TWD S06E14 1080p WebDL x265 HEVC 5.1 noobless[UTR]

AMC started prefixing ads to the WebDLs in the second half of S06 (or Cyphanix stopped clipping them out). To match the first half of S06 that I've encoded, I have removed the ads. If you need to resync custom subs, split them by timecode 00:00:16 in mkvtoolnix-gui's output tab to match this video.

How to split subs by timecode:

Season: 6
Episode: 14
Title: Twice as Far
Summary: Two separate groups leave Alexandria for supplies, and while both worry over the future of the community, they will face immediate danger.
Video: 1080p | x265 (H.265/HEVC) | CRF 22 | modified slow preset | denoise, deband, ordered noise pre-processing pass
Audio: English | AAC LC | 6 channels | Target Quality 0.4 | 322 Kbps Variable (384 Kbps max)
Subtitles (embedded SRT): English, English SDH
Source:The.Walking.Dead.S06E14.1080p.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-Cyphanix.mkv (5581 Kbps)

TWD is the ugliest source material I've ever had the displeasure of working with. For one thing, the bitrate is too low in places, revealing artifacts. The grain is also horrendous and there is some color banding present. Why the studio allows the network to release a product this poor is beyond me.

Pre-processing the grain and color banding out took quite a bit of tweaking for me to get right. The end result is, in my opinion, a higher quality print than the original. See comparison screenshots below I did for E01 (these screens are not representative of the actual file in this torrent):


Until we get a BluRay, I believe this is the best WebDL product we're going to get. Even then I suspect the quality will only marginally improve (still grain, but no artifacts).



Full media info: