# Remove audio track from MKV without remuxing? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [August 7, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873 "2019-08-07T14:37:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Link2811](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/link2811/32/141960_2.png) [@Link2811](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Link2811)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/1 "2019-08-07T14:37:10Z")
Hello ! I just wanted to know if there is a quick way to remove (or at least hide with a flag, or corrupting, or whatever) an audio track from an mkv ? I just tried it with mkvtoolnix. It works well but the remuxing process takes about 15min per file (4K) Thank you šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/2 "2019-08-07T15:02:53Z")
You canā€™t hide per se. If the track exists then it will show up. You could use the Header Editor in mkvtoolnix to change the flags to enable/disable the track. Though, the track still exists within the MKV file. I know many 3rd party video players honor the disable flag. Iā€™m not sure plex will. ---
**Author:** ![JuiceWSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/juicewsa/32/12253_2.png) [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/3 "2019-08-07T15:03:55Z")
If you want to remove a track youā€™ll have to make a new package with that track not in it - remuxing is the only way I know (I am ready to learn a new trick, however - if one exists). I did recently yank about 9 language tracks I couldnā€™t use out of a file. I donā€™t know if Iā€™d want them merely disabled. I did seem much happier when they were gone. ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/4 "2019-08-07T15:20:55Z")
Nope. Plex will not honor the disable flag Ran a few tests. ![p1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/f/1/f11c5ea2d912f40c44e7a2933c47a301bc2a8feb.png) ![p2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/0/e/0e20aab0315841c2ae98c6325b302978600664aa.png) ![p3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/3/e/3e5bf56487d231402782b93b5893eb177125b299.png) ![p4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/6/3/632d122bc4c204322272ed845aaeede06ea955ea.png) ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/5 "2019-08-07T15:25:06Z")
Though, you knowā€¦ If you have your audio/subtitle setting correct and changed the language of the track you can ā€œtrickā€ plex. [https://support.plex.tv/articles/204985278-account-audio-subtitle-language-settings/#toc-0](https://support.plex.tv/articles/204985278-account-audio-subtitle-language-settings/#toc-0) ---
**Author:** ![Link2811](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/link2811/32/141960_2.png) [@Link2811](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Link2811)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/6 "2019-08-07T15:25:07Z")
Sadly, the ā€œtrack enabledā€ flag is not working. I add it with ā€œnoā€ value for all tracks but one, but they still show up in Plex ā˜¹ @JuiceWSA This is what Iā€™m waiting, a new trick to avoid remuxing, I just hope it exists šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Link2811](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/link2811/32/141960_2.png) [@Link2811](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Link2811)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/7 "2019-08-07T15:27:29Z")
Unfortunately, that will not help me, as Iā€™ve got an issue a bit more complex than that : see here [Plex on LG TV is slowly biting me](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-on-lg-tv-is-slowly-biting-me/441141) šŸ˜¢ ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/8 "2019-08-07T15:29:52Z")
Well, does your app show the language. If so, you will know Und or Chi, or whatever is not the track for you. ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/9 "2019-08-07T15:31:29Z")
> [@Link2811](#): > > but the remuxing process takes about 15min per file If possible, put the source and destination on separate drives. It will speed up the remux process since there will be less read/write contention on each drive. ---
**Author:** ![Link2811](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/link2811/32/141960_2.png) [@Link2811](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Link2811)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/10 "2019-08-07T15:42:53Z")
Indeed, it shows the language, but the track that will play is completely random. I could select English, and have an italian track playing. Unfortunately, for french, we have french and canadian french tracks. A real pleasure to realize, 30 minutes in the movie, that Plex chose the canadian french instead of french, thanks to a famous actor not fitting the voice you know. ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/11 "2019-08-07T15:43:46Z")
More testingā€¦ It all depends on what your LG app displays but heres another way. ![codec1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/0/f/0f44c3f923129b36215b1ad7dc3d4e078dab1837.jpeg) ![codec2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/0/3/031d18a7a8a71e08e7a0e603daf631b45646c3b6.jpeg) I suppose you can use any codecID. ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/12 "2019-08-07T15:44:39Z")
> [@Link2811](#): > > I could select English, and have an italian track playing. Ohā€¦ Okay. That does pose a unique issue. ---
**Author:** ![JuiceWSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/juicewsa/32/12253_2.png) [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/13 "2019-08-07T15:45:17Z")
> [@Link2811](#): > > @JuiceWSA This is what Iā€™m waiting, a new trick to avoid remuxing, I just hope it exists šŸ˜ƒ I seem to recall waiting on a remux when it occurred to me the best time to handle that would be at creation - I found the thing in MakeMKV that only automatically ticks the default language for audio/subs. That helped. Then shortly after that I started pouring everything through Xmedia Recode to copy the video track, normalize, re-lable, remove audio tracks, fiddle with subs, and such - that remuxes anyway, is just part of doing bidness, so doesnā€™t take any ā€˜extraā€™ timeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/14 "2019-08-07T15:49:05Z")
Well, that sucks. Itā€™s all plex fault by not honoring the flags that are set fourth. Itā€™s like if self driving cars didnā€™t obey traffic signs. ---
**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/15 "2019-08-07T18:54:37Z")
Iā€™m not sure if this is possible, but can you use mkvpropedit to change the audio codec to some other name. If the codec name is unknown, PMS might ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/17 "2019-08-07T19:57:21Z")
> [@anon18523487](#): > > Itā€™s more of a problem with mkv files. It lets you stick anything in there, including any random flag you want. Okay, that may be true but Plex can enforce any value it chooses. Itā€™s not like we the people donā€™t already have to comply with the naming/tagging/organizing that plex has set as a standard. One more wonā€™t hurt(well, it might) but how about an option. `Obey Media Container Flags` or `Override Media Container Flags` Itā€™s the best of both worlds. The ones that donā€™t know what they are doing and only download and drop media into plex and wait a minute or so, then play the media. And the ones that are an\*l, particular, perfectionists, guruā€™s that spin much time fine tuning their media to be the most optimized for plex, changing codec, containers, setting/arranging tracks, adding/removing titles including track titles, setting flags, etcā€¦ It be nice if there was an override toggle. You know, The Plex Way(the default vaule) and The Container Way. > [@anon18523487](#): > > to change the audio codec to some other name. If the codec name is unknown, PMS might ignore it. unfortunately not. I already tried(last 2 pictures above) and plex just displays ā€œNONEā€ ---
**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/18 "2019-08-07T20:01:50Z")
> [@NewPlaza](#): > > unfortunately not. I already tried(last 2 pictures above) and plex just displays ā€œNONEā€ Ah. Thought you were just changing the language. Ok. Create a feature request to obey the ā€œdisableā€ flag. Or is it ā€œenableā€. Canā€™t remember what the actual name is. ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/19 "2019-08-07T20:09:03Z")
> [@anon18523487](#): > > ā€œdisableā€ flag. Or is it ā€œenableā€. Canā€™t remember what the actual name is. I guess ā€œenableā€ ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/0/5/05071312b0874645749878aa88c4780555ed5081.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![NewPlaza](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/newplaza/32/128634_2.png) [@NewPlaza](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NewPlaza)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/20 "2019-08-07T20:18:59Z")
@Link2811 Though I would put more information in the link you provided. If true, this seems to be a very bad bug. To select track #1 to find out itā€™s really track #2 I am real curious to see info on one of your problem mkvā€™sā€¦ You might want to add it to your other post thoughā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Link2811](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/link2811/32/141960_2.png) [@Link2811](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Link2811)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873/21 "2019-08-07T22:35:41Z")
Unfortunately, Iā€™m not the only one eg : [LG WebOS 4.0 wrong language](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lg-webos-4-0-wrong-language/238271) or [[BUG] Wrong audio track despite of what is chosen](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-wrong-audio-track-despite-of-what-is-chosen/435164/8) And this problem is occuring with all MKVs (or at least, all 4K MKVs) ā€¦ [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remove-audio-track-from-mkv-without-remuxing/442873.md?page=2)