Editing Telesync (section)

{{Short description|Bootleg copy of a film recorded in a theater}}
{{Distinguish|Transport stream}}

A '''telesync''' ('''TS''')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/term.cfm/telesync |title=Glossary for film piracy terms |author=afterdawn.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204122737/http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/term.cfm/telesync |archive-date=2012-02-04 }}</ref> is a [[bootleg recording]] of a [[film]] recorded in a [[movie theater]], often (although not always) filmed using a professional camera on a tripod in the projection booth. The audio of a TS is captured with a direct connection to the sound source (often an [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[microbroadcast]] provided for the hearing-impaired, or from a [[drive-in theater]]). If a direct connection from the sound source is not possible, sometimes the bootlegger will tape or conceal wireless microphones close to the speakers, as it is better than a mic on the camera. A TS can be considered a higher quality type of [[Cam (bootleg)|cam]], that has the potential of better-quality audio and video.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Craig|first1=Paul|last2=Ron|first2=Mark|editor1-first=Mark|editor1-last=Burnett|others=Publisher: Andrew Williams, Page Layout and Art: Patricia Lupien, Acquisitions Editor: Jaime Quigley, Copy Editor: Judy Eby, Technical Editor: Mark Burnett, Indexer: Nara Wood, Cover Designer: Michael Kavish|title=Software Piracy Exposed - Secrets from the Dark Side Revealed|date=April 2005|publisher=Syngress Publishing|location=United States of America|isbn=1-932266-98-4|doi=10.1016/B978-193226698-6/50033-7|pages=162–165|chapter=Chapter 8: The Piracy Scene |quote=A telesync is a film recorded on a professional camera (often a digital beta-cam). The cameras are placed on steady tripods and the films are recorded in an empty cinema from the main projection booth. The sound is often recorded straight from the mixing board, giving the telesync a high-quality sound. Some releases even include surround sound in Audio Compression 3 ([[Dolby AC-3|AC3]]) format. Telesyncs are the most common of early releases, often being the first release [[Topsite (warez)|a movie site]] accepts. Telesync movies are easier to watch than their [[Cam (bootleg)|CAM]] counterparts, although the picture quality is usually slightly washed out and the contrast is often out of balance. Telesyncs are commonly traded on movie sites. They are the lowest quality allowed, but are still popular with many file traders.|url=http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/705731/description|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/softwarepiracyex0000crai/page/162}}</ref> 

The true definition of telesync would include the film being synchronized to the camera's own [[frame rate]] and shutter timing as done by television companies when preparing celluloid film for broadcast. A bootleg TS rarely, if ever, uses this form of synchronization which can lead to additional temporal [[aliasing]].  Most cameras used to make modern telesyncs run at 24 frames per second, like the movie projectors, to reduce artifacts compared to the 60 frames per second cameras of old.

As technology gets better, the quality of telesyncs also improves, although even the best telesyncs are [[lossy]] and will be inferior in quality to direct rips from [[Blu-ray]], [[DVD-Video|DVD]] or digital transfers from the film itself (see [[Telecine (copying)|telecine]]). Some [[Warez group|release groups]] use [[high-definition video]] cameras to get the clearest picture possible.<ref name="nocopy">{{cite book 
|last1=Krömer |first1=Jan
|last2=Sen |first2=Evrim
|title=No copy: die Welt der digitalen Raubkopie |trans-title=No copy: the world of digital piracy
|url=http://www.no-copy.org/kapitelinhalt.html |year=2007 |orig-year=2006 |publisher=Tropical Publisher |location=Germany |language=de |isbn=978-3-932170-82-9|pages=110–111 |chapter=Chapter 3: All You Can Eat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402123424/http://www.no-copy.org/aus-dem-vorfuehrraum.html
|archive-date=2016-04-02
|chapter-url=http://www.no-copy.org/aus-dem-vorfuehrraum.html }}</ref> When an unlicensed copy of a film exists even before its official publication, it is often because a telesync version could be easily produced.<ref name="Kwok2004">{{cite journal|last1=Kwok|first1=Sai Ho|title=File sharing activities over BT Networks|journal=Computers in Entertainment|volume=2|issue=2|year=2004|pages=11|issn=1544-3574|doi=10.1145/1008213.1008232|s2cid=26051004|quote=Pirated movies exist even before their official release since the Telesync (TS) version of movies shot in the cinema can be easily produced.}}</ref>

In the German [[warez scene]] additional tags for the audio source can be added to a telesync release. These are '''LD''' (line dubbed) for when the audio track of an unlicensed copy has been ripped from the line out connection of a projector or '''MD''' (mic dubbed) when a microphone is used for the recording. These tags are not used exclusively on cam releases though.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scenelingo.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/what-does-ld-and-md-mean/ |title=What does "LD" and "MD" mean? |date=2013-01-28}}</ref><!-- http://forum.chip.de/webserver-webhosting-clouds/line-dubbed-eigentlich-genau-481475.html
*MIC.DUBBED*
Ein Release wird mit einer deutschen Tonspur versehen, die per Micro im Kino aufgenommen wurde (schlechte Tonqualität - klingt oft sehr raumhaft).

*LINE.DUBBED*
Ein Release wird mit einer deutschen Tonspur versehen, die über den "Line"-Ausgang von einer externen Quelle im Kino aufgenommen wurde (sehr gute Qualität).
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