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I want to make backups of my collection and also have files I can easily watch when I don’t have internet. For this use case I’m fine with 1080p and even some compression via handbrake. For my UHD films that came with standard Blu Ray copies I’m just going to rip those. But I have a few box sets (Indiana Jones comes to mind) that only have UHD discs. I really don’t need (nor really want) these MKV files to have the HDR layers embedded. Is it possible to rip them in SDR with makeMkv or is this not possible?

Thanks I’m advance for any info!

Ripping UHD will get you UHD files. They will be UHD resolution. If you're looking for regular 1080p resolution, you should rip the non-UHD disks.

I think it is possible for Handbrake to tone map HDR10 content to SDR. For that matter, Handbrake can resize 4K stuff down to HD. I do not think Handbrake can tone map Dolby Vision to SDR.

As Woodstock said, MakeMKV won't do any of that.