diff --git a/uproot/interp/auto.py b/uproot/interp/auto.py
index 34787823..3d4b3c3f 100644
--- a/uproot/interp/auto.py
+++ b/uproot/interp/auto.py
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ def transform(node, tofloat=True):
                         if branch._isTClonesArray:
                             return asgenobj(SimpleArray(STLVector(asdtype(fromdtype, fromdtype))), branch._context, 6)
                         else:
-                            return asjagged(ascontent, skipbytes=10)
+                            return asjagged(ascontent, skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
 
                     except _NotNumerical:
                         if branch._vecstreamer is not None:
@@ -348,9 +348,9 @@ def transform(node, tofloat=True):
                                 return asgenobj(STLVector(streamerClass), branch._context, 6)
                             else:
                                 if streamerClass._methods is None:
-                                    return asjagged(astable(asdtype(recarray)), skipbytes=10)
+                                    return asjagged(astable(asdtype(recarray)), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                                 else:
-                                    return asjagged(asobj(astable(asdtype(recarray)), streamerClass._methods), skipbytes=10)
+                                    return asjagged(asobj(astable(asdtype(recarray)), streamerClass._methods), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
 
                 if hasattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName"):
                     m = re.match(b"bitset<([1-9][0-9]*)>", branch._streamer._fTypeName)
@@ -358,27 +358,27 @@ def transform(node, tofloat=True):
                         return asjagged(asstlbitset(int(m.group(1))), skipbytes=6)
 
                 if getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<bool>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<Bool_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype(awkward.numpy.bool_), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype(awkward.numpy.bool_), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<char>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<Char_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("i1"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("i1"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<unsigned char>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<UChar_t>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<Byte_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("u1"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("u1"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<short>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<Short_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("i2"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("i2"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<unsigned short>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<UShort_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("u2"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("u2"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<int>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<Int_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("i4"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("i4"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<unsigned int>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<UInt_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("u4"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("u4"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<long>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<Long_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("i8"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("i8"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<unsigned long>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<ULong64_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("u8"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("u8"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<float>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<Float_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("f4"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("f4"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<double>" or getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<Double_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("f8"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("f8"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif getattr(branch._streamer, "_fTypeName", None) == b"vector<string>":
                     return asgenobj(STLVector(STLString(awkward)), branch._context, 6)
                 else:
@@ -445,27 +445,27 @@ def transform(node, tofloat=True):
                     return asstring(skipbytes=1)
 
                 if branch._fClassName == b"vector<bool>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<Bool_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype(awkward.numpy.bool_), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype(awkward.numpy.bool_), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<char>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<Char_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("i1"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("i1"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<unsigned char>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<UChar_t>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<Byte_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("u1"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("u1"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<short>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<Short_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("i2"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("i2"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<unsigned short>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<UShort_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("u2"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("u2"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<int>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<Int_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("i4"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("i4"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<unsigned int>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<UInt_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("u4"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("u4"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<long>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<Long_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("i8"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("i8"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<unsigned long>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<ULong64_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("u8"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("u8"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<float>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<Float_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("f4"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("f4"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<double>" or branch._fClassName == b"vector<Double_t>":
-                    return asjagged(asdtype("f8"), skipbytes=10)
+                    return asjagged(asdtype("f8"), skipbytes=10, sizeat=6)
                 elif branch._fClassName == b"vector<string>":
                     return asgenobj(STLVector(STLString(awkward)), branch._context, 6)
 
diff --git a/uproot/interp/jagged.py b/uproot/interp/jagged.py
index 97495827..5a4431bb 100644
--- a/uproot/interp/jagged.py
+++ b/uproot/interp/jagged.py
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ class asjagged(uproot.interp.interp.Interpretation):
     # makes __doc__ attribute mutable before Python 3.3
     __metaclass__ = type.__new__(type, "type", (uproot.interp.interp.Interpretation.__metaclass__,), {})
 
-    def __init__(self, content, skipbytes=0):
+    def __init__(self, content, skipbytes=0, sizeat=None):
         self.content = content
         self.skipbytes = skipbytes
+        self.sizeat = sizeat
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "asjagged({0}{1})".format(repr(self.content), "" if self.skipbytes == 0 else ", {0}".format(self.skipbytes))
+        return "asjagged({0}{1}{2})".format(repr(self.content), "" if self.skipbytes == 0 else ", {0}".format(self.skipbytes), "" if self.sizeat == 0 else ", {0}".format(self.sizeat))
 
     def to(self, todtype=None, todims=None, skipbytes=None):
         if skipbytes is None:
@@ -75,6 +76,16 @@ def fromroot(self, data, byteoffsets, local_entrystart, local_entrystop, keylen)
                 return self.awkward.JaggedArray(starts, stops, content)
 
             else:
+                if self.sizeat is not None:
+                    sizeat_bytestarts = byteoffsets[local_entrystart : local_entrystop] + self.sizeat
+                    sizeat_good_bytestarts = sizeat_bytestarts[sizeat_bytestarts + 4 <= len(data)]
+                    sizeat_mask = self.awkward.numpy.zeros(len(data), dtype=self.awkward.numpy.int8)
+                    sizeat_mask[sizeat_good_bytestarts + 0] = 1
+                    sizeat_mask[sizeat_good_bytestarts + 1] = 1
+                    sizeat_mask[sizeat_good_bytestarts + 2] = 1
+                    sizeat_mask[sizeat_good_bytestarts + 3] = 1
+                    sizeat = data[sizeat_mask.view(self.awkward.numpy.bool_)].view(">i4")
+
                 bytestarts = byteoffsets[local_entrystart     : local_entrystop    ] + self.skipbytes
                 bytestops  = byteoffsets[local_entrystart + 1 : local_entrystop + 1]
 
@@ -106,7 +117,14 @@ def fromroot(self, data, byteoffsets, local_entrystart, local_entrystop, keylen)
                 offsets[0] = 0
                 self.awkward.numpy.cumsum(counts, out=offsets[1:])
 
-                return self.awkward.JaggedArray(offsets[:-1], offsets[1:], content)
+                starts = offsets[:-1]
+                if self.sizeat is not None:
+                    stops = starts + sizeat
+                    if not (stops == offsets[1:]).all():
+                        return self.awkward.JaggedArray(starts, stops, content).compact()
+
+                stops = offsets[1:]
+                return self.awkward.JaggedArray(starts, stops, content)
 
     def destination(self, numitems, numentries):
         content = self.content.destination(numitems, numentries)
diff --git a/uproot/version.py b/uproot/version.py
index 10bec281..6bd77250 100644
--- a/uproot/version.py
+++ b/uproot/version.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import re
 
-__version__ = "3.11.3"
+__version__ = "3.11.4"
 version = __version__
 version_info = tuple(re.split(r"[-\.]", __version__))