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Just finished a rewatch of S01E11 “Redwood” — and this time in a smaller HEVC/H.265 encode (down from the Blu-ray source). Gotta say, for a police procedural that’s usually bright and punchy, this episode demands a good encode. Lots of night work, shadow detail in the woods, and rain-soaked visuals. The HEVC version held up really well — no banding in the dark scenes with Tim and Lucy stuck in the collapsed tunnel, and the motion during the chase through the forest stayed clean.

, which features high-motion police action and detailed urban environments, this format offers several advantages: The Rookie Season 1 Episode 11 Review: Redwood the rookie s01e11 hevc

My HEVC copy (≈2.5GB vs original 7GB) kept the film grain intact just enough without smearing. Key test scenes: Just finished a rewatch of S01E11 “Redwood” —

Because HEVC uses Coding Tree Units (CTUs) up to 64x64 pixels (versus 16x16 macroblocks in H.264), it handles the complex textures of police uniforms and fast-moving action scenes with much less pixelation. The HEVC version held up really well —

the rookie s01e11 hevc

Just finished a rewatch of S01E11 “Redwood” — and this time in a smaller HEVC/H.265 encode (down from the Blu-ray source). Gotta say, for a police procedural that’s usually bright and punchy, this episode demands a good encode. Lots of night work, shadow detail in the woods, and rain-soaked visuals. The HEVC version held up really well — no banding in the dark scenes with Tim and Lucy stuck in the collapsed tunnel, and the motion during the chase through the forest stayed clean.

, which features high-motion police action and detailed urban environments, this format offers several advantages: The Rookie Season 1 Episode 11 Review: Redwood

My HEVC copy (≈2.5GB vs original 7GB) kept the film grain intact just enough without smearing. Key test scenes:

Because HEVC uses Coding Tree Units (CTUs) up to 64x64 pixels (versus 16x16 macroblocks in H.264), it handles the complex textures of police uniforms and fast-moving action scenes with much less pixelation.