Request file splitting

[bobbygee]

I don't know if this is the right area to request a feature of MakeMKV to be able to specify file size when creating a file. My player only accepts FAT32 drives which limits file size to 4GB.

[setarip_old]

Hi!

"mike admin" has previously stated that MakeMKV does not and will not compress files.

Many other postings have suggested using "Handbrake" to perform such a function after the fact (After using MakeMKV to create an .MKV)

[bobbygee]

I am not requesting that the file be compressed, just that it be split up into 4GB chunks.

[SamuriHL]

Use mkvmerge to split it.

[bobbygee]

If I use mkvmerge to split it, the file will not play on LG BD360 player, even with header compression set to none. At first, mkvmerge took 4 hours to process the file with splitting enabled. After submitting a bug report, mkvmerge was fixed so that splitting took about 4 minutes, but the file won't play. The file from MakeMKV plays fine. So presently, I have used MakeMKV to rip some DVDs to my hard disk, but some rips are over the 4GB limit.

[SamuriHL]

That seems bad. Are you using 4.60? Cause there was an issue with DTS-HD MA tracks but that was fixed I think in 4.50.

[bobbygee]

It was 4.6.0 before the fix for the split problem was added on a pre-build.

[SamuriHL]

Well that does definitely suck. I tried.

[setarip_old]

@bobbygee

Hi!

I believe you can either use "SplitMKV" (by my good friend "deank") as a standalone that you can download from:

http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/splitMKV/

or use the version that is built in to the ubiquitous "multiAVCHD"

[bobbygee]

I had tried splitmkv 0.2 a few days ago, and after running all night, it was only 86% done on a 4.1GB file, so it is not for me. Anyway, when run, it says it is mkvmerge 2.5.3.