Disconnecting strips in Blender VSE

Starting with version 4.5, when adding new strips to the Blender video screen editor (VSE), the strip is added immediately connected to an audio track. This can be more convenient for working with the strip, as the audio track automatically follows the video when we move and drag it. However, if we need to trim or move the audio to another section of the video, we must first disconnect the video and audio tracks.

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We can manually disconnect connected strips by selecting the following items in the Sequencer menu:

Strip – Disconnect Strips

After this, the audio and video strips will be disconnected, allowing us to conveniently work with them separately.

To back the operation and reconnect strips, select:

Strip – Connect Strips

We can also unlink and reconnect strips using the Blender Python API.

To disconnect connected strips, we can use the following operator:

This operator will disconnedt the currently active video and audio strips if they are connected.

For connecting selected strips, use the operator:

By calling this operator, we can connect back the audio and video tracks.