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MakeMKV

Software Tool · Browsers, media players & utilities · 10 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/DataHoarder

Reddit take

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Pros

  • The easier software I have used for remux is MakeMKV.
  • Right now I rip maybe 20 DVD/Blu-ray/4K discs per week using MakeMKV.
  • Nope I’m ripping from the disk to mkv files through MakeMKV
  • You can use makeMKV to clone a disk (not ISO, just folder structure), then use makeMKV again on the clone to select the tracks you want.
  • Ripped those with Makemkv.

Cons

  • We desperately need an open source alternative to MakeMKV. This kind of thing would have been resolved already by the people who care. When it's one person doing things behind closed doors, you just have to sit and hope that they care ab...
  • For subtitles, you'll have to take it disc-by-disc & be guided by what MakeMKV produces.
  • I ripped about 500 discs, and I also used MakeMKV. I found that the information on the back of the box and/or [blu-ray.com](https://www.blu-ray.com) was really helpful in figuring out which bonus feature were which, but honestly it was p...
  • So a heads up if you're relying on MakeMKV to preserve CEA-608 Closed Caption information from DVDs: technically it does not preserve *all* Closed Caption information. The conversion option it uses via CCExtractor is a lossy conversion t...

Sentiment

6 positive (60%) · 2 mixed (20%) · 2 negative (20%)

Trust + time weighted score: +25% · raw score 40%

What redditors said (10 of 10)

We desperately need an open source alternative to MakeMKV. This kind of thing would have been resolved already by the people who care. When it's one person doing things behind closed doors, you just have to sit and hope that they care about the thing you care about.
negative · u/W****s · r/DataHoarder · comment · Aug 20, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
For subtitles, you'll have to take it disc-by-disc & be guided by what MakeMKV produces.
mixed · u/U****2 · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The easier software I have used for remux is MakeMKV.
positive · u/c****x · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I ripped about 500 discs, and I also used MakeMKV. I found that the information on the back of the box and/or [blu-ray.com](https://www.blu-ray.com) was really helpful in figuring out which bonus feature were which, but honestly it was pretty painful and a **VERY** manual process.
mixed · u/w****y · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 21, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Right now I rip maybe 20 DVD/Blu-ray/4K discs per week using MakeMKV.
positive · u/t****c · r/DataHoarder · Dec 21, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
So a heads up if you're relying on MakeMKV to preserve CEA-608 Closed Caption information from DVDs: technically it does not preserve *all* Closed Caption information. The conversion option it uses via CCExtractor is a lossy conversion to SRT that doesn't keep positioning information. You'll get the text, but if it was placed somewhere other than bottom center (e.g. under a specific character when they were speaking) then that information is lost forever. MakeMKV also strips the CC info from the MPEG2 video stream, so you can't even do an additional extraction step after.
negative · u/y****i · r/DataHoarder · comment · Aug 19, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Nope I’m ripping from the disk to mkv files through MakeMKV
positive · u/M****2 · r/DataHoarder · comment · Aug 13, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
You can use makeMKV to clone a disk (not ISO, just folder structure), then use makeMKV again on the clone to select the tracks you want.
positive · u/p****n · r/DataHoarder · comment · Jul 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Ripped those with Makemkv.
positive · u/E****5 · r/DataHoarder · comment · Feb 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
You can use any PC available that is able run MakeMKV for example so it's not just Intel anymore.
positive · u/P****r · r/DataHoarder · comment · Feb 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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