I’m well aware that I can rip most Blu-rays with MakeMKV and then convert to mp4 with Handbrake; however, the former just rips everything raw from the disk so the file size is humongous and the conversion via Handbrake for just a single file is terribly long and puts a lot of strain on my computer.

I’ve heard that EaseFab LosslessCopy is decent, but they only have a Windows and a Mac version, and I’m unsure how well it’d run under Wine.

I am willing to pay for it, but only as long as it’s not a subscription thing. Has to be a one-time payment.

Does anyone know any decent Blu-ray ripping software that fits these conditions and run well on Linux? Specifically, it would be either Pop!_OS or Linux Mint. (I’m still using Windows because I want to figure out some software alternatives before I do so I’m not caught with my pants down, so to speak.)

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    Well, if the file sizes are too big you need to reencode them. That’s just how it is, regardless of the software you’re using. If your computer is too slow at that, you may want to use faster settings. For example, you could use a codec that’s hardware accelerated by your GPU.

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    You can link the makeMKV libs to handbrake so it’s a one step process disk -> compressed form.

    #!/bin/bash
    
    # Intention: replace aacs decoding with makemkv's superior libmmbd programatically
    
    # elevate privilages to sudo
    [ "$UID" -eq 0 ] || exec sudo bash "$0" "$@"
    
    # test if libmmbd is installed already, exit otherwise
    libmmbdpath=$(find /usr -name libmmbd.so.0)
    echo "libmmbd path is $libmmbdpath"
    if [[ ! $libmmbdpath == *"/lib/"* ]]; then
        echo "libmmbd not found, please install makemkv first"
        exit 0
    fi
    
    # test if libaacs is installed already, set desired path otherwise
    libaacspath=$(find /usr -name libaacs.so.0)
    echo "libaacs path is $libaacspath"
    if [[ ! $libaacspath == *"/lib/"* ]]; then
        libaacspath="/usr/lib/libaacs.so.0"
    else
        echo "libaacs found, you must uninstall libaacs"
        exit 0
    fi
    
    # test if libbdplus is installed already, set desired path otherwise
    libbdpluspath=$(find /usr -name libbdplus.so.0)
    echo "libbdplus path is $libbdpluspath"
    if [[ ! $libbdpluspath == *"/lib/"* ]]; then
        libbdpluspath="/usr/lib/libbdplus.so.0"
    else
        echo "libbdplus found, you must uninstall libbdplus"
        exit 0
    fi
    
    # if we made it here, it's time to take action
    
    # softlink mmbd to aacs
    ln -s $libmmbdpath $libaacspath
    
    # softlink mmbd to bdplus
    ln -s $libmmbdpath $libbdpluspath
    
    echo "successfully set up libmmbd as the system decrypter"
    exit 0