need programs for ripping blurays to ISO

[skykiii]

I was gonna just use DVDfab, which worked fine during the trial, but then their purchase thing literally didn't even work so now I'm out of luck (and yes I looked up a crack but it turned out to be a virus so fuck that).

But yeah, I have blurays I wanna backup, because they're of things that shockingly I could not find on torrent sites... at least, not in acceptable quality.

And I wanna back them up specifically as ISO files. That's what I've always used and I see no reason to change it.

But every cheap/free program I've found only allows me to convert to MKV or something, which I'd rather not do--I just want ISOs.

Everywhere else I ask I get retards who don't understand the "I want ISOs" part and keep recommending me things like Handbrake. So I'm hoping Kiwis will actually be helpful.

I don't mind if its a program I have to pay for.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Another Char Clone]

On Linux, dd might work.
You could probably try dd for Windows from http://www.chrysocome.net/dd.

 

[HTTP Error 404]

Last I heard Blurays were still uncrackable unless you had a very specific bluray drive that had a specific bug that allowed them to be read (as it incorrectly uses an older encryption that IS cracked, the newer one it's SUPPOSED to use isn't). But that's admittedly a few years out of date information.

The site that used to be the place to go for that sort of thing is https://www.videohelp.com/

Edit:

https://www.videohelp.com/guides/category/blu-ray-backup-articles-6;71#6-71

Guide search -- Blu-ray Backup articles

While a lot of the tools appear to directly copy from bluray to mkv, I imagine stopping partway through would let you create ISOs instead.

 

[The Connected Nose]

ImgBurn maybe?

 

[Cherry Eyed Hamster]

Last I heard Blurays were still uncrackable unless you had a very specific bluray drive that had a specific bug that allowed them to be read (as it incorrectly uses an older encryption that IS cracked, the newer one it's SUPPOSED to use isn't). But that's admittedly a few years out of date information.

The site that used to be the place to go for that sort of thing is https://www.videohelp.com/

Edit:

https://www.videohelp.com/guides/category/blu-ray-backup-articles-6;71#6-71

Guide search -- Blu-ray Backup articles

While a lot of the tools appear to directly copy from bluray to mkv, I imagine stopping partway through would let you create ISOs instead.

You can crack BluRays just fine nowadays. I recommend DVDFab for the task.

 

[HTTP Error 404]

You can crack BluRays just fine nowadays. I recommend DVDFab for the task.

Nice. What about writable Blurays? Back in the day my buddy would get redbox or netflix dvds and back them up to DVD-Rs using DVDShrink and I have a handful of 4k blurays I know he'd want to back up from me if he could. With the impending death of physical media I haven't bothered seeing if BD-Rs are even a thing.

 

[Cherry Eyed Hamster]

Nice. What about writable Blurays? Back in the day my buddy would get redbox or netflix dvds and back them up to DVD-Rs using DVDShrink and I have a handful of 4k blurays I know he'd want to back up from me if he could. With the impending death of physical media I haven't bothered seeing if BD-Rs are even a thing.

Yes there are writable Blu-Rays, from what I know there’s BD-R, BD-RE, and BD-ROM. I recommend writing with BD-RE since they can be re-burned and support 1080p resolution. I hopped over from CD-RW to BD-RE a few years ago and haven’t looked back since.

 

[skykiii]

ImgBurn maybe?

Tried that. As soon as it sees a bluray it outright tells you it can't do it.

You can crack BluRays just fine nowadays. I recommend DVDFab for the task.

I was using DVDfab, and was even willing to pay for unlimited usage... and then their payment system said my card issuer had refused them. So either I have to borrow a friend's credit card or find something else.

 

[Neo-Nazi Rich Evans]

i dont know about ISO but i have used handbrake on linux to rip blurays just fine. i know if has different options for outputs, might have ISO, unsure.

 

[Cherry Eyed Hamster]

Tried that. As soon as it sees a bluray it outright tells you it can't do it.


I was using DVDfab, and was even willing to pay for unlimited usage... and then their payment system said my card issuer had refused them. So either I have to borrow a friend's credit card or find something else.

Have you looked into MakeMKV?

 

[Grim_Autismo]

Tried that. As soon as it sees a bluray it outright tells you it can't do it.


I was using DVDfab, and was even willing to pay for unlimited usage... and then their payment system said my card issuer had refused them. So either I have to borrow a friend's credit card or find something else.

You could try making a privacy.com card just for this purpose, I've done it before and it worked fine. If that doesn't work, well something is up with their ability to process payments and it's not on your end.

 

[tehpope]

I just use MakeMKV to make full bluray rips. Apparently, you can use ImgBurn to create an iso from the full rip.

https://makemkv.com/

Its still free while in beta.

 

[skykiii]

Have you looked into MakeMKV?

I don't want to make MKVs though, I want to make a full backup of the actual disc--not just the main movie.

Making an MKV then turning that into an ISO isn't the same as making an ISO directly from the source disc.

EDIT: Got the DVDfab issue sorted out. The guy who said the site musta just been having a problem processing payment was correct--I tried again and it worked.

 

[Overly Serious]

How much storage have you set aside for these backups. My recollection is a movie on Blu-ray can be something like 30-50GB. Got a lot of these?

 

[Miller]

I don't want to make MKVs though, I want to make a full backup of the actual disc--not just the main movie.

Making an MKV then turning that into an ISO isn't the same as making an ISO directly from the source disc.

EDIT: Got the DVDfab issue sorted out. The guy who said the site musta just been having a problem processing payment was correct--I tried again and it worked.

MakeMKV allows you to backup the bluray disc, after that you do whatever you want with it.
It's a really good program, I know it's free but I bought a licence to support them since the program is also available on Linux (that's how I rip all my BR of Trek and The Sopranos).

 

[Snorky]

Linux's DD does rip Blu-rays just fine, but it will retain the encryption that prevents you from directly watching the content. To get around this, you'll still need to use software to decrypt the contents of the ISO (with MakeMKV this can be done by passing the 'iso' argument to the makemkvcon command-line utility).

 

[Poorfag Resource]

https://youtu.be/GdQ5bClEgHg?si=CwHIryiJA8T7l-tD

 

[FailurePersonifiedV2]

Linux's DD does rip Blu-rays just fine, but it will retain the encryption that prevents you from directly watching the content. To get around this, you'll still need to use software to decrypt the contents of the ISO (with MakeMKV this can be done by passing the 'iso' argument to the makemkvcon command-line utility).

Assuming OP understands that ISO means basically storing an exact copy, then I think DD would be perfectly fine.

However I don’t see any value in generating ISOs of media, just MakeMKV and enjoy

 

[Rekeita's Kidneys]

DD > for direct ISO. MakeMKV > ffmpeg for the actual video files and to transcode said files into other formats. I tend to use h265, very slow preset with ~50% bitrate conversion from h264 to h265.

It's all up to preference, I'm just a media server autist who hoards remuxes and transcodes em with my Intel Arc card.

 

[skykiii]

So in case people missed it, I got the issue with DVD

Assuming OP understands that ISO means basically storing an exact copy, then I think DD would be perfectly fine.

However I don’t see any value in generating ISOs of media, just MakeMKV and enjoy

The value is two things primarily.

One is convenience. Let's say the BD is a television series and there's nine episodes per disc and the disc has special features... for me its just more convenient to access them through the bluray menus. The ISO is just one file, whereas the MKVs would be nine or more files that I would then have to sort and rename to match my preferences.

The other is that ripping to MKV can mess with the quality if you don't know what you're doing... and I'm legendarily stupid. Not just video quality, but I've been known to accidentally leave off audio tracks or special features like commentary. And in any case, ripping to MKV increases the amount of time the backup process takes.

Someone asked if I've got space set aside for these backups. I do in fact have external hard drives for precisely this purpose.