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CAM (Camera):
A CAM is a theatre rip usually done with a digital video camera. A mini tripod is sometimes used, but often this won't be possible, so the camera may shake. Also seating placement isn't always ideal, and it might be filmed from an angle. 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.
TS (Telesync):
A telesync has the same specs as a CAM, except it uses an external audio source. A direct audio source does not ensure a High quality audio, but it is better than CAM. 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. Quality ranges drastically, check the sample before downloading the full release. A high percentage of Telesyncs are CAMs that have been mislabeled.
TC (Telecine):
A telecine machine copies the film digitally from the reels. Sound and picture should be quite good, but due to the equipment involved and cost telecines are fairly uncommon.
SCR (Screener):
A pre VHS tape, sent to rental stores, and various other places for promotional use. A screener is supplied on a VHS tape, and is usually in a 4:3 a/r. The main drawback is a "ticker" (a message that scrolls past at the bottom of the screen, with the copyright and anti-copy telephone number - "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."). Also, if the tape contains any serial numbers, or any other markings that could lead to the source of the tape, these will have to be blocked, usually with a black mark over the section. This is sometimes only for a few seconds, but unfortunately on some copies this will last for the entire film, and some can be quite big. Depending on the equipment used, screener quality can range from excellent if done from a MASTER copy, to very poor if done on an old VHS recorder through poor capture equipment on a copied tape. Most screeners are transferred to VCD.
DVDSCR (DVD Screener):
Same premise as a screener, but transferred off a DVD. If the ripper has skill, a DVDscr should be very good. Usually transferred DivX/XviD.
WP (Workprint):
A workprint is a copy of a film which has not been finished yet. There can be missing scenes, music, and quality can range from excellent to very poor. Some WPs are very different from the final print and others can contain extra scenes.
PDVD (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.
DVDrip:
A final retail version of a film, typically released before it is available outside its originating region. Because of their high quality, DVD-Rips generally replace any earlier copies that may already have been circulating.
DVD Full-Rip:
A final retail version of a film in DVD format. A complete copy from the original DVD. Extras, menu are all included only the FBI and other copyright warnings are removed.
BR Rip (Blu-ray Rip):
Similar to DVD-Rip, only the source is a Blu-ray disc. And BR Rip is in the Highest quality (HD) available.
LiMiTED:
A movie is LiMiTED when it has a limited theatre run. Generally smaller films are released as limited. The scene considers a movie limited when it has a generally opening in less than 300 UK theatres, or in less than 500 USA theatres.
REPACK:
If a group releases a bad rip, they can release a Repack. A Repack is a fixed version of the original release. Note that a Repack is different from a fix. A Fix will repair the original release whilst a repack is a new release.
Rerip:
A previous rip was bad, now it's ripped again properly. Similar to repack.
STV:
STV stands for Straight To Video. These movies were never released in theatres, instead, they were immediately released on video/dvd. Therefore, a lot of sites do not allow these movies.
FESTiVAL:
This is a variation of STV/LiMiTED. A FESTiVAL is a movie which hasn't been shown in a public theatre, but does has been shown on a film festival.
Extended:
Sometimes movies are released again on DVD because now the movie is extended. They have put back deleted scenes.
Subbed:
If a release is subbed, it usually means it has hard encoded subtitles burned throughout the movie.
Unsubbed:
When a movie has been release subbed before, an unsubbed release may be released.
Custom.Subbed:
A release can also be custom subbed. Movies often are released earlier in the USA than in Europe. These movies mostly contain a few subtitles, the ones that are spoken in the USA. European groups can create custom subtitles and add these to the dvd(rip).
Dubbed:
If a film is dubbed, it is a special version where the actors' voices are in another language. Dubbed versions of English-language films are for people who don't understand English very well. In some countries, dubbing is very common.
SE:
SE stands for Special Edition. Like the name says, it's a special dvd edition of a movie. Often special editions contain extra material like deleted scenes, interviews, or a making-of.
DC:
DC stands for Director's Cut. A director's cut is a specially edited version of a movie that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit of the movie. It is often released some time after the original release of the film, where the original release was released in a version different from the director's approved edit. 'Cut' is synonymous with 'edit' in this context.
DL:
DL stands for Dual-Language, meaning the dvd contains more than one language.
FS / WS (Aspect Ratio Tags):
These are FS for FullScreen and WS for WideScreen.
Digitally Remastered:
Digitally remastered means that an older not-digital movie has been re-editted, remastered and is released on DVD. Some really old movies look very bad compared to the new digital movies. Then they remaster it to make it look better, edit & recolour the video, etc. Remastering generally implies some sort of upgrade to a previous existing product, frequently designed to encourage people to buy a new version of something they already own.
Rated/Unrated:
Rated means a movie is censored, unrated logically means uncensored.
Region Code:
A dvd is released in a certain geographical area, or region and it's not viewable on a dvd player outside of that region. This was designed to stop people buying American dvd's and watching them earlier in other countries, or for older films where world distribution is handled by different companies. A lot of players can either be hacked with a chip, or via a remote to disable this. The regions are:
Region 1 (R1) - U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories
Region 2 (R2) - Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt)
Region 3 (R3) - Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong)
Region 4 (R4) - Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean
Region 5 (R5) - Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia
Region 6 (R6) - Republic of China
A CAM is a theatre rip usually done with a digital video camera. A mini tripod is sometimes used, but often this won't be possible, so the camera may shake. Also seating placement isn't always ideal, and it might be filmed from an angle. 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.
TS (Telesync):
A telesync has the same specs as a CAM, except it uses an external audio source. A direct audio source does not ensure a High quality audio, but it is better than CAM. 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. Quality ranges drastically, check the sample before downloading the full release. A high percentage of Telesyncs are CAMs that have been mislabeled.
TC (Telecine):
A telecine machine copies the film digitally from the reels. Sound and picture should be quite good, but due to the equipment involved and cost telecines are fairly uncommon.
SCR (Screener):
A pre VHS tape, sent to rental stores, and various other places for promotional use. A screener is supplied on a VHS tape, and is usually in a 4:3 a/r. The main drawback is a "ticker" (a message that scrolls past at the bottom of the screen, with the copyright and anti-copy telephone number - "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."). Also, if the tape contains any serial numbers, or any other markings that could lead to the source of the tape, these will have to be blocked, usually with a black mark over the section. This is sometimes only for a few seconds, but unfortunately on some copies this will last for the entire film, and some can be quite big. Depending on the equipment used, screener quality can range from excellent if done from a MASTER copy, to very poor if done on an old VHS recorder through poor capture equipment on a copied tape. Most screeners are transferred to VCD.
DVDSCR (DVD Screener):
Same premise as a screener, but transferred off a DVD. If the ripper has skill, a DVDscr should be very good. Usually transferred DivX/XviD.
WP (Workprint):
A workprint is a copy of a film which has not been finished yet. There can be missing scenes, music, and quality can range from excellent to very poor. Some WPs are very different from the final print and others can contain extra scenes.
PDVD (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.
DVDrip:
A final retail version of a film, typically released before it is available outside its originating region. Because of their high quality, DVD-Rips generally replace any earlier copies that may already have been circulating.
DVD Full-Rip:
A final retail version of a film in DVD format. A complete copy from the original DVD. Extras, menu are all included only the FBI and other copyright warnings are removed.
BR Rip (Blu-ray Rip):
Similar to DVD-Rip, only the source is a Blu-ray disc. And BR Rip is in the Highest quality (HD) available.
LiMiTED:
A movie is LiMiTED when it has a limited theatre run. Generally smaller films are released as limited. The scene considers a movie limited when it has a generally opening in less than 300 UK theatres, or in less than 500 USA theatres.
REPACK:
If a group releases a bad rip, they can release a Repack. A Repack is a fixed version of the original release. Note that a Repack is different from a fix. A Fix will repair the original release whilst a repack is a new release.
Rerip:
A previous rip was bad, now it's ripped again properly. Similar to repack.
STV:
STV stands for Straight To Video. These movies were never released in theatres, instead, they were immediately released on video/dvd. Therefore, a lot of sites do not allow these movies.
FESTiVAL:
This is a variation of STV/LiMiTED. A FESTiVAL is a movie which hasn't been shown in a public theatre, but does has been shown on a film festival.
Extended:
Sometimes movies are released again on DVD because now the movie is extended. They have put back deleted scenes.
Subbed:
If a release is subbed, it usually means it has hard encoded subtitles burned throughout the movie.
Unsubbed:
When a movie has been release subbed before, an unsubbed release may be released.
Custom.Subbed:
A release can also be custom subbed. Movies often are released earlier in the USA than in Europe. These movies mostly contain a few subtitles, the ones that are spoken in the USA. European groups can create custom subtitles and add these to the dvd(rip).
Dubbed:
If a film is dubbed, it is a special version where the actors' voices are in another language. Dubbed versions of English-language films are for people who don't understand English very well. In some countries, dubbing is very common.
SE:
SE stands for Special Edition. Like the name says, it's a special dvd edition of a movie. Often special editions contain extra material like deleted scenes, interviews, or a making-of.
DC:
DC stands for Director's Cut. A director's cut is a specially edited version of a movie that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit of the movie. It is often released some time after the original release of the film, where the original release was released in a version different from the director's approved edit. 'Cut' is synonymous with 'edit' in this context.
DL:
DL stands for Dual-Language, meaning the dvd contains more than one language.
FS / WS (Aspect Ratio Tags):
These are FS for FullScreen and WS for WideScreen.
Digitally Remastered:
Digitally remastered means that an older not-digital movie has been re-editted, remastered and is released on DVD. Some really old movies look very bad compared to the new digital movies. Then they remaster it to make it look better, edit & recolour the video, etc. Remastering generally implies some sort of upgrade to a previous existing product, frequently designed to encourage people to buy a new version of something they already own.
Rated/Unrated:
Rated means a movie is censored, unrated logically means uncensored.
Region Code:
A dvd is released in a certain geographical area, or region and it's not viewable on a dvd player outside of that region. This was designed to stop people buying American dvd's and watching them earlier in other countries, or for older films where world distribution is handled by different companies. A lot of players can either be hacked with a chip, or via a remote to disable this. The regions are:
Region 1 (R1) - U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories
Region 2 (R2) - Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt)
Region 3 (R3) - Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong)
Region 4 (R4) - Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean
Region 5 (R5) - Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia
Region 6 (R6) - Republic of China
