<s>
Standards	O
in	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
are	O
defined	O
by	O
groups	B-Application
of	O
people	O
who	O
have	O
been	O
involved	O
in	O
its	O
activities	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
and	O
have	O
established	O
connections	O
to	O
large	O
groups	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
people	O
form	O
a	O
committee	O
,	O
which	O
creates	O
drafts	O
for	O
approval	O
of	O
the	O
large	O
groups	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outside	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
,	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
p2p	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
global	O
rules	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
,	O
although	O
some	O
groups	B-Application
and	O
individuals	O
could	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
internal	O
guidelines	O
they	O
follow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
warez	B-Application
distribution	O
,	O
all	O
releases	O
must	O
follow	O
these	O
predefined	O
standards	O
to	O
become	O
accepted	O
material	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
draft	O
has	O
been	O
e-signed	O
by	O
several	O
bigger	O
groups	B-Application
,	O
it	O
becomes	O
ratified	O
and	O
accepted	O
as	O
the	O
current	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
groups	B-Application
are	O
expected	O
to	O
know	O
and	O
follow	O
the	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
standards	O
document	O
usually	O
defines	O
the	O
format	O
properties	O
for	O
the	O
material	O
,	O
like	O
codec	B-General_Concept
,	O
bitrate	O
,	O
resolution	O
,	O
file	O
type	O
and	O
file	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creators	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
usually	O
do	O
comprehensive	O
testing	O
to	O
find	O
optimal	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
and	O
settings	O
for	O
sound	O
and	O
video	O
to	O
maximize	O
image	O
quality	O
in	O
the	O
selected	O
file	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
are	O
usually	O
tested	O
annually	O
to	O
check	O
if	O
any	O
offer	O
any	O
conclusive	O
enhancement	O
in	O
quality	O
or	O
compression	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
releases	O
using	O
the	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
encoder	O
must	O
use	O
the	O
two-pass	O
encoding	O
method	O
,	O
which	O
takes	O
twice	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
pass	O
,	O
but	O
achieves	O
much	O
higher	O
quality	O
;	O
similarly	O
,	O
DVD-R	O
releases	O
that	O
must	O
be	O
re-encoded	O
often	O
use	O
6	O
or	O
8	O
passes	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
best	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
CloneCD	B-Application
can	O
only	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
computers	I-Application
,	O
and	O
these	O
formats	O
are	O
generally	O
not	O
chosen	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allowed	O
package	O
formats	O
today	O
are	O
limited	O
to	O
RAR	O
and	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
,	O
of	O
which	O
the	O
latter	O
is	O
used	O
only	O
in	O
0-day	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sizes	O
of	O
the	O
archives	O
within	O
the	O
distributed	O
file	O
vary	O
from	O
the	O
traditional	O
3½	O
"	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
(	O
1.44	O
MB	O
)	O
or	O
extra-high	B-Device
density	I-Device
disk	O
(	O
2.88	O
MB	O
)	O
to	O
5	B-Application
MB	O
,	O
15	O
MB	O
(	O
typical	O
for	O
CD	B-Application
images	I-Application
)	O
or	O
20	O
MB	O
(	O
typical	O
for	O
CD	B-Application
images	I-Application
of	O
console	O
releases	O
)	O
,	O
50	O
MB	O
files	O
(	O
typical	O
for	O
DVD	B-Application
images	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
100	O
MB	O
(	O
for	O
dual-layer	O
DVD	B-Application
images	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
measurements	O
are	O
not	O
equivalent	O
to	O
traditional	O
measurement	O
of	O
file	O
size	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
1024	O
KB	O
to	O
a	O
MB	O
,	O
1024	O
MB	O
to	O
a	O
GB	O
)	O
;	O
in	O
a	O
typical	O
DVD	O
release	O
,	O
each	O
RAR	O
file	O
is	O
exactly	O
50,000,000	O
bytes	B-Application
,	O
not	O
52,428,800	O
bytes	B-Application
(	O
50	O
megabytes	O
in	O
binary	O
prefix	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movies	O
and	O
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
are	O
already	O
compressed	B-Application
with	O
near	O
maximum	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP3	B-Application
and	O
music	O
video	O
releases	O
are	O
an	O
exception	O
in	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
not	O
packaged	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
archive	O
like	O
almost	O
all	O
other	O
sections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
scripts	O
can	O
read	O
ID3	O
information	O
from	O
MP3s	B-Application
and	O
sort	O
releases	O
based	O
on	O
those	O
contents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
FTP	B-Protocol
servers	O
,	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
or	O
file	B-Application
systems	I-Application
may	O
not	O
allow	O
special	O
characters	O
in	O
file	O
or	O
directory	O
names	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
small	O
set	O
of	O
characters	O
is	O
allowed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ç	O
replaced	O
by	O
c	O
)	O
or	O
these	O
characters	O
are	O
omitted	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
apostrophe	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
BDR	O
scene	B-Application
also	O
does	O
n't	O
allow	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
underscore	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Square	O
brackets	O
are	O
n't	O
defined	O
in	O
any	O
ruleset	O
,	O
however	O
they	O
are	O
used	O
by	O
p2p	O
groups	B-Application
that	O
do	O
not	O
follow	O
these	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
typically	O
follows	O
the	O
UTC	O
time	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
geographical	O
location	O
and	O
the	O
timing	O
of	O
releases	O
,	O
release	O
sites	B-Application
receive	O
software	O
releases	O
at	O
slightly	O
different	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
times	O
in	O
any	O
single	O
source	B-Library
may	O
vary	O
by	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
two	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
group	B-Application
violates	O
a	O
standard	O
,	O
the	O
release	O
will	O
be	O
nuked	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
group	B-Application
will	O
often	O
proper	O
the	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
proper	O
usually	O
requires	O
a	O
sample	O
or	O
a	O
detailed	O
explanation	O
to	O
prove	O
the	O
flaw	O
in	O
the	O
material	O
,	O
unless	O
the	O
flaw	O
was	O
clear	O
enough	O
for	O
the	O
release	O
to	O
be	O
nuked	B-Application
at	O
releasing	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
standards	O
to	O
release	O
movies	O
,	O
TV	O
show	O
episodes	O
and	O
other	O
video	O
material	O
to	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VCD	O
releases	O
use	O
the	O
less	O
efficient	O
MPEG-1	O
format	O
,	O
are	O
low	O
quality	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
back	O
on	O
most	O
standalone	O
DVD	B-Device
players	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
SVCD	O
releases	O
use	O
MPEG-2	O
encoding	O
,	O
have	O
half	O
the	O
video	O
resolution	O
of	O
DVDs	O
and	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
played	O
back	O
on	O
most	O
DVD	B-Device
players	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
DivX	B-Application
,	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
,	O
H.264/MPEG	B-Application
-4	I-Application
AVC	I-Application
and	O
recently	O
HEVC	B-Algorithm
releases	O
use	O
the	O
much	O
more	O
efficient	O
MPEG	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Generally	O
,	O
only	O
middle	O
to	O
top-end	O
DVD	B-Device
players	I-Device
can	O
play	O
back	O
DivX	B-Application
or	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
files	O
,	O
while	O
Blu-ray	O
players	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
handle	O
H.264	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
different	O
formats	O
because	O
the	O
whole	O
thing	O
was	O
always	O
a	O
function	O
of	O
players	O
,	O
codec	B-General_Concept
development	O
and	O
the	O
pursuit	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
possible	O
quality	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Scene	B-Application
still	O
holds	O
on	O
to	O
this	O
format	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
becoming	O
less	O
important	O
due	O
to	O
Blu-rays	O
being	O
the	O
main	O
source	B-Library
for	O
retail	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scene	B-Application
rules	O
require	O
the	O
releasing	O
group	B-Application
to	O
spread	O
theatrical	O
VCDs	O
in	O
.bin/.cue	B-Application
files	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
burned	O
on	O
a	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	B-Library
of	O
these	O
theatrical	O
releases	O
is	O
typically	O
analog	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
CAM	O
,	O
telecine	B-Application
or	O
telesync	B-Application
releases	O
(	O
movies	O
recorded	O
by	O
a	O
camera	O
in	O
theatres	O
,	O
often	O
with	O
external	O
audio	O
sources	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scene	B-Application
VCDs	O
popped	O
up	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
but	O
digital	O
unlicensed	O
versions	O
of	O
films	O
already	O
appeared	O
in	O
early	O
1997	O
on	O
private	O
FTP	B-Protocol
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eviliso	O
,	O
VCD-Europe	O
,	O
FTF	O
and	O
Immortal	O
VCD	O
are	O
groups	B-Application
that	O
have	O
released	O
VCD	O
movies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
there	O
were	O
15	O
to	O
20	O
groups	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
its	O
low	O
quality	O
,	O
VCD	O
releases	O
declined	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
SVCD	O
and	O
XviD	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scene	B-Application
rules	O
require	O
the	O
releasing	O
group	B-Application
to	O
spread	O
SVCDs	O
in	O
.bin/.cue	B-Application
files	O
,	O
that	O
fit	O
on	O
700	O
MiB	O
CDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
source	B-Library
is	O
sometimes	O
analog	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Cam	O
,	O
Telecine	B-Application
or	O
telesync	B-Application
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
R5	O
,	O
DVDSCR	O
or	O
retail	O
DVD	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
SVCD	O
source	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advantage	O
of	O
SVCD	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
any	O
standalone	O
DVD	B-Device
player	I-Device
,	O
but	O
when	O
DivX-capable	O
players	O
are	O
taking	O
over	O
the	O
market	O
and	O
more	O
bandwidth	O
becomes	O
available	O
to	O
download	O
DVDRs	O
,	O
SVCD	O
became	O
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
stream	O
of	O
SVCD	O
releases	O
from	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
died	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	B-Device
definition	I-Device
rips	O
have	O
a	O
resolution	O
that	O
is	O
lower	O
than	O
high-definition	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
TXD	O
and	O
TDX	O
standards	O
Date	O
Standard	O
2000-04-26	O
TDX	O
The	O
first	O
ruleset	O
for	O
the	O
DivX/Xvid	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coordination	O
done	O
by	O
iSONEWS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DivX	B-Application
codec	I-Application
originally	O
gained	O
popularity	O
because	O
it	O
provided	O
a	O
good	O
compromise	O
between	O
film	O
quality	O
and	O
file	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Approximately	O
25%	O
of	O
the	O
space	O
occupied	O
by	O
DVD	O
is	O
enough	O
for	O
a	O
DivX	B-Application
encode	O
to	O
have	O
DVD	O
quality	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
standards	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
meetings	O
and	O
debates	O
of	O
Team	O
DivX	B-Application
(	O
TDX	O
)	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
group	B-Application
consisted	O
of	O
the	O
leaders	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
5	B-Application
DivX	B-Application
releasing	B-Application
groups	I-Application
,	O
topsite	B-Application
operators	O
along	O
with	O
rippers	O
and	O
encoders	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
formed	O
because	O
they	O
thought	O
"	O
the	O
new	O
Div/X	O
scene	B-Application
was	O
a	O
bit	O
unmoderated	O
,	O
sloppy	O
and	O
pretty	O
much	O
a	O
free-for-all.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
iSONEWS	B-Application
published	O
the	O
first	O
standards	O
on	O
April	O
26	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earlier	O
,	O
on	O
March	O
16	O
,	O
the	O
database	O
started	O
to	O
carry	O
a	O
DivX	B-Application
section	O
on	O
their	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
week	O
later	O
Betanews	O
noticed	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
then	O
recently	O
released	O
DivX	B-Application
codec	I-Application
throughout	O
IRC	O
channels	O
and	O
asked	O
whether	O
this	O
was	O
a	O
new	O
threat	O
to	O
DVD	O
after	O
the	O
DeCSS	O
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2001	O
revision	O
of	O
the	O
standards	O
were	O
organized	O
by	O
different	O
people	O
from	O
iSONEWS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consisted	O
of	O
15	O
groups	B-Application
and	O
signed	O
by	O
18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
once	O
generally	O
accepted	O
TDX2002	O
ruleset	O
requires	O
movie	O
releases	O
to	O
contain	O
a	O
DivX	B-Application
3.11	O
or	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
encoded	O
video	O
stream	O
with	O
an	O
MP3	B-Application
or	O
AC3	O
encoded	O
audio	O
stream	O
in	O
an	O
AVI	O
container	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2002	O
,	O
around	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
TDX2K2	O
ruleset	O
,	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
releases	O
started	O
to	O
pop	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DivX	B-Application
with	O
SBC	B-Algorithm
was	O
retired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VCDVaULT	O
was	O
the	O
pioneer	O
in	O
promoting	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
to	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thereafter	O
they	O
found	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
info	O
groups	B-Application
put	O
into	O
the	O
NFO	O
inexcusable	O
:	O
It	O
is	O
n't	O
only	O
about	O
the	O
flashy	O
ASCII	O
art	O
,	O
the	O
content	O
matters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
all	O
DivX	B-Application
codecs	I-Application
are	O
banned	O
in	O
this	O
new	O
ruleset	O
,	O
TDX	O
became	O
TXD	O
:	O
The	O
XviD	B-Algorithm
Releasing	O
Standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
efficient	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
AVC	B-Application
and	O
AAC	B-Application
have	O
not	O
been	O
adopted	O
yet	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
still	O
being	O
pushed	O
by	O
some	O
release	O
groups	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
few	O
standalone	O
DVD	B-Device
players	I-Device
support	O
these	O
formats	O
yet	O
,	O
and	O
cross-platform	O
playback	O
is	O
an	O
important	O
consideration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
MPEG-4	O
playback	O
capabilities	O
in	O
standalone	O
DVD	B-Device
players	I-Device
was	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
huge	O
amount	O
of	O
TDX-compliant	O
movie	O
material	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
CD	O
releases	O
are	O
n't	O
necessary	O
anymore	O
,	O
but	O
most	O
release	O
groups	B-Application
keep	O
following	O
the	O
tradition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reason	O
for	O
lowering	O
the	O
resolution	O
is	O
that	O
some	O
cheap	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
players	O
do	O
n't	O
fully	O
support	O
resolutions	O
above	O
640px	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pixel	B-Device
aspect	I-Device
ratio	I-Device
goes	O
bad	O
and	O
makes	O
the	O
movie	O
unwatchable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
points	O
made	O
in	O
the	O
rebuttal	O
are	O
too	O
hard	O
to	O
enforce	O
,	O
while	O
still	O
being	O
backed	O
by	O
the	O
releasing	B-Application
groups	I-Application
,	O
or	O
that	O
the	O
TXD	O
is	O
mainly	O
meant	O
for	O
retail	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XviD	B-Algorithm
used	O
for	O
standard	B-Device
definition	I-Device
English	O
television	O
releases	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
ruleless	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
2002	O
a	O
ruleset	O
for	O
VCD	O
,	O
SVCD	O
and	O
DivX/Xvid	O
tries	O
to	O
cover	O
up	O
the	O
mess	O
a	O
little	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SDTV	B-Device
,	O
PDTV	B-Device
,	O
HDTV	B-Device
and	O
their	O
dupe	O
rules	O
were	O
being	O
defined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuking	O
had	O
always	O
been	O
an	O
issue	O
in	O
the	O
TV	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
a	O
document	O
was	O
released	O
that	O
"	O
intended	O
to	O
bring	O
a	O
level	O
playing	O
field	O
to	O
the	O
TV-XviD	O
scene	B-Application
and	O
attempt	O
to	O
put	O
down	O
some	O
rules	O
to	O
end	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
controversy	O
that	O
has	O
plagued	O
us	O
in	O
recent	O
years	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
a	O
draft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
introduction	O
of	O
HDTV	B-Device
and	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
high-definition	O
source	B-Library
material	O
has	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
video	O
files	O
that	O
exceed	O
the	O
maximum	O
allowed	O
resolution	O
by	O
the	O
TDX	O
rules	O
,	O
which	O
anticipated	O
DVD-Video	O
rips	O
as	O
the	O
ultimate	O
source	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
usually	O
tagged	O
as	O
HR	O
HDTV	B-Device
and	O
use	O
half	O
the	O
resolution	O
of	O
1080i	O
(	O
960	O
×	O
540	O
px	O
,	O
vertically	O
cropped	O
to	O
528	O
or	O
544	O
px	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
releases	O
also	O
use	O
a	O
resolution	O
of	O
1024	O
×	O
576	O
px	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
proper	O
aspect	B-Device
ratio	I-Device
of	O
16:9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Occasionally	O
,	O
shows	O
(	O
usually	O
animated	O
shows	O
)	O
aired	O
in	O
standard	B-Device
definition	I-Device
(	O
PDTV	B-Device
)	O
are	O
often	O
uploaded	O
as	O
HR	O
(	O
high	O
resolution	O
)	O
PDTV	B-Device
using	O
the	O
H264	B-Application
codec	B-General_Concept
which	O
offers	O
much	O
better	O
compression	O
than	O
XviD	B-Algorithm
,	O
allowing	O
a	O
higher	O
resolution	O
in	O
a	O
file	O
the	O
same	O
size	O
as	O
an	O
XviD	B-Algorithm
encoded	O
video	O
using	O
a	O
standard	B-Device
definition	I-Device
source	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
standard	B-Device
definition	I-Device
ruleset	O
for	O
retail	O
sources	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
81	O
groups	B-Application
signed	O
the	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
20	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
appearance	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
draft	O
,	O
the	O
SD	B-Device
x264	B-Language
TV	O
Release	O
Standards	O
document	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
to	O
bring	O
quality	O
control	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
SD	B-Device
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
document	O
x264	B-Language
has	O
become	O
the	O
most	O
advanced	O
H264	B-Application
video	O
encoder	O
and	O
compared	O
to	O
XviD	B-Algorithm
it	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
provide	O
higher	O
quality	O
and	O
compression	O
at	O
greater	O
SD	B-Device
resolutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
container	O
must	O
be	O
MP4	O
and	O
AAC	B-Application
is	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thirteen	O
groups	B-Application
,	O
ASAP	O
,	O
BAJSKORV	O
,	O
C4TV	O
,	O
D2V	O
,	O
DiVERGE	O
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
KYR	O
,	O
LMAO	O
,	O
LOL	O
,	O
MOMENTUM	O
,	O
SYS	O
,	O
TLA	O
and	O
YesTV	O
signed	O
the	O
document	O
and	O
began	O
releasing	O
TV	O
shows	O
in	O
the	O
new	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FQM	O
and	O
2HD	O
indicated	O
they	O
will	O
keep	O
releasing	O
XviD	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
2HD	O
agrees	O
and	O
a	O
vocal	O
minority	O
of	O
the	O
torrent	B-Protocol
community	O
is	O
quite	O
upset	O
because	O
the	O
MP4	O
container	O
is	O
n't	O
compatible	O
with	O
many	O
DVD	B-Device
players	I-Device
and	O
other	O
devices	O
,	O
but	O
most	O
scene	B-Application
groups	B-Application
do	O
n't	O
really	O
care	O
about	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softpedia	O
writer	O
Lucian	O
Parfeni	O
called	O
this	O
interesting	O
phenomenon	O
the	O
angry	O
pirate	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
users	O
are	O
very	O
disappointed	O
about	O
the	O
move	O
,	O
though	O
quite	O
a	O
few	O
have	O
no	O
idea	O
why	O
it	O
happened	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
time	O
22	O
groups	B-Application
supported	O
the	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP4Box	O
became	O
the	O
recommended	O
muxer	B-Architecture
because	O
it	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
file	O
streaming	O
and	O
playing	O
from	O
RARs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
encoding	O
audio	O
,	O
FFmpeg	B-Library
and	O
FAAC	B-Operating_System
encoders	B-General_Concept
are	O
banned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2HD	O
announced	O
on	O
April	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
abandoning	O
XviD	B-Algorithm
as	O
show	O
seasons	O
end	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
this	O
changed	O
to	O
only	O
the	O
seasons	O
of	O
the	O
bigger	O
shows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
month	O
after	O
2HD	O
's	O
first	O
announcement	O
FQM	O
released	O
their	O
first	O
x264	B-Language
rip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
3	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
SD	B-Device
x264	B-Language
TV	O
Release	O
Standard	O
was	O
updated	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
revision	O
that	O
"	O
aims	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
standards	O
from	O
2012	O
to	O
standards	O
suitable	O
for	O
2016	O
and	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
24	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
five	O
groups	B-Application
released	O
the	O
first	O
rule	O
set	O
specifically	O
designed	O
for	O
x264	B-Language
sport	O
releases	O
:	O
TXSRS2K9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
x264	B-Language
encoder	O
would	O
be	O
more	O
suitable	O
than	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
days	O
after	O
previewing	O
the	O
rule	O
set	O
,	O
a	O
rebuttal	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
concerns	O
about	O
the	O
decisions	O
made	O
and	O
them	O
being	O
in	O
conflict	O
with	O
the	O
high	O
definition	O
TV-X264	O
rule	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aAF	O
called	O
the	O
rules	O
unofficial	O
nonsense	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
respected	O
groups	B-Application
would	O
not	O
be	O
following	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
NOsegmenT	O
and	O
KICKOFF	O
have	O
released	O
standard	B-Device
definition	I-Device
x264	B-Language
sport	O
rips	O
under	O
these	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
a	O
rule	O
set	O
for	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
sports	O
releases	O
appeared	O
:	O
TXSRS10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
aim	O
is	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
overall	O
quality	O
of	O
sports	O
releases	O
while	O
retaining	O
the	O
compatibility	O
that	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
provides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
should	O
bring	O
standardization	O
and	O
get	O
rid	O
of	O
restrictions	O
applicable	O
to	O
the	O
ruleless	O
world	O
of	O
TV-XVID	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twelve	O
groups	B-Application
signed	O
the	O
standards	O
,	O
including	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
five	O
of	O
the	O
x264	B-Language
rule	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SD	B-Device
x264	B-Language
TV	O
Releasing	O
Standards	O
2012	O
also	O
cover	O
sport	O
releases	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
previous	O
standards	O
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
High	O
Definition	O
x264	B-Language
Standard	O
is	O
Revision	O
4.0	O
from	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
ruleset	O
targets	O
HD	B-Operating_System
DVD	I-Operating_System
and	O
Blu-ray	O
sourced	O
720p	O
and	O
1080p	O
movie	O
and	O
TV-show	O
rips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
releases	O
are	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
Matroska	O
.mkv	O
container	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
x264	B-Language
encoder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
different	O
for	O
Xvid	B-Algorithm
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
second	O
ruleset	O
from	O
2008	O
for	O
x264	B-Language
releases	O
that	O
has	O
many	O
similarities	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
one	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
concentrates	O
on	O
BD5	O
and	O
BD9	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
document	O
reads	O
that	O
anime	O
was	O
always	O
something	O
special	O
for	O
the	O
video	O
codec	B-General_Concept
experts	O
at	O
Doom9	O
,	O
as	O
without	O
anime	O
there	O
would	O
n't	O
be	O
VirtualDub	B-Application
or	O
many	O
other	O
video-related	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
French	O
scene	B-Application
had	O
rules	O
for	O
anime	O
releases	O
years	O
earlier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
x264	B-Language
scene	B-Application
,	O
many	O
people	O
think	O
WMV-HD	O
is	O
redundant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
authors	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
document	O
think	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
true	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
compatibility	O
WMV-HD	O
provides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
write	O
that	O
the	O
only	O
reason	O
many	O
people	O
are	O
against	O
WMV-HD	O
,	O
is	O
because	O
WMV	B-Device
is	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
they	O
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
HTPCs	O
while	O
x264	B-Language
is	O
restricted	O
to	O
HTPCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
point	O
out	O
that	O
many	O
movie	O
studios	O
utilize	O
the	O
VC-1	B-Operating_System
codec	B-General_Concept
for	O
their	O
retail	O
BD-ROMs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
2008	O
ruleset	O
were	O
made	O
because	O
1080p	O
was	O
getting	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
popular	O
and	O
the	O
authors	O
felt	O
it	O
was	O
necessary	O
to	O
lower	O
the	O
720p	O
bitrate	O
minimum	O
as	O
well	O
to	O
show	O
x264	B-Language
lovers	O
WMV	B-Device
is	O
equal	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2009	O
standards	O
,	O
a	O
nuke	B-Application
section	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
govern	O
the	O
WMV-HD	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
nukes	B-Application
based	O
on	O
any	O
other	O
rules	O
are	O
unacceptable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
all	O
the	O
groups	B-Application
releasing	O
WMV-HD	O
have	O
agreed	O
to	O
and	O
signed	O
this	O
rule	O
set	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
the	O
only	O
ones	O
who	O
will	O
develop	O
,	O
implement	O
,	O
and	O
mandate	O
the	O
rules	O
governing	O
the	O
WMV-HD	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
groups	B-Application
are	O
IGUANA	O
,	O
NOVO	O
,	O
BamHD	O
and	O
INSECTS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
special	O
section	O
for	O
animated/anime	O
titles	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
version	O
3.5	O
of	O
the	O
rule	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4.0	O
of	O
the	O
rule	O
set	O
had	O
a	O
large	O
ascii	O
art	O
added	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
have	O
no	O
minimum	O
or	O
maximum	O
file	O
size	O
requirement	O
for	O
the	O
final	O
WMV	B-Device
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WMV-HD	O
was	O
from	O
then	O
on	O
purely	O
quality	O
driven	O
by	O
minimum	O
bitrate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
version	O
4.1	O
the	O
rule	O
set	O
was	O
added	O
that	O
the	O
group	B-Application
who	O
releases	O
an	O
episode	O
of	O
a	O
show	O
first	O
has	O
exclusive	O
rights	O
to	O
do	O
the	O
entire	O
season	O
of	O
that	O
show	O
for	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
thirty	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
during	O
those	O
30	O
days	O
no	O
other	O
group	B-Application
can	O
release	O
an	O
episode	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
show	O
and	O
season	O
without	O
being	O
nuked	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	B-Library
for	O
a	O
WMV	B-Device
release	O
must	O
be	O
HD	B-Operating_System
DVD	I-Operating_System
or	O
Blu-ray	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
audio	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
encoded	O
to	O
WMA	O
10	O
Pro	O
and	O
the	O
video	O
codec	B-General_Concept
must	O
be	O
Windows	B-Application
Media	O
9	O
Advanced	O
Profile	O
(	O
VC-1	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WMV	B-Device
file	O
must	O
be	O
in	O
stored	O
in	O
RAR	O
with	O
a	O
recovery	O
record	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
ten	O
new	O
movie	O
releases	O
were	O
seen	O
,	O
all	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
group	B-Application
INSECTS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
category	O
died	O
out	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
x264	B-Language
MKV	O
releases	O
,	O
a	O
format	O
that	O
is	O
ubiquitous	O
for	O
non	O
pornographic	O
ripped	O
video	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
ever	O
scene	B-Application
TV-x264	O
release	O
,	O
The.Unit.S01E04.HD720p.x264-MiRAGETV	O
,	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
Spatula	O
in	O
early	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
them	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
main	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
crap	O
releases	O
in	O
the	O
HDTV	B-Device
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
QCF	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
1080p	O
x264	B-Language
television	O
ruleset	O
shortly	O
after	O
one	O
of	O
their	O
releases	O
got	O
nuked	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ruleset	O
was	O
nuked	B-Application
afterwards	O
by	O
LocalNet	O
for	O
one.group.does.not.make.a.ruleset.make_try.inviting.some.others.to.contribute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
SYS	O
agreed	O
:	O
"	O
One	O
group	B-Application
does	O
n't	O
decide.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
BATV	O
announced	O
they	O
are	O
dropping	O
the	O
INTERNAL	O
tag	O
:	O
one	O
group	B-Application
does	O
n't	O
get	O
to	O
decide	O
how	O
we	O
all	O
release	O
1080p	O
TV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
day	O
later	O
,	O
BATV	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
1080p	O
HDTV	B-Device
x265	B-Language
encode	O
using	O
that	O
same	O
episode	O
for	O
comparison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BATV	O
thinks	O
that	O
1080p	O
is	O
completely	O
and	O
utterly	O
pointless	O
unless	O
done	O
by	O
a	O
decent	O
group	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
initially	O
used	O
for	O
missed	O
broadcasts	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
evolved	O
into	O
a	O
legitimate	O
logo-free	O
exclusive	O
source	B-Library
for	O
original	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scene	B-Application
requires	O
DVD-Video	O
releases	O
to	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
4.7	O
GB	O
DVD-R	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
nuke	B-Application
,	O
the	O
signing	O
groups	B-Application
are	O
crap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scene	B-Application
requires	O
BD-R	B-Operating_System
releases	O
to	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
25	O
GB	O
single-layer	O
Blu-ray	O
Disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X264	B-Language
must	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
an	O
mkv	O
container	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
an	O
MP2	O
,	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
AC3	O
,	O
or	O
DTS	O
audio	O
track	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
XXX	O
x264	B-Language
SD	B-Device
standards	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
audio	O
format	O
is	O
AAC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xvid	B-Algorithm
was	O
used	O
for	O
standard	B-Device
definition	I-Device
rips	O
the	O
years	O
before	O
,	O
just	O
like	O
DivX	B-Application
and	O
SVCD	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
ruleset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
groups	B-Application
Mirage	O
and	O
SMuT	O
had	O
their	O
own	O
list	O
of	O
rules	O
they	O
endorsed	O
visible	O
in	O
their	O
nfos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMuT	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
We	O
endorse	O
the	O
following	O
XXX	O
rules	O
and	O
encourage	O
other	O
groups/sites/scene	O
members	O
to	O
insist	O
they	O
are	O
followed	O
also.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
MP3	B-Application
and	O
FLAC	B-Application
releases	O
can	O
optionally	O
include	O
M3U	O
playlist	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
MP3	B-Application
scene	B-Application
in	O
1995	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
little	O
organization	O
or	O
standardization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
1999	O
–	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
pre-dominantly	O
used	O
MP3	B-Application
encoding	O
quality	O
was	O
192	O
kbit/s	O
at	O
44.1kHz	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
nominal	O
for	O
the	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
encoding	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
improved	O
as	O
computers	O
got	O
faster	O
and	O
the	O
LAME	B-Algorithm
MP3	B-Application
encoder	I-Application
developed	O
into	O
its	O
later	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
broad	O
support	O
in	O
hardware	O
devices	O
,	O
unauthorized	O
audio	O
material	O
is	O
usually	O
released	O
in	O
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
at	O
VBR	B-General_Concept
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
new	O
rules	O
put	O
forth	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
recommended	O
to	O
encode	O
all	O
files	O
with	O
Lame	B-Algorithm
3.97	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
-V2	O
--vbr-new	O
"	O
switch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
AAC	B-Application
or	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
are	O
currently	O
not	O
allowed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extra	O
material	O
that	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
source	B-Library
material	O
is	O
allowed	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
MP3	B-Application
release	O
groups	B-Application
,	O
1996	O
–	O
1997	O
,	O
were	O
considered	O
"	O
lamers	O
"	O
,	O
bottom	O
feeders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
leader	O
of	O
Rabid	B-Application
Neurosis	I-Application
,	O
Al	O
Capone	O
,	O
posted	O
a	O
letter	O
to	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
on	O
the	O
RNS	O
website	O
,	O
complaining	O
how	O
the	O
mp3	B-Application
scene	B-Application
became	O
more	O
like	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
during	O
its	O
first	O
4	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
scene	B-Application
release	O
came	O
in	O
2004	O
when	O
the	O
group	B-Application
ARA	O
released	O
Metallica	O
's	O
fifth	O
performance	O
in	O
Gothenburg	O
as	O
FLAC	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2007	O
on	O
some	O
early	O
FLAC	B-Application
releases	O
came	O
from	O
justice	O
,	O
a	O
group	B-Application
that	O
already	O
used	O
APE	B-Language
for	O
lossless	O
music	O
the	O
years	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
the	O
Polish	O
group	B-Application
BFPMP3	O
thought	O
to	O
start	O
promoting	O
the	O
FLAC	B-Application
standard	O
with	O
some	O
internal	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Single	O
purpose	O
groups	B-Application
such	O
as	O
judge	O
,	O
FLACH	O
or	O
CDDA	O
created	O
only	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
releases	O
in	O
the	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
first	O
ruleset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
2	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
FLAC	B-Application
category	O
by	O
releasing	O
a	O
first	O
ruleset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
documents	O
,	O
the	O
ruleset	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
satisfy	O
the	O
long	O
lasting	O
audiophile	O
's	O
demand	O
for	O
a	O
music	O
scene	B-Application
of	O
higher	O
quality	O
than	O
LAME	B-Algorithm
mpeg	O
compression	O
encoding	O
and	O
because	O
space	O
and	O
bandwidth	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
accommodate	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
avoid	O
previously	O
made	O
mistakes	O
in	O
the	O
music	O
scene	B-Application
,	O
a	O
group	B-Application
of	O
elder	O
sceners	O
gathered	O
to	O
decide	O
upon	O
the	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
common	O
understanding	O
amongst	O
all	O
was	O
that	O
material	O
from	O
non-physical	O
media	O
can	O
easily	O
be	O
of	O
doubtful	O
origin	O
of	O
source	B-Library
and	O
hence	O
of	O
questionable	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rules	O
consider	O
only	O
physical	O
media	O
as	O
a	O
valid	O
source	B-Library
and	O
they	O
must	O
be	O
followed	O
very	O
strictly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
lot	O
of	O
releases	O
are	O
being	O
nuked	B-Application
for	O
various	O
cosmetic	O
flaws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
2016	O
,	O
anonymous	O
sceners	O
voiced	O
a	O
concern	O
that	O
nukers	O
lack	O
technical	O
understanding	O
to	O
nuke	B-Application
improperly	O
ripped	O
vinyl	O
sources	O
and	O
showed	O
examples	O
of	O
how	O
the	O
ruleset	O
gets	O
twisted	O
or	O
misinterpreted	O
for	O
minor	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
got	O
nuked	B-Application
within	O
the	O
hour	O
after	O
pre	O
by	O
ZoNeNET	O
with	O
just	O
invalid.proper	O
as	O
reason	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
version	O
3	O
of	O
the	O
rules	O
,	O
a	O
scene	B-Application
notice	O
called	O
the	O
rules	O
invalid	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
created	O
by	O
leading	O
groups	B-Application
in	O
the	O
section	O
or	O
a	O
council	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	B-Application
CUSTODES	O
mentioned	O
in	O
their	O
farewell	O
message	O
that	O
the	O
FLAC	B-Application
ruleset	O
is	O
n't	O
professional	O
enough	O
to	O
archive	O
music	O
in	O
the	O
best	O
quality	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Application	O
releases	O
are	O
usually	O
split	O
in	O
two	O
different	O
categories	O
,	O
0-day	O
and	O
ISO	B-Application
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Categories	O
originating	O
from	O
or	O
still	O
being	O
put	O
into	O
0-day	O
are	O
for	O
example	O
PDA	B-Application
,	O
EBOOK	O
or	O
XXX-IMAGESET	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
mark	O
of	O
skill	O
among	O
warez	B-Application
distro	O
groups	B-Application
to	O
crack	O
and	O
distribute	O
a	O
program	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
of	O
its	O
commercial	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
0-day	O
applications	O
are	O
usually	O
150	O
MB	O
or	O
smaller	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
5	B-Application
GB	O
or	O
larger	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
not	O
CD/DVD	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
format	O
allows	O
almost	O
anything	O
in	O
0-day	O
section	O
,	O
but	O
often	O
0day	O
releases	O
are	O
cracks	B-Application
or	O
keygens	O
for	O
different	O
applications	O
or	O
small	O
games	O
with	O
size	O
varying	O
from	O
1	O
–	O
50	O
MB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Executable	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
keygens	O
and	O
cracks	B-Application
are	O
often	O
compressed	B-Application
with	O
the	O
open	O
source	B-Library
UPX	B-Language
packer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LineZer0	O
indicated	O
in	O
the	O
nfo	O
file	O
of	O
their	O
20,000	O
th	O
release	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
change	O
their	O
packing	O
ways	O
to	O
RAR/SFV	O
and	O
put	O
the	O
old	O
ZIP/RAR/DIZ	O
packaging	O
to	O
rest	O
by	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
April	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
strongly	O
encouraged	O
other	O
groups	B-Application
to	O
do	O
the	O
same	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
exception	O
to	O
the	O
rule	O
happens	O
when	O
a	O
group	B-Application
motivates	O
in	O
their	O
NFO	O
that	O
the	O
changes	O
are	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
major	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
the	O
group	B-Application
Unleashed	O
choose	O
to	O
ignore	O
the	O
MU	O
rule	O
for	O
a	O
hotfix	O
,	O
making	O
a	O
less	O
blurry	O
game	O
available	O
two	O
weeks	O
sooner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PDA	B-Application
rules	O
require	O
folder	O
naming	O
to	O
define	O
which	O
application	O
and	O
version	O
the	O
release	O
contains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
required	O
are	O
CPU	O
type	O
,	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
cracktype	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
more	O
recent	O
times	O
it	O
covers	O
other	O
portable	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
iPod	B-Device
,	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPad	B-Device
or	O
systems	O
running	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISO	B-Application
applications	O
are	O
usually	O
either	O
in	O
BIN/CUE	O
or	O
ISO	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patch	O
cracking	O
is	O
also	O
required	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
bypass	O
hardware	O
protection	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
serial	O
or	O
USB	B-Device
dongle	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
groups	B-Application
signed	O
a	O
Sample	O
CD	O
Scene	B-Application
Protocol	O
for	O
better	O
quality	O
sample	O
discs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
for	O
game	O
releases	O
that	O
are	O
changed	O
to	O
minimize	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
distributed	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
done	O
in	O
two	O
ways	O
:	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
release	O
disc	B-Application
images	I-Application
or	O
groups	B-Application
can	O
"	O
rip	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
ripping	O
,	O
groups	B-Application
remove	O
things	O
such	O
as	O
introductory	O
movies	O
,	O
multiple	O
texture	O
modes	O
,	O
big	O
sound	O
files	O
and	O
the	O
like	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
must	O
fit	O
on	O
CDs	O
or	O
DVDs	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
format	O
should	O
be	O
either	O
BIN/CUE	O
,	O
or	O
ISO	B-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
sites	B-Application
allow	O
CCD	O
images	O
too	O
,	O
as	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
draft	O
version	O
of	O
Standard	O
ISO	B-Application
Rules	O
(	O
S.I.R.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
2021	O
a	O
new	O
ruleset	O
for	O
PC	O
games	O
became	O
active	O
:	O
After	O
approximately	O
20	O
years	O
without	O
new	O
,	O
written	O
rules	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
games	O
section	O
the	O
leading	O
Game	O
ISO	B-Application
groups	B-Application
assembled	O
to	O
collaborate	O
on	O
a	O
long	O
overdue	O
modernization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
game	O
must	O
be	O
authored	O
into	O
an	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
when	O
created	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
but	O
releases	O
for	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
may	O
use	O
a	O
.dmg	B-Operating_System
Apple	B-Operating_System
Disk	I-Operating_System
Image	I-Operating_System
file	O
or	O
even	O
skip	O
the	O
image	O
file	O
altogether	O
before	O
packaging	O
in	O
RARs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
limited	O
time	O
exclusivity	O
right	O
for	O
game	O
updates	O
is	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
group	B-Application
that	O
wins	O
the	O
race	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
60	O
day	O
window	O
it	O
's	O
at	O
the	O
group	B-Application
's	O
discretion	O
to	O
join	O
these	O
updates	O
as	O
they	O
see	O
fit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outside	O
the	O
Scene	B-Application
repacked	O
games	O
are	O
in	O
high	O
demand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FitGirl	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
leading	O
names	O
in	O
this	O
niche	O
,	O
often	O
uses	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
release	O
as	O
source	B-Library
to	O
create	O
a	O
better	O
compressed	B-Application
version	O
to	O
save	O
considerable	O
bandwidth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DOX	O
releases	O
are	O
amongst	O
the	O
rarest	O
releases	O
in	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
TNT	O
(	O
The	O
Nova	O
Team	O
)	O
noted	O
in	O
the	O
nfo	O
of	O
their	O
750th	O
release	O
that	O
only	O
the	O
groups	B-Application
DEViANCE	O
and	O
FAiRLiGHT	O
managed	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
same	O
amount	O
of	O
DOX	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
console	O
scene	B-Application
survived	O
decades	O
without	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
first	O
set	O
of	O
rules	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
25	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
was	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
by	O
the	O
group	B-Application
Anthrox	O
and	O
the	O
console	O
division	O
of	O
Swat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
are	O
released	O
as	O
one	O
zipfile	B-General_Concept
following	O
the	O
old	O
traditional	O
8.3	O
naming	O
convention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ROM	B-General_Concept
extensions	O
"	O
.v64	B-Device
"	O
and	O
"	O
.z64	O
"	O
were	O
used	O
as	O
naming	O
conventions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
releases	O
listed	O
were	O
done	O
by	O
the	O
group	B-Application
Carrot	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
23	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
ripped	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
game	O
,	O
Dead	B-Application
or	I-Application
Alive	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Utopia.	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
a	O
CDRWIN	B-Application
ISO	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
(	O
bin/cue	O
)	O
like	O
in	O
the	O
PC	O
game	O
ISO	B-Application
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
day	O
before	O
,	O
Utopia	O
released	O
a	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
BootCD	O
that	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
booting	O
copies	O
and	O
imports	O
on	O
a	O
non-chipped	O
standard	O
consumer	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Less	O
than	O
two	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
when	O
Kalisto	B-Application
released	O
the	O
first	O
self	O
bootable	O
game	O
,	O
Dynamite	B-Application
Cop	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
Padus	O
DiscJuggler	B-Application
(	O
CDI	O
)	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
month	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
copy	O
protected	O
game	O
,	O
Ultimate	O
Fighting	O
Championship	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Kalisto	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Kalisto	B-Application
announced	O
their	O
retirement	O
in	O
the	O
DC	O
scene	B-Application
,	O
they	O
had	O
released	O
more	O
than	O
66%	O
of	O
all	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
group	B-Application
called	O
Echelon	B-Application
picked	O
up	O
where	O
Kalisto	B-Application
left	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
group	B-Application
released	O
Evil	B-Application
Twin	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cyprien	I-Application
's	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
their	O
188th	O
and	O
last	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
game	O
release	O
on	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
PARADOX	O
,	O
another	O
big	O
and	O
respected	O
scene	B-Application
group	B-Application
,	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
trainer	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
weeks	O
after	O
that	O
,	O
they	O
released	O
their	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
Shadowman	B-Application
,	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
console	O
with	O
an	O
intro	O
just	O
to	O
prove	O
that	O
we	O
can	O
do	O
neat	O
DC	O
releases	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
games	O
and	O
dox	O
,	O
also	O
emulators	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
distros	I-Application
were	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
DC	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xbox	B-Device
releases	O
are	O
by	O
convention	O
in	O
the	O
XISO	O
format	O
,	O
a	O
slight	O
modification	O
of	O
the	O
DVD	O
ISO	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVDRips	O
of	O
Xbox	B-Device
games	O
were	O
released	O
so	O
they	O
could	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
lot	O
of	O
the	O
first	B-Application
Xbox	I-Application
games	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
group	B-Application
ProjectX	O
on	O
May	O
3	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
first	O
releases	O
worked	O
on	O
a	O
developer	O
Xbox	B-Device
,	O
but	O
if	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
playable	O
on	O
retail	O
versions	O
was	O
unknown	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
because	O
no	O
modchips	O
existed	O
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
more	O
than	O
4400	O
Xbox	B-Device
releases	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
releases	O
must	O
be	O
in	O
standard	O
DVD	O
ISO	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PARADOX	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
group	B-Application
to	O
do	O
PS2	B-Device
and	O
PS2	B-Device
DVD	O
rips	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
on	O
they	O
were	O
the	O
ones	O
motivating	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
to	O
release	O
full	O
DVD	O
ISOs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
12	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
GameCube	I-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Wind	I-Application
Waker	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
STARCUBE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
more	O
than	O
3100	O
NGC	O
releases	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
full	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
by	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
group	I-Application
PI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Need	B-Application
for	I-Application
Speed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Most	I-Application
Wanted	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
a	O
batch	O
of	O
three	O
games	O
released	O
that	O
day	O
by	O
PI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
couple	O
of	O
minutes	O
before	O
that	O
,	O
they	O
released	O
an	O
open	O
source	B-Library
tool	O
to	O
extract	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
dumps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
more	O
than	O
6700	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
releases	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
image	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
game	O
is	O
a	O
.iso	B-General_Concept
with	O
a	O
.dvd	B-Application
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
25	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
PARADOX	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
PS3	O
ISO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PS3	O
ISOs	B-General_Concept
are	O
now	O
fully	O
playable	O
on	O
a	O
jailbroken	O
PS3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
more	O
than	O
4,800	O
PS3	O
releases	O
in	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
first	O
ruleset	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
3	O
section	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
afterwards	O
it	O
was	O
voided	O
in	O
classic	O
scene	B-Application
style	O
:	O
"	O
These	O
rules	O
dont	O
mean	O
shit	O
you	O
asshats.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
the	O
original	O
rules	O
were	O
nuked	B-Application
for	O
inadequate.and.unnecessary.ruleset_not.signed.by.all.listed.groups_see.Response.to.The.Official.PlayStation3.Ruleset.2011.PS3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
"	O
VOID	O
"	O
ruleset	O
was	O
released	O
the	O
day	O
after	O
and	O
was	O
nuked	B-Application
for	O
no.valid.rebuttal.given_not.all.grps.need.to.sign_follow.the.new.ruleset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wii	B-Operating_System
releases	O
must	O
be	O
in	O
standard	O
DVD	O
ISO	B-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PARADOX	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
image	O
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
Red	B-Application
Steel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
14	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
BlaZe	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
group	B-Application
to	O
release	O
a	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
emulated	B-Application
SNES	B-Application
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Diddy	I-Application
's	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
finally	O
had	O
a	O
proper	O
dump	O
after	O
its	O
fourth	O
release	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
DLC	B-Protocol
releases	O
are	O
tagged	O
VC	B-Application
or	O
WiiWare	O
and	O
exist	O
of	O
a	O
packed	O
WAD	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
these	O
first	O
releases	O
were	O
nuked	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
nuke	B-Application
reason	O
was	O
modified.ticket.info	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dupe	O
or	O
bad	O
dump	O
are	O
other	O
common	O
reasons	O
to	O
receive	O
a	O
nuke	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
7800	O
releases	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
were	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
3	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
group	B-Application
VENOM	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
:	O
Marvel	B-Application
Avengers	I-Application
:	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
for	I-Application
Earth	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
disk	B-Application
image	I-Application
is	O
a	O
.iso	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
in	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
Optical	O
Disc	O
format	O
(	O
WUOD	O
)	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
proprietary	O
disc	O
format	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
console	O
scene	B-Application
firsts	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
n't	O
playable	O
on	O
the	O
console	O
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
first	O
scene	B-Application
release	O
was	O
a	O
few	O
days	O
after	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
was	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
allegedly	O
hacked	O
by	O
the	O
mod	O
chip	O
developer	O
WiiKey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
file	O
date	O
of	O
the	O
RAR	O
archives	O
,	O
VENOM	O
had	O
already	O
created	O
the	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
more	O
than	O
a	O
month	O
before	O
pre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
point	O
in	O
time	O
when	O
they	O
first	O
made	O
the	O
files	O
available	O
within	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
through	O
their	O
affiliated	O
sites	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
Venom	O
's	O
Release	O
was	O
found	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
bad	O
dump	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
real	O
first	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
game	O
dumped	B-General_Concept
was	O
by	O
PoWeRUp	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
confirmed	O
as	O
PROPER	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
days	O
before	O
the	O
official	O
console	O
launch	O
date	O
,	O
the	O
group	B-Application
COMPLEX	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
:	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ghosts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
contained	O
a	O
42GB	O
.iso	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
without	O
the	O
security	O
sectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
format	O
of	O
the	O
disk	O
is	O
XGD4	O
(	O
Xbox	B-Device
Game	O
Data	O
4	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
group	B-Application
WaYsTeD	O
brought	O
the	O
first	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
game	O
to	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
:	O
Watch	B-Application
Dogs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
like	O
with	O
other	O
console	O
firsts	O
,	O
the	O
25GB	O
.iso	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
is	O
not	O
currently	O
playable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
the	O
same	O
file	O
structure	O
as	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
3	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
two	O
months	O
,	O
some	O
other	O
groups	B-Application
started	O
doing	O
raw	O
image	O
dumps	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
3	O
years	O
later	O
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
group	B-Application
KOTF	O
(	O
Knights	O
of	O
the	O
Fallen	O
)	O
released	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
V	I-Application
as	O
the	O
first	O
playable	O
decrypted	O
game	O
dump	O
,	O
DARKSiDERS	O
on	O
PC	O
GAMES	O
section	O
are	O
saying	O
that	O
this	O
KOTF	O
release	O
would	O
not	O
been	O
possible	O
without	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
KOTF	O
did	O
not	O
had	O
good	O
enough	O
topsite	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
sites	B-Application
IRC	O
channel	O
announced	O
pre	O
as	O
:	O
"	O
DARKSiDERS	O
RELEASED	O
Grand.Theft.Auto.V.READNFO.PS4-KOTF	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
though	O
unclear	O
how	O
these	O
groups	B-Application
are	O
related	O
,	O
but	O
many	O
in	O
the	O
Scene	B-Application
remember	O
that	O
pre	O
announcement	O
mentioning	O
also	O
DARKSiDERS	O
to	O
the	O
confusion	O
of	O
many	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
first	O
releases	O
were	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
IV	I-Application
and	O
Far	B-Application
Cry	I-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
with	O
RAR	O
volumes	O
of	O
250MB	O
and	O
even	O
500MB	O
sized	O
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
is	O
a	O
lightweight	O
,	O
portable	O
electronic	O
device	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
screen	O
,	O
game	O
controls	O
,	O
speakers	O
and	O
replaceable	O
and	O
or	O
rechargeable	O
batteries	O
or	O
battery	O
pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
are	O
run	O
on	O
machines	O
of	O
small	O
size	O
allowing	O
people	O
to	O
carry	O
them	O
and	O
play	O
them	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
or	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
releases	O
are	O
in	O
their	O
native	O
ROM	B-General_Concept
format	O
(	O
.gba	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
0day	O
releases	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
small	O
size	O
,	O
these	O
are	O
often	O
compressed	B-Application
into	O
RAR	O
files	O
and	O
then	O
compressed	B-Application
into	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
format	O
;	O
otherwise	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
simply	O
compressed	B-Application
into	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
scene	B-Application
started	O
out	O
as	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
scene	B-Application
,	O
and	O
carried	O
forward	O
with	O
mostly	O
the	O
same	O
set	O
of	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
first	O
ruleset	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
establishing	O
a	O
clear	O
and	O
concise	O
listing	O
of	O
what	O
should	O
be	O
expected	O
of	O
a	O
valid	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Having	O
an	O
official	O
list	O
to	O
reference	O
should	O
prevent	O
needless	O
nuking	O
,	O
and	O
clean	O
up	O
what	O
is	O
at	O
present	O
a	O
cluttered	O
and	O
confused	O
scene.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
7	O
groups	B-Application
signed	O
the	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
day	O
after	O
,	O
a	O
second	O
"	O
official	O
"	O
ruleset	O
was	O
released	O
but	O
was	O
nuked	B-Application
later	O
on	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
deemed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
most	O
relevant	O
according	O
to	O
scenerules.irc.gs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
of	O
the	O
18	O
groups	B-Application
listed	O
did	O
not	O
agree	O
to	O
sign	O
the	O
rules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
scene	B-Application
notice	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
by	O
"	O
Concerned	O
Retired	O
NDS/GBA	O
Scene	B-Application
Founding	O
Members	O
"	O
concerning	O
the	O
issue	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
rulesets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
releases	O
are	O
in	O
their	O
native	O
ROM	B-General_Concept
format	O
(	O
.neo	O
or	O
.nds	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Scene	B-Application
has	O
been	O
doing	O
.zip	B-General_Concept
from	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
days	O
,	O
but	O
now	O
the	O
releases	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
compressed	B-Application
into	O
5	B-Application
MB	O
split	O
RAR	O
volumes	O
and	O
contain	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
title	O
or	O
a	O
patch	O
for	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
directory	O
name	O
must	O
include	O
the	O
text	O
"	O
NDS	B-Device
"	O
and	O
the	O
group	B-Application
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DSi	B-Device
related	O
releases	O
are	O
regarded	O
as	O
NDS	B-Device
releases	O
and	O
must	O
have	O
the	O
tag	O
DSi	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
releases	O
use	O
the	O
.3ds	O
file	O
format	O
or	O
the	O
.cia	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	B-Application
LEGACY	O
(	O
LGC	O
)	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
games	O
on	O
June	O
5	B-Application
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
packaging	O
is	O
done	O
with	O
compressed	B-Application
RAR	O
files	O
and	O
an	O
SFV	O
for	O
verification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
more	O
than	O
2400	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	B-Operating_System
PSP	I-Operating_System
releases	O
are	O
by	O
convention	O
specified	O
as	O
FULL	O
UMD	O
or	O
UMD	O
RIP	O
,	O
meaning	O
some	O
parts	O
were	O
removed	O
either	O
out	O
of	O
non-necessity	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
fit	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
certain-sized	O
memory	O
stick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
can	O
play	O
an	O
ISO	B-Application
with	O
custom	O
firmware	O
or	O
an	O
emulator	B-Application
such	O
as	O
devhook	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
PARADOX	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
retail	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
game	O
on	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
started	O
releasing	O
old	O
PSX	B-Device
games	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
the	O
official	O
emulator	B-Application
on	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
games	O
are	O
bought	O
from	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Store	O
with	O
a	O
PS3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
releasegroup	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
tagged	O
PSXPSP	O
,	O
PSX_PSP	O
,	O
PSX.To.PSP	O
,	O
PSX.FOR.PSP	O
or	O
PS1_For_PSP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
PARADOX	O
returned	O
to	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
scene	B-Application
to	O
release	O
a	O
+9	O
trainer	O
just	O
to	O
prove	O
that	O
trainers	O
for	O
Sony	O
's	O
handheld	B-Application
are	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
no	O
other	O
group	B-Application
or	O
person	O
has	O
publicly	O
released	O
any	O
trainers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
standards	O
for	O
how	O
to	O
release	O
movies	O
for	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retail	O
movies	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
are	O
tagged	O
UMDMovie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3	O
years	O
later	O
the	O
group	B-Application
ABSTRAKT	O
released	O
some	O
more	O
UMD	O
Movies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
in	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
,	O
Uncharted	B-Application
:	I-Application
Golden	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
,	O
was	O
done	O
by	O
the	O
group	B-Application
PSiCO	O
on	O
February	O
8	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
almost	O
4	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
PS	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
dumped	B-General_Concept
from	O
a	O
PS	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
NVG	B-Device
game	I-Device
cartridge	I-Device
and	O
the	O
PFS	O
encryption	O
layer	O
was	O
removed	O
since	O
this	O
data	O
is	O
not	O
needed	O
to	O
become	O
playable	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Releases	O
are	O
tagged	O
with	O
PSV	B-Device
in	O
the	O
directory	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
already	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
other	O
PSV	B-Device
tagged	O
releases	O
before	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
contained	O
covers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
releases	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Cobra	O
BlackFin	O
dongle	B-Device
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
handheld	B-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
.psv	O
(	O
BlackFin	O
)	O
format	O
for	O
its	O
data	O
dump	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Vitamin	O
dumper	O
in	O
August	O
2016	O
following	O
the	O
HENkaku	O
homebrew	B-Application
enabler	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
n't	O
many	O
new	O
releases	O
immediately	O
after	O
because	O
of	O
issues	O
with	O
this	O
new	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
couple	O
of	O
weeks	O
later	O
the	O
first	O
ruleset	O
was	O
signed	O
by	O
4	O
groups	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
format	O
used	O
for	O
these	O
newer	O
dumps	O
is	O
.vpk	O
:	O
a	O
ZIP	B-General_Concept
containing	O
the	O
decrypted	O
files	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
folder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
handheld	B-Application
platforms	O
that	O
had	O
games	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Scene	B-Application
include	O
Neo	B-Device
Geo	I-Device
Pocket	I-Device
,	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
Pocket	I-Application
Color	I-Application
,	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
,	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
Color	I-Operating_System
,	O
Tapwave	B-Application
Zodiac	I-Application
,	O
Gizmondo	B-Device
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
,	O
and	O
N-Gage	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
traceable	O
scene	B-Application
release	O
of	O
an	O
e-book	O
can	O
be	O
dated	O
back	O
to	O
around	O
the	O
year	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
choose	O
between	O
ZIP/DIZ	O
or	O
RAR/SFV	O
to	O
package	O
a	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
unified	O
agreement	O
applicable	O
to	O
all	O
groups	B-Application
to	O
ensure	O
high	O
quality	O
ebook	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DRM-protection	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
removed	O
prior	O
to	O
release	O
and	O
only	O
the	O
0day	O
ZIP/DIZ	O
packaging	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allowed	O
file	O
formats	O
are	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
EPUB	O
,	O
Kindle	O
(	O
.azw	O
,	O
.kf8	O
)	O
and	O
Mobipocket	O
(	O
.prc	O
,	O
.mobi	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
