diff --git a/src/lib/components/functional/FormatDropdown.svelte b/src/lib/components/functional/FormatDropdown.svelte
index b3cd5e5..07f35d3 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/functional/FormatDropdown.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/functional/FormatDropdown.svelte
@@ -156,12 +156,23 @@
 		);
 	});
 
+	// TODO: better hiddenFormats logic lol
 	const filteredData = $derived.by(() => {
 		const activeCategory =
 			currentCategory && availableCategories.includes(currentCategory)
 				? currentCategory
 				: availableCategories[0];
 
+		const hiddenFormats: string[] = [];
+
+		// if audio to video, hide these video formats (because they do not want audio tracks lol)
+		const nonAudioVideoFormats = [".gif", ".webp", ".apng", ".h264"];
+		if (
+			activeCategory === "video" &&
+			categories["audio"]?.formats.includes(from ?? "")
+		)
+			hiddenFormats.push(...nonAudioVideoFormats);
+
 		// if no query, return formats for current category
 		if (!searchQuery) {
 			const formats = getFormats(activeCategory ?? "");
@@ -182,7 +193,7 @@
 
 			return {
 				categories: availableCategories,
-				formats,
+				formats: formats.filter((f) => !hiddenFormats.includes(f)),
 				isFallback: false,
 				resolvedCategory: activeCategory ?? currentCategory,
 			};
@@ -192,7 +203,12 @@
 		const animatedFormats = [".webp", ".apng", ".gif"];
 
 		const matches = (f: string, cat?: string) => {
-			if (!normalize(f).includes(query) || shouldExclude(f)) return false;
+			if (
+				!normalize(f).includes(query) ||
+				shouldExclude(f) ||
+				hiddenFormats.includes(f)
+			)
+				return false;
 			// if imageSequence and image category, only show animated formats
 			if (imageSequence && (cat ?? activeCategory) === "image") {
 				return animatedFormats.includes(f);
@@ -232,7 +248,7 @@
 		// show categories with matches, formats from within resolved category
 		return {
 			categories: matchingCategories,
-			formats,
+			formats: formats.filter((f) => !hiddenFormats.includes(f)),
 			isFallback: false,
 			resolvedCategory,
 		};
diff --git a/src/lib/converters/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.svelte.ts b/src/lib/converters/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.svelte.ts
index 3a64ead..9bb5970 100644
--- a/src/lib/converters/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/lib/converters/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.svelte.ts
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ export class FFmpegConverter extends Converter {
 					audioBitrateArgs,
 					sampleRateArgs,
 					channelsArgs,
-					tracksArgs,
 				);
 			} else {
 				this.log("Using solid color background");
@@ -565,7 +564,6 @@ export class FFmpegConverter extends Converter {
 					audioBitrateArgs,
 					sampleRateArgs,
 					channelsArgs,
-					tracksArgs,
 				);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/lib/converters/ffmpeg/utils/ffmpeg.ts b/src/lib/converters/ffmpeg/utils/ffmpeg.ts
index 74c7721..199e7db 100644
--- a/src/lib/converters/ffmpeg/utils/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/src/lib/converters/ffmpeg/utils/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ export const avWithArt = (
 	audioBitrateArgs: string[],
 	sampleRateArgs: string[],
 	channelsArgs: string[],
-	tracksArgs: string[],
 ): string[] => {
 	return [
 		"-loop",
@@ -65,6 +64,8 @@ export const avWithArt = (
 		"cover.jpg",
 		"-i",
 		"input",
+		"-map",
+		"0:v:0",
 		"-vf",
 		"scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2",
 		"-shortest",
@@ -72,12 +73,13 @@ export const avWithArt = (
 		"yuv420p",
 		"-r",
 		"1",
+		"-map",
+		"1:a:0",
 		...codecArgs,
 		...metadataArgs,
 		...audioBitrateArgs,
 		...sampleRateArgs,
 		...channelsArgs,
-		...tracksArgs,
 		"output" + to,
 	];
 };
@@ -90,7 +92,6 @@ export const avWithBg = (
 	audioBitrateArgs: string[],
 	sampleRateArgs: string[],
 	channelsArgs: string[],
-	tracksArgs: string[],
 ): string[] => {
 	return [
 		"-f",
@@ -99,17 +100,20 @@ export const avWithBg = (
 		"color=c=black:s=512x512:rate=1",
 		"-i",
 		"input",
+		"-map",
+		"0:v:0",
 		"-shortest",
 		"-pix_fmt",
 		"yuv420p",
 		"-r",
 		"1",
+		"-map",
+		"1:a:0",
 		...codecArgs,
 		...metadataArgs,
 		...audioBitrateArgs,
 		...sampleRateArgs,
 		...channelsArgs,
-		...tracksArgs,
 		"output" + to,
 	];
 };