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Blu-ray Ripping – MKV vs. Blu-ray ISO, which way to go?

Which is better for Blu-ray ripping, MKV or Blu-ray ISO? This is one confused question to many beginners that are about to start Blu-ray ripping. What’s the advantage of MKV compared to .iso? Compare MKV with ISO by yourself:

MKV vs. Blu-ray ISO: menu and features
Creating Blu-ray ISO from Blu-ray lets you keep everything of the original Blu-ray Disc, including special features, all the audio tracks and subtitles as well as menu. While ripping Blu-ray to MKV you get main movies only- neither menu nor special features will be retained.

MKV vs. Blu-ray ISO: file size and storage
While Blu-ray ISO keeps “everything original”, it results in HUGE file size- in specific, 20-25GB for a single layer Blu-ray disc and 40-50GB for double layer one. If you determined to have backup Blu-ray in ISO format, get a mass storage device first. A 2TB external hard drive would be good to hold 50-100 movies. Own hundreds of Blu-ray collections? Well, better go with MKV in that case. When you shrink a Blu-ray to MKV file, the file size is all up to you. People are saying that when downsizing a Blu-ray to MKV of 8-10GB the quality degradation is unnoticeable. Is that true? Why not get a Blu-ray Ripper to test it by yourself?

MKV vs. Blu-ray ISO: streaming
Don’t blame your WD TV Live Hub for not streaming ISO, since not any DLNA/UPnP server actually streams .iso files. An .iso file is a disk image. You can play it on computer, but don’t expect to stream it- it’s not a streaming media format. Plan to stream Blu-ray rips to HDTV or PS3? Better rip Blu-ray to MKV or AVI.

Why choose Blu-ray ISO over MKV
People choose ISO for Blu-ray backup because it keeps “everything original” of the Blu-ray movie.

Why choose MKV over Blu-ray ISO
Those who wanna backup Blu-ray to media center/server for streaming and organization find MKV the best way for the process of Blu-ray ripping. MKV lets you control the output file size, video quality, and which subtitles and audio tracks to keep.

The best Blu-ray to ISO ripper: Slysoft AnyDVD HD

The best Blu-ray to MKV ripper: Pavtube ByteCopy

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Why pick up this app? Simply because it is the best Blu-ray/DVD backup application you can ever find. With this app you hack the Blu-ray Disc and DVD protections and turn them into lossless MKV videos on your NAS drive.

Simple 2-click lossless BD/DVD backup option:

* Rip Blu-ray to MKV with up to 1080p HD video, 7.1-channel HD audio, and multiple languages;

* Rip DVD to MKV with Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio and multiple subtitles streams.

Customized Blu-ray/DVD to MKV ripping option:

* Compress Blu-ray to 720p MKV;

* Pass-through the HD audio or degrade TrueHD/DTS HD to AC3/DTS 5.1 audio;

* Keep desired audio/subtitles languages only;

* Lower file size/video quality;

* degrade 7.1 audio to 5.1 surround sounds;

* Encode Blu-ray DVD to H.264, VC-1, MPEG;

* Specially rip BD/DVD for WD TV HD players, Popcorn media jukeboxes, etc.

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Rip Blu-ray movies to HD MKV for Popcorn C200 playback with 5.1 channels

If you a one of the Popcorn Hour C200 users, this article may be helpful on how to put/stream Blu-ray movies to Popcorn C200 for enjoying. As far as we know, Popcorn Hour boxes play almost any media files that have been transferred to it, including Internet videos, DVR recordings, Camcorder shootings, even DVD and Blu-ray movies that have been ripped are supported.

So, how to enjoy Blu-ray movies on Popcorn C200 with 5.1 channels is not a problem any more. The main problem seems to be how to rip Blu-ray to Popcorn C200 with high video quality and smooth playing experience. Most Popcorn Blu-ray video converter can not ensure the high video quality. So, it is always boring to find a useful Blu-ray to Popcorn C200 ripper to fulfill the task.

Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper is the one you need that can help you convert Blu-ray movies to HD MKV videos for Popcorn C200 smooth playing with rather good video quality.

Guide for ripping Blu-ray movies to HD MKV for playback on a Popcorn C200:

Required Tool: A Windows PC runs Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper, with accessible Blu-ray Disc drive.

Step 1: Run Pavtube Blu-ray to Popcorn C200 Converter, and click “Load from BD ROM” button to import movie files from Blu-ray Disc. Keep the Internet connected during the conversion, or the program will come to a crash at the end of conversion.

Step 2: Choose output titles, audio tracks and subtitles to keep. Simply expand main title, and tick off the audio and subtitles you don’t want. And then you can choose output format follow >> Format bar >> HD Video >> MKV HD Video (*.mkv).

Step 3: Change the profile settings by clicking the “Setting” button for converting Blu-ray to MKV for Popcorn C200. The HD MKV videos are encoded with h.264 codec and the video definition can be adjusted to 1920*1280 for playing in full screen.

Besides, 5.1 channels can be kept in HD MKV videos for a higher audio quality when enjoying Blu-ray movies on Popcorn C200.

Step 4: At last, you should come back to the main interface, and click the convert button to start to rip Blu-ray to HD MKV videos for Popcorn C200.

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Lossless Blu-ray to MKV backup on Mac: keep all audio/subtitles tracks and chapters

The following guide shows how to do lossless Blu-ray to MKV backup on Mac with all audio/subtitles tracks and chapters preserved. If you are looking for such a solution, just feel free to check it.

Required tools:
Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac
An external BD drive

About Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac
Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac is specially developed for Mac users to create MKV files from recently released Blu-ray and DVD movies with lossless quality. By using this Mac tool, users are able to preserve all audio tracks/subs streams/chapter information in a single MKV file, and meanwhile keep videos in 1080p quality at original 16:9 aspect ratio, and audios in original HD quality (TrueHD audio, DTS-HD Master Audio…)without any quality loss.
See 3 ways for lossless Blu-ray backup: BD to BD, BD to ISO and BD to MKV
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