I know there's a laserdisc transfer that has the shot of Qui Gon saying "The situation has become much more complicated" wipe to the shot of Panaka walking past Jar Jar and Anakin in the Senate building. And there's no way to properly recreate this with the raw material on the DVD alone.
If anyone can post a decent-looking video clip of these shots, I can properly remove the air taxi sequence. If not, no big deal, it'll just still be in my edit.
Thanks if you can help!
My apologies for getting here a bit late but I have just discovered that I have a DVB copy of TPM that has the scenes you were looking for. The "TB Release" was posted on a.b.sw a few weeks ago and it is recorded from European Canal +
Here is a quote from the maker.........
Back in december 2001, european Canal+ aired the Special Editions and Phantom Menace on digital satellite.
These are the 1997 / 1999 cinematic versions of the movies, broadcast in anamorphic 2.35:1 with 2.0 sound,
If anyone wants more info, drop me a line.........