Subj : Re: Ripping DVD/BD in Linux
To   : Shurato
From : Gamgee
Date : Wed Oct 29 2025 08:08:36

-=> Shurato wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> Recently I've wanted to start trying to rip my DVD/BluRay movie collection
 Ga> in order to be able to stream them from a home Plex server. I've had
 Ga> pretty limited success doing this in Linux so far...

 Ga> I've tried 'Handbrake' and it won't even find the title of the DVD disc
 Ga> that's in a drive. Was going to try 'MakeMKV' but it seems quite
 Ga> convoluted to get installed and the program hasn't been updated
 Ga> in like 15 years.

 Ga> Wondering if anyone has had good results doing this in Linux, and if so,
 Ga> what software did you use? Anything obvious that I'm missing here?
 Ga> Thanks for any help you can provide.

 Sh> I  use MakeMKV in Windows.  A new version was just released several
 Sh> months ago and the keys are kept up to date.  I use an LG 4K drive.

I don't (and won't) use Windows.

Since I posted the above a while back, I've gotten MakeMKV (and 
Handbrake) working in Linux and all is well.  Thanks.




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