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I recently acquired a dvd copy of both sets of the Grateful Dead at the Cap Theatre in Passaic, 11-24-78. The DVD has bad sound, but great vid. However, there were a few image dropouts and one or two spots where the vid was missing. Also, the disc was damaged and all subsequent copies carried over that damage and would not play in any DVD player. However, I was able to grab all the video using Cinematize at full quality. In Final Cut Pro, I brought in new audio (Charlie Miller) and fixed the video dropouts and missing footage (still montages). This is the first time I have seen the ENTIRE second set available in video format. This being a VERY large file now, I had to recompress the video and audio to fit back on a standard DVD (Bitvice). I built menus and burned 2 new DVDs (one for each set), built menus, put in chapters, etc. (the original DVD had neither of these). My question here is, since The Trader's Den doesn't allow re-compressed video, was there (is there) a way for me to have grabbed the video off the DVD, fix it as I have done, and put it back onto a DVD without recompressing? If there is, I'm happy to go back to the beginning and make a version of this show that is uploadable to this site. It's a tremendous show and I'm sure there are many who would like to have a copy and I'd love to share it. Suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Hal