


You see this most often with releases that have different visual edits depending on what language the audio is selected as when you play the disc in a conventional bluray player. For movies, there may be multiple versions of the main title, with subtle differences between each. You will need to be careful selecting the main title or titles in blurays. Let me go over a few of the not-so-simple parts here:ġ. The process is *sometimes* as simple as the 3 steps you laid out here, but of course nothing is ever really so simple when you start digging a little deeper. MakeMKV does take DVDs and Handbrake does have a disc rip feature, but Handbrake does not handle disc encryption so it's very unreliable. I'd love to answer these questions, in fact I've been considering making a video on this so I have a lot of the information ready to go: I hope you can help me out with your plex knowledge! Thanks Would that probably not be as high of quality as MakeMKV? Upload the newly compressed MKV file to plexĪlso I found a way to rip a DVD right in Handbrake to an MP4 or MKV file format.


Use Handbrake to compress that file into H.264 or H.265 (You recommend H.264 I see)ģ. Use MakeMKV to change a DVD or Blueray disc to an MKV file.Ģ. I was just wondering if the process is as easy asġ. Hi I'm thinking of starting a plex server and stumbled upon this thread! I don't have blueray discs at the moment, but it seems like MakeMKV takes DVD's as well. I find H.265 takes way too long with CPU and NVENC doesn't compress enough (plus I can't use my plex server for that since it doesn't have a dedicated GPU, and I'm not leaving my main rig on for file compression jobs all the time). I use Handbrake to encode my videos using H.264, as it provides a balance between filesize, quality, and encoding time. The MakeMKV program is technically in beta and is offered with a free beta key right now, but I just went ahead and paid for the full license, it's been that useful to me. I'm not a fan of the LG drive I have, it's significantly louder at the same speeds: I have three bluray drives (one is portable), and I've had success with the Pioneer brand.
