If backing up a Blu-ray, you can optionally choose the 'H.264 MKV 720p30' or even the 'H.2p30' option if you want a higher quality file of-course the file size will be much larger and require more bandwidth for the stream.) Note that the 480p30 option is similar to DVD quality. Also, this would be a good time to right click 'H.264 MKV 480p30' and click 'Set Default' so this is the option HandBrake uses by default moving forward.
In the 'Presets' pane on the right, scroll down to the section titled 'Matroska' and click 'H.264 MKV 480p30' (I just prefer MKV. Click DVD/Blu-ray drive > HandBrake scans the disc for all available titles Even though MakeMKV also has the ability to decrypt DVDs, I've found that VideoLAN's libdvdcss seems to work on more DVDs than MakeMKV.5) Backup DVD or Blu-ray with HandBrake This allows HandBrake to 'backup' Blu-rays just as MakeMKV is able to on it's own. The second and third commands create a symbolic link to MakeMKV's 'libmmdb.dll' file in HandBrake's installation directory.
The first command above changes the working directory to HandBrake's default installation directory on 64bit Windows. Mklink libbdplus.dll 'C:Program Files (x86)MakeMKVlibmmbd64.dll' Mklink libaacs.dll 'C:Program Files (x86)MakeMKVlibmmbd64.dll' Use the monthly beta key made available here to register the beta software.
If you have a Blu-ray drive, continue on to add support for Blu-rays as-well.3) Download and Install MakeMKVĭownload MakeMKV from and install. At this point, you can now skip down to step 5 to create the 'backup' of your physical DVDs. Placing 'libdvdcss-2.dll' in HandBrake's installation directory, allows HandBrake to decrypt the DVD's CSS on the fly. At the time of writing, version 1.2.12 was the newest version available for Windows.
VideoLAN's libdvdcss is an open source software library that has the ability to decyrpt DVDs encrypted with the Content Scramble System (CSS). HandBrake on it's own cannot 'backup' a DVD or Blu-ray.2) Download and setup VideoLAN's libdvdcssĭownload libdvdcss from and copy 'libdvdcss-2.dll' to C:Program FilesHandbrake (HandBrake default installation directory). I've used a few different transcoder apps, but HandBrake has been my favorite by far. HandBrake is an open source application that can transcode (convert) almost any video file into a more openly supported file, using 'a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.' -excerpt from. HandBrake will be the utility used to create the 'backups' of your physical DVD and Blu-ray library. After copying the file, you need to go to the default location of vlc and paste the file in the vlc folder.
I believe the following process can also be done on Mac and Linux, but my instructions are assuming you're running 64-bit Windows 7, 8.1, or 10. Thus the reason I thought this would be an excellent walk-through to share. In my research I never found an article/tutorial/walk-through that fully covered the use of Handbrake on Windows for both DVD and Blu-ray. However, my biggest issue with Plex was not having an easy way to 'backup' my physical DVD/Blu-ray library for use in Plex. After that, you can open the VLC media player to check if the “this Blu-ray disc needs a library for AACS decoding, and your system does not have it” issue has been.I've been using Plex for several years now and love it! If you haven't heard of Plex, you must go check it out () as it basically allows you to create your own personal Netflix with all your own content. Step 7: Use File Explorer to navigate to the location where VLC is installed and paste it here. Navigate to your download folder and copy the libaacs.dll file to the clipboard.