Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 15:17:25 -0800 From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dropping audio in ffmpeg conversion Message-ID: <CAFuo_fxB6Pd1bw5rxakH6SeV=CC7ZaUyQn2dEb=bPH1v4Som8w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20141206234358.0b17f55f.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20141206234358.0b17f55f.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > I'm searching for a convenient way to drop audio from > an AVI file (video and audio) upon conversion to MP4. > My tool of choice is ffmpeg, which works perfectly fine > with the default options: > > % ffmpeg -i in.avi out.mp4 > > The quality loss, the "pixelated" and "blocky" output > is what I expect, and the result file is small. I just > can't find a way to get rid of audio (which I don't > need). Reading "man ffmeg" told me about "sinks" which > "do nothing", but I'm too stupid to conclude how to use > them properly. What I want to have is a converted video > with no audio track at all (also smaller file size). > > Can ffmpeg do this, or do I have to "preprocess" the > input file with mencoder somehow? > > Does anybody know how to proceed? > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I think it's -an switch. -- Waitman Gobble Los Altos California USA 510-830-7975
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