# Video Background Noise Remover

**Use case:** 

Remove background noise from the audio of MP4, MOV or WEBM videos. The picture is copied, only the sound is replaced.

## Input

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Leximap_presentation_for_Team_Challenges.webm"
  ],
  "reduction": "maximum",
  "postFilter": false,
  "normalizeLoudness": true,
  "targetLufs": -16,
  "outputFormat": "mp3",
  "bitrateKbps": 192,
  "keepVideo": true,
  "maxMinutesPerFile": 1,
  "maxFileSizeMb": 1000
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "Source URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "durationSecs": {
    "label": "Duration (s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "billedMinutes": {
    "label": "Billed minutes",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "outputUrl": {
    "label": "Cleaned file URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "outputFormat": {
    "label": "Output format",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "noiseFloorBeforeDb": {
    "label": "Noise floor before (dB)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "noiseFloorAfterDb": {
    "label": "Noise floor after (dB)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "noiseReductionDb": {
    "label": "Noise reduction (dB)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "loudnessBeforeLufs": {
    "label": "Loudness before (LUFS)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "loudnessAfterLufs": {
    "label": "Loudness after (LUFS)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error / note",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Audio Noise Remover API: Clean Speech in MP3, WAV, MP4 Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Video Background Noise Remover". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/PacOkt2tpMOntltyf) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Video Background Noise Remover" task

The Audio Noise Remover API: Clean Speech in MP3, WAV, MP4 Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like audio or video file urls, noise reduction strength, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Video Background Noise Remover" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as source url, status, title, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Video Background Noise Remover" task via API](https://apify.com/magnova/audio-noise-remover.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Audio Noise Remover API: Clean Speech in MP3, WAV, MP4](https://apify.com/magnova/audio-noise-remover.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/magnova/audio-noise-remover.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/magnova/audio-noise-remover.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).