How to capture menus?

[lexlaw69]

If I just wanted to capture the short sequence that occurs on the menu screen - how do I do that? Thanks! BRAND NEW!

[Woodstock]

You need to use the MakeMKV Backup feature (works only with Bluray) to preserve the menus. This copies the entire BD file structure, including the menus, to your drive.

If you are wanting menus for DVD, you can use one of several tools to create an unencrypted DVD ISO file.

[lexlaw69]

Does it separate out each screen or chapter? How do I separate out just what I want (i.e. - the menu?). Thanks so much for helping a newbie!

[Woodstock]

If you want to duplicate the "optical disk experience" without having to put a disk in the machine, your choices are:

Bluray disk, use the "Backup" option of MakeMKV to copy the directory structure of the BD to your hard drive. If your playback software does not support decryption of BD data, you will need to have MakeMKV decrypt the data as it does the backup. If your playback software supports playing menus, you'll have menus.

DVD, you need a different software program than MakeMKV. You need to create an ISO file that can then be played by some software, exactly as if you had stuck a disk in the DVD player.

Taking advantage of the other tools out there, though, you can move beyond menus and have more space available for more movies/series. Menus and the storage required to support them are wasteful, unless your primary watching habits involve repeatedly viewing the extras.

Ask yourself a question - "How often would I invite friends and family over for an evening watching 'the making of Planet of the Apes'?"

And if you decide, "Hey, that is something we do all the time!", consider that you can extract the extras as separate MKV files, save them under recognizable names, and not have to deal with the BD or DVD menus.