Splitting MKV Files

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Tsingtao
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Splitting MKV Files

#1 Post by Tsingtao » Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:00 pm

Hello new MKV user here...

Up until recently I've been using ISO images for all my movies and TV Series storage. However I've found that for my TV Series I'd like to use MKV so I get direct episode playback from Zappiti.

I've done a few TV Series as a trial and its working well however I then ran into an issue with a specific TV Series:

* The TV Series holds 35 episodes on the disk (kids cartoons)
* Each MKV contains 5 of these
* Each MKV contains 5 cells

Is there any way to split the 5 episode MKV into 5 single episode MKVs on the cell boundary?

The iSkySoft video converter seems to do this but I'm trying to limit the software I'm suing and would prefer to only have 1 product for MKV. Using AnyDVD for the rip of the ISO and then converting MKVs from those local ISOs...
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setarip_old
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Re: Splitting MKV Files

#2 Post by setarip_old » Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:39 am

Hi!

At least to me, your post is not clear:

Are you saying you purchased a commercial disc containing 35 cartoons/episodes and the disc, as purchased, was already structured in 7 .MKV containers, each holding 5 episodes?

Or are you saying You purchased a commercial disc containing 35 cartoons/episodes that YOU converted to 7 .MKVs of 5 epidoies each?

Or are you saying yet something else that I can't discern?


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Tsingtao
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Re: Splitting MKV Files

#3 Post by Tsingtao » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:27 am

Right the DVD held 35 cartoon, when I ran that thought make MKV it identified 7 titles and created 7 MKVs. EAch of those MKVs however contained 5 chapter, each relating to a single episode...

In the end I used mkvmerge to split them based on the chapter time stamps.
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trondmm
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Re: Splitting MKV Files

#4 Post by trondmm » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:23 pm

Tsingtao wrote:Right the DVD held 35 cartoon, when I ran that thought make MKV it identified 7 titles and created 7 MKVs. EAch of those MKVs however contained 5 chapter, each relating to a single episode...
Which DVD is this? That sounds like a bizarre way of organizing the content.
Tsingtao wrote:In the end I used mkvmerge to split them based on the chapter time stamps.
That's exactly what I would have suggested. I don't know of any better way to split an mkv-file without reencoding.
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Tsingtao
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Re: Splitting MKV Files

#5 Post by Tsingtao » Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:03 am

The DVD is The Trap Door and yes I've not seen anything else set up like this :)
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robpdotcom
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Re: Splitting MKV Files

#6 Post by robpdotcom » Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:04 pm

You can use MKVChaps to split by chapter:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JTN6XLGT
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Smithcraft
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Re: Splitting MKV Files

#7 Post by Smithcraft » Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:18 am

I tried using it, and all it does is crash.

I think for now I will use Wasabi's method.

SC
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