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Those are not really "problem" DVDs, it's just one of the authoring options. Usually, the DVD or BD will have menu entries that just jump to the appropriate chapter in the big file.

There are other options than Machete - MKVtoolnix can split the file without changing the video, or you can use handbrake to both split the episodes out AND convert them from interlaced to progressive video.

I have a BD here that has 56 24-minute episodes in one file, 316 total chapters. I used the handbrake command line version and a batch file to break it out into individual episodes.

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Neither mkvtoolnix nor handbrake will find the chapters per episode. I use VLC to skip through the ripped file, and discover the start/stop points.

The problem is that the authors do not always use the same number of chapters per episode. In the case of the 56-episode file, each episode had between 4 and 8 chapters, with 6 being the most-used size.

Another series used 5 chapters per episode. Except the first episode of season 2 on had 6 (recap of previous season), and the last episode was 4 (no preview of the next episode).

For those of us who prefer separate episodes, the authors seem to enjoy making us work for it.