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.
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Back in the day, DVD was quite a thing. Excellent picture quality, very good sound. Light years ahead of the good old (and analog) VHS, Video 2000 and BetaMax tapes that had been around for years.
It seemed though that DVD wasn’t “good enough” anymore to meet the increasing demand for storage space, and other formats like HD-DVD and Blu-Ray emerged (around 2001).
HD-DVD lost the battle and Blu-Ray and regular DVD’s are the current “standards” (with an upcoming Ultra Blu-Ray format for even higher resolutions: Ultra HD or 4K video).
So what is the difference between Blu-Ray and DVD?
Besides the fact that anything Blu-Ray will not play in your loyal DVD player, and more expensive videos of course …
