I need to remove audio from video files without losing quality

[superdragon]

I am taking movies with my iPhone and am able to get the original *.MOV files onto my PC.  I need to remove the audio, but the ways that I figured out compress and degrade the quality of the video.
 
If I use VLC to convert the video (I've tried all high-quality outputs) and tweak the output settings to not include audio, the output file is compressed (much smaller than the original) and the video is too pixelated.  I can use a program called "Freemake Video Converter" to convert the file and remove the audio.  This does a much, much, better job than VLC, but the output file is also compressed (much smaller than the original) and isn't the same quality as the original.
 
Is there some tool or some method that I can use to simply remove the audio from the original *.MOV files and save them in the same exact high-quality format that they were created with, without having to compress or re-encode?
 
 
Thanks

 

[MindsMirror]

It is possible. In your software there may be an option called "direct stream copy" or something like that, which puts the video and/or audio stream into your target file container without re-encoding it.
 
I have done it previously with MediaCoder. If you can't do it with your current software, try that instead.

 

[Music Alchemist]

I use VideoPad Video Editor. It should work for you. (And it's free.)

 

[superdragon]

Dude - You sent me a link to install a spyware toolbar - are you aware of this??

 

[Music Alchemist]

  Dude - You sent me a link to install a spyware toolbar - are you aware of this??

 
Are you sure you didn't click an ad instead on his link? There are Google ads on that page that have fake download links to unrelated programs. (These are all too common.) You need to click the main download link at the top that leads to this page:
 
http://www.mediacoderhq.com/download.htm

 

[superdragon]

Sorry if I insulted Mindsmirror, but his link lead me to a page that page had a spyware link that pretended to be a legitimate download link.
 
Anyway, Thank you  - I used Videopad which did exactly what I wanted.

 

[Music Alchemist]

  Sorry if I insulted Mindsmirror, but his link lead me to a page that page had a spyware link that pretended to be a legitimate download link.
 
Anyway, Thank you  - I used Videopad which did exactly what I wanted.

 
I'm pretty sure what you clicked was just a Google ad on the page. (Instead of the real download link at the top.) Those type of ads are everywhere, and they can indeed be deceptive. But it's not the fault of the websites that host the ads, since they tend to not have control over them. (They're controlled by Google and the advertisers who pay for them.)
 
Oh, nice! Glad it worked. It's the best free video editor I know of.