Thanks for that. But the other question is BD drive wear from ripping a DVD containing 5 TV episodes to an ISO vs. to 5 separate MKV files. Which way will likely cause the least wear, if at all substantial?
Ripping content from a disc, whether to an ISO or individual MKV files, involves reading data from the disc.
In terms of BD drive wear, the primary factor is the amount of time the drive spends reading the disc.
- Ripping to an ISO: When you rip a DVD to an ISO, you create a one-to-one digital copy of the entire disc. The drive reads the disc from beginning to end in a more or less continuous manner.
- Ripping to MKV: When extracting individual episodes as separate MKV files, the drive might need to seek different parts of the disc for each episode, especially if the episodes are not stored sequentially. This involves more movement of the drive's laser and mechanisms, which can be more wearing than a continuous read.