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submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Metadata embedded in the video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics experts shows that rather than being a direct export from the prison’s surveillance system, the footage was modified, likely using the professional editing tool Adobe Premiere Pro. The file appears to have been assembled from at least two source clips, saved multiple times, exported, and then uploaded to the DOJ’s website, where it was presented as “raw” footage.

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

Farid points to another anomaly: The video’s aspect ratio shifts noticeably at several points. “Why am I suddenly seeing a different aspect ratio?” he asks.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago

The raw Epstein footage did not kill itself.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago
[-] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago

I am absolutely shocked beyond belief... that they used Adobe software.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago
[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i think they said something about color grading to make it more clear etc. was there two sets of footage released and was this the supposedly raw one or is it just one video?

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

They say a lot of things. There's no reason to believe them

[-] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

they released two versions but the "enhanced" one was literally just brightened and sharpened, which is totally pointless and probably contains even less detail than the original because the highlights get blown out and the artifacts become exaggerated. I'm honestly surprised they didn't do some AI "enhancements" (which would have been even dumber of course)

but yeah it seems they're saying even the "raw" version was modified here

[-] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

Who color grades shitty CCTV video? It’s not footage for a movies. I highly doubt the CCTV equipment in prisons are so unbelievably shitty that you need to process it to determine whether or not a person walks into the frame

[-] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

You don't say...!

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Isn't there a cut in the middle?

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

People say it has a minute of footage missing, I think

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

Yep, it skips forward slightly over a minute right before midnight.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Quelle surprise

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