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Backing Up Your DVDs. Software You Need. MakeMKV Will create a decrypted, single-container, exact copy of your movie - extension is . mkv Will not decrypt every DVD – for thes e you can buy DVDCloner or OpenRipper Handbrake
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Software You Need • MakeMKV • Will create a decrypted, single-container, exact copy of your movie - extension is .mkv • Will not decrypt every DVD – for these you can buy DVDCloner or OpenRipper • Handbrake • Will convert the now decrypted .mkv or other files/folders to .mp4 or .m4v • Only needed to reduce the size of the movie to free up disk space
MakeMKV setup Set to the location where you want to save the .mkv files 3600s = 1 hour minimum time, but set to what you want to reduce # of titles that appear
Handbrake setup Set to the location where you want to save the files Make it look like this Make it look like this
Handbrake setup • You have to import a movie (see Handbrake Converting slides) 1. Select
Handbrake setup 2. Move the Constant Quality slider to the right to go from 20 to 19 3. Click Add 4. Name it what you want, and click Add
Handbrake setup 5. Click Options, then click Set Default so you don’t have to worry about it again
Backing Up a DVD • Open MakeMKV – It will initialize then show you this screen Click to begin the process
Backing Up a DVD You should see the movie length being added
Backing Up a DVD First expand all titles and have only 1 audio box checked. ~~ Unless it is supposed to have subtitles, ensure the box is unchecked ~~ Sometimes there are multiple titles or angles especially for special edition copies. Check for the correct length (next slide) and copy that one. If unsure, leave multiple titles checked. The other versions will sometimes fail.
Backing Up a DVD Left-click Title to select it Select File name from the drop-down box and call it the name of the movie (leave the .mkv extension) Shows length of currently selected title
Backing Up a DVD Left-click this icon to begin “burning” your DVD
Backing Up a DVD Filename and location Output box, will show errors if any
Handbrake Converting • Open Handbrake after MakeMKV completes successfully to reduce the file size Click Source, then Video File Make sure the correct Preset is selected
Handbrake Converting This should be the right length This should be fine as is, but make sure the filename is correct Make sure there are no subtitles Make sure Video settings are correct Source dimensions (regular dvd should be 720x480) Final dimensions (widescreen will be wider than 720 and shorter than 480)
Handbrake Converting Push Start for first encoding Push Add to Queue for each additional encoding Push Show Queue to see what’s encoding