How to rip a bluray disk?

atmax1 · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:27

Hey guys and girls...

How can I convert my blurays disks to avi / mp4 or mkv where i can convert it? I want to put the movies on my nas to save keep getting the disks out... I tryed makeMKV but theres some kind of protection on the disk? do i need another software to get around this?

old gamer · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:52

dvdfab

atmax1 · 5 Sep 2011 at 14:45

Thank you! I will take a look at that now.

welshdragon · 5 Sep 2011 at 15:14

makemkv I use it for dvd's. very quick

dave-lew99 · 5 Sep 2011 at 18:33

MakeMKV, i use it for lots of DVDs and BluRays - if its not working on a specific disc, then try updating to the newest version.

DVDFab had lots of issues with discs and it isn't free.

Participant · 6 Sep 2011 at 08:22

Do allof these ripping programs people are mentioning retain DTS-MA and TrueHD in Blu-ray rips?

masterluke · 6 Sep 2011 at 09:01

never had problems with dvdfab here.. yes it retains all the audio streams

FrankJH · 6 Sep 2011 at 18:14

Makemkv here - although occassionally you get a dodgy rip and have to use something else (5 in about 500 rips roughly)

Ive found makemkv the fastest over about 10 rips (pic and sound quality were equal) - although my comparison was done about a year ago now so this could have changed by now

RJC · 6 Sep 2011 at 18:18

Been using MakeMKV for all my movies, had one or 2 issues, some were voice verses lip movement and can't rip James Bond Goldeneye for love or money!

Razor-BladE · 6 Sep 2011 at 19:26

MakeMKV with me as well. Had a couple of issues (audio sync and a streaming 'stutter') in about 45 discs, but nothing a rerip won't sort out.

FrankJH said:
pic and sound quality were equal

It doesn't matter on the software if you're copying bit-to-bit?

Lankio · 18 Nov 2011 at 13:29

I've been having a bit of a play with MakeMKV but I can't decide on what settings to use.

What settings have people been using? (I imagine this going to be a personal preference, quality vs size, etc but thought I'd ask)

sunderland · 18 Nov 2011 at 14:19

Robbie G said:
Do allof these ripping programs people are mentioning retain DTS-MA and TrueHD in Blu-ray rips?

dvdfab keeps DTS-MA and TrueHD fine

Rizo-UK · 18 Nov 2011 at 14:22

FrankJH said:
(5 in about 500 rips roughly)

Pedant mode

or 1 out of 100 / 1%

/pedant

BluSky · 18 Nov 2011 at 14:24

I Use DVDFab with no problems to rip. And then Imgburn to burn them back !

Westyfield2 · 18 Nov 2011 at 17:37

MakeMKV.

Phill4321 · 18 Nov 2011 at 18:17

I also use makemkv. Its also free if you download the betas

FrankJH · 18 Nov 2011 at 20:08

Razor-BladE said:
It doesn't matter on the software if you're copying bit-to-bit?

I was just making people aware if they didnt realise - s - however time wise /rip makes a huge difference

Rizo-UK said:
Pedant mode

or 1 out of 100 / 1%

/pedant

Ok smart ass

Although to be fair considering the amount of discs I have, its quite possible people could have 2 - 300 disks and have no issues at all lol

Destination · 27 Nov 2011 at 15:39

welshdragon said:
makemkv I use it for dvd's. very quick

Is there a way to make the end mkv file smaller using this?
I ripped american psycho, an old dvd for a 100minute film and the eventual file with all the extras removed was around 4.75Gig, can this be changed and made smaller in the original program?
Or should I use something else?

Alexrose1uk · 27 Nov 2011 at 16:31

MakeMKV to rip the raw file; then use x264 or a front end GUI to reencode the file

Destination · 27 Nov 2011 at 16:45

ah-ha, thank you
which encoder would you recommend?

I've never atcually done this before, how do you re-encode?