Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://www.3am.pair.com/QTCoffee.html" rel="nofollow">QTCoffee</a> let's you edit track information in QuickTime files, but it's OS X only and donationware:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ modmovie -list clip.mov
  Track list for clip.mov:
      * Video Track
      * Timecode Track
      * Sound Track
  $ modmovie -disable "Sound Track" -save-in-place clip.mov
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If you are on OS X, and if you have QuickTime Pro (included in the pro apps), I would rather use that and AppleScript.</p>
  
  <p>For other platforms: <a href="http://libquicktime.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">libquicktime</a> can also <a href="http://libquicktime.sourceforge.net/doc/apiref/group__atoms.html" rel="nofollow">edit track properties</a> through it's API, so you will need to write a command line wrapper first ...</p>
  
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Body: <p>In Quicktime pro you can turn off streams in movies, without deleting the stream. Is it possible to do this with a command line application like ffmpeg?</p>
  
  <p>I have a bunch of video files that were recorded with both the crappy on-camera mic and a separate audio recorder. I've synched the sound and added it to the video, and now each clip has two audio streams. I want to keep the original audio, for reference and archival purposes but disable it. It's obviously done in metadata, but can it be done by ffmpeg?</p>
  
Tags: <ffmpeg><quicktime><audio>
Title: disabling streams in quicktime movies with ffmpeg
UserDisplayName: stib
ThreadText: # disabling streams in quicktime movies with ffmpeg
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-14)
  
  In Quicktime pro you can turn off streams in movies, without deleting the stream. Is it possible to do this with a command line application like ffmpeg?
  
  I have a bunch of video files that were recorded with both the crappy on-camera mic and a separate audio recorder. I've synched the sound and added it to the video, and now each clip has two audio streams. I want to keep the original audio, for reference and archival purposes but disable it. It's obviously done in metadata, but can it be done by ffmpeg?
  
  **Tags:** ffmpeg, quicktime, audio
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-02-15. Score: 1
  
  [QTCoffee](http://www.3am.pair.com/QTCoffee.html) let's you edit track information in QuickTime files, but it's OS X only and donationware:
  
  ```
  $ modmovie -list clip.mov
  Track list for clip.mov:
      * Video Track
      * Timecode Track
      * Sound Track
  $ modmovie -disable "Sound Track" -save-in-place clip.mov
  
  ```
  
  If you are on OS X, and if you have QuickTime Pro (included in the pro apps), I would rather use that and AppleScript.
  
  For other platforms: [libquicktime](http://libquicktime.sourceforge.net/) can also [edit track properties](http://libquicktime.sourceforge.net/doc/apiref/group__atoms.html) through it's API, so you will need to write a command line wrapper first ...
  
  
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