Subj : Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
To   : Gamgee
From : Arelor
Date : Sat Sep 13 2025 15:21:24

  Re: Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
  By: Gamgee to All on Sun Sep 07 2025 06:43 pm

 > Hello all,
 >
 > Recently I've wanted to start trying to rip my DVD/BluRay movie collection
 > in order to be able to stream them from a home Plex server.  I've had pretty
 > limited success doing this in Linux so far...
 >
 > I've tried 'Handbrake' and it won't even find the title of the DVD disc
 > that's in a drive.  Was going to try 'MakeMKV' but it seems quite convoluted
 > to get installed and the program hasn't been updated in like 15 years.
 >
 > Wondering if anyone has had good results doing this in Linux, and if so,
 > what software did you use?  Anything obvious that I'm missing here?  Thanks
 > for any help you can provide.

For DVD, HandBrake does the trick more often than not. I find it suspicious that it does not work for you. Ensure you are using the latest version. The builds distributed by distribution's package managers are often not well built, so you might want to use something straight from their download site.

Another alternative is using Mencoder. You can dump the whole DVD with Mplayer and then transcode it with Mencoder. It is way more unwieldly than Handbrake.

I have no input regarding blu rays, sorry.


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