Next, on the right side of the window, choose the folder where you’d like to place the MKV file. You can choose which titles you want to rip here. This list will include special features, deleted scenes, and anything else on the disc. It may take a little guess work to figure out which tracks are which, but if you just want the movie, it’s probably the really big track that takes up around 20-30GB on the disc. Once MakeMKV is done scanning for titles, you’ll see a list of them in the left-hand panel of the app. Click this to scan the titles on your disc. After a moment, a big Blu-Ray drive icon will appear. To rip your movie, put the disc in your Blu-Ray drive and open MakeMKV. You can even watch it as-is, if you prefer, but it’s probably better if you shrink it down a bit later. Once you have your MKV, you can shrink it, convert it, or modify it however you want.
MakeMKV is a dead simple app that does one thing really well: make a full-size, 1080p MKV video file from your Blu-Ray disc. RELATED: What Is an MKV File and How Do You Play Them?įirst, you’ll need to do a basic rip of your Blu-Ray. Once you have all three of these things installed, grab your favorite Blu-Ray movies and get started. It’s not strictly necessary, but it’s a waste of resources to store, play, and stream huge video files if you don’t need to. So, we’ll use Handbrake to compress your MKV files to something a little more manageable, without losing much quality.