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[Idea] Is it worth trying to clean up YouTube rips?
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Hi.

I happened upon a YouTube upload of an old kung fu movie that's stuck in rights hell. The movie has had DVD releases but in either full screen or cropped widescreen. The YouTube upload is a Japanese VHS that's actually wider than the UK DVD. It may be OAR or at least the closest to it.

YouTube makes it harder to contact uploaders, so in lieu of somehow arranging a higher quality source to work from or trying to find an original copy of the tape, is it worth working with a YouTube rip?

For what it's worth, the letterboxed DVD of this one did get a well done fan restoration/upscale. It looks quite nice, but I'd be lying if I didn't say it'd be nice to see the movie in a less cropped state.

Appreciate any feedback or thoughts.
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#2
Doesn't hurt to try.
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Agreed. YT compression is really going to take out a lot of detail and grain but if its the best source you have access to, its worth a try.
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Thank you both!

I've terrible luck with scripts, but maybe I could try to do something with AVISynth and overlay the cropped version (which is nicer quality) over the VHS rip.

A friend that can capture VHS to DVD might try and find a copy of the VHS though, so I'll discuss my ideas with him too.
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