BD-Video Guide
Attribution: Blu-ray Disc Association, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Definition
BD-Video is the name used by Redump.info for audio/video content released on Blu-ray disc media. Most BD-Video discs will be encrypted and protected with Advanced Access Content System (AACS). Redump.info hashes BD-Video with encryption intact.
General Notes
- How to retrieve AACS keys: /BD-Video_Key_Extraction
- AACS keys output includes a "DiscId" which can be put in the comments as a replacement for PVD/EXE-Date. DiscID: YYYY.MM.DD
- BD-Rs may need to be dumped with /avdp flag to report proper size in DIC, needs confirmation. -- https://forum.redump.info/post/101468/#p101468
- BD-R PICs need to be added to comment field as the length is longer than standard PICs and gets cut off by the site.
- Subtitle languages get added to the language field. If Audio language differs, it can be included in comments. Audio Language / Subtitle Language
General Eligibility Criteria
Most BD-Video discs that are eligible for Redump include game-related video (promotional, game coverage, etc), and in most cases, the Category should be "Video". However, there are some other cases:
- BD Movies with game demos are allowed. -> (Demos for PS3, PC, etc—NOT Flash games) --- Category for these should be "Demos"
- BD Games are allowed, but games must be the primary content of the disc and be interactive. --- Category for these should be "Games"
- Interactive driving theory test / highway code etc. instructional videos are not eligible.
- Movies and TV shows based on video games, drawing inspiration from them, or with video game "themes" are not eligible for redump. This includes but is not limited to movies like Pixels, Mario and Zelda cartoons, etc.
- BD Movies with minor PS3 content such as firmware updates or themes are not eligible.
Languages
As a general rule, the consideration for whether a language should be added to the field relies on whether the user can access the main content of the disc in that language (i.e. watch a film the whole way through, play all levels of an interactive BD-Video).
In most cases, this will mean that all audio and subtitle languages available should be added to the field, however there may be some nuanced cases where a different approach is required - for example where certain subtitles/languages are only available for certain features or titles e.g. https://redump.info/disc/80741/
Editions / Datfile versions
Where a BD-Video disc is bundled as a bonus disc with a game, the edition and datfile version should always be set to "X Game Bundle".
Please note that where a BD-Video disc is bundled as a bonus disc with a book or magazine, the edition may be set as "Book Bundle" / "Magazine Bundle", but the datfile version should be left blank.
Pre-Order Bonus discs, First-Print Bonus discs, and other similar types of discs/editions that are not always bundled, do not get a datfile modifier. Additionally, if multiple editions of a disc exist, but not ALL of them are bundles, there is no datfile modifier. For example, if a disc has an Original release and a PC Game Bundle release, there is no datfile modifier unless one is required due to a collision.
The following standardized terms are used:
- 3DO Game Bundle (3DO)
- 3DS Game Bundle (3DS)
- CD-i Game Bundle (CD-i)
- DC Game Bundle (Dreamcast)
- FMT Game Bundle (FM Towns)
- MCD Game Bundle (Mega CD / Sega CD)
- Multisystem Game Bundle (same disc verified as being bundled with the game for multiple systems)
- N64 Game Bundle (Nintendo 64)
- NDS Game Bundle (Nintendo DS)
- NSW Game Bundle (Nintendo Switch)
- PC Game Bundle (PC)
- PC-98 Game Bundle (PC-98)
- PS2 Game Bundle (PlayStation 2)
- PS3 Game Bundle (PlayStation 3)
- PS4 Game Bundle (PlayStation 4)
- PS5 Game Bundle (PlayStation 5)
- PSP Game Bundle (PlayStation Portable)
- PSV Game Bundle (PlayStation Vita)
- PSX Game Bundle (PlayStation)
- QIS Game Bundle (Bandai Playdia Quick Interactive System)
- SFC Game Bundle (Super Famicom / SNES)
- SMD Game Bundle (Genesis / Mega Drive)
- SS Game Bundle (Saturn)
- Wii Game Bundle (Wii)
- Wii U Game Bundle (Wii U)
- Xbox Game Bundle (Xbox)
- Xbox 360 Game Bundle (Xbox 360)
- Xbox One Game Bundle (Xbox One)
Discs bundled with multiple releases
If the disc is bundled with a release of the game for more than one system and both copies are dumped (see e.g. https://redump.info/disc/81769/), then the Edition field should represent each individual system (PS3 Game Bundle, PS4 Game Bundle), while the Filename Suffix field should use the single term "Multisystem Game Bundle".
If a disc is known to be bundled with a release of the game for more than one system, but it is not clear which bundle version has been dumped (i.e. because the dumper only possesses a loose copy of the disc), then information about which releases are known should be added to comments along with a note stating "Exact bundle dumped unconfirmed". Neither Edition nor Filename Suffix fields should be filled in this case.