Just a quick note: you don't *have* to rip with MakeMKV separately and then convert with Handbrake.
You can make two copies of the appropriate libmmbd library (libmmbd.dll on Windows with 32-bit Handbrake; libmmbd64.dll with 64-bit Handbrake) in the Handbrake install directory, and name them "libaacs.dll" and "libbdplus.dll" (or .dylib on Mac), restart Handbrake, and Handbrake will be able to scan and rip Blu-rays directly. Saves quite a bit of time!
Edit: I believe you can do the same in the VLC install directory to be able to open Blu-Rays with VLC.
this sounds like something i want but have no clue what you are talking about. can you be more specific please?