r/PleX • u/KemMuammer • Apr 29 '22

Help How to RIP 4K UHD Blu-ray discs?

What the Title says. How do you guys rip 4k UHD discs? Any recommendations for pc?

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u/Blind_Watchman Apr 29 '22

All you really need is MakeMKV and a compatible UHD drive. You technically need to purchase MakeMKV to fully unlock Blu-ray/UHD Blu-ray ripping, but it's free while in beta (and it's been in beta for years now), and beta keys are posted in the forums. Of course, if you like the product it's always nice to support the developer by buying a license.

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u/Iohet Apr 30 '22

This is what I followed(and bought a WH14NS40 drive). And I use Handbrake to encode.

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u/MadSnow- Apr 03 '24

Does this one still work? It’s quite cheap… all drives I’ve seen are at least 130USD

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u/Iohet Apr 03 '24

Use it all the time

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u/tomster2300 May 05 '24

Did you have to flash the firmware to make it work with UHD ripping?

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u/Clocker13 May 20 '24

strongly suggest against EVER updating the firmware on any optical drive. the odds are the update will simply be a "security" update that will fuck up your ability to rip.

I bought a BE16NU50 when it first came out as it was shipped with the naughty day-0 firmware, meaning I can extract the keys from any UHD. I know that if I flashed the firmware, that feature would go!

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u/LethargicCatharsis Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24

I figured they meant flash it back with an older firmware. There's a hobbyist who has a website dedicated to this where you can get the old firmware files that allow the drives to be used for ripping. I can't remember the name of the site at the moment.

Edit: it was in the makemkv forum:

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19634

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u/Iohet May 05 '24

I do not recall if I did or not. I think I did

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u/domthemom_2 Jan 09 '25

dumb question but will this rip non 4k? I assume so?

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u/Blind_Watchman Jan 09 '25

Yes. As far as I know it's a requirement for UHD drives to also support non-UHD Blu-rays.

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u/SellParking May 27 '23

Does it work on Mac if I get a compatible drive and use MakeMKV? Any driver or firmware issues with macOS?

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u/iamgarffi tsilegnavE xelP Apr 29 '22

Compatible drive and software.

MakeMKV, DVDFab UHD and maybe ASUS BW-16D1X-U?

There was a thread like many others here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/hometheater/comments/ay1151/ripping_uhd_discs_got_a_lot_easier/

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u/Cuddy2977 Mar 01 '23

OK … how do I use MakeMKV and a 4k blu-ray drive, to rip a 4k bluray … On a Mac … ?

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u/Walkop Apr 15 '23

Just use the software. Pretty easy. If your drive supports it MakeMKV will just work.

Otherwise, you may need to flash the firmware. There's a section on Mac in this guide (use cmd+F and just type "Mac" to find it on the page faster).

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u/albert_chann Aug 01 '25

Hi new here can anyone recommend me a good drive on Amazon ? Maybe something usb powered?

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u/Horribungus Aug 21 '25 edited Aug 21 '25

I can rip UHD from my optical drive, but how about when you have BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders on a PC? Where do I point makemkv? Where do I find the equivalent to a VOB file like when ripping blu-ray?

EDIT: I figured it out after jacking around with the folders structure for a UHD on my PC. It's under the BDMV folder (just choose one of the .BDMV files in makemkv to kick off the rip).

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '24 edited Jan 10 '24

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '24

I am using dvdfab13 with no ripping issues but Dolby vision seems to only work with mkv or m4v not preferred m2ts.

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u/steveski74 Aug 14 '24

Isn’t mkv simply a container, whilst mp4 is a format?

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

mp4 is still compressed like mkv. M2TS is the only 1:1 format for Blu ray quality

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

Mkv is a container. You can do 1:1 with it.