Movie buffs may wish to rip their Blu-Ray movies with MakeMKV for use in a PC-based home theater set up, but they may also need to create MP4 files for mobile use. These files offer excellent video and audio quality as well, and they are compatible with any modern device. My preferred DVD ripping tool, Handbrake, meanwhile creates MP4 files. These files offer the best in video and audio quality, but they’re enormous, and not broadly compatible with portable devices. MKV and MP4 of course contain both video (typically H.264 format) and audio (typically AAC format) content, among other things.Īs I wrote in How to Rip Blu-Ray Videos, I use MakeMKV to create MKV files.
MKV and MP4 are just container formats, files that are somewhat like ZIP files or mobile app packages in that they wrap, or “contain,” other files. And that process takes only a few minutes for a full-length movie. As it turns out, you can have it both ways, and instead of converting MKV files to MP4 files, a process that takes hours per movie file, you can stream copy or “remux” them. If you read my Blu-Ray ripping guide you know that this process can be time consuming and involve trade-offs between the high quality of MKV files and the broad compatibility of MP4 files.
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