On Jan 22, 2014 6:34 PM, "Catalin Soare" <<a href="mailto:lolinux.soare@gmail.com">lolinux.soare@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > On Jan 22, 2014 10:37 AM, "thufir" <<a href="mailto:hawat.thufir@gmail.com">hawat.thufir@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > I like totem, or, failing that, GNOME mplayer. But it seems only vlc has > > a menu option to disable the video track? > > > > <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/339990/is-it-possible-to-disable-the-video-">http://askubuntu.com/questions/339990/is-it-possible-to-disable-the-video-</a> > > output-in-a-video-player-but-keep-the-audio > > > > There are plenty of videos where I'm only interested in the audio, just > > wondering if anyone has more options. > > > > > > thanks, > > > > Thufir > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-users mailing list > > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > Hello! > > You might want to take a look at mplayer. It could do that in batch mode, with: > mplayer -vo=null (if I'm not mistaking?) > Anyway for these kinds of options you will get away with it if you only read the help. > There are tons of usage examples on the web. Awesome player and you might also be interested in mencoder, the mplayer's encoder for more advanced media conversion capabilities. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > > -- > Sent from my Brick (TM) I'll need to correct myself: mplayer -vo null something.mpg According to <a href="http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/4919/using-mplayer-to-play-the-audio-only-but-suppress-the-video">http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/4919/using-mplayer-to-play-the-audio-only-but-suppress-the-video</a>. Cheers!