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Movies (English Only)

Any kind of movie collection, whether by actor, director or just a collection of sequels. This section does not include high-res, TV/documentary, animated or foreign language collections. It does however include non-retail/cinema quality and black & white collections. All collections must be 3 movies or more.

Any High Definition release, be it full BD/HDDVD/HDTV stream, or high resolution (a720, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) encode, with one or more English audio tracks only. This section does not include animated or TV/documentary films, it does however include black & white movies.

All DVD images/.vobs, both full retail copies (DVD5, DVD9, etc.), and re-compressed or otherwise shrunk (by removing extras and/or dubbed audio streams, etc.) releases (DVDR), regardless of audio languages. This section does not include animated or TV/documentary movies.

Movies, from the year 2007 onwards, ripped from a retail DVD source (DVDRip), excluding R5 DVDRips. Also any low resolution High Definition rips of an HDDVD or an HDTV feed (HDRip) as well as Blu-ray Disc rips (BDRip). Be aware that documentaries, foreign, animated and black & white movies have their own sections.

Any retail rips of movies that were made this century up to the year 2006.

Retail rips of movies that were made last century. Be aware that some poor quality DivX rips existed in the past.

The switch to colour was a gradual process mostly taking place from the 1930s to the 1950s. This section contains any movie which is completely in black and white from old classics to newer ones such as Schindler's List.

Movies, from 2006 and onwards, in one of the following formats: DVD/VHS Screener (DVDScr/VHSScr; essentially pre-released, less-mastered DVDRips/VHSRips; can be clean or have watermarks such as 'Property of' messages, and black & white scenes), Workprint (WP), R5 DVD rip (R5.DVDRip; video encoded from a Russian retail DVD, while Russian audio usually replaced with cinema quality English audio), PDVD rip (PDVDRip; normally well-mastered TCs), VHS rip (VHSRip), LaserDisc capture (LDCap), and non-high definition television source encodes (DCCap, SatRip, DSR, TVRip).

Movies, made before 2006, ripped from one of the following sources: DVD/VHS Screener (DVDScr/VHSScr), Workprint (WP), R5 DVD (R5.DVDRip), PDVD (PDVDRip), VHS (VHSRip), LaserDisc (LDCap), and non-high definition television (DCCap, SatRip, DSRip, TVRip).

Cinema releases where a video camera is used for the video (usually in an empty theatre) and audio is picked up from the video camera (CAM), directly from an audio jack (TeleSync) or both are taken from the cinema reels (TeleCine).

Movies (Foreign Audio Tracks)

Any High Definition release, be it full BD/HDDVD/HDTV stream, or high resolution (a720, 720p, 1080i, 1080p) encode, with one or more foreign language audio tracks (can additionally include one or more English tracks). This section does not include animated or TV/documentary films, it does however include black & white movies.

Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and any other East Asian languaged movies, this section does not include movies which have been dubbed in another language such as English but does include movies where one of two or more audio tracks is in one of the above languages. Movies from the Indian film industry Bollywood are also included.

Español, Deutsch, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Dansk, Svenska, Norsk, Türkçe, Ruskij, Afrikaans, Arabic plus more (upto Russia and Turkey). This section does not include movies which have been dubbed in English but does include movies where one of two or more audio tracks is in one of the above languages.

Vous trouverez ici les films qui ont au moins une piste audio en français.

Filmes portugueses ou que tenham pelo menos uma pista de audio em português.

Animated

Anime is Japanese animation, it is often characterized by stylized colourful images depicting vibrant characters in a variety of different settings and storylines, aimed at a wide range of audiences. Anime is usually influenced by Japanese comics known as manga. Both anime TV and movies are posted here. Do not post hentai (anime porn).

Animated movies and tv series which kids can watch (U and PG certificate).

TV

TV Series currently airing or planned to return for another season.

TV Series which have ended or have been cancelled.

Specials, stand-up comedy, mini-series & one-off shows. All documentaries go here, including ones that hit the theatres.

Française, Español, Portugues, Deutsch, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Dansk, Svenska, Norsk, Türkçe, Russkij, Afrikaans, Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Thai plus more. This section does not include TV which has been dubbed in English. If a release has a foreign language and a secondary English audio track then please post it in the English section only if it is a DVD-R, otherwise post here.

Games

Games which require a supplied crack to work or do not have a protection system.

Games which are an identical copy of the original disk and require CD/DVD emulation software to run.

Any game rips, mini-games, abandonware, cracks, mods, tools, trainers, keygens, and other DOX files. Also, manuals and strategy guides for all platforms.

PS3, XBOX360, Nintendo Wii, Sega Genesis etc... Basically anything non-PC. This includes interactive DVD games you play with your TV remote control.

Discuss games in this forum, additionally receive technical support for your game (Computer or Console).

Audio

File formats: MP3, AAC, MPC, OGG, WMA, etc.
Any complete CD albums, whether in multiple files or single file archive (e.g. rar) of a single artist, as well as albums with various artists such as the Now series of compilations (with VA tag); lossy is a class of data compression where compressing data and then decompressing it retrieves data that may well be different from the original, resulting in a release that suffers from generation loss.

File formats: FLAC, WAV, MLP, APE, TTA, ALS, etc.
Any complete CD albums, whether in multiple files or single file archive (e.g. rar) of a single artist, as well as albums with various artists such as the Now series of compilations (with VA tag); lossless is a class of data compression algorithms that allows the exact original data to be reconstructed from the compressed data, meaning that those releases were compressed without any loss in quality.

Essentially any audio file which isn't part of a complete album.

Original/official soundtracks (OSTs) of movies, games, TV series etc...

Single song videos as well any concerts, tours etc...

Work room for audio posts. Restricted posting rules apply.

eBooks & Software

A magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative.

Any books online, whether reading books, audio books or comics.

Software for any operating system including games for your mobile (cellular) phone.

Politics & Conspiracy

If people are found flaming, swearing and generally badly attacking other forum members, on a regular basis, because of their political beliefs then they will be dealt with! Please have adult conversations and worthwhile debates, put your point forward and control yourselves if you think other people's points are ridiculous.

NO RELIGION PLEASE, THIS IS STILL NOT ALLOWED - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

This forum contains links to documentaries which many people may find offensive. You have been warned, if you don't like what you see in this section then do not visit it again! You may also talk about the links posted in this section. Keep it civil.

Archives

Some threads are just too funny and deserve their place in the history of STF. Others remind us of sad times and others simply are a part of history of the site. Here is a collection of some of these.

Any non-retail/cinema releases which are now available in the retail movie sections will be moved here.

Does a trashcan need a description?