If you don't want a 1:1 copy of the disc to save some space, HandBrake is a popular tool to reencode the file.

Copying Blu-rays is technically only free for 30 days, but it's free while in beta (and it's been in beta for over a decade now). /r/Plex's Moronic Mondays' No Stupid Questions Thread - MakeMKV will be the easiest option for DVDs and Blu-rays.Once the MKV is ready, you can use HandBrake to compress the file down a lot without losing too much quality if you want the size smaller.ĭVD Shrink to rip to ISO, and then MakeMKV to convert to individual MKV videos. You can store the file on an external USB drive or similar so you don't use all the space on your Mac. Or you can rip using MakeMKV and google which title is correct for your disk. MakeMKV is a free and very simple click and it does all the work for you and the site has an easy straight forward help page here with all the info you need.ĭo you have a Blu-Ray drive that a Linux distro like Ubuntu can see? If so, then you can proceed to learn more at - but I personally would not try to circumvent copyright protection since it’s against the law. Thank you for the great post.Is there an “east button” for ripping Blu-ray’s? It appears Handbrake is winning this Best ripping tool contest, but doesn't look like Handbrake can decrypt blu-ray discs copy protection, can it? So should I use the combination of DVDfab and MakeMKV? How big of file does MakeMKV 'produce' when it rip blu-ray movies? Possible to shrink or compress the final output files? To my surprise, I got this beautiful external portable blu ray drive as an present, alone with all the cheap blu ray move discs deals I can find in local stores, it sparked new interest of backing up blu ray movies. My new laptop didn't even have an optical drive :D I haven't burn DVD for a long time now since it was time consuming and went for straight downloads. My set up was depend on if there is encryption on the disc, I would use the free DVD Decrypter to break the encryption, then shrink it with DVDShrink then burn it to blank discs.

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