Rip Blu-ray Guide

What is the file size of a Blu-ray rip?

One common complaint I hear about storing movies on a a hard drive is the large size of the HD movie files.  Here are two rules of thumb regarding file size: ISO files are exact replications of the Blu-ray disc.  These files run about 30-40 GB. If you rip out the trailers, the menus, and […]

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HD-DVD Blu-ray Stream Extractor | Helping Eac3to

I use Eac3to in combination with Anydvd HD as my primary software to copy and rip Blu-ray movies.  Eac3to is a powerful program at a great price…….free!. The main drawback to using Eac3to is that it lacks any usable graphical interface (GUI).  It is command line only, which is fine for power users but is […]

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Rip Blu-ray | 3 Essential Tools

Since this site is called RipBlurayGuide.com, it makes sense to talk about how to rip blu-ray movies, right? I rip my movies to a hard drive so I can convert them to MKVs.  This provides me flexibility to watch my movies without a Blu-ray player software. This article only focuses on the process of ripping […]

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Why You Should Rip Blu-rays

There are several reasons why you might want to rip Blu-rays.  Here are my reasons: There main one is that you want to watch your movies on a computer.  Legally playing your blu-rays on a computer is a big pain.  You have to jump through a ton of hoops.  Ripping out the content protection is […]

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