8/10 – The video holds up. Audio is acceptable. But find a remux for the HDR grade if you have a good TV.
9/10 – Violent, funny, and weirdly touching. The ffmpeg version won’t diminish Gunn’s storytelling unless you go below crf 24. creature commandos s01e01 ffmpeg
Here’s a review of Creature Commandos Season 1, Episode 1, framed from the perspective of someone who watched a version processed through (e.g., a compressed, re-encoded, or remuxed file). Review: Creature Commandos S01E01 – "The Collywobbles" (ffmpeg Edition) Format: MKV (via ffmpeg libx265 crf=18) Source assumption: 4K webrip → 1080p HEVC re-encode Video Quality (ffmpeg’s doing) The opening episode of James Gunn’s DC adult animated series already bursts with neon-drenched, gothic textures. Running it through ffmpeg with a sensible CRF (say, 18–20) preserved 95% of the grain and line art sharpness. No visible banding in the dark military bunker scenes or the flashback to Dr. Phosphorus’s origin. Motion judder? None—ffmpeg’s default scene-cut detection handled the chaotic action beats (a werewolf tearing through a Eastern European prison) perfectly. 8/10 – The video holds up
