Release categories¶
Scene categories are defined by a mixture of content, source, platform, format and the ruleset used to prepare the release. A movie and a television episode can therefore share the same technical WEB or Blu-ray standards, while games for different platforms follow separate rules.
Current category families¶
| Category | Typical releases |
|---|---|
| Software & publishing | 0DAY software, applications, tools, cracks, key generators and eBooks. |
| PC games | GAMEiSO releases containing PC game disc images, installers and required crack files. |
| Consoles | Platform-specific releases for Nintendo Switch (NSW), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation Vita and legacy console systems. |
| Movies | Feature films released from WEB, WEBRip, Blu-ray, UHD Blu-ray, REMUX or complete-disc sources. |
| Television | Individual episodes, specials and complete seasons sourced from WEB/WEBRip, HDTV, SDTV or retail media. |
| Music | MP3, retail FLAC, WEB FLAC, CD, vinyl, live and broadcast recordings. |
| Specialized audio/video | Audiobooks and music videos, which use their own category rules. |
| Adult | SD video, image sets and paysite material governed by category-specific XXX standards. |
Categories overlap
Labels such as WEB, BluRay, x264 and FLAC describe a source or format, not always a complete release category. The applicable ruleset determines how those labels are used.
Video delivery forms¶
| Form | Description |
|---|---|
| Untouched WEB | Original service stream remuxed without video transcoding, commonly tagged WEB.H264 or WEB.H265. |
| WEBRip | A transcoded WEB source, commonly tagged WEBRip.x264 or WEBRip.x265. |
| Retail encode | Video encoded from Blu-ray, UHD Blu-ray or an older DVD source. |
| REMUX | Selected video, audio and subtitle streams copied without re-encoding into a new container. |
| Complete disc | The full Blu-ray disc structure rather than a movie-only encode or remux. |
| Broadcast | HDTV, SDTV, PDTV, DSR and related television captures. |
Movies and television are content types. WEB, Blu-ray, REMUX and broadcast identify how that content was sourced or delivered.
Software, games and publishing¶
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
0DAY |
Software releases distributed under the 0DAY packaging and naming standards. |
GAMEiSO |
PC games distributed as disc images or installer media under the current game ISO rules. |
eBOOK |
Digital books and related publishing formats. |
| Platform releases | Console releases identified by platform-specific categories such as NSW, PS4, PS5 and PSV. |
Music and audio¶
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| MP3 | Lossy music releases from WEB, CD, vinyl, broadcast and other permitted sources. |
| Retail FLAC | Lossless FLAC releases sourced from physical retail media. |
| WEB FLAC | Lossless music obtained from web shops or services, including SD and high-resolution WEB audio. |
| Audiobook | Spoken-word releases following audiobook-specific standards. |
| Music video | Promotional or retail music videos sourced from WEB, Blu-ray, DVD or broadcast material. |
Historical and declining categories¶
These categories remain important when reading older archives, but they are no longer a good summary of current release activity.
| Category | Historical context |
|---|---|
| DVD / DVDRip | Once a primary retail movie source; largely superseded by Blu-ray, UHD and WEB distribution. |
| VCD / SVCD | Optical-disc video formats common in early movie releases. |
| CAM / TS / TC / screener | Theatrical or promotional source classes that were more prominent before widespread digital distribution. |
| PDA / mobile | Older phone, PDA and handheld-software categories that predate modern platform-specific rules. |
| Legacy consoles | Discontinued console categories retained for archival releases and historical documentation. |
Each category can define its own naming, source-quality, codec, folder-layout, proof, sample and documentation requirements. The local current rules library contains the rulesets used as the primary reference for this archive.