I had to test/fix something at work and I set up a Windows VM because it was a bug specific to Windows users. Once I was done, I thought, “Maybe I should keep this VM for something.” but I couldn’t think of anything that wasn’t a game (which probably wouldn’t work well in a VM anyway) or some super specific enterprise software I don’t really use.

I also am more familiar with the Apple ecosystem than the Microsoft one so maybe I’m just oblivious to what’s out there. Does anyone out there dual boot or use a VM for a non-game, non-niche industry Windows exclusive program?

  • @ShittyBeatlesFCPresOPEnglish
    5•10 months ago

    I’m old and don’t really sail the high seas these days but does Handbrake not rip DVDs and BluRays?

    • @ITeeTechMonkeyEnglish
      7•10 months ago

      Handbrake will rip DVDs, but not Blu Rays. That’s were good ol’ MakeMKV comes in.

      I rip with MakeMKV (which will do DVDs as well) and then convert/encode the MKVs with Handbrake.

      I do the conversion/encoding because the ripped files can be 35-50 GBs for regular Blu Rays (UHD Blu Rays are even bigger!) and I can get them down to 3-8 GBs with minimal quality loss.

      I then toss the smaller MKVs on my jellyfin server.

      EDIT: Handbrake CAN rip Blu Rays but only if they arent copy protected. MakeMKV is able to rip protected Blu Rays and DVDs.