diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3ee611..feb4467 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 *.pyc
 *.mp4
-*example.json
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f887150..e950e89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ This splits `big_video_file.mp4` into 10 chunks. Each chunk will be suffixed wit
 
 ## Splitting videos into unequal chunks
 
-In order to create unequal chunks of a video, you'll need to create ***manifest.json*** :
+In order to create unequal chunks of a video, you'll need to create ***manifest.json***.
+
+
+***manifest.json***
 
 ```json
 
@@ -38,6 +41,20 @@ Afterwards run:
 This splits `big_video_file.mp4` into 2 video files, video1.mp4 and video2.mp4. The video1.mp4 is a 34 seconds
 clip, starting from 0:00 to 0:34 of the `big_video_file.mp4`.
 
+
+Alternatively, you can use a ***manifest.csv*** file to accomplish the task above.
+
+***manifest.csv***:
+
+```CSV
+
+start_time,length,rename_to
+0,34,video1
+35,22,video2
+
+```
+
+
 #### Manifest Options
 
 * start_time      - number of seconds into the video or start time
diff --git a/examples/manifest.csv b/examples/manifest.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4793771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/manifest.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+start_time,length,rename_to
+0,34,video1
+35,22,video2
diff --git a/examples/manifest.json b/examples/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f92327b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[
+    {
+        "start_time": 0,
+        "length": 34,
+        "rename_to": "video1"
+    },
+    {
+        "start_time": 35,
+        "length": 22,
+        "rename_to": "video2.mp4"
+    },
+    {
+        "start_time": 50,
+        "end_time": "00:01:20",
+        "rename_to": "video3.mp4"
+    }
+]
diff --git a/ffmpeg-split.py b/ffmpeg-split.py
index 86b0b16..b98ff84 100644
--- a/ffmpeg-split.py
+++ b/ffmpeg-split.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+import csv
 import subprocess
 import re
 import math
@@ -17,47 +18,53 @@ def split_by_manifest(filename, manifest):
         raise SystemExit
 
     try:
-        with open(manifest, "r") as manifest_file:
-            config = json.load(manifest_file)
+        with open(manifest) as manifest_file:
+            manifest_type = manifest.split(".")[-1]
+            if manifest_type == "json":
+                config = json.load(manifest_file)
+            elif manifest_type == "csv":
+                config = csv.DictReader(manifest_file)
+            else:
+                print "Format not supported. File must be a csv or json file"
+                raise SystemExit
+
+            split_cmd = "ffmpeg -i '"+filename+"' -vcodec copy "
+            split_count = 1
+            split_error = []
+            try:
+                fileext = filename.split(".")[-1]
+            except IndexError as e:
+                raise IndexError("No . in filename. Error: " + str(e))
+            for video_config in config:
+                split_str = ""
+                try:
+                    split_start = video_config["start_time"]
+                    split_length = video_config.get("end_time", None)
+                    if not split_length:
+                        split_length = video_config["length"]
+                    filebase = video_config["rename_to"]
+                    if fileext in filebase:
+                        filebase = ".".join(filebase.split(".")[:-1])
+
+                    split_str += " -ss " + str(split_start) + " -t " + \
+                        str(split_length) + \
+                        " '"+ filebase + "." + fileext + \
+                        "'"
+                    print "About to run: "+split_cmd+split_str
+                    output = subprocess.Popen(split_cmd+split_str,
+                                              shell = True, stdout =
+                                              subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read()
+                except IndexError as e:
+                    print "############# Incorrect format ##############"
+                    print "The format of each json array should be:"
+                    print "{start_time: <int>, length: <int>, rename_to: <string>}"
+                    print "#############################################"
+                    print e
+                    raise SystemExit
     except Exception as e:
         print e
         raise SystemExit
 
-    split_cmd = "ffmpeg -i '"+filename+"' -vcodec copy "
-    split_count = 1
-    split_error = []
-    try:
-        fileext = filename.split(".")[-1]
-    except IndexError as e:
-        raise IndexError("No . in filename. Error: " + str(e))
-
-    for video_config in config:
-        split_str = ""
-        try:
-            split_start = video_config["start_time"]
-            split_length = video_config.get("end_time", None)
-            if not split_length:
-                split_length = video_config["length"]
-            filebase = video_config["rename_to"]
-            if fileext in filebase:
-                filebase = ".".join(filebase.split(".")[:-1])
-
-            split_str += " -ss " + str(split_start) + " -t " + \
-                str(split_length) + \
-                " '"+ filebase + "." + fileext + \
-                "'"
-            print "About to run: "+split_cmd+split_str
-            output = subprocess.Popen(split_cmd+split_str,
-                                      shell = True, stdout =
-                                      subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read()
-        except IndexError as e:
-            print "############# Incorrect format ##############"
-            print "The format of each json array should be:"
-            print "{start_time: <int>, length: <int>, rename_to: <string>}"
-            print "#############################################"
-            print e
-            raise SystemExit
-
 
 
 def split_by_seconds(filename, split_length):