How To Rip Blu-rays To .MKV

[Durvelle27]

I want to know how can i rip Blu-rays and 3D Blu-rays to make a MKV to store on my HDD so its all on my HTPC for easy viewing instead of having to switch out disc

 

[bbhaag]

Try this. I've used it several times in the past and it works great. It's free as long as you use the Beta. http://makemkv.com/

 

[Durvelle27]

Try this. I've used it several times in the past and it works great. It's free as long as you use the Beta. http://makemkv.com/

Hows the quality

 

[kleinkinstein]

BR and 3DBR quality. No more questions, just do it!

 

[bbhaag]

I've only used it to open dvd's but the quality between the original and the rip was indiscernible to me. Try it and see man. Whats the worst that can happen? You delete the file and look for a different program to do what you want. Doesn't sound like much of a gamble....

 

[Durvelle27]

lol yea ik thx guys downloading them now

 

[Gooberlx2]

Hows the quality

IIRC, I don't think makemkv does any compression when transcoding. It just takes the AV streams and places them in an mkv container.

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

IIRC, I don't think makemkv does any compression when transcoding. It just takes the AV streams and places them in an mkv container.

Yes, there is no compression leaving you with massive 1:1 rips.

 

[bbhaag]

Yes, there is no compression leaving you with massive 1:1 rips.

Yep they are monsters after they get opened. I usually use Handbrake to shrink them down to a more acceptable size.

 

[redgtxdi]

makemkv down?

Any other places with a mirror for recent version and/or key? (PM me, if necessary, please)

TIA!!!

 

[dum_71]

I've been following this guide for a couple of years with great success.

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2010/03/31/mkv-mania-clown_bd-mkvmerge/

All free software. Might take a few more steps and require more temp storage than other methods but has been rock solid for me.

Cheers!

 

[Durvelle27]

ok thx

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

I've been following this guide for a couple of years with great success.

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2010/03/31/mkv-mania-clown_bd-mkvmerge/

All free software. Might take a few more steps and require more temp storage than other methods but has been rock solid for me.

Cheers!

AnyDVD HD isn't free and Passkey Lite is very limited.

 

[nickbits]

makemkv is awesome

 

[dum_71]

AnyDVD HD isn't free and Passkey Lite is very limited.

Not sure about AnyDVD HD. I use DVDFab. It is free but only allows whole disc rips. ClownBD and mkvmerge complete the picture. More time and disc space but good results.

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Not sure about AnyDVD HD. I use DVDFab. It is free but only allows whole disc rips. ClownBD and mkvmerge complete the picture. More time and disc space but good results.

DVDFab is trialware, it isn't free either.

 

[abaez]

MakeMKV works pretty good, but for the tougher discs with foreign subtitles and whatnot this is what I do:

http://code.google.com/p/hdbrstreamextractor/ to rip out exactly what I want from the disc.

If needed, use http://subextractor.codeplex.com/ to convert the pgs subtitles. This is the best program I've found by far for this.

Then I use mkvmerge to put it all into mkv.

I don't compress as there's no real need to with hds so cheap.

 

[MountainKing]

Use bdrebuilder frm jdobbs. Nothing better.

 

[Onceler]

DVDFab does it all.
It even rips to MKV with AVC passthrough(no reencoding).

 

[PingSpike]

MakeMKV works pretty good, but for the tougher discs with foreign subtitles and whatnot this is what I do:

http://code.google.com/p/hdbrstreamextractor/ to rip out exactly what I want from the disc.

If needed, use http://subextractor.codeplex.com/ to convert the pgs subtitles. This is the best program I've found by far for this.

Then I use mkvmerge to put it all into mkv.

I don't compress as there's no real need to with hds so cheap.

How large of a file size is a 2 hour DVD movie roughly?

 

[KentState]

I converted all of my DVDs and Blu-rays to mkv using DVDFab. Since disk space is so cheap, I didn't bother compressing them down.

 

[smitbret]

Uncompressed - Movie Only:
DVD 3GB-6GB
BR 12GB-40GB