Remove Audio

Strip the audio track from a video, leaving a silent clip.

Overview

The Remove Audio node removes the audio track from a video and outputs a silent clip. The video stream is stream-copied (-c:v copy), so there’s no re-encode — the operation is lossless and near-instant.

It’s the video half of “splitting” a clip — pair it with Extract Audio (the audio half), or use it on its own to mute a video before injecting new sound.

There are no settings — connect a video and run.

Inputs & Outputs

Inputs: Video (required)

Outputs:

• Video (silent)

Configuration

This node has no configurable fields.

Best Practices

• Use this when you want to replace a video’s audio: Remove Audio → Merge Video & Audio with your new track. (Merge can also drop the original audio directly, so pre-muting is optional.)
• Want the audio track instead of the silent video? Use Extract Audio.

Common Use Cases

• Mute a video before adding sound effects or a different soundtrack
• Produce a clean, silent background clip for compositing
• Drop an unwanted audio track losslessly without re-encoding

Tips

• Because the video is stream-copied, output quality and codec are identical to the input — no quality loss and very fast.
• If the video already has no audio, the node simply returns it unchanged (silent).