Remove audio from MOV file

[cottage]

I have a few MOV clips and I'd like to remove the audio without re-encoding the video.

I have SolveigMM AVI trimmer and it does it perfectly for AVI files but doesn't work on MOV files.

I've tried a couple of other programs but they re-encode and reduce the quality of the video.

Searches here and on Google haven't been any help.

Any suggestions?

[El Heggunte]

ffmpeg should do the trick ( or at least I hope so )

<COMMAND-PROMPT>

ffmpeg -i path-to\input.mov -an -vcodec copy path-to\output.mov

</COMMAND-PROMPT>

[aedipuss]

since mov is just the container it's hard to know what's in it. try using mediainfo in test mode and paste the results here.

[cottage]

since mov is just the container it's hard to know what's in it. try using mediainfo in test mode and paste the results here.

Sorry I know that I should have provided that info:

Format : MPEG-4
Format_Profile : QuickTime
CodecID : qt
FileSize/String : 30.4 MiB
Duration/String : 10s 10ms
OverallBitRate/String : 25.5 Mbps

Video
ID/String : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format_Profile : Baseline@L4.1
Format_Settings_CABAC/String : No
Format_Settings_RefFrames/String : 1 frame
CodecID : avc1
CodecID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration/String : 10s 10ms
BitRate_Mode/String : Variable
BitRate/String : 23.5 Mbps
Width/String : 1 280 pixels
Height/String : 720 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String : 16:9
FrameRate_Mode/String : Constant
FrameRate/String : 29.970 fps
ColorSpace : YUV
ChromaSubsampling : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String : 8 bits
ScanType/String : Progressive
Bits-(Pixel*Frame) : 0.851
StreamSize/String : 28.0 MiB (92%)
Language/String : English
Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M

Audio
ID/String : 2
Format : PCM
Format_Settings_Endianness : Little
Format_Settings_Sign : Signed
CodecID : sowt
Duration/String : 1s 1ms
BitRate_Mode/String : Constant
BitRate/String : 20.0 Mbps
Channel(s)/String : 2 channels
SamplingRate/String : 48.0 KHz
BitDepth/String : 16 bits
StreamSize/String : 2.38 MiB (8%)
Language/String : English

[poisondeathray]

quicktime pro , ffmpeg can do it as suggested by el huggunte above

if you're not adverse to changing to container to mp4, something like mp4box (yamb is the gui) can do it too

you might be able to do it with mpegstreamclip (but it relies on quicktime, not sure if the non pro version will work)

[cottage]

Thank you poisondeathray, aedipuss and El Heggunte,

I tried ffmpeg and updated to Quicktime Pro and both worked well. However, I do like Quicktime Pro better because of the interface. I always seem to screw up a command line interface by leaving out a space or a dash.

Thank you again for all your help. This will make my final video much better!