I cropped out the black frame and almost all of the weird VHS artifacts. It's 1395x1060 which I know is weird but shouldn't be an issue to actually play on anything, ran it through handbrake for a smaller file size. Final note is the source footage came with the video/audio glitches when it got leaked/released so there's nothing that can really be done about those.
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This is amazing work. It feels like I'm seeing the tape clearly for the first time. The upgrade in image quality and the amount of noise you were able to clean up are phenomenal.
I've been jacking it to the original footage since 2007 in all its low-quality, choppy awfulness and I had always hoped some day it would get a proper restoration job. Thanks mate.
Uploading the original story on the leak for historical context