diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.c
index a41015806..c9498f6ee 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.c
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ static void ffmpeg_mux_destroy(void *data)
 	bfree(stream);
 }
 
+static void split_file_proc(void *data, calldata_t *cd)
+{
+	struct ffmpeg_muxer *stream = data;
+
+	calldata_set_bool(cd, "split_file_enabled", stream->split_file);
+	if (!stream->split_file)
+		return;
+
+	os_atomic_set_bool(&stream->manual_split, true);
+}
+
 static void *ffmpeg_mux_create(obs_data_t *settings, obs_output_t *output)
 {
 	struct ffmpeg_muxer *stream = bzalloc(sizeof(*stream));
@@ -90,6 +101,10 @@ static void *ffmpeg_mux_create(obs_data_t *settings, obs_output_t *output)
 	signal_handler_t *sh = obs_output_get_signal_handler(output);
 	signal_handler_add(sh, "void file_changed(string next_file)");
 
+	proc_handler_t *ph = obs_output_get_proc_handler(output);
+	proc_handler_add(ph, "void split_file(out bool split_file_enabled)",
+			 split_file_proc, stream);
+
 	UNUSED_PARAMETER(settings);
 	return stream;
 }
@@ -687,6 +702,9 @@ static inline bool should_split(struct ffmpeg_muxer *stream,
 	if (!packet->keyframe)
 		return false;
 
+	if (os_atomic_load_bool(&stream->manual_split))
+		return true;
+
 	/* reached maximum file size */
 	if (stream->max_size > 0 &&
 	    stream->cur_size + (int64_t)packet->size >= stream->max_size)
@@ -834,6 +852,7 @@ static void ffmpeg_mux_data(void *data, struct encoder_packet *packet)
 		}
 		da_free(stream->mux_packets);
 		stream->split_file_ready = false;
+		os_atomic_set_bool(&stream->manual_split, false);
 	}
 
 	if (stream->split_file && stream->reset_timestamps)
diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.h b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.h
index 1dcaa2c6e..daf76b8dd 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.h
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-mux.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct ffmpeg_muxer {
 	int64_t video_pts_offset;
 	int64_t audio_dts_offsets[MAX_AUDIO_MIXES];
 	bool split_file_ready;
+	volatile bool manual_split;
 
 	/* these are accessed both by replay buffer and by HLS */
 	pthread_t mux_thread;