May I suggest LosslessCut if you're not too keen on using command line and FFMpeg? FFMpeg is great and LosslessCut uses it for cutting videos into segments, erasing the bits you don't like, and saving them separately or merged, without any loss in quality. It leaves the video as it is, just without the unnecessary bits of your choosing. Like when the "prn" you like has a 20 min intro, only to have 10 min of action. Editing videos is very simple and quick. Even fun I'd say, but that mostly depends on the video material, I reckon. You can also save all the tracks within the video into separate files without any loss of quality, video as well as audio. It's a great open source and multi-platform program I've been using for years now. You can use it to edit any audio files losslessly, too.

Cheers!



p.s. don't download v3.65 yet, use 3.64 instead.
p.s.2 gosh it's complicated to link a pic from github

 

Last edited: Apr 9, 2025

reaper. import video -> export audio -> import audio back, mute video's audio. ciao

 

I use it since a pair of years to cut & merge dvb recorded sessions, I think is the best tool for lossless cut & merge. Easy as pie, beautifully effective.
FREE!

 

I've tried a bunch of ways to pull audio from video files on both Windows and Mac. For simple stuff, tools like ffmpeg work fine, but honestly I prefer something with an easier interface since I don’t always feel like messing with command lines. I’ve used Movavi’s tools before, and what sticks out is how streamlined the whole process is, just a few clicks to get high-quality MP3s or WAVs, plus it handles batch jobs pretty smoothly.

 

Fre:ac is a free audio converter and (mp4, mkv...) CD ripper with support for various popular formats and encoders. It converts freely between MP3, M4A/AAC, FLAC, WMA, Opus, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Monkey's Audio (APE), WavPack, WAV and other formats...

 

pazera free audio extractor will work for grabbing audio from videos if ffmpeg is too confusing, clipgrab for grabbing audio from youtube videos (or just downloading full videos if desired)

fre:ac for converting between various audio formats