Split Files Crashing Player

[TheDreadPirate]

I'd say about 50% of my rips, either DVD or Bluray, have all the episodes in a single file. I've only used MKVToolNix to merge files (2 DVD LotR Directors Cut).

You can use Handbrake to split by chapter, but Handbrake doesn't have an option to do that without re-encoding. But FFMPEG does allow for splitting on timestamps, not on chapter, without re-encoding (this is what I use).

I don't know enough about codecs to say for certain, but MKVToolNix is doing something to break the files.