When attempting to change the setting, I get an error stating MakeMKV cannot change system preferences..

MacOS Sequoia 15.11 (ARM)
Any hint?
BTW, could this mean I could rip and encode a BR skipping MakeMKV extraction?
At some point, you'll have to take the time to get the bits off the optical disc. Wether you choose to that explicitly with MakeMKV or implicitly in Handbrake, it'll still take the same amount of time.