OT: Can I strip unwanted audio out of AVI's?

NickHope wrote on 11/16/2004, 11:30 AM
A lot of my archive of underwater footage has audio that I simply don't want. The files are PAL DV-AVI. I'm talking about a couple of thousand files.

Is there a way to batch-process the lot in order to strip out the audio without affecting or re-encoding the video component of the AVI?

thanks

Comments

Jay Gladwell wrote on 11/16/2004, 11:34 AM
Maybe I'm missing something, but when you put the file up on the timeline, it will include the audio track. Simply click on it and delete it and replace it with whatever audio you want.

Won't that work?

Jay
BJ_M wrote on 11/16/2004, 12:03 PM
http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=AviDemux

or

virtualdub
BJ_M wrote on 11/16/2004, 12:25 PM
maybe he wants to save some space or something
farss wrote on 11/16/2004, 1:06 PM
But I don't think getting rid of it really achieves anything, I've captured lots of silent movies with Capture Audio off and the file sizes are the same I think. What it does save though is waiting for Vegas to build the waveforms.
Bob.
BJ_M wrote on 11/16/2004, 1:11 PM
if there is no audio at all - the file will be smaller ... depends on the avi we are talking about here as some "captures" even with audio off will still mux a blank stream ..

johnmeyer wrote on 11/16/2004, 2:47 PM
The space savings will be minimal. Is there another reason you want to do this? My advice is to move on to the next project and forget about this. I don't think your teeth will be any whiter or breath any fresher after this exercise (i.e., you won't have improved your life by much).
Grazie wrote on 11/16/2004, 9:01 PM
Hello? - bubblevision, where art thou? Did something "burst"? Decompression to rapid? Hello?

. . . what is this about folks?

Grazie . . hmmmm.... ?
NickHope wrote on 11/16/2004, 11:12 PM
Just wanted to save a little space, avoid building unnecessary peak files, simplify the workflow a little. It's not super-important.

I'm downloading Avidemux and I'll report back.