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Que es un OriginalRelease (OR) y como puedo saber si es un OR o no? (OR* = Original Release,  RG* ReleaseGroup)
Bueno esto es muy facil aun asi muy complicado de explicar. Pero trataremos lo mejor para que entiendan.
Un OR* es un "release" de un RG*. Existen muchos RG* en el "scene" que ripean peliculas, musica y aplicaciones solo por diversion. Los RG* tienen su manera especial de nombrar los OR*

Aqui explicaremos los direntes tipos de "releases".
OR de Audio/Musica
Como ya se habran dado cuenta un "OR de Audio" puede tener las siguientes caracteristicas al ser nombrados:
1.  Devildriver-Devildriver-RETAIL-2003-ESC
2.  Destructor-Sonic_Bullet-2003-AMRC
3.  Der_Gerwelt-Human_Breed-2003-ViC
Aqui tenemos 3 releases ripeados por 3 Grupos muy populares. Trataremos de explicarles las caracteristicas para identificarlos. En el caso #1 el nombre de la Banda es "Devildriver", el nombre del Album es "Devildriver" tambien. La palabra "RETAIL" es una palabra usada por los ReleaseGroups para hacerles saber que este album fue ripeado del producto final/oficial. Como pueden apreciar, el album fue lanzado/hecho en el 2003. Las abreviacion "ESC" son para informar que Grupo ripeo el album, en este caso fue ESC o mejor conocido como ESCAPE. En el caso #2 el nombre de la Banda es "Destructor", el nombre del Album es "Sonic Bullet" y fue hecho en el 2003. La palabra final nos informa el Grupo que ripeo el release, en este caso el grupo fue AMRC (Agressive Music Ripping Crew). En el caso #3 el nombre de la Banda es "Der Gerwelt", el nombre del Album es "Human Breed", fue hecho en el 2003. La palabra final nos informa el Grupo que ripeo el release, en este caso el Grupo fue ViC (Vitae Ieterna Corporation).

COMENTARIOS:
Viste la contextura en la cual es nombra un "OR de Audio/Musica"??
Es de la siguente manera:
Nombre_del_Artista-Nombre_del_Album-AÑO-GRUPO
(Artista) - (Album) - (AÑO) - (GRUPO)
Recuerda! Todos los releases de musica vienen con:
- 1 Archivo NFO (Info)
- 1 Archivo M3U (Playlist)
- 1 Archivo SFV (Simple File Verification)

OR de Video/Peliculas
Como ya habran descubierto un "OR de Pelicula" es nombrado asi
1.      The.Recruit.2003.PROPER.RERiP.DVDRip.SVCD.SWESUB-PiTch
2.  Stand.By.Me.1986.DVDRip.WS.SVCD.SWESUB-CaKe
3.  Deep.Purple-Perihelion-PAL-DVDR-WOEMPEG
Aqui tenemos 3 ejemplos de 3 diferentes releases por 3 grupos. Vamos a explicar lo que significan estos nombres. En el caso #1 la Pelicula se llama "The Recruit", la pelicula fue
hecha/lanzada en el 2003. Aqui tenemos descripciones EXTRAS del Grupo. En este caso el mensaje "PROPER" signfica que el release no tiene fallas, es una copia integra de la fuente. Un grupo ya ha lanzado este release antes pero cometieron algun tipo de error, por ejemplo mala calidad. Este grupo nombro su release "PROPER" es decir la calidad esta intacta con respecto a la fuente. "RERiP" significa que ha sido Re-ripeado, con mejor tecnologia. "DVDRiP" es la fuente de este SVCD. "SWESUB" nos dice que este release viene con Subtitulos Suecos. La ultima palabra "PiTch" es el nombre del grupo. En el caso #2 la pelicula se llama "Stand By Me". Esta pelicula fue hecha en el 1986. En este ejemplo tenemos Mensajes EXTRAS. "WS" significa que el release es Wide-Screen 16:9. "DVDRiP" es la fuente de este SVCD. "SWESUB" nos dice que este release viene con Subtitulos Suecos. La ultima palabra "CaKe" es el nombre del grupo. En el caso #3 la Pelicula se llama "Deep Purple", el año en que la pelicula fue hecha/re-ripeada no esta definida en esta ocasion. Esto pasa especialmente en las peliculas que estan relacionadas la musica. En este ejemplo tenemos Mensajes EXTRAS 'PAL' significa que fue ripeada con los estandares PAL (Phase Alternating Line) que es usada en Europa. America usa el estandar NTSC (National Television System Committee). Entonces quiere decir que este release funciona en los DVD-Players de Europa sin problemas. "DVDR" quiere decir que es una imagen exacta del DVD (producto). Necesitas un Quemador de DVDs para almacenarla en DVDs en blanco Los SVCD entran en CDs en Blanco (700 MB). La ultima palabra "WOEMPEG" es el nombre del grupo
Recuerda! Todos los releases de Peliculas/Videos vienen con:
- 1 Archivo NFO (Info)
- 1 Archivo SFV (Simple File Verification)
Estos releases siempre vienen en formato RAR (WinRar). Y siempre ha sido asi con Releases de Peliculas, algunas veces.estos releases vienen con Samples y Covers.

O.R. eng

1.) Original Releases has a specific way of naming the release so that the user get as much information as they possibly can get. Stuff like CDS, PROMO, RETAIL and so forth tells us a great deal of the stage of the release. The difference between a PROMO and a RETAIL may be the sound since the RETAIL is the finished product and may sound much better. It also tells us who ripped it (the ending is the releasegroup tag)

2.) Original Releases also contains the important file called sfv. The SFV file (Simple File Verificator) contains a checksum of how the file was when the ripper released it. This way we can check if the file has been altered during the transport. If the file has reduced its size or gotten bigger something has happened to the file. So download a new one! To check the sfv file you can use the program hksfv. You find it http://www.big-o-software.com/download.php?product=hkSFV

3.) Original Releases has two other files that can be of great value to the users. The M3u file which is a playlist file. It contains all the files within the release. And the NFO file. The NFO files sole purpose is to give the user info about the release. What kind of bitrate, how many songs, some info regarding the release, what codec what used and so on. Not rarely you get a little information regarding the band as well.

Why share original rar-releases and how does it work?

Releases are ripps of movies and software by organisations specialized in ripping,also called releasegroups. Examples of such are FLT, FLiX, VcdVault, Dominion etc. The advantage by downloading these ripps/releases is that you know what you get,compared to downloading *.avi's or *.mpg's from all over and end up with a "newbie" ripp, which may be good but in most cases crap. Not everybody knows the tricks and understands how to make an excellent rip. Releases sometimes comes as an image, most often as *.bin and *.cue). It's an image of a complete CD which can be burned using i.e. Nero or read with Daemon Tools. This goes for SVCD, games and software releases. In most movie releases the *.avi file is usually rar-ed directly. To lighten the load on the downloaders and by tradition the releasegroups allways rar's their releases and then split them into smaller sized files. This is the standard for how the releasegroups do their releases.

Within the release there are also a *.sfv and a *.nfo file. The *.sfv file is a checksum file to ensure that all the other files have the correct checksum after you've downloaded them. This way you can check/control for yourselves that all files are received correctly. The *.nfo file contains information about the release, which format, resolution, etc (for movies).

The advantages of this should be obvious:

1. You allways have a checksum-file (SFV) to check if the file is corrupt. DC++ does this automatickly when downloading, and if you loose your connection there is no risc that the file you downloaded is somehow unusable because of the sfv-file   check... should something go wrong the file will be downloaded once more.

2. If a file is corrupt you only have to redownload 15, 20 or 50 MB instead of 700 or 4.5GB.

3. You can que the same original release from 5 users and download some files from each user until you've got them all... and in this way maximize your downloadspeed -> less time to download.  

4. The files are identical with all users, so there's no doubt which file to resume.

5. We won't have these unneccesary questions in mainchat.. "What codec do I use for mib2.avi ??"  "What movie is fastnfurious.avi?"..... The nfo-file says it all!

6. Not to mention it's way too easy faking a large share with 4.5 GB -img-files...

7. Anyone who uses DC will gain from this as it is an excellent, if not the best way, to share movies and software on DC.

Explanation of original rar-releases

Why share original rar-releases and how does it work?

Releases are ripps of movies and software by organisations specialized in ripping, also called releasegroups. Examples of such are FLT, FLiX, VcdVault, Dominion etc. The advantage by downloading these ripps/releases is that you know what you get, compared to downloading *.avi's or *.mpg's from all over and end up with a "newbie" ripp, which may be good but in most cases crap. Not everybody knows the tricks and understands how to make an excellent rip. Releases sometimes comes as an image, most often as *.bin and *.cue). It's an image of a complete CD which can be burned using i.e. Nero or read with Daemon Tools. This goes for SVCD, games and software releases. In most movie releases the *.avi file is usually rar-ed directly. To lighten the load on the downloaders and by tradition the releasegroups allways rar's their releases and then split them into smaller sized files. This is the standard for how the releasegroups do their releases.
Within the release there are also a *.sfv and a *.nfo file. The *.sfv file is a checksum file to ensure that all the other files have the correct checksum after you've downloaded them. This way you can check/control for yourselves that all files are received correctly. The *.nfo file contains information about the release, which format, resolution, etc (for movies).
The advantages of this should be obvious:
1. You allways have a checksum-file (SFV) to check if the file is corrupt. DC++ does this automatickly when downloading, and if you loose your connection there is no risc that the file you downloaded is somehow unusable because of the sfv-file check... should something go wrong the file will be downloaded once more.
2. If a file is corrupt you only have to redownload 15, 20 or 50 MB instead of 700 or 4.5GB.
3. You can que the same original release from 5 users and download some files from each user until you've got them all... and in this way maximize your downloadspeed -> less time to download.
4. The files are identical with all users, so there's no doubt which file to resume.
5. We won't have these unneccesary questions in mainchat.. "What codec do I use for mib2.avi ??"  "What movie is fastnfurious.avi?"..... The nfo-file says it all!
6. Not to mention it's way too easy faking a large share with 4.5 GB -img-files...
7. Anyone who uses DC will gain from this as it is an excellent, if not the best way, to share movies and software on DC.
As you can see there are numerous advantages by downloading this way therefore we hope you will all use this format in the future, that is if you're not already using it.

How a release is built, how to use checksum and unpacking:
A release is a directory and a number of subdirectories. It can look something like this:
Darkness.Falls.PROPER.DVDRip.XviD-UTi (Maindirectory)
CD1 (Subdirectory) The rar-archives for cd1
CD2 (Subdirectory) The rar-archives for cd2
Sample (Subdirectory) A small sample/preview
uti-df-xvid.nfo (file) Previously explained
darkness.falls.dvdrip.xvid-uti.sfv (file) Previously explained

In the CD1 directory you'll find the files which unpackes directly to a *.avi file or a *.bin and *.cue file, depends on what kind of release it is. In this case the format is XviD and therefore there is a *.avi file in the archive. Besides there is a *.sfv file which contains checksums for all the rar's in the directory. By using a program to compare the rar files to the checksums in the *.sfv file you can ensure that all files are intact. There are several programs that will do this i.e. hkSFV, TotalCommander and if you use DC++ it's built in when you download. (automatic sfv-checking in settings>advanced). In case there is a corrupt file you only have to redownload that particular file. When all files have correct checksums you can unpack them. This is easiest performed with WinRAR. The rar files are usually named *.rar - *.rxx. Start with the *.rar file and extract and WinRAR will complete the rest. After unpacking you should have a *.avi file which you can play in you chosen mediaplayer or a *.bin and *.cue file you have to burn onto a CD with i.e. Nero or open in Daemon Tools or similar applications.
To have a highest possible amount of releases in the hub it's important that you share the release as it is for others to take advantage the same way you did. This means no renaming or unpacking. Also do a sfv check on the release before you share it.
How can I check for releases and keep updated?
There are special sites on the internet where such information is posted, i.e. www.nforce.nl, www.vcdquality.com is another site where releases can be rated and then choose which one to download.
It takes up too much space to keep both rar's and the unpacked files!
I've heard this argument repeatedly when I've tried one of my pro-rar speaches. The simple solution is to only save the rar's and not the unpacked files. Store all your releases as rar's on your harddrive and when you want to watch a movie you just unpack it. The whole procedure takes about 3 minutes and is a lesser con than all the other pros of sharing rar-releases.

Pros and cons in short:
The advantages of using this format for sharing movies and software is:
You know you've got a complete and working release of whatever you download, through checksums (CRC-check). This means that you have an exact copy of the files as the person who made them. Instead of downloading a *.avi file that have been back and forth over the internet and on numerous harddrives, and may have been damaged by transfer errors. This doesn't mean that the file don't work but it may have discoloration and "freeze-frames". This is somnething many ppl don't understand, they will say things like "rar-files always gets corrupt when I download them, avi's always work". They seem to belive that the rar "data" is more likely to get corrupt than the *.avi "data", ofcourse this is not true. It's just that when *.avi's get corrupted ofted you won't notice it, you will get freeze frames, the quality of the movie will get worse and worse for each transfer. This will never happen with RAR's, since you will detect coruppted data immediatly!