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Anyone know a good FREE shareware app that can remove an audio track from a MKV video?

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  • S swampwiz

    I've finally got my hands on the movie "Rogue One", but unfortunately, there are 2 audio tracks, one in English, and one that is not in English. I can set VLC to have to play the English audio track, but I'd prefer just to rip out the non-English track so I don't have to worry about it in case I use a different player. I've got WinFF, but this doesn't seem to be able to do the job. Any ideas?

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    KateAshman
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    Ironically, VLC is the best tool to do that. I remember seeing one-line console commands on SuperUser (StackOverflow) to do something like that. Also, I've personally used it to save audio tracks as mp3's, so I know it works. Just gotta use the console commands. 🙂

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    • S swampwiz

      I've finally got my hands on the movie "Rogue One", but unfortunately, there are 2 audio tracks, one in English, and one that is not in English. I can set VLC to have to play the English audio track, but I'd prefer just to rip out the non-English track so I don't have to worry about it in case I use a different player. I've got WinFF, but this doesn't seem to be able to do the job. Any ideas?

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      Jacquers
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      [Avidemux](http://avidemux.sourceforge.net) should be able to do it.

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      • S swampwiz

        I've finally got my hands on the movie "Rogue One", but unfortunately, there are 2 audio tracks, one in English, and one that is not in English. I can set VLC to have to play the English audio track, but I'd prefer just to rip out the non-English track so I don't have to worry about it in case I use a different player. I've got WinFF, but this doesn't seem to be able to do the job. Any ideas?

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        Jorgen Andersson
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        I'm using handbrake for exactly that.

        Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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        • S swampwiz

          I've finally got my hands on the movie "Rogue One", but unfortunately, there are 2 audio tracks, one in English, and one that is not in English. I can set VLC to have to play the English audio track, but I'd prefer just to rip out the non-English track so I don't have to worry about it in case I use a different player. I've got WinFF, but this doesn't seem to be able to do the job. Any ideas?

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          Johnamoody
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          Use ffmpeg How to remove an audio track from an mp4 video file? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange[^]

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          • S swampwiz

            I've finally got my hands on the movie "Rogue One", but unfortunately, there are 2 audio tracks, one in English, and one that is not in English. I can set VLC to have to play the English audio track, but I'd prefer just to rip out the non-English track so I don't have to worry about it in case I use a different player. I've got WinFF, but this doesn't seem to be able to do the job. Any ideas?

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            Johnamoody
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            Use ffmpeg First run ffmpeg -i file.mp4 to see which streams exists in your file. You should see something like this: Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x304 [PAR 1:1 DAR 45:19], 23.98 tbr, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 384 kb/s Stream #0.2: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 384 kb/s Then run ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -map 0:0 -map 0:2 -acodec copy -vcodec copy new_file.mp4 to copy video stream and 2nd audio stream to new_file.mp4.

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            • S swampwiz

              I've finally got my hands on the movie "Rogue One", but unfortunately, there are 2 audio tracks, one in English, and one that is not in English. I can set VLC to have to play the English audio track, but I'd prefer just to rip out the non-English track so I don't have to worry about it in case I use a different player. I've got WinFF, but this doesn't seem to be able to do the job. Any ideas?

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              User 10584936
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              This will also do it for you, MKVExtractGUI and MKVE Wizard 1.6.4.1/1.2 Free Download - VideoHelp[^]

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              • S swampwiz

                I've finally got my hands on the movie "Rogue One", but unfortunately, there are 2 audio tracks, one in English, and one that is not in English. I can set VLC to have to play the English audio track, but I'd prefer just to rip out the non-English track so I don't have to worry about it in case I use a different player. I've got WinFF, but this doesn't seem to be able to do the job. Any ideas?

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                Johnamoody
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                Use ffmpeg. I keep trying to include the commands but codeproject says the message is flagged as spam, but you can easily find them.

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                • S swampwiz

                  I've finally got my hands on the movie "Rogue One", but unfortunately, there are 2 audio tracks, one in English, and one that is not in English. I can set VLC to have to play the English audio track, but I'd prefer just to rip out the non-English track so I don't have to worry about it in case I use a different player. I've got WinFF, but this doesn't seem to be able to do the job. Any ideas?

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                  User 12341363
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                  I am using Handbrake (GNU GPL) since years with satisfaction. HandBrake: Open Source Video Transcoder[^]

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                  • S swampwiz

                    I've finally got my hands on the movie "Rogue One", but unfortunately, there are 2 audio tracks, one in English, and one that is not in English. I can set VLC to have to play the English audio track, but I'd prefer just to rip out the non-English track so I don't have to worry about it in case I use a different player. I've got WinFF, but this doesn't seem to be able to do the job. Any ideas?

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                    maze3
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                    I am spinning with a number of questions. Ill stick with this. What other video players would you want to use the mkv with? If a video player is able to open mkv, it would know that its just a container with multiple files in it, for each 1 video and 2 audio contents. So are you more wanting to convert to a different type? As to your direct question - virtualdub if not already mentioned.

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                    • S swampwiz

                      I've finally got my hands on the movie "Rogue One", but unfortunately, there are 2 audio tracks, one in English, and one that is not in English. I can set VLC to have to play the English audio track, but I'd prefer just to rip out the non-English track so I don't have to worry about it in case I use a different player. I've got WinFF, but this doesn't seem to be able to do the job. Any ideas?

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                      hyperstriker
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                      MKVtoolnix, MKVCleaver, MKVExtract

                      MKVToolNix news – Matroska tools for Linux/Unix and Windows[^] [^] MKVExtractGUI-2 download | SourceForge.net[^] MKVcleaver 0.8.0.0 Free Download - VideoHelp[^]

                      Otherwise all apart from the rest is just mental!...

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                      • M maze3

                        I am spinning with a number of questions. Ill stick with this. What other video players would you want to use the mkv with? If a video player is able to open mkv, it would know that its just a container with multiple files in it, for each 1 video and 2 audio contents. So are you more wanting to convert to a different type? As to your direct question - virtualdub if not already mentioned.

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                        swampwiz
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                        maze3 wrote:

                        What other video players would you want to use the mkv with? If a video player is able to open mkv, it would know that its just a container with multiple files in it, for each 1 video and 2 audio contents. So are you more wanting to convert to a different type?

                        I want to use the regular Windows 10 player - i.e., the one that automatically opens when a double click on the file, or VLC, but I don't want to have to do the setting to select the English audio track. As for the type, I am fine with MKV or AVI as those types show up as icons with the first frame in File Manager. AviDemux seems to always give the message that if I have a video in MKV format, I shouldn't convert it, so maybe it is superior? I know that I don't want FLV as that doesn't show up in File Manager.

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                        • S swampwiz

                          maze3 wrote:

                          What other video players would you want to use the mkv with? If a video player is able to open mkv, it would know that its just a container with multiple files in it, for each 1 video and 2 audio contents. So are you more wanting to convert to a different type?

                          I want to use the regular Windows 10 player - i.e., the one that automatically opens when a double click on the file, or VLC, but I don't want to have to do the setting to select the English audio track. As for the type, I am fine with MKV or AVI as those types show up as icons with the first frame in File Manager. AviDemux seems to always give the message that if I have a video in MKV format, I shouldn't convert it, so maybe it is superior? I know that I don't want FLV as that doesn't show up in File Manager.

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                          sunilget
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                          Add/remove audio track etc Use mkvtoolnix Download

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