HomeSpeaking of Blu-ray ripping tool, if you think of MakeMKV first? Yes, I know people like MakeMKV. They use MakeMKV to rip Blu-ray and copy DVD on hard drive to protect their physical discs or transfer Blu-ray and DVD movies to iPhone, iPad, Galaxy tablet/phone for playback. But is MakeMKV the best Blu-ray Ripper? It is hard to say cause there are another two excellent Blu-ray decrypters - ByteCopy and DVDfab, which perform nearly perfectly on Blu-ray ripping.
MakeMKV, ByteCopy and DVDfab, all of these three Blu-ray Ripper applications have their own market with a mass of fans. They do help you rip Blu-ray to digital files so that you can play Blu-ray movies on your iPhone 6S, Galaxy S7, iPad Pro, Surface Book 2 and other portable devices. With Blu-ray ripping, you can stream Blu-ray on Smart TV with Plex, Kodi, Roku, ATV, Popcorn Hour, Amazon Fire TV, Nvidia Shield TV, WD TV, etc without using Blu-ray discs. But facing with three professional Blu-ray ripping software, which is the suitable one for you? Here, we reviewed their main functions and compared their difference.
MakeMKV vs ByteCopy vs DVDfab: Which is the Best?
Top 1. Pavtube ByteCopy Review
You might have heard Pavtube ByteCopy – It is absolutely a top choice for those who wanna backup Blu-ray to NAS or like putting DVD ISO to WD TV for playback. So what can it do for you?
Basically, the ByteCopy is similar to MakeMKV when it cracks and copied Blu-ray Disc and DVD movie to MKV. However, this app does not only everything (selection of forced subtitles is excluded from the “everything” ) MakeMKV does, but also converts/encodes Blu-ray contents. This feature is a lifesaver for HD media players, as not a HDD player plays 100% of Blu-ray features. E.g. When a BD movie is packed into MKV, WD TV Live can not read the Blu-ray subtitles inlaid. At this moment ByteCopy plays an irreplaceable role- it is the exclusive Blu-ray Ripper that converts Blu-ray .sup subtitle to .sub without hurting video and audio quality. When it trans-codes and shrinks Blu-ray contents, CUDA acceleration is employed by default when possible. What’s more, the windows version can extract .srt subtitles from Blu-ray Disc/BDMV/BD ISO.
Note: Pavtube ByteCopy version 4.9.0.0 and higher versions have updated to support to rip DVD and Blu-ray to HEVC at up to 30x times ripping speed with NVIDIA CUDA hardware acceleration on the condition that your computer is geared with CUDA-enabled GPU. To figure out if your computer has CUDA GPU, you can refer to this page.
Export file format: .mkv
Video: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, VC-1, MPEG pass-through; H.264, Xvid, MPEG, VC-1 encoded
Audio: Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS Digital, DTS-HD high-def, DTS-HD MA pass-through; Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS, AAC, MP3 encoded.
Pavtube ByteCopy version 4.9.1.0 Snapshot:
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Requires Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 , Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
Requires x86 Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
Pavtube ByteCopy rips Blu-ray in 2 ways, lossless copy and lossy conversion. In trial version lossless backup runs 7 times only; for loss conversion, a watermark is put on the screen. A full version is offered at $42. The purchase includes a lifetime license and unlimited upgrades.
Note: Pavtube ByteCopy has upgraded recently to support Blu-ray AACS, BD+ up to MKB61, MKB V62 decryption while MakeMKV only supports up to v60.
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Top 2. MakeMKV Review
MakeMKV is a nice choice for those who feel like to make lossless copy of their Blu-ray and DVD collections. The software does one thing- converting the video clips from encrypted disc into a set of MKV files, preserving most information but not changing it in any way- and does it well. It is very easy to remove unwanted audio or subtitle tracks and pretty fast to back up a Blu-ray. The copying of Blu-ray Avatar took only 86 minutes. All video streams, audio tracks and subtitles are included in resulting MKV file.
Import source: Blu-ray Disc/folder/ISO, DVD
Export file format: .mkv (with original codecs)
To add- MKV (also known as Matroska) is a container file format, in which there can be many audio, video and subtitles streams, allowing the user to store a complete movie in a single file. Practically this means that it is possible to put entire movie with multiple sound and subtitle tracks, chapters and movie thumbnail into single file.
MakeMKV 1.10.4 version snapshot:
MakeMKV allows for a 30-day trial, and $50 is all you pay for lifetime Blu-ray ripping feature. Its DVD ripping feature always stays free, so let’s say thank you to the generous developer of MakeMKV.
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Top 3. DVDfab Blu-ray Ripper Review
DVDfab used to stand for an excellent free DVD ripper. Now we know they can do more (and ask for more too). DVDfab Blu-ray Ripper decrypts and rips Blu-ray title to various video files playable on next generation consoles like PS3 and Xbox 360, HD player like WD TV Live, or mobile devices like iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc. Unlike MakeMKV, it exports a lot of video codecs and formats:
Video: MPEG-4, H.264, MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV, M2TS, TS etc.
Audio: MP3, MP4, M4A, WMA, WAV, AAC, AC3, DTS, etc.
So you see the differences here. With MakeMKV you get lossless Blu-ray backup but only in MKV format; while with DVDfab you lose original Blu-ray quality but get much smaller movie clips in desired format. A preferred feature of DVDfab is their “Lighting speed”, i.e., multi-core CPUs and NVIDIA CUDA support. By taking advantage of CUDA accelerating, the conversion time is greatly shorted.
DVDFab 10.0.2.5 version snapshot:
Everyone can evaluate the trial for 30 days before it stops work. To continue using the software, you can buy a one-year license of DVDfab Blu-ray Ripper at $60 and $105.6 for lifetime license. If you purchase Blu-ray Ripper and DVD Ripper in bundle, it’ll be $93.5 for one-year use and $154 for lifetime. Pretty high price, isn’t it? Especially when you can get a similar Blu-ray Ripper at much lower price?
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ByteCopy vs. DVDFab vs. MakeMKV
| Software Compare | Pavtube ByteCopy | DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper | MakeMKV |
| SUPPORTED SOURCE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Blu-ray Discs,Blu-ray Folder,Blu-ray ISO Image File |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| DVDs, DVD Folder, DVD IFO File, DVD ISO Image File |
Yes |
–
|
Yes
|
| OUTPUT FORMATS | |||
| M3U8 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| 3D MP4/MKV/MOV/AVI |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| H.265,H.264,DivX,XviD |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MP4, MKV, AVI,WMV, |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| M4V, F4V, MOV, FLV |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| 3GP,VOB, TS, DV, |
Yes |
Yes |
No
|
| Lossless MKV: with multi-audio tracks/chapter markers |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Encode MP4/MOV:with multi-audio track |
Yes |
No
|
No
|
| MP3, AAC, FLAC,OGG |
Yes |
Yes
|
No
|
| WAV, M4A, DTS, AMR, |
Yes |
Yes
|
No
|
| OTHER FUNCTIONS | |||
| Add SRT subtitle. |
Yes |
Yes |
No
|
| Merge & Split Video |
Yes |
Yes |
No
|
| Trim & Crop Video |
Yes |
Yes |
No
|
| Adjust Video frame rate |
Yes |
Yes |
No
|
| Adjust Video codec, bitrate |
Yes |
Yes |
No
|
| Adjust Aspect Ratio |
Yes |
Yes |
No
|
| Adjust Audio codec, channel |
Yes |
Yes |
No
|
| Decrypt Blu-ray MKB V62 |
Yes |
No
|
No
|
| NVIDIA HEVC Encode |
Yes |
Yes |
No
|
| Extract SRT Subtitle |
Yes |
No |
No
|
| Price | $42 | $60 | $50 |
Compare: MakeMKV vs. DVDfab vs. Pavtube ByteCopy
MakeMKV and ByteCopy are good for lossless Blu-ray and DVD backup, while DVDfab focuses on Blu-ray trans-coding to portable devices like PS4, Xbox One, etc.
Q: Which Blu-ray ripper keeps Blu-ray movie structure (including chapters)?
A: MakeMKV and ByteCopy
Q: Which Blu-ray ripper keeps multiple audio tracks and subtitles?
A: MakeMKV and ByteCopy
Q: What about the ripping speed of the three Blu-ray Rippers?
A: MakeMKV = ByteCopy (lossless copy) > DVDfab
Q: Which en-decodes Blu-ray with NVIDIA’s CUDA support (GPU computing)?
A: ByteCopy and DVDfab (Tip: CUDA works only when exporting H.264 and H.265 encoded videos). But DVDFab doesn't update timely often to support the latest CUDA so that it sometimes offers slow DVD ripping speed due to the latest CUDA unsupported. Meanwhile, Pavtube ByteCopy is updated timely to support the newest graphic cards to offer users 30x 4K HEVC encoding speed.
Q: Which does better on Blu-ray hacking/cracking?
A: Not a Blu-ray ripper is able to crack all the Blu-ray Discs as decryption always falls behind encryption. So it’s a question of upgrade and tech support. All the three updates their software along with the come up of new BD+ keys. MakeMKV and Pavtube ByteCopy charge free for updates while DVDfab asks you pay extra money for the updates. And considering the Blu-ray decrypting power, ByteCopy is the NO.1.
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