DVD/Blu-ray reader for Mac Studio

[southerndoc]

I'm finally ready to tackle importing our 300+ DVDs/Blu-rays (some in 4K) into my NAS/Plex Server.

Any recommendations for software to use as well as DVD/Blu-ray drives?

I've heard Handbrake is the best ripper program available. Have no clue what drives work the best. Using a Mac Studio M1 Max with 64GB of memory.

TIA!

 

[Fishrrman]

For a drive, I'd suggest either a top-loader or tray-loader, instead of a "slot" type.

 

[MarkC426]

This one says compatible with pretty much all macs (including Studio) and all MacOS versions.

OWC Mercury Pro External USB 3.0 16X Blu-Ray Burner

Plug-and-play 16X Blu-Ray burner for Mac and PC. Enjoy fast media playback, archiving, and data transfer with high-speed USB 3.0 connectivity.

eshop.macsales.com

 

[Starfia]

I'm not sure HandBrake deals well with copy protection, and I don't think it rips Blu-rays at all – but if you can get an app that converts the Blu-rays to a good raw format, HandBrake is great at processing them to a preferred compressed format for long-term archival in your library.

I've gone through two cheaper Blu-ray readers which have both died on me, so I'll be watching for good recommendations I don't know about. (There aren't a ton.)

 

[PhoenixDown]

search for Red Fox AnyDvD for backing up your collection

 

[BrianBaughn]

App for ripping Blu-ray:

MakeMKV - Make MKV from Blu-ray and DVD

MakeMKV - software to convert blu-ray and dvd to mkv

makemkv.com