DDLDB - Direct Download Links DB For Scene Releases

February 18, 10 by sharky   9,824  views  

Release blogs, warez forums and DDL indexers have certainly captured a wide audience for those who seek out scene/P2P releases found on filehosters. Under the best circumstances, it still remains a manual task for staff & uploaders to grab scene releases from various sources (leech FTPs, dumpsites, scene trackers) in order to post them to blogs & forums. But there’s one cool trend that we’re seeing more of lately; websites that post scene releases straight to direct download links. DDLDB.com is one such brand new pre-to-DDL service that DDL fans should find very handy - we’ll explain why.

The recent shutdown of SceneDDL.net/xldr.net has left a sizable absence in the DDL community’s demand for pre-to-ddl services, and the chances of Jay’s xldr script being sold or made available to a third party have seemingly all but vanished. However, longtime followers of SceneDDL shouldn’t despair; DDLDB has arrived!

Sites that offer pred scene releases directly as DDLs have become increasingly popular among those who want access to a wider range of available releases, coupled with a fast afterpre - without having to wade through user comments (on blogs) to find working links or login to cluttered forums. A good example of this is NewSceneFiles.net which has done amazingly well in such a short time - all due to its autopost feature.

However, we think you’ll agree that DDLDB.com (which is a side project of OneDDL.com) is superior to NewSceneFiles (and many release blogs/warez forums) for a number of reasons. Here’s a quick comparison:

  DDLDB.com NewSceneFiles Blogs/Forums
# of Daily Posts/Releases: ~190 ~67 <- less
Rls pretime listed on site? Yes No No
Article ‘post time’ listed? Yes No Yes
Fast afterpre? Yes Yes Not particularly
Multiple DL sources? Yes Just two Yes
Single links available? Yes Not often Sometimes
NFO files? Yes Yes Usually
DDL links included in posts? Yes Yes No/Yes**
Release descriptions, images? Not yet* No Yes
Rls for movies, games? Not yet Yes Yes

* Future ideas include adding detailed scene release info to each page, with info sources to TVRage, IMDb etc. (All automated, ofc)

** Most popular blogs don’t include DDLs directly in the posts; instead they rely on user comments to supply them.

DDLDB.com Features:

Below are just some of the key features currently being offered:

Custom Scripts — DDLDB uses its own customized script (not xldr) to autopost new scene releases right after pre, with no human interaction. All of the work is done 100% automated.

DDLDB has great sources — We can’t disclose the exact sources used for DDLDB’s posts, but we can assure you it’s not from scene trackers. ;)

Fast pre turnaround, fast browsing — As of now DDLDB is using a 100mbit dedi to post & process new releases, but it’s said they’ll be on a 1Gbps by tomorrow. Already indexes nearly 1,100 unique posts since Feb. 8th.

Multiple DDL hosters — NFS uses just RS & HF links; DDLDB uses Rapidshare, Hotfile, Storage.to, x7.to (and Megashares.com for larger releases such as x264), with more options being added soon.

Single Links — The major drawback to NSF is that they only use RS and HF, thus large releases such as game ISOs & HD movies end up being split into dozens of links. This is similar to ‘user comments’ on blogs - readers sometimes need to add dozens of individual DDLs into a DL manager, just to get one release. DDLDB uses single links for each posted release (although RS links are to be added as multiples in 200MB filesizes, in order to offer more download options).

NFO Files, with Hyperlinks — Every release has an nfo viewer link on NFOmation.net where readers can download the .NFO and view it online in different formats. In the default DOS view mode, hyperlinks in the NFO can be clicked ‘live’ which includes mailto: contact links.

Specialized Posting:

Online for just over a week now, DDLDB.com is still being fine-tuned and is only posting 0DAY, MP3, TV-x264 and TV-XviD releases; more will come after the testing phases. Releases are processed depending on filesize and releasetype, and at the moment this is what happens:

• 0Day/Music releases are posted with the original scene files intact in a single rar archive. Note: There are absolutely no password-protected archives in any of their releases.

• TV (XviD & x264) are posted after the contents of the scene files are extracted from the original scene release rar archives. This feature is useful for users who just want to download the video file without having to extract rars or be bothered ‘owning’ the original scene release files. Anyone who’s experienced with scene releases (as found on hosters) can relate to having to extract the first set of ‘hoster rars’, only then to have to extract a second set of ’scene rars’ just to get to the actual files. This is a time-consuming, tedious process that DDLDB has solved by - 1) Pre-extracting the files from the scene rars, and - 2) Not repackaging them back up into more rars.

In the example below you’ll notice that links for video releases at DDLDB are *.AVI (or *.MKV) files, as opposed to *.RAR files:

On NewSceneFiles (and elsewhere), downloaders will often have to tackle two different sets of rars:

Pretimes & More…

Pretimes aren’t just good at DDLDB - they’re great! But don’t just take our word for it, check it out for yourself. Both pretime and publish time (GMT 0) are indicated for each post:

Other testimonials to DDLDB’s afterpre can be found in the #brace channel on APNET.

DDLDB on IRC — can be found in the channel #ddldb on irc.link-net.org (hotlink) along with their own #Brace channel (which is not yet set up to index new posts).

Alternatives to SceneDDL.net / xldr.net — DDLDB.com, NewSceneFiles.net, ev0.in, AfterPre.com, Dedicatedtv.net.

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36 responses for this post

  1. 01   •   theddlera Says: 17.02.10 at 11:16 pm

    These type of services are amazing - I love automated sites :)

    R.I.P. sceneddl

  2. 02   •   niiice Says: 18.02.10 at 12:32 am

    this site is dope!

  3. 03   •   SOMEGUY Says: 18.02.10 at 1:27 am

    pros : fast pretimes, nice layout, extracted releases (some people like that), multiple filehosts
    cons : THEY USE SCC AS SOURCE, touched scene releases (no scene rars), the filehosts they upload to are terrible

  4. 04   •   XFX Says: 18.02.10 at 1:47 am

    nice service too bad that all these auto pre ddls use scc as source
    maybe if they get a better source they will do better

  5. 05   •   OmniOne Says: 18.02.10 at 3:32 am

    Purely out of curiosity how can you tell SCC is source?

  6. 06   •   Alex0007 Says: 18.02.10 at 3:39 am

    I added that source to favorites. Thanks!

  7. 07   •   Alex0007 Says: 18.02.10 at 3:49 am

    i like apps :D

  8. 08   •   Kim Says: 18.02.10 at 6:04 am

    I love FSF :) Thank you!

  9. 09   •   me Says: 18.02.10 at 7:25 am

    i wish i could code.
    give back a bit to those hardworking ppl :)

  10. 010   •   LOL Says: 18.02.10 at 7:59 am

    I dont know how you can say that SCC are the source, that is the most bollocks on earth.

    Who do you think SCC get all their shit from??? that damn right dont make it themselves.

    The get it from topsites, and coincidently any good scene tracker (GFT, SCC, ScP, PTM, DH etc) get theirs from topsites, NOT SCC.

    So quit bullshitting about something you dont know shit about.

    Back on topic, this site looks good thanks Sharky.

  11. 011   •   Meh Says: 18.02.10 at 8:19 am

    Lost.S06E04.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION
    Pretime: 2010-02-17 03:09:21
    Posted @ 2010-02-17 03:22:36

    Psych.S04E13.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION
    Pretime: 2010-02-18 05:07:14
    Posted @ 2010-02-18 05:17:42

    Nip.Tuck.S07E07.720p.HDTV.X264-DIMENSION
    Pretime: 2010-02-18 04:10:07
    Posted @ 2010-02-18 04:26:30

    Human.Target.2010.S01E06.720p.HDTV.x264-IMMERSE
    Pretime: 2010-02-18 02:15:38
    Posted @ 2010-02-18 02:25:41

    Meh. 10+ minutes after pre. Not too bad I guess, but most decent trackers and even some of the blogs can have TV-X264 up within 2-3mins.

    Let me know when they get better sources.

  12. 012   •   Eddie Says: 18.02.10 at 9:18 am

    The reason people say they are getting their files from SCC is because the seem to be releasing the exact same files that are uploaded to SCC (for the categories they cover, 0day, mp3 etc.). Just have a look at what SCC upload on trac3.me and compare it. I don’t really care too much because what matters is that you are able to download it via http and be done. I would like them to expand their sources though because SCC doesn’t cover everything. Also it will be good when they release the scene releases untouched and to multiple hosts.

  13. 013   •   Desi Says: 18.02.10 at 10:24 am

    Thanks..its very Nice !

  14. 014   •   SOMEGUY Says: 18.02.10 at 11:31 am

    @all the peeps above: They said it in IRC, and the site stopped posting when SCC stopped uploading yesterday.
    Also, NewSceneFiles uses topsites as source.

    kthxbai.

  15. 015   •   DARK88FANGS Says: 18.02.10 at 11:35 am

    Yay. It’s no SceneDDL (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH JAY YOU FUCKING CUNT QUITTER), but it seems pretty damn awsome.

  16. 016   •   DARK88FANGS Says: 18.02.10 at 11:42 am

    And by ‘pretty damn awesome’ i mean ‘where the fuck are my mvids, you damn charlatans you’.

  17. 017   •   bob Says: 18.02.10 at 1:10 pm

    @allpeepsabove who think they would use other sources permanently, NO they will not. Check the site news section, they are using it TEMPORARILY and by midnight they will have releases from there main source.

  18. 018   •   random Says: 18.02.10 at 8:18 pm

    I also noticed that their source is SCC ……….

  19. 019   •   Chaucer Says: 18.02.10 at 9:33 pm

    Storage and Hotfile? Pass.

  20. 020   •   Lock Says: 18.02.10 at 10:48 pm

    im sorry but am i missing something? what is bad about using scc as a source?

  21. 021   •   erf Says: 18.02.10 at 11:23 pm

    people need to stop getting their panties in a bunch because of a 5-10 minute difference in pre.

  22. 022   •   John Says: 19.02.10 at 9:44 am

    They have a really sweet iPhone
    interface as well!

  23. 023   •   jesse smoth Says: 20.02.10 at 8:29 am

    Don’t forget about dedicatedtv, they autopost tv releases to multiple hosts and put out a good number of releases a day

  24. 024   •   SOMEGUY Says: 20.02.10 at 1:57 pm

    @Jesse: Yes, DTV is the best IMO.

  25. 025   •   Zaxx Says: 20.02.10 at 6:31 pm

    Regardless of their source(s), they may end up dealing with a different problem as they are hosted on a US server…not smart. :s

  26. 026   •   DM Says: 22.02.10 at 10:54 am

    they get their stuff from p2l same as scc

    and yes the filehosts they upload to are terrible

  27. 027   •   random Says: 23.02.10 at 5:33 pm

    The only purpsose with this site is to earn money..

  28. 028   •   Mehisjackoff Says: 23.02.10 at 10:58 pm

    I love it when people are so obsessed with pretimes like that. It makes them look like a real douche.

    Anyways, thanks for posting this FSF. I love these types of sites.

  29. 029   •   Freak Says: 24.02.10 at 9:47 pm

    good luck, but for me is fails site like this ones in age as we live.. anyways good luck luck guys.

  30. 030   •   me Says: 25.02.10 at 12:44 pm

    ttinvite is best for scene releases and also in 0 day apps also

  31. 031   •   mcpain Says: 12.03.10 at 11:16 pm

    i didnt find anything there , the blog is empty

  32. 032   •   kuku Says: 14.03.10 at 2:57 pm

    http://www.ttinvite.com/ttinvite-scene-release-downloads/

  33. 033   •   yesno Says: 21.04.10 at 8:30 am

    hi ,i found software SHARING MAX 2010 more powerful than rapidown ,it’s can download from rapishare any number of links and waiting the rapishare time ,then continue ,and can download from megaupload without writing the captcha code,and download from youtube also
    and this is the link http://www.softwaremile.com/download/smhx.exe

  34. 034   •   DarkDDL Says: 23.05.10 at 8:11 am

    thanks for the info :)

  35. 035   •   Rent A Car Says: 30.05.10 at 4:01 am

    Thanks..its very Nice !

  36. 036   •   zeka oyunları Says: 25.08.10 at 6:00 pm

    Don’t forget about dedicatedtv, they autopost tv releases to multiple hosts and put out a good number of releases a day

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