Remove audio tracks from quicktime

[Mark Spano]

QT Change is what you’re looking for – demo version is free for 8 clips at a time…

[Daniel Edelman]

This is exactly what I need, but the demo doesn’t seem to work for me. Every file is greyed out, I can’t select it or drag-and-drop. Do you use it? Any ideas? I’ve sent and e-mail to the developer for help.

[Massimo Croce]

with quicktime pro you can delete audio track.
open QT file in Quicktime pro 7 command+j select audio track you want delete and delete.

Mac Pro “Eight Core” 2.26 (2009/Nehalem)
6GB ram Black Magic Decklink HD
final Cut Studio 3, Abobe After Effetcs, Davinci.

[Jason Brown]

very important note. You HAVE to “save as” to modify the file. If you simply do a save…it removes the link to the deleted tracks, but the file size remains the same.

[Daniel Edelman]

I know QT pro can do it, but I need a “batch” option because I have lot’s of files to alter.

[Mark Spano]

Open QTChange
Click “Select source folder” (folder where your QTs live)
Choose tracks to delete (A1, A2, etc.)
Click “Do it”
done.

Please be aware there is NO undo to this process, so make duplicates of your source footage prior to this process if you think you might want to go back at some point.

[Daniel Edelman]

I Found my error-
When batch exporting QTs form FCP, I neglected to give them extensions. QtChange cannot load the file without the .mov, even though quicktime can load and play the file. Lesson learned.

FYI I plan to batch add the extensions with “A Better Finder Rename”, then remove the extraneous tracks with QTChange. This should be a big enough slap in the face to force me to be more careful with my settings!

[Jason Brown]

[Daniel Edelman] “add the extensions with “A Better Finder Rename”, “

Try name mangler…I love it…never tried better finder renamer.