Propers are ONLY permitted in the case of a technical flaw with the │
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│ original release (i.e. Bad IVTC, Interlacing, etc.) │
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│ - Releases not nuked on release lists and/or sites MUST include │
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│ original sample of technical flaw │
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│ - Qualitative propers are not allowed, nor are propers based on │
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│ decisions made by a ripper (i.e. # of CDs, AC3 or MP3, etc.) │
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│ - Propers based upon the compliance with new instances of TDX │
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│ guidelines are also forbidden (i.e. older rips with 720px res) │
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│ - Subbed (in original movie language) propers dubbed (in any language) │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Directory Naming: │
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│ - Directory names shall NOT exceed 64 characters │
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│ - All releases are to include production year │
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│ - DO NOT indicate Ripping method (MM4/VM2/VBR/SBC and so on), │
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│ WS (widescreen), DVD/DivX release DATE, GENRE or anything else │
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│ in the directory name (ONLY within the NFO). │
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│ - Acceptable characters in naming a directory include (NO spaces or │
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│ double dots - single dots or underscores ONLY): │
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│ │
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│ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ │ │
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│ - All Release directories, regardless of year, shall be named according │
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│ to Movie.Name.Year.Source.Codec-Group, suggested naming for the movie │
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│ itself shall follow the same procedure │
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│ (i.e. Movie.Name.Year.Source.Codec-Group.avi, │
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│ Movie.Name.CD1.Year.Source.Codec-Group.avi). │
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│ │
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│ - Releases that are more than 1 CD will follow these specs: │
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│ - MUST be named CD1, CD2, CD3 and so on. ('disc1', etc will NOT be │
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│ allowed) │
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│ - There MUST be a SFV included for each CD │
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│ - Rars MUST be broken into 2 or more CD volumes. (78 rars of a 2 │
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│ disc title will NOT be tolerated) │
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│ │
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│ │
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└───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘
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┌───────┴┴────────────┬────────────────────────────┬────────────────┴┴───────┐
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│ └───[ NOTES TO THE RULES ]───┘ │
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│ │
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│ │
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│ Source related notes: │
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│ - Source Shall be DVD Only, no exceptions! │
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│ - DVD Screeners shall be clearly marked in the directory name and the │
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│ nfo shall contain presence of studio watermarking, or lack thereof │
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│ │
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│ Ripping related notes: │
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│ - Maximum VIDEO bitrates are covered by length rules. │
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│ - Movies should be ripped in their most widescreen format available. │
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│ - Multi-language AUDIO tracks are allowed │
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│ - Multiple languages should be interleaved into the AVI, with │
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│ a graphedit filter for each appropriate audio stream │
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│ - Movies that would ordinarily fit on one CD should not be made │
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│ into 2 CD releases on the basis of additional audio tracks │
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│ - Multi-language audio CANNOT be used as a basis for a dupe. │
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│ - Multi-language subtitles CANNOT be used as a basis for a dupe. │
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│ - AVI and not BIN/CUE: │
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│ - Some people burn to archive and play on a computer at a later │
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│ time, BUT since there is no outside purpose other than playing on │
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│ the computer, there is NO need to be packaged as BIN/CUE │
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│ - Group Watermarks WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN ANY CASE │
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│ - NO Intros, Outros, Betweenos, or any other form of defacement of the │
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│ movie will be tolerated │
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│ - Movie container MUST be AVI. OGG, OGM, MCF, Project Theora, MP4 are │
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│ all forbidden due to bugs and usability factors, maybe next year! │
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│ │
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└───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘
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┌───────┴┴────────────┬──────────────────────────┬──────────────────┴┴───────┐
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│ └───[ GROUPS & MEMBERS ]───┘ │
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│ │
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│ TDX 2002 revision was organized by: │
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│ - E.L. - V. - f3k - │
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│ │
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│ Respects to the original TDX, Team DivX, organizers: │
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│ - krazy8 - RipKord - Wuman - Lava - MaTaN - │
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│ │
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│ TDX 2002 has been approved by the following DivX groups: │
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│ - AEN - DOMiNiON - DVD-R - EPiSODE - EPiC - INCiTE - MDX - │
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│ - QiX - SChiZO - VCDVaULT - │
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│ │
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│ Also signed by: │
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│ SATELLiTE │
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│ │
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└───────┬┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬┬───────┘
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