How do i delete the audio from a video clip/layer?

[Brendan Coots]

You can’t delete the audio, AE considers the video/audio to be one single file. All you have to do is toggle the little speaker icon for each layer to turn the audio off completely for that layer.

Brendan Coots
Splitvision Digital
http://www.splitvisiondigital.com

[Diego Garcia]

Thanks Brendan,

If i turn it off will it render out as “off” when i am done?

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[Butch Golden]

“If i turn it off will it render out as “off” when i am done?”

Not necessarily.

I checked a few Export options like AVI and Avid MPEG2 and Sound is on by default so depending on the format you want to output as, you will have to uncheck Sound if output settings allow for that. There are lots of cheap or free programs to demux the audio from the video and give you a video-only stream and you really should do that outside of AE before bringing the footage into your proj if you don’t want to have to deal with it. You can eliminate the audio in most video editors by just outputting the video stream without sound.

[Steve Roberts]

It may be fine if you are using a separate music track and want to output audio in the final movie. No need to worry about demuxing or killing audio in the Output Module or Export settings — just kill the speakers for the video layers.