General The Scene Releases Releasegroups Dictionary
Glossary





Add to favorites

     
  Fixes (Dirfix, nfofix, ppf patch, crackfix, samplefix)
Terminology | Dictionary | Explanation

Fixes are small repairs which fix a bug in a previous release. There are five kinds of fixes, listed from most to least important:
» Crackfix
» PPF Patch
» Nfofix
» Dirfix
» Samplefix

Crackfix
A crackfix is released when a previous release was not cracked properly. The group found the bug after they released the original. Since cracking is human work, mistakes can happen all the time. Of course, every crack is tested first, but it's always possible some bugs stay unnoticed. Usually, the bugs in the original crack are not visible at first sight and therefore they are noticed later on. For example, Spiderman.Friend.Or.Foe.Crackfix-RELOADED fixes the crack of Spiderman.Friend.For.Foe-RELOADED, because it caused random crashes in several levels.

PPF Patch
PPF stands for PlayStation Patch File. A .PPF patch is a patch file, used to fix cd and dvd images. The advantage of a PPF patch is that it's not required to release a repack. The downloader doesn't need to download a new 700 or 4500mb image, but just a very tiny patch file. The small patch is released to adjust the original image to the proper image. The creator of the PPF patch creates the small patches by comparing the original & proper image and extracting only the difference between them. This is why the patch file can be so small. Usually, a patch file is just 100kb-1mb big. The downloader patches the original downloaded image file using PPF-O-Matic or ApplyPPF.

PPF stands for PlayStation Patch File. It was originally developed for coders and developers who created Playstation patches, trainers, and cracks. Before PPF hit the scene all the groups producing image fixes and even trainer versions for the PlayStation included selfmade .exe files for PCs and compatibles in order to apply the patch. There is one big problem: different operating systems (OS). Many sceners out there are using Linux, AmigaOS, MacOS, BeOS or whatever else they prefer to run their systems. Those people were not able to use those patches until PPF.

Reading this you'd wonder why not all fixes come in ppf patches instead of repacks. The reason for this is that PPF patches only work for small fixes. A menu buttons fix for a video DVD for example, only effects one small file. But when you improve the bitrate, it effects all the big .vob files. If you'd create a PPF patch, it would be almost as big as a new release. That's why it's only effective for small fixes.

Nfofix
A crackfix is released to fix the NFO of the original release. A nfofix is just a .nfo file to replace the original, bad nfo file. Nfo fixes are released quite often. This is due the fact that most groups use the nfo of a previous release. Sometimes they forget to change certain information, resulting in a nfo with bad information.

Dirfix
A dirfix is released to fix the releasename. The word dirfix is a truncation of directory and fix. Dirfixes are quite common since a typographical errors is easily made. An example of a dirfix is Billy_D_Kid-True_Caribbean_Gyal-DIRFIX-Promo_CDS-2007-CSV which fixes Billy_D_Kid-True_Caribbean_Gyal-Promo_CDS-2008-CSV. In this case the year was incorrect. A dirfix can also be used to add additional tags which were forgotten in the original releasename. An example is De.Fuke.2000.STV.PAL.DVDR-RENTAL which was dirfixed to De.Fuke.2000.STV.DUTCH.PAL.DVDR-RENTAL (since the movie language is Dutch). It is not allowed to dirfix a release with the iNTERNAL tag to avoid a dupe. In that case the release and the dirfix will be nuked.

Samplefix
A samplefix is released to fix the standalone .vob sample, which is included in every movie release. It's released to replace the original bad .vob file, but a samplefix is also released when the group forgot to add a sample in their original release. 		 
     





[ Your advertisement here? ]


© AboutTheScene.com 2007 :: All rights reserved | Site Disclaimer