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MakeMKV – Copy a Blu-Ray movie to MP4 or MKV

MakeMKV – Copy a Blu-Ray movie to MP4 or MKV
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Copying a Blu-Ray disc could be much more complicate, but with a tool like MakeMKV it becomes a piece of cake.

Why would you want to do this?

Besides the fact that you’d maybe want a copy of the movie on one of your mobile devices, playing a Blu-Ray movie on a computer can be a real pain in general. Software is either expensive, hard to get or pretty much non-existent (Linux). A MP4 or M4V copy on the other hand, plays just fine with readily available media players that come with your computer, most portable devices or great programs like VLC.

The method we use will work for Windows, MacOS X and Linux and can be used to rip DVD and Blu-Ray discs.

MacOS X – HandBrake – Copy a DVD to MP4 or MKV file

MacOS X – HandBrake – Copy a DVD to MP4 or MKV file
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Now-a-days everyone can rip or copy a DVD with just a few clicks … once you know how!

Back in the day, you needed all kinds of complex tools and the process was not just challenging, but also very time consuming on those old computers. I used to have my computer run overnight to get a single DVD it done. With my current computers we’re talking about mere minutes.

Why rip a DVD?

Maybe you’d like to use it with XBMC, play the movie on your tablet computer or smartphone, or you’d like to have a copy for your kids to handle, and smear their little pizza fingers on.

In this article I’ll show you how to use the free and awesome HandBrake on a Mac.

Linux – HandBrake – Copy a DVD to MP4 or MKV file

Linux – HandBrake – Copy a DVD to MP4 or MKV file
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Now-a-days everyone can rip or copy a DVD with just a few clicks … once you know how!

Back in the day, you needed all kinds of complex tools and the process was not just challenging, but also very time consuming on those old computers. I used to have my computer run overnight to get a single DVD it done. With my current computers we’re talking about mere minutes.

Why rip a DVD?

Maybe you’d like to use it with XBMC, play the movie on your tablet computer or smartphone, or you’d like to have a copy for your kids to handle, and smear their little pizza fingers on.

In this article I’ll show you how to use the free and awesome HandBrake on a Linux based (Ubuntu) computer.

Windows – HandBrake – Copy a DVD to MP4 or MKV file

Windows – HandBrake – Copy a DVD to MP4 or MKV file
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Now-a-days everyone can rip or copy a DVD with just a few clicks … once you know how!

Back in the day, you needed all kinds of complex tools and the process was not just challenging, but also very time consuming on those old computers. I used to have my computer run overnight to get a single DVD it done. With my current computers we’re talking about mere minutes.

Why rip a DVD?

Maybe you’d like to use it with XBMC, play the movie on your tablet computer or smartphone, or you’d like to have a copy for your kids to handle, and smear their little pizza fingers on.

In this article I’ll show you how to use the free and awesome HandBrake on a Windows computer.

DVD – What title to rip? or: The 99 Video Titles Fix!

DVD – What title to rip? or: The 99 Video Titles Fix!
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It can be difficult to determine what title to choose for the main movie, when trying to rip or copy a DVD …

It becomes especially difficult when certain copy protection mechanisms screw with the table of contents, and applications like DVDFab and HandBrake suddenly show a lot of “movies” on the DVD (I’ve seen up to 99 titles appear like this). Obviously the DVD does not contain 99 movies, but selecting the wrong title will actually produce a screwed up rip. Parts of the movies are skipped or are not in the right place in the movie.

With a simple trick you can figure out what title to pick (covering Windows, MacOS X and Linux).