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I think there is some confusion about what an ISO actually is. An ISO is not an archive of a disc. It’s simply a filesystem available for optical media. CDs used it and so it became a standard for storing disc data, but Blu-rays don’t use ISO. ISO is actually a crappy format for archiving that may miss a lot of data anyway, because ISO only applies to the data filesystem and not to any other parts (like CD audio).
If you just want to save the data from a Blu-ray you want something that will dump the BDMV folder from the disc. This has the movie as well as all the extra content. But it won’t be in a single file like an ISO.
You might want to reach out to someone familiar with dumping PS3 games as they are generally super autistic about getting every bit of data on the disc. The home theatre enthusiasts who like to rip their own Blu-rays generally only care about the feature content and use something like MakeMKV.
Note that ‘archiving’ may not actually give you what you want because the data is going to be encrypted. I suggest a three-pronged approach if you are serious about this:
1. Bit-for-bit archive of the Blu-ray disc (I think MakeMKV can do this but haven’t tried)
2. BDRemux in MKV as a backup that can play on almost anything (Note: a BDRemux means there is no loss in quality from the original disc; MakeMKV or a similar program will make the MKV without any transcoding)
3. Documentation for how to decrypt the Blu-ray (don’t just rely on an app; websites can be deleted; keep the knowledge for yourself somewhere, even if you can’t code)
If you want to keep it simple, just use MakeMKV. It’s dead easy and won’t fuck around with the base data, so you don’t lose any quality.
If you just want to save the data from a Blu-ray you want something that will dump the BDMV folder from the disc. This has the movie as well as all the extra content. But it won’t be in a single file like an ISO.
You might want to reach out to someone familiar with dumping PS3 games as they are generally super autistic about getting every bit of data on the disc. The home theatre enthusiasts who like to rip their own Blu-rays generally only care about the feature content and use something like MakeMKV.
Note that ‘archiving’ may not actually give you what you want because the data is going to be encrypted. I suggest a three-pronged approach if you are serious about this:
1. Bit-for-bit archive of the Blu-ray disc (I think MakeMKV can do this but haven’t tried)
2. BDRemux in MKV as a backup that can play on almost anything (Note: a BDRemux means there is no loss in quality from the original disc; MakeMKV or a similar program will make the MKV without any transcoding)
3. Documentation for how to decrypt the Blu-ray (don’t just rely on an app; websites can be deleted; keep the knowledge for yourself somewhere, even if you can’t code)
If you want to keep it simple, just use MakeMKV. It’s dead easy and won’t fuck around with the base data, so you don’t lose any quality.
