Anyone know how to strip the audio from an .avi file?

[northwind]

I've got a music video which I downloaded a while back, and I'd like to use the audio off it to soundtrack one of my AR vids, but I can't figure out how to get rid of the video and just keep the audio. The version I have is an .avi but I think I could reaquire it in .mpeg if that's easier... Any ideas?

[Filipe M.]

Try running it through VLC (VideoLAN Client). Fire up VLC, Wizard, Transcode/Save to file, select only the audio stream and the rest is pretty self explanatory. Should do the trick nice and easy without complications. Shout if you need more help.

[northwind]

Aargh, I just uninstalled that yesterday :D

[Filipe M.]

Glad to be of service! :lol:

[northwind]

Hmm. It looks like it's working, but so far it either doesn't produce a file, or it produces a silent file, or on one occasion it produced a nice spectrum loading tape sound :) I'll keep playing with it

[Filipe M.]

Hmm. It looks like it's working, but so far it either doesn't produce a file, or it produces a silent file, or on one occasion it produced a nice spectrum loading tape sound :) I'll keep playing with it

Try stripping it to an uncompressed .wav file (.wav encapsulation). The mpeg options are producing weird results here too :rolleyes:

[northwind]

That did it- thanks a lot! That VLC's a temperamental sod, it seems like because I wasn't adding the .wav extension it just decided to do the transcoding, but not bother to save it :P

[Filipe M.]

You're welcome ;)

[startrek.steve]

I've got a music video which I downloaded a while back, and I'd like to use the audio off it to soundtrack one of my AR vids, but I can't figure out how to get rid of the video and just keep the audio. The version I have is an .avi but I think I could reaquire it in .mpeg if that's easier... Any ideas?

You need to get a program called ProjectX. It splits all video files into their components of video & audio. It creates the audio as MP2, but most programs will load it as a playable soundfile.

[appollo1]

You computer wizards really amaze me.

I've just read through this thread and all I read was blah blah blah blah balh blah blah blah


:confused::confused::confused::confused:

[Filipe M.]

I can explain it again in portuguese, if you find it helpful!

[SoulKiss]

You computer wizards really amaze me.

I've just read through this thread and all I read was blah blah blah blah balh blah blah blah


:confused::confused::confused::confused:

I wont go into how cool VLC really is and tell you how to fix it up so that 4 .orgers were able to watch the same video as I was when the video files were at my home, I was at work, 2 of them were in central London, one in North London and one in Portugal then :)

[Filipe M.]

I wont go into how cool VLC really is and tell you how to fix it up so that 4 .orgers were able to watch the same video as I was when the video files were at my home, I was at work, 2 of them were in central London, one in North London and one in Portugal then :)

:smt039