A copy made in a cinema using a camcorder or mobile phone. The sound source is the camera microphone. Cam rips can quickly appear online after the first preview or premiere of the film.
These are early DVD or BD releases of the theatrical version of a film, typically sent to movie reviewers, Academy members, and executives for review purposes.
DVDRip
A final retail version of a film, typically released before it is available outside its originating region. The release is an AVI file and uses the Xvid codec for video, and mp3 or AC3 for audio.
WEBDL
This is a movie or TV show downloaded via an online distribution website, such as iTunes. The video (H.264) and audio (AC3/AAC) streams.
HDRip
HDRip is an encoded version of any HD source, like BRRip, BDRip or HDTV, into a smaller file size. Although the original source might be in a higher resolution, scene groups often transcode the rips to 720p.
WEBCap
This is a rip created by capturing video from a DRM-enabled streaming service, such as Amazon Instant or Netflix.
Similar to DVD-Rip, only the source is a Blu-ray Disc. A common misconception among downloaders is that BDRip and BRRip are the same thing. They differ in that a BDRip comes directly from the Blu-ray source, while a BRRip is encoded from a pre-release, usually from a 1080p BDRip from another group. BDRips are available in DVD-Rip sized releases (commonly 700 MB and 1.4 GB) encoded in Xvid or x264, as well as larger DVD5 or DVD9 (often 4.5 GB or larger, depending on length and quality) sized releases encoded in x264.
