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Originally Posted by elinter

Received a request to convert HD video from this torrent http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...ad.php?t=80811 to audio. I did and am wondering if permitted to seed. Here's the details from the info file:

AUDIO ATTRIBUTES:

Codec: Dolby AC-3
Number Of Channels: 2
Channel Positions: L & R
Sampling Rate: 48kHz
Bit Rate: 384 kb/s

Audio extracted using Aura Video to Audio Converter to WAV format at 48Khz, divided into tracks using Audacity, then exported to FLAC at 44.1Khz by: elinter

Looks like a lossy conversion which is not permitted here:

7. Audio ripped from an MPEG video or DVD is not permitted.
All digital video codecs use lossy audio compression schemes, and therefore audio extracted from an MPEG video or DVD is not permitted for seeding here. The exception to this rule is that DVDs which have been authored with uncompressed LPCM audio are allowed to have the audio stream extracted, compressed to a lossless format, and seeded. This rule does not apply to audio taken from VHS sources, which is permitted with the caveat that no cleaner or higher fidelity version circulates. Audio from VCD and SVCD sources is explicitly prohibited as it uses MPEG layer 2 compression, a less complex form of the shunned mp3 codec. Note that ac3 Dolby Digital audio is also lossy in comparison to the original uncompressed version, and is likewise prohibited for audio-only seeding at The Traders Den.