Metadata shows the FBI’s "raw" Jeffrey Epstein prison video was likely modified [More inside] (archive.is)

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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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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 34 points 2 days ago

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 25 points 2 days 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.

[-] Ithorian@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago

shocked-pikachu

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

The raw Epstein footage did not kill itself.

[-] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago

Isn't there a cut in the middle?

[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Keld@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago

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

[-] daniyeg@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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?

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 24 points 2 days ago

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

[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days 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

[-] ephemeral@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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