Rip / Ripped?

We have to Understand Rip first, Ripped or ripping means Extracted, Source or Copied from. Basically Rip denotes the source of the Video or Film.

Example: The DVDRip means the source of the ripped video file was a DVD disc. Similarly, BRRip stands for a rip done from a BluRay disc.

Various Types of Rip

CAMRip

CAMRip is captured from a Video camera from Cinema Screen. They are recorded illegally in the theatres. These types of ripping contained unwanted noise and sounds of the audience laughing and babies crying etc. They have may have shaky Videos sometimes and not at perfect angle.

PreDVDRip

PreDVDRip is basically CAMRip with better quality because they were recorded from the perfect angle and with a tripod for stability. Sometimes they recorded audio from the original source. This audio is called TS (Telesync).

DVDRip

DVDRip is copied from the final released DVD.

WEBRip

WEBRip is a file ripped from OTT with encoding. The quality is comparable to WEB-DL.

WEB-DL

WEB-DL is ripped from OTT without any encoding. The quality is quite good since they are not touched. They are the original copy without any watermark.

BRRip

BRRip is encoded from a Blu-ray release, which is in itself a ripped version but BRrip is a compressed version of an already ripped Blu-ray disc.

BDRip (BluRay Disc Rip)

BDRip is encoded directly from the BluRay disk. They usually have a resolution of 720p or 1080p and are encoded using .mkv container and x264 codec.

WORKPRINT / WP

A workprint is a pirated copy of the film that has not been finished. It may have missing scenes, music, and VFX. They may also have Timestamps at corners.

DVDscr

DVDScr is recorded from the promotional DVD copy of a film sent by the filmmakers before the official DVD release to movie critics, censors etc.

DTHRip / TVRip / HDTV / HDTVRip

They are ripped from TV via DTH recording feaure or other.

Order of Quality

BRRIP > WEBDL > WEBRIP > HDRIP/HDTV > DVDRIP > DVDSCR/PREDVD > CAMRIP