I totally forgot, you can find a list of exactly what DVDrip, VHSrip, LDrip, CAM, Screener, etc. mean here:
http://forum.dead-donkey.com/viewtopic.php?t=522




Those are the "official" meanings of the tag (all this stuff comes down from scene release groups a decade ago, that's where all the filename conventions, standards nfos, etc come from. Most of its irrelevant, but a few things are global understood and prevent confusion), also, your confusing a DVD with a DVD-R which is explained on that page.


So:
DVDrip - Should only use when you are ripping a store bought, 100% legitimate retail dvd.

DVD-Rrip - Usually means its ripped from a downsampled DVD-R. That is a DVD9 -> DVD5, and then ripped from the re-encoded source. It means that the source of the rip is not the retail but an already processed rip of the original.

VHSRip - Use for any rip that's come from a VHSrip at the top of the chain, etiher VHS -> DVDr, VHS -> Capture -> Xvid or VHS -> DVDr -> XviD (as is the case here).


Then everyone knows what they are getting, and won't be thinking that its a dvdrip 700mb later. The problem calling it even a DVD-Rrip (which you can here technically) is that people will be expecting a DVD sourced rip, that's been re-encoded twice, but you've got a VHS -> DVD-r -> Xvid. Best thing to do is always quote the weakest link in the chain as the source i've found.

If its not clear, or any other scene / filenaming conventions for rips, feel free to ask in the help section.

Thanks for the info spud. I agree with you. This is right that when you watch the movie it seems to be more a vhsrip than a real dvdrip. I tagged my rip "dvdrip" only because I ripped the movie from a dvd, but you're right this should be tagged "vhsrip"... Anyway, even though this is a lower quality than a dvd, you can download it, the quality is not too bad at least.

And thanks for your links, this will help me to find out about the real quality of the further movies I want to purchase.

Yeah, i hate buying pirate copies... really annoys me, but some movies you have to do it. So i tend to rip and release them and try and avoid the need for anyone to ever purchase that pirate copy again.

See whatever you see.

Still waiting for a proper of this classic.


EDIT: think the first rip was a TV-HD CAP; BTW, does the bbc air movies in 14:9 ?

I wouldn't know, i don't really watch tv, however thinking back its more than possible. The vertical borders don't seen as big as they are on the dvd versions.

What does the P of PDVD stands for?

P as Pirate?

Yes, P as in Pirate DVD. They are usually the ones from Asia that appear on the streets around a movie's theatrical release I think.

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