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    4K Blu-ray support is dying on the PC. MakeMKV can help

    Mar 08, 2022 2 minutes
    BY ALAINA YEE

    Intel recently abandoned 4K Blu-ray playback for its newer CPUs, and the news sadly came as little surprise. Security issues have long plagued the company’s SGX technology, and relatively few people watch physical media on a computer. AMD’s Ryzen CPUs never even supported 4K discs.

    But people who regularly pop, which allows you to rip a copy of movies and TV show episodes as a single MKV file. For most people, this file format offers a similar experience as direct playback from a UHD disc, since it preserves chapters, subtitle tracks, and multiple audio tracks. And despite its reduced file size compared to the original disc, you’ll see far less sacrifice of picture and audio quality than with a 4K stream.

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