- Makemkv and handbrake how to#
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This is also a good time to determine (if you didn’t already) which MKV files, and which audio tracks and subtitles you’d like to keep – In HandBrake you can make your selection. Of course, before we proceed to HandBrake, we’d like to know if the rip went well.
Makemkv and handbrake install#
For MacOS X: You might need to install the DASPI PKG ( reference).Make sure you have the most recent version of MakeMKV!.Make sure you have enough disk space available (empty trash!).If MakeMKV decides to stop mid ripping, try the following:
Makemkv and handbrake how to#
A mechanism called RipLock prevents your drive from going faster than 2-speed – so this is not a failure of your drive, your computer or MakeMKV.Įxperienced users might want to read this article at MacObserver how to work around the RipLock speed limitation (drive dependent!). MacOS X MakeMKV – Copying your Blu-Ray to your hard-driveĪfter an hour or so (depending on the speed of your Blu-Ray drive and your computer of course) MakeMKV will be done and have produced one or more MKV files.Īs you might have noticed, the copying process does not seem to exceed 2-speed, even though your Blu-Ray drive might be a lot faster. My laptop did it in just a little over an hour (about half the time of the playback time of the movie!). Ripping of the Blu-Ray will now start, and depending on your computer it can take a while. When you’ve completed making your selection, click “ Make MKV” button ( 3). Note that the ripped file(s) will be pretty big, so make sure you have at least 40Gb free space on the selected location. Next step is to decide where the rip will be placed on your hard-drive ( 2). When I ripped only the subtitles I wanted, in MakeMKV, then all subtitles had their proper language names (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese) in HandBrake. Either way will work – However, it appears that selecting the audio tracks and subtitles in MakeMKV already produces a better description when the MKV get’s opened in HandBrake.įor example: When I ripped “everything”, all subtitles in HandBrake were called “English”.
You can of course just ripped it all and make your choices in HandBrake instead. For example enable/disable certain audio tracks, and subtitles. You can, optionally, check or uncheck sub-items of a title. You can optionally uncheck the 3 small ones – or not and see later what they are really about. The other 3 are probably extras or menu’s (only a few hundred MB).
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MakeMKV by default checks all titles, but by the size you can se that the first title is the featured movie (35.1 GB). In the example above you’ll see that after a few seconds MakeMKV found 4 titles ( 1) – Check the titles and sub-items you’d like to rip. MacOS X MakeMKV – Detected titles on your Blu-Ray disc Most Linux distributions, like Ubuntu, come with some sorts of package management tool, where APT is probably one of the most popular ones. To install HandBrake for Ubuntu (11+) open a shell and type: Since MakeMKV is dealing with this part (the decrypting of the disc), this addon is not needed. Note that in the articles where we use HandBrake to rip DVD’s, an additional library needs to be installed called “libdvdcss”. HandBrake can be downloaded from Tweaking 4All, but we recommend that you get the latest version from the HandBrake website. Linux user should you follow the MakeMKV forum instructions. MakeMKV is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X. After 30 days you’ll have to reinstall it and another 30 day “trial” will work. MakeMKV is free at the moment, not sure if that will change in the future, but it has a 30 day use limit.
The MKV file(s) MakeMKV creates however are huge (30 Gb and more) as it’s a full, not transcoded, copy of your DVD or Blu-Ray disc.
The HandBrake conversion is optional, since MakeMKV already creates and MKV. HandBrake is totally free and an awesome tool to rip DVD’s and convert video files (guides: MacOS X, Windows, Linux).
Makemkv and handbrake mp4#
To copy or rip a Blu-Ray to MP4 or MKV we will use both MakeMKV and HandBrake – both are free.
Method: Rip with MakeMKV and Convert with HandBrake
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