[Editor’s note: The MPAA and most media companies argue that you can’t legally copy or convert commercial DVDs and Blu-rays discs for any reason. We (and others) think that, if you own a DVD or ...

MakeMKV ($50, 30-day free trial) has a simple little name, and there’s no big trick to transcoding a video from one container format to another. If that were all this utility did, it would be ...

MakeMKV converts videos on proprietary discs into MKV or “Matroska Video” files. This container file format can hold an entire movie on a single file. What’s more, as a royalty-free, open and ...

Streaming is convenient, but Blu-ray provides the best quality video and audio you can get in your home theater. The only problem is you have to get off the couch to switch discs. That feels so 2006, ...

Intel recently abandoned 4K Blu-ray playback for its newer CPUs, and the news sadly came as little surprise. Security issues have long plagued the company’s SGX technology, and relatively few people ...

Windows/Mac/Linux: It's still slim pickings when it comes to finding a good freeware application for ripping Blu-Ray discs, but ripping and converting tool MakeMKV is free for as long as it's in ...