“Do you know any NVIDIA encoder software tool for Blu-ray ripping for Mac computers? My MacBook has NVIDIA CUDA acceleration GPU card installed and I would like to make full use of it during Blu-ray ripping. The question is that I have no idea whether there is NVIDIA encoder or not to help me do this. Please help.”

For those people who have NVIDIA GPU video cards on their computer, a wonderful Blu-ray ripper that supports NVIDIA encoding would be a totally different experience since it enables faster Blu-ray decoding and encoding with the help of NVIDIA GPU acceleration, which might be 6X faster. However, currently in the market, there is quite few NVIDIA encoders and decoders for Blu-ray ripping. If you happen to search an NVIDIA encoder for Mac computers for Blu-ray ripping, this page would be excellent for you. You will get 3 best NVIDIA encoders for Mac for Blu-ray ripping. Check them below.

Part 1: Best NVIDIA Encoders for Mac - Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac

The best NVIDIA encoder for Mac is Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac, a professional and top-notch Blu-ray ripping software tool for Mac computers to freely decrypt, rip and convert Blu-ray movies to videos in various formats for various uses.

Let me show you the excellent features of Leawo Blu-ray Ripper to see why it’s the No.1 best NVIDIA encoder for Mac in Blu-ray ripping:

Excellent disc decrypting performance

With advanced disc decrypting technologies, Leawo Blu-ray Ripper could decrypt, rip and convert Blu-ray discs of AACS, BD+, the latest MKB protection, and DVD discs with CSS protection. Meanwhile, Leawo Blu-ray Ripper gets rid of disc region restrictions by removing region codes from Blu-ray ranged from region A to C and DVD discs ranged from region 0 to 6. It’s an all-region Blu-ray disc converter tool you can get in the market right now.

Advanced GPU acceleration technologies

Speaking to GPU acceleration, Leawo Blu-ray Ripper enables 3 different GPU acceleration technologies to let you rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD movies at 6X higher speed. It supports NVIDIA CUDA, AMD APP, and Intel Quick Sync GPU accelerations. Once your computer has any one of these, you get faster Blu-ray/DVD to video conversion with it.

Wide support of input/output

Leawo Blu-ray Ripper could rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD disc, folder and ISO image files, regardless of disc protection and region restrictions, to videos and audios in more than 200 file formats such as MP4, MKV, MOV, WMV, AVI, FLV, MP3, AAC, FLAC, etc. You could convert Blu-ray/DVD movies for various devices and players so as to watch Blu-ray/DVD movies on iPad, iPhone, Android smartphones and tablets, Microsoft devices, etc. You could even convert Blu-ray/DVD movies to 4K videos and lossless multi-track videos.

Different content loading modes

Leawo Blu-ray Ripper offers 3 different loading modes to let you load desired titles/movies from source Blu-ray/DVD content: Full Movie, Main Movie, and Custom Mode. Full Movie enables you to import all titles, and Main Movie only imports the longest title by default while you can freely choose titles for importing and converting under Custom Mode.

Edit Blu-ray/DVD movies

Leawo Blu-ray Ripper enables you to edit Blu-ray/DVD movies before converting. You could trim Blu-ray/DVD movie length, crop video size to remove black margin, adjust video effect, add image or text watermark, rotate video, and apply 3D movie effect to convert 2D Blu-ray/DVD to 3D video.

Part 2: How to Use the Best NVIDIA Encoder for Mac to Enable Hardware Encoding in Blu-ray Ripping

As Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is the best NVIDIA encoder for Mac users to rip Blu-ray movies, the below guide would show you detailed steps on how to use it to enable hardware encoding for faster Blu-ray ripping on Mac. Beforehand, you need to firstly download and install Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac on your Mac computer. Meanwhile, get source Blu-ray movies ready for converting.

   

Note: Leawo Blu-ray Ripper has been built into Leawo Prof. Media as a module.

Step 1: Add source Blu-ray

Launch Leawo Prof. Media and then open the “Convert” module to enter the “Convert” module. Then, click “Add Blu-ray/DVD” button. On the drop-down panel, you could see 3 different options: Add from CD-ROM, Add from folder and Add iso file. Choose “Add from CD-ROM” option to add 4K Blu-ray disc, or “Add from folder” to add source Blu-ray movie.

Note:

  1. 3 different Blu-ray movie loading modes are available. Under Full Movie mode, you could load all content in source Blu-ray for converting, while Main Movie mode by default chooses the longest title (generally the main movie) but enables you to select any one title for loading and converting. In Custom Mode, you will be able to select multiple titles for loading and converting. Just choose the mode and then determine which titles to load here.

  2. After loading source Blu-ray movie, you could choose subtitles and audio tracks, play back Blu-ray movies, choose to merge loaded Blu-ray movies into one, etc.

Step 2: Choose output format

Click the drop-down box right before the big green “Convert” button on the sub-menu bar, and choose “Change” to choose output format from the “Format” or “Device” group according to your needs.

Step 3: Adjust parameters

After setting output format, open the drop-down button right before the big green “Convert” again and then choose “Edit” option to enter the “Profile Settings” panel, which lets you adjust video and audio parameters of output format, including: video codec, quality, bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, channel, audio codec, resolution, etc.

Step 4: Enable NVIDIA acceleration

Click the wheel icon at the top right corner and then go to the “Performance” tab to enable NVIDIA acceleration in the “GPU” frame.

Step 5: Set output directory

Afterwards, on the main interface, click the green “Convert” button on the sub-menu bar and then set output directory in the “Save to” box on the popup sidebar.

Step 6: Convert Blu-ray with NVIDIA enabled

After that, click the bottom “Convert” button on the pop-up sidebar to start ripping and converting Blu-ray movie to videos with NVIDIA enabled.

You then only need to wait for the conversion to complete. With NVIDIA graphics card acceleration enabled, Leawo Blu-ray Ripper could decode and encode Blu-ray movies at 6X faster conversion.

Part 3: Other NVIDIA Encoders for Mac Recommendation

Besides Leawo Blu-ray Ripper for Mac, there are also other NVIDIA encoders for Mac users to freely decode and encode Blu-ray movies on Mac with NVIDIA enabled for fast Blu-ray converting.

HandBrake

HandBrake is an open-source free video transcoder available for Linux, Mac, and Windows users to convert videos from videos and non-protected Blu-ray/DVD movies to MP4 or MKV files. HandBrake works with most common video files and formats, including ones created by consumer and professional video cameras, mobile devices such as phones and tablets, game and computer screen recordings, and DVD and Blu-ray discs. HandBrake leverages tools such as Libav, x264, and x265 to create new MP4 or MKV video files.

MakeMKV

MakeMKV is your one-click solution to convert video that you own into free and patents-unencumbered format that can be played everywhere. MakeMKV is a format converter, otherwise called "transcoder". It converts the video clips from proprietary (and usually encrypted) disc into a set of MKV files, preserving most information but not changing it in any way. The MKV format can store multiple video/audio tracks with all meta-information and preserve chapters. There are many players that can play MKV files nearly on all platforms, and there are tools to convert MKV files to many formats, including DVD and Blu-ray discs.

Part 4: Comparison and Conclusion

Learn more features about these 3 NVIDIA encoders for Mac and Windows computers via the below comparison table.

 

HandBrake

Leawo Blu-ray Ripper

MakeMKV

Convert Blu-ray/DVD to video

Yes. MP4 and MKV output

Yes. MP4, MKV, AVI and 200+ other formats

Yes. MKV output

Convert Blu-ray/DVD to audio

No

Yes

No

Convert encrypted Blu-ray/DVD

No

Yes

Yes

Edit Blu-ray/DVD movies

No

Yes

No

Select subtitles and audio tracks

No

Yes

No

2D to 3D conversion

No

Yes

No

Image quality

Normal

High

Normal

Audio quality

Normal

Support “Audio Copy” audio output support, to retain 5.1/7.1 audio channel output.

Normal

GPU acceleration

NVIDIA CUDA

NVIDIA CUDA, Intel Quick Sync, AMD APP

NVIDIA

Encoding speed

Slow

6X faster than HandBrake

Normal

It should be noted that do not use Leawo Blu-ray Ripper, HandBrake or any other application to copy materials you do not own or have the right to copy. If you are uncertain about your right to copy any material, you should contact your legal advisor.