Subj : Re: Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
To   : Arelor
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Sep 13 2025 21:16:28

-=> Arelor wrote to Gamgee <=-

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

 > 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.

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

Yep, I think it's a missing dependency of some kind.  Trying it on MX 
Linux which is a Debian variant.  A little strange that it didn't pull 
in required dep's, but...  I tried it on my wife's Windoze box and it 
worked properly.  When I get around to it I'm gonna get it properly 
installed on a Slackware box and go from there.

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

Probably won't try that if it's a hassle.

 Ar> I have no input regarding blu rays, sorry.

I've now succeeded with that, using 'MakeMKV', again on the Windoze box.  
Will get that going on Slack too.  Thanks for the input!



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