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<pre class="nfo">This document is designed to resolve problems with dupes, propers, REAL_PROPERS, etc..
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and to ensure that only quality releases are released to the MV scene. The following
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groups have agreed to follow these guidelines:
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FSPViDZ GOD kvz MiLF mkv mv4U mv mVa mVi mVz pHViD rHViD SE wcs PmV
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Index
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1) Encoding
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2) Releasing
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a) Dirname/Filename
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b) Logos
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c) Concerts & Live Performances
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d) NFO
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3) Propers and dupes
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1) Encoding
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Four formats will be allowed: XViD, DIVX, SVCD and VCD.
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- This means that any other format, such as:
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XVCD, XSVCD, nVCD, DVDR/DVDS
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will not be allowed. If you must, keep them INTERNAL.
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VCD Audio: MPEG-1 Layer 2 44.1KHz 224kbps
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Replacing audio on VCD rips is RECOMMENDED,
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but not required.
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VCD Video: - PAL, 1150kbps CBR, 352x288, 25 fps.
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- NTSC, 1150kbps CBR, 352x240, 29.970 fps.
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- NTSC-FILM, 1150kbps CBR, 352x240, 23.967 fps. (via IVTC)
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SVCD Audio: Audio must be replaced on all SVCD music videos.
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Replacement audio must be from a CD, or from a high
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bitrate MP3 (192kbps+) ripped from a CD. All
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video soundeffects must be inserted into the replac-
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ement audio
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- If replacement audio *DOES NOT EXIST* for videos older than 1998,
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then you can release with normalised tv audio, AND, IF
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REPLACEMENT AUDIO BECOMES AVAILABLE, it can be PROPERED.
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- Vinyl ripped MP3s are not to be used. Replacing
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less-than-cd-quality with less-than-cd-quality is
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pointless.
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- Use uncensored audio. If you use censored audio,
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prepare to be propered.
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- Live rips (concerts, performances) use normalised audio
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from source. If source is 48KHz, downsample to 44.1KHz.
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SVCD Video: - PAL, Should be inverse 2:2 pulldown manually, if possible.
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(This is also known as manual-deinterlace). If this isn't
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possible on a regular vid the nfo MUST state why.
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- NTSC, Should be inverse 3:2 pulldown manually, if possible.
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(This is also known as IVTC).
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If 3:2 pulldown is not possible, then inverse 2:2 pulldown
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manually, if possible.
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(This is also known as manual-deinterlace)
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If none of the above methods is possible the nfo MUST state why.
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- Interlaced videos will not be allowed.
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- Video and audio bitrate MUST be within SVCD standard.
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- For maximum player compatibility, it is STRONGLY
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RECOMMENDED that the video bitrate does not exceed
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2496 kbps. - SVCD rips must not be ripped from VHS or SVHS source,
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due to the sub-SVCD specs of both formats.
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- VHS resolution (analogue) approx 240 lines of resolution.
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- SVHS resolution (analogue) approx 400 lines of resolution.
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- VCD resolution = 352x240(NTSC), 352x288(PAL)
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- SVCD resolution = 480x480(NTSC), 480x576(PAL)
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- VHS/SVHS is only sufficient for VCD rips. SVCD rips
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from VHS/SVHS must be kept INTERNAL.
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XViD Video: [standard Video]
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- Allowed codecs: Xvid 1.1+ or Divx6.1 +
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- Upsampling the horizontal resolution to maintain the vertical
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resolution is allowed.
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- Upsampling both the horizontal and vertical resolution from
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the source video is not allowed.
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- The width and the height of the video have to be a multiple of 16.
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- Maximum (PAL ) resolution is 720x576 @ 25fps
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- Maximum (NTSC) resolution is 720x480 @ 30fps
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- All videos MUST be manually deinterlaced / ivtc'd (if possible).
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- Maximum allowed average bitrate is 4000 kbps.
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- Maximum peak bitrate during any 1 second of video is 8000 kbps.
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- Interlaced encoding is NOT allowed.
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- GMC and QPEL are NOT allowed.
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- AVI pixel shape must be square.
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- Only the MPEG and H.263 quantization matrices are alowed.
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- No packed bitstream.
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- Key frames must be inserted every 10 seconds or less.
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- It is strongly recommended videos should encoded with 1 pass using
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a target quantizer setting of between 3 and 4 inclusive.
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- The DRF of the video should be below 8 inclusive.
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- For concerts or other performances which are long enough, the
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video must be made to fit on 1 or 2 cds (700meg) whilst still
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obaying the rules above, except for the minimum DRF.
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A 2 pass encode must always be used for this.
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[High Definition Video]
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- Source must have a horizontal resolution greater than 720 for
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progressive video, and a horizontal resolution greater than 1440
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for interlaced video.
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- Maximum resolution is 1280x720 @ 30fps
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- Progressive rips must be encoded at 1280x720 unless broadcast at
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a lower resolution.
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- Interlaced sources must be encoded at half resolution and must be
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deinterlaced by discarding the 2nd field (even/odd field deinterlace)
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(eg 1080i to be encoded at 960x544)
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- Maximum allowed bitrate is 4000kbps.
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- Maximum peak bitrate during any 1 second of video is 20000 kbps.
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Cropping and Aspect ratio
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- Letterboxed videos should be cropped to remove the black bars.
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- There is one exception to this: when there's an overlaping logo common
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sense should be used to decide whether to crop the entire black bar
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and thus cropping half of the logo, or cropping it completely.
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Propering on no or half cropped overlapping logos is NOT allowed.
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- Some videos contain variable aspect ratios. Crop as to not remove any
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of the picture throughout the video.
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- If black bars are still present in the video after cropping (due to
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permanent logos etc) they must be of equal size.
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- Encodes must be within 5% of the original aspect ratio.
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- Calculating AR % error: (Release - Original AR)/Original AR x 100
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XViD Audio: - Can be MP2, MP3 or AC3
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- MP2 must be used if no audio replacement exists and if the audio
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source contains MP2 audio. The audio can be normalised if the
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normalisation does not involve re-encoding the audio.
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- MP2 audio must be interleaved every frame with 500ms preloaded.
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- AC3 allowed only if it is 384 kbit+ and from a DVD/HDTV source.
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- AC3 must be untouched.
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- AC3 pre load 64/96ms of audio and interleave every 64/96ms.
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- MP3 audio must be used as audio replacement on normal videos.
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It must have a average minimum bit rate of 160kbit and must be
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either 44.1khz or 48khz.
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- CBR audio is prefered, however VBR audio will not be nuked. CBR audio
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is required for maximum hardware and software player compatability.
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- MP3 encodes must always be done with LAME
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(APS (--alt-preset standard) prefered for VBR)
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- MP3 audio must be interleaved every frame with 500ms preloaded.
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- Use uncensored audio
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- Sound effects contained in the source audio must be inserted into the
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replacement audio if missing.
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- If replacement audio *DOES NOT EXIST* for videos older than 1998, then
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you can release with normalised tv audio, AND, IF REPLACEMENT AUDIO
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BECOMES AVAILABLE,it can be PROPERED.
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- Vinyl ripped MP3s are not to be used. Replacing less-than-cd-quality
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with less-than-cd-quality is pointless.
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2) Releasing
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2a) Dirname/filename
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- Directory name is decided by the group. However, the following naming
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scheme is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED:
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Artist_name-Song_title-extra_info_here-FORMAT-YEAR-GRP
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Example:
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Britney_spears-Baby_one_more_time-Live_in_london_01_03-SVCD-2003-GRP
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- SFV and NFO are required.
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- The standard extension is .mpg for both VCD and SVCD releases. However,
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it doesn't matter, so groups decide to use .mpg or .m2v as extension.
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2b) Logos
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- Including an intro/outro is NOT RECOMMENDED. Advertisements in your
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videos is not what the MV scene is about... if you must spam, then
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do it your NFO file. However, intro/outro will not be banned, and
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propering a video with a logo will not be permitted.
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- Watermarking on videos is NOT ALLOWED. This is the same situation as
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intro/outro - nobody wants to stare at your spam while watching your
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rips. It's already bad enough that tv stations do it. Videos with
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watermarks can be propered.
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- For letterboxed videos, covering a TV station logo that is entirely
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in the letterbox is RECOMMENDED. However, propering because of
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tv-station-not-covered will not be permitted.
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2c) Concerts and Live Performances
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- Concerts involving one artist must be released as one release.
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This means, for example, that if you rip a concert of Linkin Park
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at the Royal Albert Hall, you CANNOT release each song as a release.
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- You should include the main introduction and any other introductions
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between songs, as the point in ripping a concert is to have a COMPLETE
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copy of the concert.
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- The ripper decides to rip as separate tracks or as full CDs.
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- If you rip as separate tracks, DO NOT PUT A LOGO ON EACH TRACK.
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Single-tracks ripped concerts should be packaged in ONE release,
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similar to a mp3 album:
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Artist-concert_title-svcd-2002-group/00-artist-concert_title.nfo
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Artist-concert_title-svcd-2002-group/00-artist-concert_title.sfv
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Artist-concert_title-svcd-2002-group/01-artist-introduction.mpg
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Artist-concert_title-svcd-2002-group/02-artist-song1.mpg
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Artist-concert_title-svcd-2002-group/03-artist-song2.mpg
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- If you rip as full CDs, it is recommended that you use multipass VBR
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to make it fit evenly on one or more CDs. Also package it as a BIN/CUE,
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and release it the same way VCDs are: 15mb rars, and a 1 minute sample:
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Artist-concert_title-svcd-2002-group/CD1
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Artist-concert_title-svcd-2002-group/CD2
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Artist-concert_title-svcd-2002-group/Sample
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Artist-concert_title-svcd-2002-group/nfo_file.nfo
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- Non-concert live performances with more than one song, such as those
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on TOTP, awards shows, etc. should be released as individual videos
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with any intermediate footage (interviews, presentations, etc.) cut
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out. Also, include the date and the name of the show in the dirname.
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- COMMERCIALS (such as Britney Spears' Pepsi) are not music videos, so
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they will not be allowed. Keep non music video rips INTERNAL.
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2d) NFO
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- Your NFO should contain:
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- Artist and Title
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- Format (VCD/SVCD, and PAL/NTSC/NTSC-FILM)
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- Video source
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- Audio source
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- Deinterlace type
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- Size
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- Genre (This is nice for sites with scripts that search NFOs for genre)
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- Video Year
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- Live videos MUST include the show it is from and the date it was aired.
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- If you are propering, you MUST include the reason for proper,
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and the name/date of the release being propered.
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- Other useful information to include in your NFO, optionally, is:
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- Length in min:sec
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- Bitrate of video and audio streams
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- Album name
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- Description of video
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- Fullscreen or Letterbox (FS or WS)
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- Source (Name of DVD or name of TV station)
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3) Propers and Dupes
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- Propering because of SLIGHT quality increase is not acceptable. If the original
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rip was very bad, then proper, but un-needed propers will be nuked!
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- PAL & NTSC
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- Releases of lower quality are dupes of higher quality, as decided by
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the following list, which is in order of lowest quality to highest:
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CONVERT TV-Rip, CONVERT DVD-Rip, NATIVE TV-Rip, NATIVE DVD-Rip
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- Native: This means progressive.
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- NTSC produced video is native to NTSC broadcasts, and PAL
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produced video is native to PAL broadcasts. Native NTSC
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broadcast means IVTC-able NTSC or progressive NTSC.
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Native PAL means progressive PAL.
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- Convert: This also means deinterlaced.
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- A PAL produced video, broadcast in NTSC, is converted before
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it's broadcasted. A NTSC produced video is converted to PAL
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before it's broadcasted. These converts cannot be reversed
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to progressive, and must be deinterlaced.
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Hence, it is not a good idea to release pal-ntsc converts of top 50 videos,
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because a native rip will be released.
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- Widescreen/fullscreen dupes will not be allowed. Keep WS/FS dupes INTERNAL.
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- The following are reasons for you to release a PROPER:
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- Desync
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- Incomplete
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- Improper inverse 3:2 or 2:2 pulldown
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- Lack of inverse 3:2 or 2:2 pulldown (if possible)
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- Incorrect Aspect Ratio
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- Out-of-spec rips
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- Massive frame drops
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- Very bad quality (includes low bitrate on high motion videos)
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- Rips without replaced audio (Concerts/performances excluded)
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- Poor quality replacement audio
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- Censored replacement audio
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- Missing more than 1 SFX (propers due to 1 SFX missing not needed)
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- Native video with correct picture aspect is broadcasted
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- Logo included more than once in a concert release
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- No manual deinterlacing/IVTC'ing when possible
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- Watermarked video
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- Bad cropping
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- Improper multiplexing (such as underflowed audio)
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- It is vitally important that you state which release you are propering
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and your reasons in your nfo, and as well make sure to put -proper- in
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your dirname.
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- It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that you demux SVCD/VCD with M2 edit, and remux
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with bbmpeg, to avoid improper multiplexing errors.
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- No propering of releases previous to MV COUNCIL will be allowed.
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If you want to release a better version of an OLD video, keep it INTERNAL !
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- No dupes based on resolution aspect ratio or video profile. </pre>
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