MakeMKV is your one-click solution to rip DVDs as well Blu-rays to multi–track audio and subtitle MKV file, and it is recommended by me to rip Xmas Bluray/DVD, and I used to compress Bluray to H264 with subtitles on and off.
I have discussed whether MakeMKV and Handbrake are the best combinations to rip Bluray and DVDs, if you are interested, check here. In this post, you will be able to get the latest MakeMKV beta key and lifetime key. Also, if you don’t quite like MakeMKV, you are able to get an alternative.
MakeMKV Beta Key for Windows/Mac/Linux 2025
I see you guys are worried about the future of MakeMKV and want to continue using it for Blu-ray ripping. There is the most current beta key code for the MakeMKV beta version, which can be used in Windows, macOS, and Linux versions for Bluray and DVD ripping. And, it is valid till January 2025：
T-lp4bZXFohCJOKraCftH2Z@oExMkXXEcuqsd8wNs3qjNSYf2Y1BQqIkJpxOCbBo@KTV
I couldn’t find any rules that would prohibit posting this. It’s been freely available from the MakeMKV site forever, so I don’t think they’d have a problem with me posting it. But if it does not, please let me know, and I will delete it.
True 20% MakeMKV Coupon
So, is there a working MakeMKV coupon? Yes, as you can see below! It’s a 25% discount coupon for MakeMKV! And the coupon is still available!
The coupon is already integrated with the above buy link.
PLEASE DON’T SHARE THE LINK NOR THE COUPON CODE PUBLICLY.
Get a LIFETIME MakeMKV Key
MakeMKV claims it is free while in beta, and you will have to get a beta key every two month.
However, according to the MakeMKV’s buy page, MakeMKV allows you to freely convert and stream DVDs without any restrictions. But, for Blu-ray ripping, it actually only offers a free trial for 30 days.
After the trial expires, a registration key is required to unlock full functionality. Registration keys provide lifetime access to all current and future versions of MakeMKV across all platforms—there are no expiration dates or subscriptions.
If you want to support MakeMKV and rip your Blu-rays and DVDs without any downtime, you can pay to get a LIFETIME key right from its official buy page:
FAQ
Definitely!
PayPro Global is the only payment platform for buying MakeMKV.
If you don’t want to give out your credit card number for things like this, someone on Reddit suggests prepaid. Or simply pay via PayPal.
YES! Credit/Debit Card is the default way to pay. Simply click it to change it to PayPal.
MakeMKV won’t issue a refund if you are unsatisfied because it is sold as a “try-before-you-buy” and offers a long enough time for testing. One thing you must note is that registering won’t make a difference if the trial does not work.
But we should have the confidence to MakeMKV. From its update log, GuinpinSoft keeps updating MakeMKV every month, fixing bugs, adding support for the latest Bluray DVD protections, etc. If you give MakeMKV some time, I am sure MakeMKV won’t let you down.
Please use MakeMKV on only one computer at a time according to the license agreement. You may install it on multiple computers but only run one instance at once. There are no technical restrictions, so MakeMKV relies on your honor to avoid misuse.
But, please refrain from running multiple instances simultaneously to avoid misuse. MakeMKV reserves the ability to disable specific registration keys in future versions under extraordinary circumstances, if necessary.
If you have any problem buying MakeMKV, call the below hotline. Please note they are for English only and online payment-related issues only.
Hotline:
+ 1-888-317-4868 (Toll free)
+ 1-647-977-7769 (International)
If you have trouble ripping Bluray or DVDs with MakeMKV, I myself am glad to help if I can. You can contact me here: hunk@mysolutions.tech
Also, you can go to the official forum, or MakeMKV on Reddit, many people here are friendly and kind to help.
MakeMKV Alternative PC/Mac
We have discussed whether MakeMKV and Handbrake are the best combinations to rip Bluray and DVDs. For any reason MakeMKV or Handbrake fails to work, it’s a good idea to find a MakeMKV alternative to keep on ripping protected Bluray and DVDs. And there are some.
I recommend Leawo Bluray Ripper as a MakeMKV alternative because it does great jobs ripping Bluray discs and even ripping Bluray to Google Drive, Dropbox.
Leawo Blu-ray Ripper is the top Blu-ray ripper for both Windows and macOS users. It can handle the latest Blu-ray protections of AACS, BD+, and MKB, and Leawo keeps updating it so users won’t worry about the latest protections.
With Leawo Blu-ray Ripper, you can do all the combinations of MakeMKV and Handbrake do within one program, and it does more with over 180 output formats supported, including those that MakeMKV and Handbrake do not support, like the audio formats AAC, MP3, FLAC, etc and 3D formats. The editing feature is powerful for you to customize your own outputs just as you like. One more, Leawo Bluray Ripper supports DVD ripping as well, and you can even rip DVDs remotely without a local DVD drive.
WinX DVD Ripper Platinum-Best for DVD Ripping
Developed by Digiarty Inc, WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is a professional DVD ripper software fully compatible with Windows, and macOS.
WinX DVD Ripper Platinum supports all kinds of DVD copy protections, like CSS, DVD region code, advanced DVD Disc Corruption, etc, that are utilized by Disney, Sony, Paramount, Dreamworks, etc.
I mostly rip DVDs to MP4 so I can transfer them to iPhone, iPad, Plex, NAS, etc. What video do you need to rip? WinX DVD Ripper Platinum has 450+ ripping profiles. You may use whatever video, audio, or device format you choose.
WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro
While we see that Leawo Blu-ray Ripper also works for DVDs, it does not seem to be much cost-effective for someone who just wants to rip DVDs as a MakeMKV alternative due to its account suspension issue. If so, I’d like to recommend WonderFox for you.
WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is an all-in-one DVD ripping app for Windows 7, 8/8.1, and Windows 10, Windows 11. It can be a good replacement to MakeMKV with the support of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Warner Bros Pictures, Universal Pictures, UNITED ARTISTS, 20th Century Fox, and The Walt Disney protected DVDs and is able to convert DVDs to ISO, SD and HD VOB, MKV, TS/MTS/M2TS, WMV, MPEG, WEBM as well as MP4 AVI iPhone/iPad/Apple TV and more. Also, I believe WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is the fasting way to rip DVDs to the hard drive. Ripping DVD to ISO in 1:1 Copy Mode is my favorite as it is a 1:1 backup that keeps all menus, chapters, bonuses!
To me, AnyMP4 Bluray Ripper is a perfect alternative to MakeMKV as it rips Bluray discs to MKV with all audio tracks like MakeMKV does for us. Actually, AnyMP4 Bluray Ripper can rip Blu-rays to multi-track MP4, MOV, M2TS, etc, as well as various output video formats like FLV, AVI, QT, MP3, etc. And all kinds of Apple/Android/Windows/Samsung devices.
And, AnyMP4 works better in Bluray ripping as it automatically detects the right title for ripping while MakeMKV always picks two or more titles and it confuses me as to which one is the very one and I will have to play the Bluray myself to see what is exactly playing before I rip. It seems MakeMKV is not quite sure about the right title and pre-select all possible ones.
Besides, AnyMP4 is really feature-rich in 3D settings. You are able to rip and convert your Bluray discs to 3D in almost all formats! Also, editing feature like Crop, Trim, and Merge is basic but practical.
DVDFab
DVDFab is no doubt the most powerful Bluray DVD ripping solution in the market. It is so powerful that they are forbidden to sell its Bluray programs on DVDFab.com and have to move to DVDFab.cn.
Also, DVDFab is one of the first that upgrade its program to 64 bit and is fully compatible with the latest macOS and Windows. You are able to have a trial and get a discount from its official site.
With DVDFab Bluray or its DVD Ripper, you are able to rip any protected Bluray DVDs to multiple audio and subtitle tracks to MKV like what we do in MakeMKV. However, you can also do this for the MP4 format! It supports 3D Bluray discs with passthrough audio! Give it a try, it won’t let you down.
VideoSolo BD-DVD Ripper
With VideoSolo BD-DVD Ripper, you can effortlessly rip and convert Blu-ray to a broad range of output profiles, including common streaming video formats like MKV, MP4, and popular devices like iPhone, iPad, PS4, and more. You can also personalize the format and parameters. VideoSolo BD-DVD Ripper can also rip Blu-ray to lossless MKV.
It has a simple UI that is very easy to use. Even someone who isn’t very good at using things can easily use it.
EaseFab Blu-ray Ripper
EaseFab Blu-ray Ripper can easily handle AACS encrypted Blu-ray discs, BD+, and the latest MKB technology on PC and Mac. It can rip and convert Blu-ray discs, Blu-ray ISO files, and Blu-ray folders to MP4, MKV, AC3, Apple, Android, and VR formats.
EaseFab works with 2D and 3D Blu-rays. Its lossless copy option may rip Blu-ray to MKV with all meta-data intact. The powerful compression kernel in EaseFab can compress Blu-ray on Mac by up to 90%.
[Archived]MakeMKV.com is Down![FIXED]
I try to visit MakeMKV.com recently around Sep. 2017, only to find all MakeMKV website, including its main site and the forum, is down and suspended with the below message in Russian:
Внимание! Сайт перемещен на новый сервер.
Если вы владелец сайта и вас не стоят наши dns, измените IP в dns на 95.213.137.146, Если у вас есть вопросы, обратитесь в поддержку хостинга!
And it means MakeMKV site is suspended with the detail Google translation below:
Title: Account Suspended
Detail:
Site is locked.
Attention! The site has been moved to a new server.
If you are the owner of the site and you are not worthy of our dns, change the IP to dns to 95.213.137.146 , If you have any questions, contact the hosting support !
The IP is from Russian, however if you visit the IP address directly, it goes to http://95.213.137.146/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi and you get a Sorry page:
It happens every now and then in the past few years but the makemkv website has been down in 2017 for over a month, while leads me to think about what happened to DVDFab and AnyDVD that was punished by the Blu Ray union and forced the makemkv site down.
At this point I’d assume “only” a DNS-problem, since adding the IP-address and name,
95.213.137.146 http://www.makemkv.com
to your local hosts files will enable access to the site, and the reason you can’t access the IP directly I’d assume is due to it possibly using host headers.
And the comment system automatically adds “http://” in front of my typing, which should not be there.
Hi M, thanks for the comment. I am afraid it does not work for me. I got the same error message. And upon a force reloading, i got another error message:
Resource Limit Is Reached
The website is temporarily unable to service your request as it exceeded resource limit. Please try again later.
Hi M,
There’s an update:
I tried 95.213.137.146 makemkv.com and it worked for the home page. However, all other pages like Download, About, Online Help, FAQ and Forum of Makemkv.com still go to the same error of account suspended.
Also, I don’t think this is just a DNS problem as this happened about a month ago and there is no official fix it. Something must be wrong with MakvMKV.
In my hosts file I added
95.213.137.146 www . makemkv . com
(remove spaces between letters and dots, I added them here just so this forum would not reformat the text)
This at least makes me able to access both website, forum and download, I haven’t checked all other links.
But I didn’t know it had been a problem for that long, I only noticed on Twitter myself yesterday, and don’t know the reason but agree something seems wrong if site admin hasn’t been able to resolve yet.
removed spaces and letters, but it did not work.
it does not seem to work for everyone, not sure why. it didnt work for me either.
Thanks M, the host file fix worked.
What happens if you PURCHASE a full license for MakeMKV instead of using the BETA key(s) and if the program stops being supported? I would imagine that’s $50 wasted because as far as I understand Bluray encryption, it is a constant struggle to stay up to date with newer and newer techniques of disc protection.
I agree.
You can use this key after Nov 29th by changing your computer Date to before Nov 29th, say the 28th, and re-entering the registration code. It seems the application checks only while starting, I could change the date back to the actual date once the application initialized.
Thank you so much!! DVDFab is the best alternative to MakeMKV. I was able to successfully rip a dvd boxset that I bought and transfer them all to digital media. Now I don’t have to worry about getting scratches on my dvds.