# Mute Video (`rixin/mute-video`) Actor From $1/hr. Mute Video - Remove audio tracks from video files instantly. Preserves 100% video quality with ultra-fast processing. Supports MP4, WebM, MKV, AVI, MOV formats. Batch processing enabled. - **URL**: https://apify.com/rixin/mute-video.md - **Developed by:** [Rixin Sc](https://apify.com/rixin) (community) - **Categories:** Videos, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 7 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.01 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ### 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](https://console.apify.com/sign-up) a free Apify account using your email. 2. Open [Mute Video](https://apify.com/store). 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 ```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: ```json { "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. # Actor input Schema ## `files` (type: `array`): URLs of video files to mute. One URL per line. Supports any public URL or Apify storage URLs. ## `outputFormat` (type: `string`): Output video format. Use 'same' to keep original format. ## Actor input object example ```json { "files": [ "https://storage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/ForBiggerBlazes.mp4" ], "outputFormat": "same" } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description ## `mutedVideos` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "files": [ "https://storage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/ForBiggerBlazes.mp4" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("rixin/mute-video").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "files": ["https://storage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/ForBiggerBlazes.mp4"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("rixin/mute-video").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "files": [ "https://storage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/ForBiggerBlazes.mp4" ] }' | apify call rixin/mute-video --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=rixin/mute-video", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Mute Video", "description": "From $1/hr. Mute Video - Remove audio tracks from video files instantly. Preserves 100% video quality with ultra-fast processing. Supports MP4, WebM, MKV, AVI, MOV formats. Batch processing enabled.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "0BPACJGWopmAeY9Lm" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/rixin~mute-video/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-rixin-mute-video", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/rixin~mute-video/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-rixin-mute-video", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/rixin~mute-video/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-rixin-mute-video", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "files" ], "properties": { "files": { "title": "Video URLs", "type": "array", "description": "URLs of video files to mute. One URL per line. Supports any public URL or Apify storage URLs.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "outputFormat": { "title": "Output Format", "enum": [ "same", "mp4", "webm", "mkv", "avi", "mov" ], "type": "string", "description": "Output video format. Use 'same' to keep original format.", "default": "same" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```