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There are any number of DVD editing tools on the market for the less-savvy video editors. They don't require demuxing and fudging around with the audio, as they simply cut and splice VOBs. The weakness is they cut only on keyframes, as opposed to frame-accurate editing. If somebody (or several somebodies) were to make note of where the keyframes of certain offending SE changes begin and end, and then release "fixes" in the form of matching VOB files to plug and play into those regions, then the Do-It-Yourself process for de-SE'ing the OT could be made available to the great unwashed masses, and not just the seasoned editors. Plus, by having smaller VOB files of just the individual changes available, (a) there would be less bandwith to consume and (b) archivers could actually pick-and-choose which parts they would want to restore. One could argue that this would even fit under the definition of fair use for an educational project (who posted that last week? Great stuff!) since the idea is really about how to make seamless editing around keyframes. Plus, the smaller snippets may very well fall under fair use, since individually they'd fit within the legal time constraints for sampled material.
The key would be VOBs whose beginning and end match the offical disc's keyframes precicely.
This won't solve the entire freakin' rear-channel music being reversed, but it otherwise might help nicely with restoring OT elements into the official DVD.
Thoughts from you experienced editors?