From f06c5136e7d3cd0a8e1814763c7774859998efe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 22:05:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Coalesce short reels.

---
 src/lib/film.cc | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/film.cc b/src/lib/film.cc
index 5531a198c..ed2c5a372 100644
--- a/src/lib/film.cc
+++ b/src/lib/film.cc
@@ -1643,13 +1643,17 @@ Film::reels () const
 		split_points.sort ();
 		split_points.unique ();
 
-		/* Make them into periods */
+		/* Make them into periods, coalescing any that are less than 1 second long */
 		optional<DCPTime> last;
 		BOOST_FOREACH (DCPTime t, split_points) {
-			if (last) {
+			if (last && (t - *last) >= DCPTime::from_seconds(1)) {
+				/* Period from *last to t is long enough; use it and start a new one */
 				p.push_back (DCPTimePeriod(*last, t));
+				last = t;
+			} else if (!last) {
+				/* That was the first time, so start a new period */
+				last = t;
 			}
-			last = t;
 		}
 		break;
 	}
-- 
2.30.2