The A/V is out of sync in the youtube video that I am watching now.
Edit: The downloadable encode does not have this problem, so I'm guessing it was uploaded directly to Youtube, which cannot cope with Dedup.
I'm sorry, but since I don't know the game, I can't help you answer those questions, but I have a different suggestion. I think you should post your questions either in the thread you have already created here: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11691, or the thread AngerFist made of his WIP here: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5765. I think you will get more responses there.
Wyster, with basic video editing software, what you're describing is definitely possible. I, for one, would love to see the run in cinema + 16:9 as the field of view is surprisingly wide. Are you interested in trying Dam with these settings or would that kill your motivation? I'm not sure how much effort goes into each level...
It's not as easy as you make it sound. I see problems with the fact that the ROM itself adds the black borders top and bottom. It would probably require multiple captures in order to not lose in quality.
gia: You do realize if you had posted the vbm publicly, and then some third person submits it here, you can easily show that you made it, right? It's much easier to believe a person who had a history of TASes in the same game than some new person.
The main reason, I think, that we are all negative towards your stance, gia, is because we can't see a reason why you do not want to submit it here. Maybe a suggestion is to tell your reason to an admin?