---
title: "strip audio from video file"
date: 2021-01-09T15:27:08+01:00
draft: false
snippet_types:
- ffmpeg
---

Easy way to remove audio from a video file using ffmpeg

```shell
ffmpeg -i $input_file -c copy -an $output_file
```

source: [superuser](https://superuser.com/questions/268985/remove-audio-from-video-file-with-ffmpeg)