Orpheus

Question 1

List 5 key rules of Orpehus

Answer 1

• Keep DHT + PEX disabled when operating in Orpheus, as this will prevent .torrent files being exposed to outsiders during seeding
• Don’t trade/sell accounts or invites
• Don’t browse using TOR or any other browsing proxies
• Don’t share .torrent files, as they are embedded with a personal passkey unique to you
• Give back what you take, through seeding/uploading non-dupes etc.

Question 2

What is a dupe?

Answer 2

• A torrent that contains exactly the same content as an already existing one (usually track content, format, and bitrate)

Question 3

What separates a release from a dupe?

Answer 3

• Different year of publishing
• Different label
• Bonus material
• Higher bitrate, different format

Question 4

What different qualities of a release do not mean something is a distinct release?

Answer 4

• Different catalog number

- Different packaging

Question 5

Define ‘trump’

Answer 5

• The process of replacing a torrent that does not match the Orpheus quality standards with a torrent that does not match the quality standards - just a higher quality than previously.

Question 6

List the main types of trumps.

Answer 6

• Format
• Tag
• Folder

Question 7

Briefly describe format, tag, and folder trumps.

Answer 7

• FORMAT: A torrent can be format trumped if you have a version with a higher bitrate or quality
• TAG: A torrent can be tag trumped if you have a version with all the relevant information, or if the existing torrent is missing / lacking correct information (title, album, artist, track number)
• FOLDER: A torrent can be folder trumped if it has nested folders, or the folder titles do not match the contents (e.g. album name, year, music format)

Question 8

There are no available torrents for a release you have that is 128kbps in bitrate. Can you upload this?

Answer 8

• No, because if there are no pre-existing torrents of a release, you can upload it only if the bitrate is 192kbps and above (or averages to 192kbps, in variable cases)

Question 9

What encodes can always be uploaded if there are no available torrents? (Lossy)

Answer 9

• mp3: 320kbps, V0, V2.

- AAC, if there are no pre-existing torrents : unless the release contains exclusive material (e.g. from iTunes)

Question 10

Format trumps cannot occur even when your release has certain information that isn’t present in existing torrents. List these forms of information.

Answer 10

• .cue, .log, .m3u files

- album artwork

Question 11

You have a lossless rip that does not exist anywhere on the tracker. Identify the qualifying standard for uploading this release.

Answer 11

• Must be ripped from the commercially released medium (CD, vinyl), not ripped from a rip - unless that is how it was commercially released.

Question 12

List the conditions for format trumping lossless uploads.

Answer 12

• Lossless with a .log > lossless without .log
• Lossless with a .log that scores 100% on a ripping tool > lossless .log that scores less than 100% (although a .log that scores more than existing, though not 100% does not trump)
• Lossless with a .log from an accredited ripping tool > lossless with a .log from a non-certified tool

Question 13

Identify the standard tag format for uploads.

Answer 13

• Track title
• Album
• Artist
• Track number
• Properly formatted, with appropriate capital letters when needed

Question 14

List some circumstances for tag trumping.

Answer 14

• Entirely misspelled information
• Entirely lowercase information
• Missing information

Question 15

List some circumstances for folder trumping.

Answer 15

• File names do not match track names
• Folder names do not match release (should include Album, Artist, Year of Release)
• Nested folders when not necessary
• Duplicate track numbers in the same folder when dealing with multiple-disc releases