Movie Posting Rules

[PorkChop]

When posting a movie, please include the following:

1. An image of the cover of the movie ( google is your friend )

2. A little bit of info on the movie ( http://imdb.com/ )

3. Please add the year to the title of the movie in which it was released and also if it's a DVD Rip or a Cam release as many have downloaded movies assuming its a DVD Rip to find out only that it was a Cam release

There are many many sources on the net to get a movie cover.

[PorkChop]

also, a little note to members making posts...

please leave out periods and underscores from titles...

Example:

American Pie (2007) <---- good

American.Pie (2007) <---- no good

[Killer Tomato]

Originally Posted by El PorkChop

When posting a movie, please include the following:

1. An image of the cover of the movie ( google is your friend )

2. A little bit of info on the movie ( http://imdb.com/ )

3. Please add the year to the title of the movie in which it was released and also if it's a DVD Rip or a Cam release as many have downloaded movies assuming its a DVD Rip to find out only that it was a Cam release

There are many many sources on the net to get a movie cover.

Some other things to add to El PorkChop's entry or to clarify:

1. Get the image from [http://images.google.com/] - just type in the title to search and make sure the image you choose actually works - two other sites to look for DVD covers are Amazon and MovieWeb

2. Don't just post the link - also post the plot/description. It shouldn't be essay length - just a line or two stating what the movie is about. Other sites to consider are AllMovies or even WikiPedia.
Both the link and plot are needed in your post - not just one or the other.

3. Enter the actual title - NOT what you 'think' it is.
A good example of this is AVP2 or Requiem or Alien vs Predator 2 or all the other variants you see.
THIS IS NOT THE TITLE - the 'real' title is:
AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem

When you visit the IMDB page for the movie just copy/paste what is in the top left corner after IMDb >
Doing this avoids any typos or misspelling plus also has the year all ready for posting. This is the title it was 'released' under.
Foreign films will have their 'real' titles here, not the name given for English markets. Those will be found about halfway down the page in the section Additional Details - Also Known As:
For example - the 1993 movie "Iron Monkey" was released as "Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau"
It would be 'nice' if you included the foreign name in your post title too but it isn't required. Just enclose it in brackets like this:

Iron Monkey [Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau] (1993) DVDRip

All titles should have the date released in (PARENTHESIS) with the quality after - DVDRip, CAM, R5, DVDScr, TS, VHS, TVRip, etc.

Post your release in the correct section - if it's ANYTHING other than a DVDRip it goes in the CAM/R5 section (we do give some leeway for Documentaries though - it's on a case-by-case basis - common sense should be exercised when posting).
All HD/Blu-Ray films go in that section of course.

NOTE: If you post something that CLEARLY hasn't been released on DVD as a DVDRip it will immediately be moved to the CAM/R5 section if it isn't just deleted or trashed instead. Just because someone on another forum posts it as such doesn't mean that it is. It's a LIE and they should be called out for posting such cr@p and having it spread on forums by the uninformed. Be a free thinker and not a sheep. Know what you're posting. Just copy/pasting other peoples uploads without knowing what it actually is can be hazardous to YOUR reputation. Once you post a lie everything you post afterwards will be subject to scrutiny as a lie too. Just don't do it.

[Killer Tomato]

Here are pirated movie release types along with respective sources, ranging from the lowest quality to the highest.

CAM
Quality issues make this an unpopular format. A copy made in a cinema using a camcorder, possibly mounted on a tripod. The sound source is the camera microphone. Cam rips can quickly appear online after the first preview or premiere of the film. The quality ranges from terrible to very good, depending on the group of persons performing the recording and the resolution of the camera used. The main disadvantage of this is the sound quality. The microphone does not only record the sound from the movie, but also the background sound in the cinema. The camera can also record movements of the audience in the theater, for instance, when someone stands up in front of the screen.

Telesync: TS
Contrary to popular belief, the video quality of a TS is not necessarily better than a cam. The term Telesync doesn't indicate better video quality but better audio quality. The CAM source is then synchronized with a secondary audio recording, either done with a professional microphone in an empty cinema (even though by Scene Rules this would be nuked since the audio is not direct, they are hard to tell the difference), fed directly from the cinema's sound system, or captured from an FM radio transmission intended for hearing-impaired customers. Often, a cam is mislabeled as a telesync.

PDVD
PDVD, also known as Pre-DVD, is a release type found mostly in India and/or for Indian movies, with Bollywood movies being the majority. Low quality CAM/TS releases in India put on a DVD and sold on the streets, which are ripped by some release groups and released as PDVD-rips. They are often mistaken for being DVD-rips, due to the name.

Workprint: WP
A copy made from an unfinished version of a film produced by the studio. Typically a workprint has missing effects and overlays, and often differ from its theatrical release. Some workprints have a time index marker running in a corner or on the top edge; some may also include a watermark. A workprint might be an uncut version, and missing some material that would appear in the final movie.

Screener: SCR, DVDSCR
These are early DVD or VHS releases of the theatrical version of a film, typically sent to movie reviewers, Academy members, and executives for review purposes. A screener normally has a message overlaid on its picture, with wording similar to: "The film you are watching is a promotional copy, if you purchased this film at a retail store please contact 1-800-NO-COPIES to report it." Apart from this, some movie studios release their screeners with a number of scenes of varying duration shown in black-and-white. Aside from this message, and the occasional B&W scenes, screeners are normally of only slightly lower quality than a retail DVD-Rip, due to the smaller investment in DVD mastering for the limited run. Some screener rips with the overlay message get cropped to remove the message and get released misslabled as DVD-Rips. Note: Screeners make a small exception here, since the content may differ from a retail version, it can be considered as lower quality than a DVD-Rip (even if the screener in question was sourced from a DVD).

Digital Distribution Copy: DDC
DDC is basically the same as a Screener, but sent digitally (email/ftp/http/etc.) to companies instead of via the postal system. This makes distribution cheaper. Its quality is lower than one of a R5 but higher than a Cam or a Telesync.

R5
The R5 is a retail DVD from region 5. Region 5 consists of Eastern Europe (former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia. R5 releases differ from normal releases in that they are a direct Telecine transfer of the film without any of the image processing. If the DVD does not contain an English-language audio track, the R5 video is synced to a previously released English audio track. Then a LiNE tag is added. This means that the sound often isn't as good as DVD-Rips.

Telecine: TC
Fairly rare; losing popularity due to R5 releases.
A copy captured from a film print using a machine that transfers the movie from its analog reel to digital format. These were rare because telecine machines for making these prints were very costly and very large, however, recently they have become much more common. Telecine has basically the same quality as DVD, since the technique is same as digitizing the actual film to DVD. However, the result is inferior since the source material is usually a lower quality copy reel. Telecine machines usually cause a slight left-right jitter in the picture and have inferior color levels compared to DVD.

DVDRip
A final retail version of a film, typically released before it is available outside its originating region. Often after one group of pirates releases a high-quality DVD-Rip, the "race" to release that film will stop. Because of their high quality, DVD-Rips generally replace any earlier copies that may already have been circulating.

DVDR
A final retail version of a film in DVD format. Usually a complete copy from the original DVD. If the original DVD is released in the DVD-9 format, extras might be removed and/or the video re-encoded to make the image fit the more common and less expensive (for burning) DVD-5 format. DVDR releases often follow DVD-Rips after a few hours. DVDRs will normally be larger files, (around 4.5GB). DVDRs contain the menus etc. Uncompressed copies are noted as DVD9, with only FBI and other copyright warnings removed. Untouched releases are 1:1 rips of the source, with nothing removed or changed.

HDTV or DS Rip
TVRip is a capture source from an analog capture card (coaxial/composite/s-video connection)
STV (Subscription TV Rip)
Digital stream rip (DSR) is a rip that is captured from a non standard definition digital source like satellite.
HDTV or PDTV rips often come from Over-the-Air transmissions. With an HDTV source, the quality can sometimes even surpass DVD. Movies in this format are starting to grow in popularity.
Analog, DSR, and PDTV sources are often re-encoded to 512×384 if fullscreen, 640×352 if widescreen. HDTV sources are re-encoded to multiple resolutions such as 640×352 (360p), 960×528 (540p), 1280×720 (720p) at various file sizes for pirated releases. In Europe, DVB-S is a method for recording from satellite decoders like SKY. They can be progressive scan captured or not (480i digital transmission).

BD/BR Rip: BDRip
Similar to DVD-Rip, only the source is a Bluray disc. A BD/BR Rip in DVD size often looks better than a same-size DVD rip because encoders have better source material.