I recently bought an LG UHD drive (BP60NB10) specifically for this purpose. After the quick flash process (which was a little tricky since the SDF Tool program window was compacted down really small on my screen for some reason), it worked like a dream. It also came with a Cyberlink Media Suite disc (I made sure to uncheck the automatic firmware update feature, just in case). My favorite thing about the particular model I bought (which wasn't even advertised, and I discovered later through the user's manual) is that I can plug it straight into the USB port on a 4K tv or monitor, hold down the eject button while the tray is open and suddenly, I can use it as a normal 4K Blu-ray player!
@@Jaayhussle Apparently, yes! I don't know why this feature isn't front and center in their advertising, but it adds such value to an already great bargain, in my opinion!
@@jerryspann8713 You should only need the one USB connection, since it's just a matter of playback. Just in case, I'd strongly recommend looking into a powered USB hub. They're usually super cheap and provide more power than a TV's USB port typically offers. This is also useful if you want to watch movies from an external drive with larger storage, as TVs typically won't recognize a 4TB drive, for instance.
Awesome video man! Picked up an LG external drive and was able to start ripping my first disc within minutes because of your tutorial. Thanks for posting!
should probably explain to people they can change the settings in makemkv to only by default check a specific language automatically everytime. no need to constantly check and uncheck languages. also should rename your ripped mkv file. like Hacksaw Ridge (2016) 2160p instead of the auto generated names
Nice easy to follow instructions. I applied the firmware update to a LG WH16NS40 everything worked exactly as your described in the video. My file size for the rip of the movie was around 60 GB. I prefer the MP4 format so I re-ripped it again using Handbrake and got the file size down to about 13 GB. The video and sound quality are still fine to me.
Thank you so much for this video! I just got into Plex and ripping and I was so scared to format my drive in fear of “breaking” it. This gave me the confidence I needed. Again thank you!
Tried this with the LG WH16NS40 internal drive. Worked great as of 08/2024. Be sure to select MK.bin file for the internal drive (not external) off the firmware pack if you are doing it this way. Putting internal firmware on external drive or vice versa will corrupt the blue ray drive.
He talks about massive file sizes you can run the MKV file back through Handbrake and it should shrink it without loss of quality. I use it to shrink my Bluray rips.
Ok, I got a problem. I bought the exact drive you linked, Followed all your steps to a tee, flashed the same firmware, but now MakeMKV wont find the drive, and SDFflasher also wont find the drive, either. I'm at a loss.
My main issue with ripping and streaming through something like Plex , is there is a noticeable decrease in quality specifically when it comes to the audio.
This only happens when you have the option enabled for transcoding. When you disable transcoding Plex sends you the original file but that needs a ton of bandwidth and your device has to be able to play the file how it is.
Yes it does take up a lot of space. I re-rip mine with Handbrake and get it down to 13 GB. Bottom-line is that 4K quality takes up a lot of space. But man does it look so much better on a 4K TV!
Thank you very much. I ordered the exact same drive as you. Now for the waiting. June 18th. Sigh. But this was a great help. You are the best, my friend. 😉👍
@@audioarkitekts I ended up ponying up the money for a registered version of MakeMKV. It never runs out, and they help you with everything in there. Also, you have the coolest male name in existence. I know, because its my first name as well. Have a wonderful day. 😁👍
Hi, Michael! How did you flash your drive using the SDFtool? I downloaded the zip file but when I execute the .exe file, I get two options: 1.) Which drive to flash (I got that) 2.) WRITE Firmware, READ firmware, or RECOVER drive (I chose WRITE Firmware) 3.) Please select a Firmware to Write I'm lost on what to do with the third one. The MakeMKV forum is just too messy for me to read.
You need to also download and unzip the "All You Need Firmware Pack". In that pack is a list of all the drives and firmware updates you need to update your drive for it to work. For example I have a LG-WH16NS40 drive, I used the file with that name to flash my drive.
I already own MakeMKV, and I own 2 external drives, one is an LG BP50NB40, & the other is a Asus BW-16D1X-U, & I'm not sure if either drive will work for copying 4K disks or not, but I've tried asking other youtubers who either do not answer the question, or they give me a bunch of technical jargon I don't understand. I would prefer to find an external drive, that will work with 4k's right out of the box, without having to flash them, if possible. Can you please walk me through how to rip or copy 4k discs?
I went through this process with an internal LG drive. Bought the drive for $60 brand new. My PC case has the slot so it’s mounted internally. Before I bought the new drive I tried to use my 2012 LG drive but it wasn’t supported by the firmware. Great video!
This is helpful sir. Thank you very much. One video that could be nice would be if you could show how you can add subtitles to your 4K movies. For example I have a movie that doesn’t have Spanish subtitles in but I want to add Spanish subtitles to it. How can I do that?
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i am extremely unhappy about this video. Now i can't get my BLu Ray drive to read at all. The should definitely be some warnings prior to this tutorial. What do i do now ? Buy a new Writer or spend my weekend trying to fix this... ? 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑
Hi Michael, I am considering purchasing the Pioneer Electronics BDR-XS07UHD from your link and wonder what firmware version to use. Can you please give me some advice before I make the purchase? Thank you in advance for your time!
I have 6 WD 22 Terabyte external harddrives. I have ripped well over 200 4K movies. I have several 4K UHD external hard drives. I have the one you’re using and it has had problems ripping a lot of 4K movies a lot of them it can’t even read them like there’s no disk. I also have the LG UHD BP60NB10. It actually can detect a lot more 4K Blu Rays but still have a problem detecting or reading some. The I have the BKBuffalo UHD BD Portable Blu-ray Drive Black BRUHD-PU3-BK. I don’t think it has ever had one 4K Blu Ray Disc that it could not detect however it still couldn’t fully rip some 4K Blu Rays. Like it would get 60% to 80% done with ripping it then it couldn’t finishing the ripping process. Can you tell me why it wouldn’t fully tip these movies especially since they’re brand new disks without a scratch or mark on them? And do you know anything about the Verbatim 43888 UHD external drive? I heard it works very well with make MKV.
My Drive i purchased from amazon seems to have a different bunch of numbers at the end. Also, I don't see the firmware with the MK in the folder. Hmm. Is it still safe to flash. It is the one recommended in the video. The archgon premium one.
Excellent video 👏🏽 but how can I downgrade the bitrate of just the video, for example the video size 40GB with 35Mb/s but I just want the video with 16GB size and 15Mb/s. And then the HDR version how to convert in SDR with 10bit ?
I AM trying to rip special features, but I've had a few discs have features missing in makemkv, thinks like deleted scenes/interviews. Any idea why that might be?
I bought the same 4k player in the video. It doesn't seem to work for ripping 4k discs anymore. It works with blu ray discs though. It is a shame because I could of saved $100 if I just wanted another blu ray drive to rip movies.
I just bought the same Archgon drive and it won't work for me either. I followed this step by step and have spent days trying things on the makemkv forums. Nothing works. It rips regular blurays fine but not 4K's. It recognizes the disc but won't play the disc even with VLC.
I started ripping different tv series ( each have numerous dvds) and noticed upon replaying certain epi through the app. That it would freeze, so i figure it would do the same upon formatting and playing on the tv. 1. Should I clean every seasons dvd and look at the playback of each epi on the dvd afterwards to make sure none of them are not freezing? Or looking the first epi after cleaning the dvd will tell me the rest of the epi are fine?
I'm hoping to find a model that is drive bay compatible and not too long. I have the height for it but not very much length. Are there any Blu-Ray drives that meet such criteria?
I’m sticking with standard 1080p blu ray after watching this video was looking into getting into 4k but the drive to expensive for the price point I’m comfortable paying 😂😂😂
Just watch some more detailed videos on how to use MakeMKV to get the hang of it. You can start with any size drive you want. It is just that the smaller the drive you start with the quicker the drive will fill up. These 4K rips average 60GB each.
Im copying 2012 and there are 3 versions of it on my drive, 39 chapters, 16 chapters and no chapters. the no chapters one has a source file with ".m2ts" at the end while the other two have ".mlps" what one do i pick because i want chapters but 39 and 16 fail to create
No, because it has to be 4K compatible. But some drives that are only Blu-Ray compatible can be made into 4K compatible with a firmware update. But note that even some 4K drives may not be compatible, you have to go by the ones on the list. And even some of those have to use a firmware update from the list to make it work with MakeMKV.
Maybe a dumb question but would it be possible to also hook this up to a TV to play the Blurays? I don’t want to have to buy a dedicated drive & a dedicated player when I want to watch straight from the disc instead of streaming
I heard the LG BP60NB10 drive allowed you to play disks straight through a USB port on your TV. Just hold the eject key and apparently it works. I don't own it though so double check.
I keep the master MKV file on a separate disk and use handbrake to compress it for my Plex Server on my NAS. Works great for our 4K television and HD TVs throughout the house. The MKV file is reserved for our Projector and 120" Screen.
@@RobHoffman83 Maybe a dumb question. Why compress to mpg? I usually compress using MKV, HEVC or H265 10 Bit (NVENC) profile. It works pretty quickly if you have a 30 series Nvidia GPU or newer. I have a RTX3070 and RTX3050 in different computers and they both can use the NVENC encoding with Handbrake. I vary the bit rate (11MB to 20Mb), depending on the movie. The more detail I want to preserve, the higher the bit rate. Instead of being 50 to 65GB, the movie size is about 12GB to 25GB. I leave the audio as Passthrough to keep the highest quality.
Hey Michael, what should you do with an FEL layer? Some UHD Blu Rays come with that little Dolby Vision enhancement, it shows on BDinfo reports. Do you put it into MKV as well?
It pulls all layers. Unfortunately if you are watching through Plex, it can’t read the DV layer. I haven’t gone the rabbit hole yet but people were looking at remuxing the layers into a single layer so DV would be active. I’m not sure if people out there have found that solution.
I don't know if you are still monitoring this video given its age, but I had a question. I've ripped my entire Blu-ray collection, and almost all have codec H264. I have about 25 or so movies that ripped with a Windows Codec. My TV won't play those ones from my external hard drive, and neither will my Roku 3, Xbox One S, and stand alone Blu-ray Player. They don't like that Windows Codec. Weirdly enough 20 or them are movies distributed by Warner Brothers, the rest are from Universal. How can I re-rip them or convert that Codec to something else my TV will play. I've watched other videos where they used Handbrake as a compression tool to decrease the size of the file so it does not take up so much hard drive space. I'm looking for something that changes the Codec to something more common.
I am currently processing my library and I am having a bit of a tough time with my various anime box sets and TV series because of Plex's requirement to name each individual file. any good resources?
Maybe a dumb question. If I am not interested in 4K but just ripping movies 1080p that are on blu-ray and DVD, then no mod or flashing needed? Just need a drive that can read the disk format and the software?
@@audioarkitekts Will Do! I'm studying. I just got a NAS and Plex running on it with all the movies and TV shows I downloaded on it and I like it! It's been over 15 years since I ripped a DVD and that was when a hardware player didn't have the decrypt keys locked, someone got the keys out, and almost every DVD ripping software after that had the decrypt key built in. I never got into 4K movies as 1080p was fine for me. Probably my eyes.
Mike, are you familiar with anydvd and clone dvd? I use the iso format to rip my physical movies all in iso format so I can get bit perfect a 1:1 clone of the discs including all the menus with the extra features and special features. I use the extra features and special features that's why I use the iso format. I don't like how makemkv separates each chapter. I have to go each chapter individually and it's time consuming since all the chapters says unknown. I spend more time going thru each channel 1 by 1 and it's a very tedious and annoying process that I need to go thru. I'm trying to figure it out include the all the menus when ripping in the iso format so I can select the load option when playing my movies and on my android phones. I used to be able to select load on android like your loading a disc on the 4k player and it's done the same exact way but done virtually.
I used make mkv but there is no way to load a file like loading a physical disc. I'm still trying to figure out how to load a file like loading a physical disc with the iso format like I have done it in the past but I don't remember how to do it since it has been awhile since I have done it. I want to use the iso format not the mkv format. I don't use any transcoding and encoding when playing the movies. I treat the movies like I'm loading the discs on the 4k player but done exactly the same way on android. There are dvd players that run android on amazon. I was even looking for a portable 4k player that is similar to the portable dvd player that does the same thing as the portable dvd players but plays the 4k discs instead of dvd discs but they don't exist. I'm trying to play a physical disc on android without the physical disc by using the iso format since it's doing the same thing as using the physical disc without the physical discs.
Is it possible to burn this back to a disc, if you don't have a huge storage drive or server? I don't think you can stream 4k ultra HD over WiFi (not well at least). Also, can the Xbox series X play burnt discs? 🤞
If you are using MakeMKV the process is pretty much the same, except you don't have to update the firmware on your drive for it to work. There are plenty of detailed videos on UA-cam on how to use MakeMKV.
I'm of the mind all movies sold should be on flash drives. For those of us who dont like internet dependency. The best thing to store thousands of blueray movies and mega large TVs series a hard drive would take up less shelf space
@@sethterwilliger9434 it would be a great improvement in space each move could be on it's own flash drive in which would outlast fragile discs that get scratched
It's happened. If there's an option to not update, you want to use that. For instance, if there's a box to check to update automatically, you would want it unchecked.
The reason some of us like the tech mumbo jumbo is because we are IT professionals (experts?) ourselves and don't need someone else to give us the exact steps. If you could describe the very specific part of the process that a normal attempt to rip an ISO would fail, and give a general "do this instead, and use this tool for this part of the process" we can do it ourselves.
I don't collect hard copies just to collect. Don't like having too much stuffs in the house. I have around 20 hard copies of movies I loved. Ripped or download everything else. Ripped House of the Dragons from my local library. Whole season eat up 116 Gigs of my storage but man.. the picture qualities is AMAZING!!!! Look like i will have to erase some contents to make room for Picard Season 3. LOL My local library is the new BLOCKBUSTER video store.
You can just use Handbrake for DVD ripping. DVD copy protection was broken long ago, and no one cares enough to throw up any roadblocks to DVD ripping.
I thought this channel was Mike on Audio and was about Hi-Fi, listening to CDs and interesting audio tech. And suddenly is Michael Andrews and is about ripping movies and personal home streaming...a bit unexpected I might say. 🙄🤔
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No, but it is possible. SACDs are a different type of disc with a different type of copy protection, so different machines and software are used for ripping. I'm pretty sure Mike did a video on this subject, also. @mykandrew
I'm not sure if it's changed. For DVD's it's perpetually cost-free. For Blurays and above, it's a trial mode. I think the guy wants $50, and frankly if you use it, pay the guy. He deserves it. I did, and I'm happy I did.
You can manually update the free key to register it. It seems to change about every 6 weeks. Like others have stated, you can also buy it and you don't have to keep copy and pasting the free beta key every so often.
Dvd take up lease amount of space around . Blu-ray take more space but a lots less then 4k. U can probably get 3 to 4 Blu-ray for the same space as 1 4k. Blu-ray are cheaper to find and dvd are even cheaper. It all comes down to your budget and your needs. I would just recommend dvd or Blu-ray vs for 4k for nas system.
@@kennehtk i am just saying. Not everyone got 4k. Some people just need dvd or blu ray. Most of my movies collection is dvd and blue ray. I have less 30 4k movies. I only buy the 4k ones I really want in 4k. . Maybe in America hard drives are cheaper. Most other places pc, hard drives cost more.
Number of reasons: 1)no longer need to store the physical disc in your house - more storage/less clutter 2) able to watch it anytime, anywhere, anyhow you want 3) no longer need a 4kUHD player for home viewing (which are getting more scarce than the movies themselves) 4) digital backup incase anything happens to your discs 5) using a media server like Plex, Kodi, Emby, Jellybean (?), etc makes it easier to sort and catalogue your movies. Can browse by genre, decade, actor, studio. Can creat custom playlists (do I watch star wars by release date or episode number… make a playlist in either order). 6) take your movies virtually anywhere And if you rip them properly, you can’t even tell the difference between disc and digital (and the audio is just as good).
followed these steps as of July 13th 2024 and still worked great!
And handbrake is a must have to reduce size.
I recently bought an LG UHD drive (BP60NB10) specifically for this purpose. After the quick flash process (which was a little tricky since the SDF Tool program window was compacted down really small on my screen for some reason), it worked like a dream. It also came with a Cyberlink Media Suite disc (I made sure to uncheck the automatic firmware update feature, just in case). My favorite thing about the particular model I bought (which wasn't even advertised, and I discovered later through the user's manual) is that I can plug it straight into the USB port on a 4K tv or monitor, hold down the eject button while the tray is open and suddenly, I can use it as a normal 4K Blu-ray player!
Wait what? That’s possible?
@@Jaayhussle Apparently, yes! I don't know why this feature isn't front and center in their advertising, but it adds such value to an already great bargain, in my opinion!
The question I have is I only have one USB port on my 4k TV. Yet the cable that came with the drive splits of to 2 usb connectors.
@@jerryspann8713 You should only need the one USB connection, since it's just a matter of playback. Just in case, I'd strongly recommend looking into a powered USB hub. They're usually super cheap and provide more power than a TV's USB port typically offers. This is also useful if you want to watch movies from an external drive with larger storage, as TVs typically won't recognize a 4TB drive, for instance.
@@jerryspann8713likely one is data and power and the other is just to get more power
Awesome video man! Picked up an LG external drive and was able to start ripping my first disc within minutes because of your tutorial. Thanks for posting!
same.
should probably explain to people they can change the settings in makemkv to only by default check a specific language automatically everytime. no need to constantly check and uncheck languages. also should rename your ripped mkv file. like Hacksaw Ridge (2016) 2160p instead of the auto generated names
Great points, I agree!!
Nice easy to follow instructions. I applied the firmware update to a LG WH16NS40 everything worked exactly as your described in the video. My file size for the rip of the movie was around 60 GB. I prefer the MP4 format so I re-ripped it again using Handbrake and got the file size down to about 13 GB. The video and sound quality are still fine to me.
With Handbreak you can Save some GB. In the End you didn't noticed any Difference to the Video Quality if the Settings are correct
Yeah, I was able to get the file size from 60 GB down to about 13 GB and the sound and video quality is still good to me.
Thank you so much for this video! I just got into Plex and ripping and I was so scared to format my drive in fear of “breaking” it. This gave me the confidence I needed. Again thank you!
Quite literally couldn't have done this without this video -- you are amazing!! 🙌
Thank you that really means a lot
Tried this with the LG WH16NS40 internal drive. Worked great as of 08/2024. Be sure to select MK.bin file for the internal drive (not external) off the firmware pack if you are doing it this way. Putting internal firmware on external drive or vice versa will corrupt the blue ray drive.
He talks about massive file sizes you can run the MKV file back through Handbrake and it should shrink it without loss of quality. I use it to shrink my Bluray rips.
god this was so straight forward and respectful of my attention dude hell yeah and thank you for this. you're a real one.
I appreciate the kind words, thank you. 🙏
I appreciate you taking the time to share this information! 💯💯
No problem, my pleasure!
Ok, I got a problem.
I bought the exact drive you linked, Followed all your steps to a tee, flashed the same firmware, but now MakeMKV wont find the drive, and SDFflasher also wont find the drive, either. I'm at a loss.
My main issue with ripping and streaming through something like Plex , is there is a noticeable decrease in quality specifically when it comes to the audio.
This only happens when you have the option enabled for transcoding. When you disable transcoding Plex sends you the original file but that needs a ton of bandwidth and your device has to be able to play the file how it is.
What are you using to run plex
If you on your local network it won't need internet bandwidth right? @iPain3G
I didn't know it was possible to do such a thing - especially the copy protection which is embedded on many discs.
Good morning,
Great video. Is this process still relavent? I know things change quickly. I want to rip all of my disks to a NAS.
You made a great and informative video that was step by step and easy to follow.
The issue is storage. 60 to 90GB per movie is going to eat through HDDs really fast. I really just want to play my 4K movies on a PC with a BD drive.
Yes it does take up a lot of space. I re-rip mine with Handbrake and get it down to 13 GB. Bottom-line is that 4K quality takes up a lot of space. But man does it look so much better on a 4K TV!
Can you burn video files to Blu-ray? I want to burn the entire family guy series to Blu-ray but can’t even seem to find the original
Thank you very much. I ordered the exact same drive as you. Now for the waiting. June 18th. Sigh. But this was a great help. You are the best, my friend. 😉👍
Awesome! 👏
@@audioarkitekts I ended up ponying up
the money for a registered version of MakeMKV. It never runs out, and they help you with everything in there. Also, you have the coolest male name in existence. I know, because its my first name as well. Have a wonderful day. 😁👍
Hi, Michael! How did you flash your drive using the SDFtool? I downloaded the zip file but when I execute the .exe file, I get two options:
1.) Which drive to flash (I got that)
2.) WRITE Firmware, READ firmware, or RECOVER drive (I chose WRITE Firmware)
3.) Please select a Firmware to Write
I'm lost on what to do with the third one. The MakeMKV forum is just too messy for me to read.
You need to also download and unzip the "All You Need Firmware Pack". In that pack is a list of all the drives and firmware updates you need to update your drive for it to work.
For example I have a LG-WH16NS40 drive, I used the file with that name to flash my drive.
If you don't want to mess with flashing and all that there are some pre flashed drives on eBay with from 100% rated sellers
Just search pre flashed blue ray drives. The seller i saw was unlimited drives. (I have absolutely nothing to do with them)
I already own MakeMKV, and I own 2 external drives, one is an LG BP50NB40, & the other is a Asus BW-16D1X-U, & I'm not sure if either drive will work for copying 4K disks or not, but I've tried asking other youtubers who either do not answer the question, or they give me a bunch of technical jargon I don't understand. I would prefer to find an external drive, that will work with 4k's right out of the box, without having to flash them, if possible. Can you please walk me through how to rip or copy 4k discs?
I went through this process with an internal LG drive. Bought the drive for $60 brand new. My PC case has the slot so it’s mounted internally. Before I bought the new drive I tried to use my 2012 LG drive but it wasn’t supported by the firmware.
Great video!
I really love your desk setup, thy for some inspirations
This didnt work for me with Asus 1601HT initially, but after some tinkering - this worked! Thanks
how did you get it to work
@@deltafx00 used SDFtool flasher from the makemkv forums. ua-cam.com/video/b8qv7ZgxeCA/v-deo.html
This is helpful sir. Thank you very much. One video that could be nice would be if you could show how you can add subtitles to your 4K movies. For example I have a movie that doesn’t have Spanish subtitles in but I want to add Spanish subtitles to it. How can I do that?
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sdftool flasher doesn't seem to work. I get error 0xfffffffff
Beware. This method has not been working for me plus my Blu Ray drive won't work anymore even after recovering the previous Firmware. It sucks
i am extremely unhappy about this video. Now i can't get my BLu Ray drive to read at all. The should definitely be some warnings prior to this tutorial. What do i do now ? Buy a new Writer or spend my weekend trying to fix this... ? 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑
Hi Michael, I am considering purchasing the Pioneer Electronics BDR-XS07UHD from your link and wonder what firmware version to use. Can you please give me some advice before I make the purchase? Thank you in advance for your time!
Michael you are a lifesaver! Thank you bro!
Problem is that there is no 1.03 file included in that zip file for internal drives. My drive from the factory is 1.04.
Still good instructions!
I bought the drive you have using your link and it is not MT1959 platform. Is there a work around?
Thank you. I'm here because I have to replace my multiregion bluray player every two years or so and it's getting on my nerves.
I have 6 WD 22 Terabyte external harddrives. I have ripped well over 200 4K movies. I have several 4K UHD external hard drives. I have the one you’re using and it has had problems ripping a lot of 4K movies a lot of them it can’t even read them like there’s no disk. I also have the LG UHD BP60NB10. It actually can detect a lot more 4K Blu Rays but still have a problem detecting or reading some. The I have the BKBuffalo UHD BD Portable Blu-ray Drive Black BRUHD-PU3-BK. I don’t think it has ever had one 4K Blu Ray Disc that it could not detect however it still couldn’t fully rip some 4K Blu Rays. Like it would get 60% to 80% done with ripping it then it couldn’t finishing the ripping process. Can you tell me why it wouldn’t fully tip these movies especially since they’re brand new disks without a scratch or mark on them? And do you know anything about the Verbatim 43888 UHD external drive? I heard it works very well with make MKV.
My Drive i purchased from amazon seems to have a different bunch of numbers at the end. Also, I don't see the firmware with the MK in the folder. Hmm. Is it still safe to flash. It is the one recommended in the video. The archgon premium one.
Excellent video 👏🏽 but how can I downgrade the bitrate of just the video, for example the video size 40GB with 35Mb/s but I just want the video with 16GB size and 15Mb/s. And then the HDR version how to convert in SDR with 10bit ?
Re-rip the file with Handbrake. I was able to go from 60 GB to 13 GB, the quality and sound are still good to me.
I followed step by step and flashed the same drive you have but it still just says possible (with Patched firmware)
I AM trying to rip special features, but I've had a few discs have features missing in makemkv, thinks like deleted scenes/interviews. Any idea why that might be?
I bought the same 4k player in the video. It doesn't seem to work for ripping 4k discs anymore. It works with blu ray discs though. It is a shame because I could of saved $100 if I just wanted another blu ray drive to rip movies.
I just bought the same Archgon drive and it won't work for me either. I followed this step by step and have spent days trying things on the makemkv forums. Nothing works. It rips regular blurays fine but not 4K's. It recognizes the disc but won't play the disc even with VLC.
I started ripping different tv series ( each have numerous dvds) and noticed upon replaying certain epi through the app. That it would freeze, so i figure it would do the same upon formatting and playing on the tv. 1. Should I clean every seasons dvd and look at the playback of each epi on the dvd afterwards to make sure none of them are not freezing? Or looking the first epi after cleaning the dvd will tell me the rest of the epi are fine?
Is this transcoding, or are the resulting files the exact original encoding of the disc, minus the DRM?
It’s a bit for bit copy of the video and audio files.
Love your video and shirt!
Thank you 🙏
Followed these steps as of 8/17/2024, I guess it’s blocked now for this drive bc mine will not update beyond 1.02 :(
Does this do any damage to the disc? I'm thinking about doing this to my collection then selling them
I'm hoping to find a model that is drive bay compatible and not too long. I have the height for it but not very much length. Are there any Blu-Ray drives that meet such criteria?
I’m sticking with standard 1080p blu ray after watching this video was looking into getting into 4k but the drive to expensive for the price point I’m comfortable paying 😂😂😂
Hi tried using makemkv but seems complicated to me can u save things to a 1 or 2tb hardrive
Just watch some more detailed videos on how to use MakeMKV to get the hang of it. You can start with any size drive you want. It is just that the smaller the drive you start with the quicker the drive will fill up. These 4K rips average 60GB each.
Im copying 2012 and there are 3 versions of it on my drive, 39 chapters, 16 chapters and no chapters. the no chapters one has a source file with ".m2ts" at the end while the other two have ".mlps" what one do i pick because i want chapters but 39 and 16 fail to create
Hey Michael, do you know how to get rid of the commentary audio track?
There usually are multiple tracks of audio. the track with the commentary should be unchecked if you don't want it.
@mykandrew Where is the link to the forum you mentioned?
can you do this with DVD discs as well?
So regular Blu-Ray disc reader wouldn’t work it has to be Ultra HD Blu-Ray
No, because it has to be 4K compatible. But some drives that are only Blu-Ray compatible can be made into 4K compatible with a firmware update. But note that even some 4K drives may not be compatible, you have to go by the ones on the list. And even some of those have to use a firmware update from the list to make it work with MakeMKV.
Those firmware restrictions that you mention in the video also applies to regular 1080p blurays? Thanks.
No. Blu rays work fine as long as the drive can read a blu ray disc.
Maybe a dumb question but would it be possible to also hook this up to a TV to play the Blurays? I don’t want to have to buy a dedicated drive & a dedicated player when I want to watch straight from the disc instead of streaming
I heard the LG BP60NB10 drive allowed you to play disks straight through a USB port on your TV. Just hold the eject key and apparently it works. I don't own it though so double check.
after I make an MKV, I use handbrake to make an mpg file from it.
Yes agreed, handbrake is the best for converting into mpg!
I keep the master MKV file on a separate disk and use handbrake to compress it for my Plex Server on my NAS. Works great for our 4K television and HD TVs throughout the house. The MKV file is reserved for our Projector and 120" Screen.
@@RobHoffman83 Maybe a dumb question. Why compress to mpg?
I usually compress using MKV, HEVC or H265 10 Bit (NVENC) profile. It works pretty quickly if you have a 30 series Nvidia GPU or newer. I have a RTX3070 and RTX3050 in different computers and they both can use the NVENC encoding with Handbrake. I vary the bit rate (11MB to 20Mb), depending on the movie. The more detail I want to preserve, the higher the bit rate. Instead of being 50 to 65GB, the movie size is about 12GB to 25GB. I leave the audio as Passthrough to keep the highest quality.
why mpg? I have all my movie in MKV container, it's the most flexible format
i misspoke..I change to mp4 files....they seem to be very flexible@@mayday6880
Hey Michael, what should you do with an FEL layer? Some UHD Blu Rays come with that little Dolby Vision enhancement, it shows on BDinfo reports. Do you put it into MKV as well?
It pulls all layers. Unfortunately if you are watching through Plex, it can’t read the DV layer. I haven’t gone the rabbit hole yet but people were looking at remuxing the layers into a single layer so DV would be active. I’m not sure if people out there have found that solution.
I don't know if you are still monitoring this video given its age, but I had a question. I've ripped my entire Blu-ray collection, and almost all have codec H264. I have about 25 or so movies that ripped with a Windows Codec. My TV won't play those ones from my external hard drive, and neither will my Roku 3, Xbox One S, and stand alone Blu-ray Player. They don't like that Windows Codec. Weirdly enough 20 or them are movies distributed by Warner Brothers, the rest are from Universal. How can I re-rip them or convert that Codec to something else my TV will play. I've watched other videos where they used Handbrake as a compression tool to decrease the size of the file so it does not take up so much hard drive space. I'm looking for something that changes the Codec to something more common.
Handbrake should also be able to change the codec. Just choose something like mp4, most everything I've seen can play mp4s.
Does CPU generation matter? I know intel dropped bluray support after 11th gen, but not sure if ripping them bypasses the DRM.
I’ve ran this on both Intel and AMD for years and it works fine on both.
Is there an alternative way to jailbreak the drive on a MacBook?
does this work for regular DVDs too?
I am currently processing my library and I am having a bit of a tough time with my various anime box sets and TV series because of Plex's requirement to name each individual file. any good resources?
did anyone have any issues with malware when downloading to a Mac?
What if I'm just doing reg dvds?
You won't need to update your drive firmware to make it work with MakeMKV. There are plenty of detailed videos here on UA-cam on how to use MakeMKV.
Where do you get 4k uhd discs to burn this stuff to? Also where do you recommend getting the movies from originally?
This is for storage on a HD
Does any or all of this work for MacBook Pros?
Maybe a dumb question. If I am not interested in 4K but just ripping movies 1080p that are on blu-ray and DVD, then no mod or flashing needed? Just need a drive that can read the disk format and the software?
I filmed a video on that previously, check it out!
@@audioarkitekts Will Do! I'm studying. I just got a NAS and Plex running on it with all the movies and TV shows I downloaded on it and I like it! It's been over 15 years since I ripped a DVD and that was when a hardware player didn't have the decrypt keys locked, someone got the keys out, and almost every DVD ripping software after that had the decrypt key built in. I never got into 4K movies as 1080p was fine for me. Probably my eyes.
Mike, are you familiar with anydvd and clone dvd? I use the iso format to rip my physical movies all in iso format so I can get bit perfect a 1:1 clone of the discs including all the menus with the extra features and special features. I use the extra features and special features that's why I use the iso format. I don't like how makemkv separates each chapter. I have to go each chapter individually and it's time consuming since all the chapters says unknown. I spend more time going thru each channel 1 by 1 and it's a very tedious and annoying process that I need to go thru. I'm trying to figure it out include the all the menus when ripping in the iso format so I can select the load option when playing my movies and on my android phones. I used to be able to select load on android like your loading a disc on the 4k player and it's done the same exact way but done virtually.
What software do you use on your android phones to play the ISO's with all the menus?
@@alexmorph3us Kodi and vlc plays iso files.
make mkv has also 1:1 disc cloning capabillity!!! (and it's free!!!) ;)
I used make mkv but there is no way to load a file like loading a physical disc. I'm still trying to figure out how to load a file like loading a physical disc with the iso format like I have done it in the past but I don't remember how to do it since it has been awhile since I have done it. I want to use the iso format not the mkv format. I don't use any transcoding and encoding when playing the movies. I treat the movies like I'm loading the discs on the 4k player but done exactly the same way on android. There are dvd players that run android on amazon. I was even looking for a portable 4k player that is similar to the portable dvd player that does the same thing as the portable dvd players but plays the 4k discs instead of dvd discs but they don't exist. I'm trying to play a physical disc on android without the physical disc by using the iso format since it's doing the same thing as using the physical disc without the physical discs.
i dunno 'bout android, but in windows there is "power dvd" in order to play a 4k iso (as i believe, because since 2020 i use macos).@@OledBurnInKing
Is it possible to burn this back to a disc, if you don't have a huge storage drive or server? I don't think you can stream 4k ultra HD over WiFi (not well at least). Also, can the Xbox series X play burnt discs? 🤞
yes burning 4k UHD its possible, Blu-Ray BD-R XL 100GB, if it's playable on XBox I don't know
What is a libre disk?
and when you do, please keep those mp4's you upload to the net under 300 megs each please....
Thank you!
Can this be done with Mac?
Whenever i jailbreak my drive, then go to make mkv, it says its still the original firmware
Mine did to, but it worked. And it now says "enabled". Before it said it might work if updated.
Is it thr sale process for dvds? (Like not Blueray movies)
If you are using MakeMKV the process is pretty much the same, except you don't have to update the firmware on your drive for it to work. There are plenty of detailed videos on UA-cam on how to use MakeMKV.
I'm of the mind all movies sold should be on flash drives. For those of us who dont like internet dependency. The best thing to store thousands of blueray movies and mega large TVs series a hard drive would take up less shelf space
That would never happen
@@sethterwilliger9434 it would be a great improvement in space each move could be on it's own flash drive in which would outlast fragile discs that get scratched
Can a drive update its firmware by itself when connected to the PC?
It's happened. If there's an option to not update, you want to use that.
For instance, if there's a box to check to update automatically, you would want it unchecked.
The reason some of us like the tech mumbo jumbo is because we are IT professionals (experts?) ourselves and don't need someone else to give us the exact steps. If you could describe the very specific part of the process that a normal attempt to rip an ISO would fail, and give a general "do this instead, and use this tool for this part of the process" we can do it ourselves.
There is nothing free about it. For it to work, you have to pay for it. It does work very well though.
What exactly are you paying for?
@@audioarkitekts To get the full version, you pay.
pirate it jesus maria 😂😂😂@@Mordalo
@@seppeseppe-jq7nr Unlike you, I don't steal things. Thanks for sharing your criminality with the world.
It’s shareware. All you need is the beta key from the MakeMKV forums. You don’t need the full version to be able to rip CDs.
I don't collect hard copies just to collect. Don't like having too much stuffs in the house. I have around 20 hard copies of movies I loved. Ripped or download everything else. Ripped House of the Dragons from my local library. Whole season eat up 116 Gigs of my storage but man.. the picture qualities is AMAZING!!!! Look like i will have to erase some contents to make room for Picard Season 3. LOL My local library is the new BLOCKBUSTER video store.
Looking to rip a bunch of old DVD's, is this process recommended for the same?
You can just use Handbrake for DVD ripping. DVD copy protection was broken long ago, and no one cares enough to throw up any roadblocks to DVD ripping.
@@MrVenona They still have copy protection even on DVDs, and for sure on older ones.
@@mj1s735 I'll repeat what I wrote earlier:
"DVD copy protection was broken long ago"
I thought this channel was Mike on Audio and was about Hi-Fi, listening to CDs and interesting audio tech. And suddenly is Michael Andrews and is about ripping movies and personal home streaming...a bit unexpected I might say. 🙄🤔
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After I ripped, the only audio that works for me is descriptive audio. How do I fix that?
probably you chose the plain stereo audio, which it is almost always descriptive....re-rip with a "bigger" audio part.
I’m ripping with every English audio selected
well, when you play the ripped file, choose another audio track...what player do you use to play the mkv file?@@DiegoGado4
Thanks!
Which program can I use to burn cd’s
EAC (Easy Audio Copy) is the best
i believe he wants to make cds, not to rip them.@@BlackCroLong
@@BlackCroLong EAC costs money, and the website says it works only Windows Vista, 7, or 8.
jail break?? i just want one softwear to do everything
Would this work for sacd?
No, but it is possible. SACDs are a different type of disc with a different type of copy protection, so different machines and software are used for ripping. I'm pretty sure Mike did a video on this subject, also. @mykandrew
I did a video on how to do it with SACDs 😉
Is MakeMKV trial-based or something?
I'm not sure if it's changed. For DVD's it's perpetually cost-free. For Blurays and above, it's a trial mode. I think the guy wants $50, and frankly if you use it, pay the guy. He deserves it. I did, and I'm happy I did.
@@Chalisque The forever license is $60 currently and well worth the cost.
You can manually update the free key to register it. It seems to change about every 6 weeks. Like others have stated, you can also buy it and you don't have to keep copy and pasting the free beta key every so often.
While I think it would be cool to do this I would need a stupid amount of storage to upload my entire collection
the flasher tool don't work, there is an error
I got an Error as well. But it was because i had the reader open once i closed it and reopened the program it worked like a charm. I hope this helps.
I got an error as well, but I fixed it by taking the disc out of the drive first. Once I took the disc out the flash worked as shown
All this protection when it will be streaming that will kill movie sales
Physical media is being phased out so it's a good time to buy those movies and rip them as backups.
I have a. Normal DVD external Drive can I be able to play Blu ray disc...please reply
No, a DVD (only) drive cannot play Blu ray. But all Blu ray can play DVD.
How i keep menu on blu ray movie and remove just extra content video? Name of program?
Cool
Dvd take up lease amount of space around . Blu-ray take more space but a lots less then 4k. U can probably get 3 to 4 Blu-ray for the same space as 1 4k. Blu-ray are cheaper to find and dvd are even cheaper. It all comes down to your budget and your needs. I would just recommend dvd or Blu-ray vs for 4k for nas system.
If you're worried about file size why not just stream it? Storage is pretty cheap these days
@@kennehtk i am just saying. Not everyone got 4k. Some people just need dvd or blu ray. Most of my movies collection is dvd and blue ray. I have less 30 4k movies. I only buy the 4k ones I really want in 4k. . Maybe in America hard drives are cheaper. Most other places pc, hard drives cost more.
Why rip them ... nothing beats the physical content and you can store them in disc bags ... 360 movies in 1 bag.
Number of reasons: 1)no longer need to store the physical disc in your house - more storage/less clutter
2) able to watch it anytime, anywhere, anyhow you want
3) no longer need a 4kUHD player for home viewing (which are getting more scarce than the movies themselves)
4) digital backup incase anything happens to your discs
5) using a media server like Plex, Kodi, Emby, Jellybean (?), etc makes it easier to sort and catalogue your movies. Can browse by genre, decade, actor, studio. Can creat custom playlists (do I watch star wars by release date or episode number… make a playlist in either order).
6) take your movies virtually anywhere
And if you rip them properly, you can’t even tell the difference between disc and digital (and the audio is just as good).
Never update your firmware if it already works!
Newer firmware prevents you from ripping which is why you have to downgrade.
Yeah.., really simple