Mute Video

What does Mute Video do?

Mute Video removes audio tracks from video files while preserving 100% of the original video quality. Perfect for creating silent videos, preparing footage for voice-over replacement, or removing unwanted audio.

• Ultra-fast processing - uses stream copy, no re-encoding required
• 100% quality preservation - video quality is completely untouched
• Multiple formats - supports MP4, WebM, MKV, AVI, MOV
• Batch processing - mute multiple videos in a single run
• Optional format conversion while muting
• Output files stored in Key-Value Store with direct download URLs
• Export results via JSON, CSV, Excel, or integrate with any workflow
• Connect to any AI chatbot using Apify MCP server

What formats are supported?

MP4	WebM	MKV
AVI	MOV

How to mute videos with Mute Video?

1. Create a free Apify account using your email.
2. Open Mute Video.
3. Add video URLs that you want to mute.
4. Optionally select a different output format.
5. Click the "Start" button and wait for the processing to complete.
6. Download your muted videos from the Key-Value Store.

Input

Configure the muter with these parameters:

• files: Array of video URLs to mute (required)
• outputFormat: Output format - same, mp4, webm, mkv, avi, mov (default: same)

Input JSON

{
    "files": [
        "https://example.com/video-with-music.mp4",
        "https://example.com/interview.webm"
    ],
    "outputFormat": "same"
}

Output

Muted videos are saved to the Key-Value Store with direct download URLs. Metadata for each processed video is pushed to the Dataset.

Here's an example of the output data:

{
    "inputFileUrl": "https://example.com/video-with-music.mp4",
    "inputFileName": "video-with-music.mp4",
    "outputFormat": "mp4",
    "outputFileKey": "video-with-music-1706789012345.mp4",
    "outputFileUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/abc123/records/video-with-music-1706789012345.mp4",
    "inputSizeBytes": 52428800,
    "outputSizeBytes": 41943040,
    "durationSeconds": 120,
    "processingTimeMs": 567,
    "processedAt": "2024-02-01T12:30:00.000Z"
}

How can I use muted videos?

• Voice-over preparation - remove original audio before adding narration
• Background videos - create silent loops for presentations or websites
• Music video remixing - remove original soundtrack for remixes
• Copyright compliance - remove copyrighted audio from footage
• Silent previews - create muted versions for autoplay contexts
• Subtitle-only content - prepare videos where only subtitles are needed

FAQ

How much does it cost to use Mute Video?

Mute Video uses the pay-per-event (PPE) pricing model. You're charged $0.000278 per second of video duration (~$1/hour). For example, muting a 2-minute (120 second) video costs approximately $0.033. Your costs can be easily calculated using the information in the Actor's pricing tab.

Can I use integrations with Mute Video?

You can integrate Mute Video with almost any cloud service or web app. We offer integrations with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and plenty more.

Alternatively, you could use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs, such as getting a notification when Mute Video successfully finishes a run.

Can I use Mute Video with the Apify API?

The Apify API gives you programmatic access to the Apify platform. The API is organized around RESTful HTTP endpoints that enable you to manage, schedule, and run Apify Actors. The API also lets you access any datasets, monitor Actor performance, fetch results, create and update versions, and more.

To access the API using Node.js, use the apify-client NPM package. To access the API using Python, use the apify-client PyPI package.

Can I use Mute Video through an MCP Server?

With Apify API, you can use almost any Actor in conjunction with an MCP server. You can connect to the MCP server using clients like Claude Desktop and LibreChat, or even build your own.

Your feedback

We're always working on improving the performance of our Actors. If you have any technical feedback for Mute Video or found a bug, please create an issue in the Issues tab.