Stripping an Audio stream from an AVI?

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Hi,

I have an AVI encoded with DivX5 and it has 2 soundtracks; one in English
and the other in French. Firstly, does anyone know what I can use to play
the file and only hear the one soundtrack (preferably the English one!) and
secondly, I'd like, if possible, to be able to permanently strip the French
Sountrack from the file.

I have Nero6 and VirtualDub. Would either of these be capable of doing the
job? If not, any recommendations? Freeware/Shareware would be preferable,
but I don't mind spending a few quid for a tool that'll get the job done.

Thanks,

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VerticleBee

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"erratic" <erratic@reply-to.address> wrote in message
newsTVIc.184315$wP3.8855577@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:24:40 +0100, "VerticleBee"
> <cheesetower3@claraNoSpaM.com> wrote:
>
> >I have an AVI encoded with DivX5 and it has 2 soundtracks; one in English
> >and the other in French. Firstly, does anyone know what I can use to
play
> >the file and only hear the one soundtrack (preferably the English one!)
and
> >secondly, I'd like, if possible, to be able to permanently strip the
French
> >Sountrack from the file.
>
> Media Player Classic has a built-in audio switcher.
>
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/ [...] lassic.cfm
>
> VirtualDubMod supports multiple audio streams (Streams -> Stream list).
> You can disable the French audio stream and save the avi with only the
> English stream.
> http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net/


Wow, that was quick!

Thanks for the info, erratic, I'll give it a go : )

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VerticleBee

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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:24:40 +0100, "VerticleBee"
<cheesetower3@claraNoSpaM.com> wrote:

>I have an AVI encoded with DivX5 and it has 2 soundtracks; one in English
>and the other in French. Firstly, does anyone know what I can use to play
>the file and only hear the one soundtrack

There's a DirectShow filter, Morgan Stream Switcher, which I believe
is right for this, but as I have never used it... Then there's
MediaPlayer classic, with it's own filter ("View | Options | Filters |
Audio switcher" ).

>I'd like, if possible, to be able to permanently strip the French
>Sountrack from the file.

>I have Nero6 and VirtualDub. Would either of these be capable of doing the
>job?

Not VirtualDub, but VirtualDubMod, which allows you to select the
streams to remain when making a copy -a Direct Stream Copy, that is.