3 Tools to Backup Blu-ray to WD Blue SSD

Many people like to use an old computer to rip Blu-ray and treat the old computer as an NAS. But the limited storage space of the old computer only allows people to put few Blu-ray movies. So if you have the plan to backup Blu-ray to old computer, you can use a SSD to expand the computer storage space. WD Blue SSD is a good choice. The Western Digital Blue series SSDs come to market in three capacities that range from 1TB to 250GB. You can choose any one of the three SSDs: WD Blue SSD (1TB), WD Blue SSD (500GB), WD Blue SSD (250GB). Then you can rip Blu-rays to WD Blue SSD.

When it comes to Blu-ray ripping, you need a Blu-ray Ripper that can bypass the Blu-ray disc protections then extract the main title or digital files from Blu-ray discs to store on WD Blue SSD. There are many Blu-ray ripping software floating out there in the market that can make you get the goal. Taking into account the Blu-ray encryption, output video quality, encoding speed, we finally picked the top 3 Blu-ray Ripper software to help you backup Blu-ray to WD Blue SSD.

Best Option - Backup Blu-ray to WD Blue SSD With Pavtube ByteCopy

Pavtube ByteCopy is a full-featured Blu-ray ripper software that can read all kinds of Blu-ray discs/ISOs/folders, rip and convert them to any mainstream audio formats, 2D & 3D video formats, or devices in support of video playback. It can 1:1 backup original Blu-ray to WD Blue SSD with all the subtitle and audio tracks, chapter markers, etc. It also can main movie copy of orginal Blu-ray disc without extras. The best part is that this excellent Blu-ray Ripper can lossless backup Blu-ray to Multi-track MKV format with the subtitle languages, audio tracks and chapter markers well preserved.

Simple Tutorial to Rip Blu-ray to WD Blue SSD

Step 1. Open this Blu-ray Ripepr and drag the Blu-ray to it, also you can click "File" > "Load from disc" to import Blu-ray to this software

Step 2. When you import the Blu-ray to Blu-ray Ripper smoothly, next, you can click "Format" to choose the output video formats for WD Blue SSD, you can choose common video, MP4, AVI, H.264, WMV, etc from "Common Video", you also can choose HD MP4, HD AVI from "HD Video". 250+ video formats are ready for you. If you want to play Blu-ray on other portable devices, you can also choose iPad, iPhone, TVS, etc. You also can choose "Copy" to copy Blu-ray main tile content, considering the special output video format, best option is the popular digital video formats, but you have a try.

Step 3. After choosing the right video format, then select "Browse" to choose the WD Blue SSD as the output video save location.

Step 4. Finally, click "Convert" button to start to convert Blu-ray to WD Blue SSD. The conversion speed is fast. After you get the video file, you are satisfied with the excellent video and audio quality. By the way, this Blu-ray ripping software also has the ability to decrypt Blu-ray, you can also backup Blu-ray disc to WD Blue SSD easily.

Excellent Option - Copy Blu-ray to WD Blue SSD with MakeMKV

MakeMKV is a video converter, also known as transcoder, which converts the video clips stored in DVD and Blu-Ray discs to MKV; MKV is a container that can hold multiple video and audio tracks while preserving most of the original information – including all the meta-data, chapters and so on – without altering it in any way. If you don't mind that MakeMKV only outputs MKV format, you can try this software.

Step 1. Open MakeMKV and add Blu-ray to this software.

Step 2. When the file is opened, all the titles are listed in the window on the left. You need to double-click on the titles to expand the tree structure.

Step 3. Then Remove any title or tracks you don't want to convert by unselecting the check box to the left.

Step 4. click the MakeMkv button to begin the conversion process.

Good Option - Rip Blu-ray to WD Blue SSD with Handbrake

HandBrake is a free and open-source transcoder for digital video files, originally developed to make ripping a film from a DVD and Blu-ray to a data storage device easier.

Step 1. Insert the Blu-ray to your PC, then import the Blu-ray to Handbrake by clicking "Open Source". then follow the path to load Blu-ray videos.

Step 2. Select "Title" to open the drop-down list, you can choose which chapter you want to rip. Then head to "Container" to choose MP4 or MKV output. In the right-hand, you also can choose some device to output.

Step 3. Click "Browse" button to choose the save location, then hit the "Start" button to start the Blu-ray to WD Blue SSD backup process.

You can choose any of the methods to copy Blu-ray to WD Blue SSD. Each method can help you extract the Blu-ray movies from the discs and store the media files on WD Blue SSD of your computer. Then you can play your Blu-ray videos on computer freely.

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