All about movie terminology/tags

(1.) DVD-SCREENER (DVDscr) -A screener (SCR) is an advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, video stores (for their manager and employees), and other film industry professionals, including producers and distributors. If the ripper has any skill, a DVDscr should be very good.

(2.) CAM RIP - A cam is a theater rip usually done with a digital video camera. A mini tripod is sometimes used, but a lot of the time this won’t be possible, so the camera make shake. Sound is taken from the onboard microphone of the camera, and especially in comedies, laughter can often be heard during the film. Due to these factors picture and sound quality are usually quite poor.

(3.) TELESYNC (TS) - A telesync is the same spec. as a CAM except it uses an external audio source. A direct audio source does not ensure a good quality audio source, as a lot of background noise can interfere. A lot of the times a telesync is filmed in an empty cinema or from the projection booth with a professional camera, giving a better picture quality.

(4.) TELECINE (TC) -A telecine machine copies the film digitally from the reels. Sound and picture should be very good, but due to the equipment involved and cost telecines are fairly uncommon.

(5.) DVDRip - A copy of the final released DVD.  DVDrips are released in SVCD and DivX/XviD.

(6.) VHSRip -Transferred off a retail VHS, mainly skating/sports videos and XX/XXX releases.

(7.) TVRip -TV episode that is either from Network (capped using digital cable/satellite boxes are preferable) or PRE-AIR from satellite feeds sending the program around to networks a few days earlier.

(8.) WORKPRINT (WP) -A workprint is a copy of the film that has not been finished. It can be missing scenes, music, and quality can range from excellent to very poor. Some WPs are very different from the final print (Men In Black was missing all the aliens, and had actors in their places) and others can contain extra scenes.

(9.) DivX Re-Enc -A DivX re-enc is a film that has been taken from its original VCD source, and re-encoded into a small DivX file.These aren't really worth downloading.

(10.) Watermarks - A lot of films come from Asian Silvers/PDVD and these are tagged by the people responsible. Usually with a letter/initials or a little logo, generally in one of the corners.

(11.) Asian Silvers / PDVD -These are films put out by eastern bootleggers, and these are usually bought by some groups to put out as their own. Silvers are very cheap and easily available in a lot of countries, and its easy to put out a release. These are ripped like a normal DVD, but usually released as VCD.

(12.) The HD DVD Format- HD DVD is an optical disc storage technology which competed with Blu-ray in the post-DVD high-definition/high-storage market. Like Blu-ray. HD DVD uses a blue laser instead of red.

(13.) HDTV- HDTV means high definition television. HDTV is a video and television standard that includes a group of formats, or modes, which all provide higher resolution than previous standards (now referred to as SD or standard definition).

The three HDTV modes are:

· 1080i : 1920x1080 pixels interlaced

· 1080p : 1920x1080 pixels progressive

(14.) 720p- is the shorthand name for a category of HDTV video modes having a

resolution of 1280×720 (for a total of 0.92 megapixels or 921,600 pixels) and a

progressive scan.

(15.) 480p-- is the shorthand name for a video display resolution. The p stands for

progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced.
The 480 denotes a vertical resolution of 480 pixel high vertically scanning lines, usually with a horizontal resolution of 640 pixels and 4:3 aspect ratio.

(16.) R5 (Bootleg)- R5, in the film business, is a copy of a movie made with a telecine machine from an analog source and is typically of a lower quality than other region releases.

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