MakeMKV is a program designed for ripping DVD and Blu-Ray disc video. It works by decrypting proprietary discs to transfer codecs from the formats VOB and M2TS into MKV, preserving the necessary data without doing any lossy codec conversion. The MKV format was chosen because of Matroska's goal to make a file format that acts like a DVD, with its simple container design to store any amount of video/audio tracks, with all meta-information including chapters. MakeMKV can also stream the output.
During BETA, Blu-ray decryption and processing is free, however even after BETA, DVD decryption will remain free.
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Comment • over 9 years ago • 5 users agree • 0 replies
It does not convert the media into different formats, so it's actually a converter. Just to clear that up. So if you want to fit an 5GB movie on a 4GB DVD, this is not the program for you.
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Comment • almost 11 years ago • 1 users agree • 1 reply
i have been very impressed with MakeMKV, specifically with bluray ripping. it rips and encodes extreamly fast, faster than i have ever seen.
my only complaint is that it doesnt give much options for file renameing or pulling data off the discs, if you want to change anything such as video size or format, you have to use handbrake, but that just adds hours per video file. for the most part when rippin in full 1080i I suggest keeping it in .MKV as changeing it to MP4 and keeping the 1080i will literally add gigs to the filesize (please correct me if im wrong, i may have screwed up the settings along the way.)
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File size is in large part dependent upon the encoding bitrate. I found that converting a 22GB MKV file to MP4 using Handbrake at 1500Kbps produced a file just over 1GB with surprisingly good video quality.
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• Positive comment • over 2 years ago • 1 users agree • 0 replies
I've been using MakeMKV for a while to back up my movies to my laptop so that when I want to lie in bed and watch a movie on my laptop, or bring my favourite movies with me when I'm travelling, I don't have to think about bringing an optical drive and all of the disks in a pouch. I also did the same thing for my mother while she has been in hospital, which saved her from the horror that is daytime TV when she didn't have access to Netflix or Amazon Prime.
The files that do come out of MakeMKV are big, but in all honesty, it's not that much hassle to then put it into another application to compress. Combine MakeMKV with Handbrake or another similar application, and you can easily take a whole collection of movies and TV shows with you, or back them all up to access from around your house on a NAS or a media server. Particularly if you have a collection with a lot of difficult-to-source shows or movies (I have a few horror and dramas from Japan that have been difficult to source) or movies from multiple regions, this will save you from having to buy the movies twice.
While I haven't purchased YET (purchase isn't necessary during Beta, however a new registration code will be needed every now and again), I have every intention to when payday next comes around as it will be worth every penny. I have yet to find an application that does the same thing quite as well as this does.
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• Review • over 10 years ago • 1 users agree and 1 doesn't • 0 replies
Well, MakeMKV works. And it's incredibly simple, too. It really delivers on its promise to rip in only 2 clicks. Of course, there's probably other stuff that you're going to want to adjust on the side, but overall, the process is incredibly simple. Your iPod isn't going to support .mkv, but it's better than nothing.
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• Positive comment • 8 months ago • 0 replies
This program makes it easy to select what one wants to extract (audio tracks, subtitles) from media or video folders. It works very quickly, however... size of files form DVD are huge - VidCoder (Handbrake) yields much more compact files of the very same quality, although takes quite more time.
It does not convert the media into different formats, so it's actually a converter. Just to clear that up. So if you want to fit an 5GB movie on a 4GB DVD, this is not the program for you.
i have been very impressed with MakeMKV, specifically with bluray ripping. it rips and encodes extreamly fast, faster than i have ever seen.
my only complaint is that it doesnt give much options for file renameing or pulling data off the discs, if you want to change anything such as video size or format, you have to use handbrake, but that just adds hours per video file. for the most part when rippin in full 1080i I suggest keeping it in .MKV as changeing it to MP4 and keeping the 1080i will literally add gigs to the filesize (please correct me if im wrong, i may have screwed up the settings along the way.)
File size is in large part dependent upon the encoding bitrate. I found that converting a 22GB MKV file to MP4 using Handbrake at 1500Kbps produced a file just over 1GB with surprisingly good video quality.
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I've been using MakeMKV for a while to back up my movies to my laptop so that when I want to lie in bed and watch a movie on my laptop, or bring my favourite movies with me when I'm travelling, I don't have to think about bringing an optical drive and all of the disks in a pouch. I also did the same thing for my mother while she has been in hospital, which saved her from the horror that is daytime TV when she didn't have access to Netflix or Amazon Prime.
The files that do come out of MakeMKV are big, but in all honesty, it's not that much hassle to then put it into another application to compress. Combine MakeMKV with Handbrake or another similar application, and you can easily take a whole collection of movies and TV shows with you, or back them all up to access from around your house on a NAS or a media server. Particularly if you have a collection with a lot of difficult-to-source shows or movies (I have a few horror and dramas from Japan that have been difficult to source) or movies from multiple regions, this will save you from having to buy the movies twice.
While I haven't purchased YET (purchase isn't necessary during Beta, however a new registration code will be needed every now and again), I have every intention to when payday next comes around as it will be worth every penny. I have yet to find an application that does the same thing quite as well as this does.
Well, MakeMKV works. And it's incredibly simple, too. It really delivers on its promise to rip in only 2 clicks. Of course, there's probably other stuff that you're going to want to adjust on the side, but overall, the process is incredibly simple. Your iPod isn't going to support .mkv, but it's better than nothing.
This program makes it easy to select what one wants to extract (audio tracks, subtitles) from media or video folders.
It works very quickly, however... size of files form DVD are huge - VidCoder (Handbrake) yields much more compact files of the very same quality, although takes quite more time.