# Multiple, non-contiguous episodes in a single file **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** server-synology\ **Created:** [September 14, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-non-contiguous-episodes-in-a-single-file/743185 "2021-09-14T14:17:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnclaus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/johnclaus/32/198109_2.png) [@johnclaus](https://forums.plex.tv/u/johnclaus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-non-contiguous-episodes-in-a-single-file/743185/1 "2021-09-14T14:17:14Z")
How can I name TV episode files which don’t have contiguous episodes? For example, one of the Night Gallery files contains episodes 13 and 15, but not 14. Is there a way to name those files such that Plex understands what’s contained or do I need to split the file? ---
**Author:** ![Insomnic\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/insomnic_1/32/215416_2.png) [@Insomnic\_1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Insomnic_1)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-non-contiguous-episodes-in-a-single-file/743185/2 "2021-09-14T14:29:28Z")
You can name files S5E13-15 but that will end up including episode 14. Typically this comes up without skipping an episode so I don’t think there’s a way to handle that without splitting the video file itself. Some info about that naming option is in this article in case it helps: > **[Naming and Organizing Your TV Show Files | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/)** > > The scanners and metadata agents used by Plex will work best when your major types of content are separated from... ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-non-contiguous-episodes-in-a-single-file/743185/3 "2021-09-14T14:56:45Z")
Split the file into individual episodes. Plex will then handle things correctly. > [@\[HowTo\]: splitting multi-episode files with MKVtoolnix GUI](https://forums.plex.tv/t/howto-splitting-multi-episode-files-with-mkvtoolnix-gui/108396): > > The purpose of this HowTo is to split videofiles which contain more than one episode of a tv show into single-episode files. So they show up individually within plex, can be played individually and don’t produce any of the weird things that [multi-episode files](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows "multi-episode files") are plagued with. The tool used is [MKVtoolnixGUI](https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ "MKVtoolnixGUI") it is freely available for all major PC operating systems. Therefore the container format of the output files will be MKV. The input format can be a multitude of containers like AVI, MP4… ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-non-contiguous-episodes-in-a-single-file/743185/4 "2021-09-14T15:11:22Z")
Maybe the “DVD ordering” suits your files better? [https://thetvdb.com/series/night-gallery/allseasons/dvd](https://thetvdb.com/series/night-gallery/allseasons/dvd) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-non-contiguous-episodes-in-a-single-file/743185/5 "2021-12-13T15:11:28Z")
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