If you've ever used Jellyfin or Plex before, you know the pains of the "2 episodes per file" files. In this tutorial, I will show you how to split the episodes into 2 files.
- Install this addon for VLC: https://addons.videolan.org/p/1154013
- Play the original file, and make your way to the part where the first episode ends and the second one begins (usually marked by a black screen). Pause at that point.
- Go to View -> Jump to time (previous frame) v3. Set the time format to the point where it looks like "456,123", then click "Get time >>".
- Copy that text, and save it somewhere.
- Run ffmpeg with the following arguments:
ffmpeg -i "TV.Show.S01E01-02.mkv" -t [time text, replace "," with "."] -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s copy "TV.Show.S01E01.mkv"
- Run ffmpeg again with the following arguments:
ffmpeg -i "TV.Show.S01E01-02.mkv" -ss [time text, replace "," with "."] -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s copy "TV.Show.S01E02.mkv"
- Tada! You have 2 seperate files. Do this for every file you have. (It gets repetitive, but it's worth it).
If you see part of the other episode in an episode, try pausing the video at a later/earlier time.