This was a great tutorial, thanks. I just installed Plex in my desktop and was staring at my collection of DVDs and Blu Rays, wondering how I was going to get them from here to there. My desktop has a 14TB HDD so storage space won't be a problem. It also has an optical drive so I'm all set. My desktop is a gaming computer so it is not very power efficient so I will eventually build a Plex/NAS server with 4TB of storage in a RAID 2 setup that can be left on 24/7 without eating me out of house and home in electrical bills.
BETWEEN MAKEMKV & HANDBRAKE, I CAN NEVER BURN THE ORIGINAL PHYSICAL DVD MENU. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO BURN THE DVD MENUS? I LOVE SEEING THE DVD MENUS LOAD UP. THANKS FOR THIS TUTORIAL. SUPER HELPFUL!
Just a quick question as I am new to the whole ripping DVD files to PC. I noticed when you are done ripping/coping the files basically taking the files/contents off the DVD and coping them to your PC, it turns into a video file. my question is, what about the menus? like, I want to be able to watch DVD's exactly as they are with the selectable menu options like it is on the DVD on my PC just so I ain't having to use the Disks to watch the features. call it Lazy if you will, like, yeah even if it Lazy, it an be an annoying irritating pain in the backside having to constantly get up off yer sofa n grab the DVD case, take the disk out, put it in the machine, then take the disk back out, put it in back in its case, then get back up to go to yer DVD collection then rummage threw and repeat etc. like I just think the idea of having the whole DVD with its contents and menus stored on a PC and or portable hard drives so you can just open up whichever movie folder, choose whatever you DVD movie you want to watch and click play without the constant need to be faffing about constantly exchanging between disks, I think just having it on PC is so much more easier and convenient. So yeah, when you rip a DVD, will you still have the DVD selectable menu options on the video? that's all I really want to know.
Good job, thanks for the refresher. I have been using this method for a few years now, and I burned my entire DVD collection of 100+ DVDs to an external hard drive. I don't have a graphics card (basic system) or a surround system, do you have any thoughts on using the "FAST" options in Handbrake? Oh, and I donated my entire DVD collection to the local library.
thanks!! question, plz: what if the GPU doesn't appear on Handbrake's Settings? Just H264 or H265-stuff, but nothing suggesting a GPU. ughh...or there a System Setting that would allow that? MS-W10. tanx...
There are tradeoff's with GPU vs CPU encoding. While GPU encoding is typically faster, its also possible you get more artefacts and larger files sizes. CPU encoding while it takes longer, you have more options with this method if you can stand the longer encode times. When it comes to Bluray, unfortunately CPU encoding is way too long (up to a couple days in depending on your CPU) vs a couple hours with GPU.
How do people get it down to 1-2 gb this only got a movie down to 7. 7 is good but even when I view the 1-2 gb ones the quality is still great. Thanks for this guide though very cool and very helpful.
thank you! i think it really comes down to your settings you use for transcoding in handbrake. in the last i’ve used tdarr and had similar results to you where i was only cutting down a gig or so where others had great results. i think it’d all dependent on your media and options
@@BarmineTech I should have mentioned it's blu rays i'm transcoding. Thanks for the fast reply. I'm okay with this method, it's just gonna take a really long time to convert 500+ Blu Rays.
Amazing tutorial! I just started the MakeMKV download on my MacBook Pro with M1 Pro Chip. It is saying the application download is estimated at 1 hour and 15 minutes and going up.. this concerns me! How long should I expect for this download to take? And how can I make my downloads go faster? Should I do this project on my 2021 iMac? I am digitizing my family videos and my dad's old dvd's which equates to over 75 files. I am thinking I need to figure out a way to make the process go a little faster and more efficient.. do you have any suggestions? Thanks Barmine Tech!
Here's my issue: If I rip a DVD or BluRay, will that damage the physical disc at all? Because, I don't want to put the disc in after I ripped it to no longer work on my disc player.
i’m am not aware of this causing any damage to the disk. this is a orettt standard method of just copying the files off the disk to a digital storage on the computer
Ripping a DVD doesn't change the DVD at all, you're fine. I know "rip" sounds destructive but it is really just reading the DVD contents and saving them locally.
@@BarmineTech No, he has a valid question. I think what he meant is that you can do everything directly through Handbrake. Before checking your video in search of more tips, i just did that: Simply found the DVD through HB and was choosing the encoding options. Tried to finish the process and resulted in a DVD of 4-5gbs to a 1.5gb mp4. No complications around it. Could you elaborate if using the Makemkv process before HB can actually improve or make a difference to the output quality? As it is, seems like we can simply skip this step. Wachu think? - EDIT: I just remembered that Handbrake will not rip Oficial DVDs with a lock. If thats the case I could understand using Makemkv before to rip the locked files, and then finishing with Handbrake.
@@BarmineTechgreat tutorial! Thanks for clarifying why you need both software. I have a bunch of dvds I found in the attic that I want to convert digitally
This is a great video, thanks! I haven't done this process in about 15 years so it was a nice refresher.
Solid video, super straight forward! I plan to rip all my parent's dvds so they can have a digital copy to access from their various devices.
This was a great tutorial, thanks. I just installed Plex in my desktop and was staring at my collection of DVDs and Blu Rays, wondering how I was going to get them from here to there. My desktop has a 14TB HDD so storage space won't be a problem. It also has an optical drive so I'm all set. My desktop is a gaming computer so it is not very power efficient so I will eventually build a Plex/NAS server with 4TB of storage in a RAID 2 setup that can be left on 24/7 without eating me out of house and home in electrical bills.
great video, super straight forward with no fluff. thank you
great job, clear and two the point. You answered my question about using the two applications together And transcoding on GPU.
What is the purpose of using MKV 1st? Can't you just use handbrake to get the video files? Thanks.
BETWEEN MAKEMKV & HANDBRAKE, I CAN NEVER BURN THE ORIGINAL PHYSICAL DVD MENU. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO BURN THE DVD MENUS?
I LOVE SEEING THE DVD MENUS LOAD UP. THANKS FOR THIS TUTORIAL. SUPER HELPFUL!
Currently going through this myself, want the menus like I'm running an ISO file. Let me know if you ever get an answer to this, friend
Just a quick question as I am new to the whole ripping DVD files to PC. I noticed when you are done ripping/coping the files basically taking the files/contents off the DVD and coping them to your PC, it turns into a video file. my question is, what about the menus? like, I want to be able to watch DVD's exactly as they are with the selectable menu options like it is on the DVD on my PC just so I ain't having to use the Disks to watch the features. call it Lazy if you will, like, yeah even if it Lazy, it an be an annoying irritating pain in the backside having to constantly get up off yer sofa n grab the DVD case, take the disk out, put it in the machine, then take the disk back out, put it in back in its case, then get back up to go to yer DVD collection then rummage threw and repeat etc. like I just think the idea of having the whole DVD with its contents and menus stored on a PC and or portable hard drives so you can just open up whichever movie folder, choose whatever you DVD movie you want to watch and click play without the constant need to be faffing about constantly exchanging between disks, I think just having it on PC is so much more easier and convenient.
So yeah, when you rip a DVD, will you still have the DVD selectable menu options on the video? that's all I really want to know.
Good job, thanks for the refresher. I have been using this method for a few years now, and I burned my entire DVD collection of
100+ DVDs to an external hard drive. I don't have a graphics card (basic system) or a surround system, do you have any thoughts on using the "FAST" options in Handbrake? Oh, and I donated my entire DVD collection to the local library.
Thanks for the straightforward content.
the full enhance layer should be like 50 gb's.
thanks!! question, plz: what if the GPU doesn't appear on Handbrake's Settings? Just H264 or H265-stuff, but nothing suggesting a GPU. ughh...or there a System Setting that would allow that? MS-W10. tanx...
There are tradeoff's with GPU vs CPU encoding. While GPU encoding is typically faster, its also possible you get more artefacts and larger files sizes. CPU encoding while it takes longer, you have more options with this method if you can stand the longer encode times. When it comes to Bluray, unfortunately CPU encoding is way too long (up to a couple days in depending on your CPU) vs a couple hours with GPU.
I have an Nvidia graphics card, but don't have the option for NVEnc
Any reason you just dont let Plex transcode in real time?
Nice video, man, helpful. You nerded out a bit on your build but whatever, its cool, you're supposed to.
why not make a new de zine.
How do people get it down to 1-2 gb this only got a movie down to 7. 7 is good but even when I view the 1-2 gb ones the quality is still great.
Thanks for this guide though very cool and very helpful.
thank you! i think it really comes down to your settings you use for transcoding in handbrake. in the last i’ve used tdarr and had similar results to you where i was only cutting down a gig or so where others had great results. i think it’d all dependent on your media and options
@@BarmineTech I should have mentioned it's blu rays i'm transcoding. Thanks for the fast reply. I'm okay with this method, it's just gonna take a really long time to convert 500+ Blu Rays.
@@BarmineTech I did h265 the video file turned out to be less than h264. Problem solved!
Great stuff man
Excellent!
Thank you!!
Amazing tutorial! I just started the MakeMKV download on my MacBook Pro with M1 Pro Chip. It is saying the application download is estimated at 1 hour and 15 minutes and going up.. this concerns me! How long should I expect for this download to take? And how can I make my downloads go faster? Should I do this project on my 2021 iMac?
I am digitizing my family videos and my dad's old dvd's which equates to over 75 files. I am thinking I need to figure out a way to make the process go a little faster and more efficient.. do you have any suggestions?
Thanks Barmine Tech!
Great video 💯💯💯
Thanks so much for this!
Here's my issue:
If I rip a DVD or BluRay, will that damage the physical disc at all?
Because, I don't want to put the disc in after I ripped it to no longer work on my disc player.
i’m am not aware of this causing any damage to the disk. this is a orettt standard method of just copying the files off the disk to a digital storage on the computer
Ripping a DVD doesn't change the DVD at all, you're fine. I know "rip" sounds destructive but it is really just reading the DVD contents and saving them locally.
Good video! :)
Can’t you just rip dvds and put them on a USB flash drive to insert on your TV instead of all of the trouble of a plex server and all that?
it your tv supports that it should be fine
I like this guy
thanks man
just downloaded makemkv 9/15/24 and the application crashes at launch every time
i just did a fresh install and it works fine. did you add a registration key that is free on their forums? if not the program will not work
@@BarmineTech i crashes before i can even add it
restarted my machine and then was able to get it to take the key
I don't get the advantage of makemkv. Why not just use handbrake?
make mkv is the program that actually gets the video files off the dvd. handbrake is to encode them to a different format
@@BarmineTech No, he has a valid question.
I think what he meant is that you can do everything directly through Handbrake.
Before checking your video in search of more tips, i just did that: Simply found the DVD through HB and was choosing the encoding options.
Tried to finish the process and resulted in a DVD of 4-5gbs to a 1.5gb mp4. No complications around it.
Could you elaborate if using the Makemkv process before HB can actually improve or make a difference to the output quality? As it is, seems like we can simply skip this step.
Wachu think?
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EDIT:
I just remembered that Handbrake will not rip Oficial DVDs with a lock.
If thats the case I could understand using Makemkv before to rip the locked files, and then finishing with Handbrake.
@@BarmineTechgreat tutorial! Thanks for clarifying why you need both software. I have a bunch of dvds I found in the attic that I want to convert digitally
I ran into an issue where handbrake don't rip Blu-ray....but makemkv does...I think handbrake only rips dvds and unlocked bluray discs