* Functionality to open DVD discs is free and will always stay free. * Available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux * No additional software is required for conversion or decryption. * Fast conversion - converts as fast as your drive can read data.

* Preserves all meta-information (track language, audio type) * Preserves all video and audio tracks, including HD audio * Reads Blu-ray discs protected with latest versions of AACS and BD+ * Reads DVD-Video(VIDEO_TS.IFO) folder, Blu-ray(BDMV) folder and ISO files

If you like MakeMKV and you want to use it after your 30-days trial version expires, you need to purchase a registration key.Īdditionally MakeMKV can instantly stream decrypted video without intermediate conversion to wide range of players, so you may watch Blu-ray and DVD discs with your favorite player on your favorite OS or on your favorite device. You can use shareware functionality for free during 30-days trial period. Converting or streaming Blu-ray discs is shareware functionality. You may use MakeMKV to convert or stream DVD and AVCHD discs for free, as much as you want. MakeMKV is updated approx every month and is free while it is in beta.ĭVDFab is updated less frequently (although there have been two updates since the start of 2011).MakeMKV contains both freeware and shareware functionality. (* 300 - 400MB is an average, depending on what the content of the film is and your handbrake settings this can vary wildly.) I'd have to buy another 3TB of harddrive space to store the same data as mpeg2. my 1TB drive now holds 2500 episodes or 1875 hours of TV. Why bother? Even with harddrive space as inexpensive as it is, I want to make best use of the available space.Īssuming 1TB = 1000GB and each 45 minute mpeg2 from DVD is 1.6GB, that is 625 episodes or 468 hours of TV.īy converting them with handbrake and x264 to 400MB*. A 1.6GB mpeg2 mkv usually ends up at around 300-400MB for 'live action' footage, although this does vary wildly. I then run handbrake overnight and reencode using x264 to reduce filesize. Then MakeMKV to extract the episodes and cut foreign audio and subtitles. It is far too hit and miss to split cells at exactly the right point.). I use the free DVDFab to rip the file structure from the disc, then use VOBblanker to get rid of the titles if possible (eg. I say -ish because on my Sony S760 it still takes an age from the point of turning the power on to start watching the film. No BD drive on my PC so I'm happy-ish to watch BluRay on disc while I convert all my DVDs to MKV. Only recently got into Blu Rays and I only have around 20 discs at the moment.

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