diff --git a/src/content/CloningController/CloningController.ts b/src/content/CloningController/CloningController.ts
index 2299936a..c034bb55 100644
--- a/src/content/CloningController/CloningController.ts
+++ b/src/content/CloningController/CloningController.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export type ControllerSettings =
     | 'soundedSpeed'
     | 'marginBefore'
     | 'marginAfter'
+    | 'muteSilence'
     | 'enableDesyncCorrection'
   > & {
     silenceSpeed: number,
diff --git a/src/content/StretchingController/StretcherAndPitchCorrectorNode.ts b/src/content/StretchingController/StretcherAndPitchCorrectorNode.ts
index ada5313c..c3573405 100644
--- a/src/content/StretchingController/StretcherAndPitchCorrectorNode.ts
+++ b/src/content/StretchingController/StretcherAndPitchCorrectorNode.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export default class StretcherAndPitchCorrectorNode {
   private slowDownPitchShift: PitchShift;
   private originalPitchCompensationDelay: DelayNode;
   private delayNode: DelayNode;
+  // private silenceMuter: GainNode;
   lastScheduledStretch?: StretchInfo & { speedupOrSlowdown: PitchSetting.SPEEDUP | PitchSetting.SLOWDOWN };
   private lastElementSpeedChangeAtInputTime?: Time;
 
@@ -89,9 +90,16 @@ export default class StretcherAndPitchCorrectorNode {
     this.delayNode = context.createDelay(maxDelay);
     this.delayNode.delayTime.value = initialDelay;
 
+    // this.silenceMuter = context.createGain();
+
+    // this.delayNode.connect(this.silenceMuter);
+
     this.delayNode.connect(this.speedUpGain);
     this.delayNode.connect(this.slowDownGain);
     this.delayNode.connect(this.normalSpeedGain);
+    // this.silenceMuter.connect(this.speedUpGain);
+    // this.silenceMuter.connect(this.slowDownGain);
+    // this.silenceMuter.connect(this.normalSpeedGain);
 
     ToneConnect(this.speedUpGain, this.speedUpPitchShift);
     ToneConnect(this.slowDownGain, this.slowDownPitchShift);
@@ -119,7 +127,10 @@ export default class StretcherAndPitchCorrectorNode {
   }
   connect = this.connectOutputTo;
 
-  onSilenceEnd(elementSpeedSwitchedAt: Time): void {
+  /**
+   * @returns marginBeforeStartOutputTime
+   */
+  onSilenceEnd(elementSpeedSwitchedAt: Time): Time {
     // TODO all this does look like it may cause a snowballing floating point error. Mathematically simplify this?
     // Or just use if-else?
 
@@ -213,8 +224,15 @@ export default class StretcherAndPitchCorrectorNode {
     // if (isLogging(this)) {
     //   this._log({ type: 'stretch', lastScheduledStretch: this.lastScheduledStretch });
     // }
+
+    // this.silenceMuter.gain.setValueAtTime(1, marginBeforeStartOutputTime);
+
+    return marginBeforeStartOutputTime;
   }
-  onSilenceStart(elementSpeedSwitchedAt: Time) {
+  /**
+   * @returns marginAfterEndOutputTime
+   */
+  onSilenceStart(elementSpeedSwitchedAt: Time): Time {
     this.lastElementSpeedChangeAtInputTime = elementSpeedSwitchedAt; // See the same assignment in `onSilenceEnd`.
 
     const settings = this.getSettings();
@@ -245,6 +263,10 @@ export default class StretcherAndPitchCorrectorNode {
     // if (isLogging(this)) {
     //   this._log({ type: 'reset', lastScheduledStretch: this.lastScheduledStretch });
     // }
+
+    // this.silenceMuter.gain.setValueAtTime(0, marginAfterEndOutputTime);
+
+    return marginAfterEndOutputTime;
   }
 
   private setOutputPitchAt(pitchSetting: PitchSetting, time: Time, oldPitchSetting: PitchSetting) {
diff --git a/src/content/StretchingController/StretchingController.ts b/src/content/StretchingController/StretchingController.ts
index dcad8733..d1a133f5 100644
--- a/src/content/StretchingController/StretchingController.ts
+++ b/src/content/StretchingController/StretchingController.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export type ControllerSettings =
     | 'soundedSpeed'
     | 'marginBefore'
     | 'marginAfter'
+    | 'muteSilence'
     | 'enableDesyncCorrection'
   > & {
     silenceSpeed: number,
@@ -255,6 +256,12 @@ export default class Controller {
       this._stretcherAndPitch.connectInputFrom(this._lookahead);
       toDestinationChainLastConnectedLink = this._stretcherAndPitch;
     }
+    let silenceMuter: undefined | GainNode;
+    if (this.settings.muteSilence) {
+      silenceMuter = audioContext.createGain();
+      toDestinationChainLastConnectedLink.connect(silenceMuter);
+      toDestinationChainLastConnectedLink = silenceMuter;
+    }
     toAwait.push(volumeFilterP.then(async volumeFilter => {
       mediaElementSource.connect(volumeFilter);
       this._onDestroyCallbacks.push(() => {
@@ -313,10 +320,20 @@ export default class Controller {
         const elementSpeedSwitchedAt = audioContext.currentTime;
         if (silenceStartOrEnd === SilenceDetectorEventType.SILENCE_END) {
           this._setSpeedAndLog(SpeedName.SOUNDED);
-          this._stretcherAndPitch?.onSilenceEnd(elementSpeedSwitchedAt);
+          const marginBeforeStartOutputTime = this._stretcherAndPitch?.onSilenceEnd(elementSpeedSwitchedAt);
+          // TODO See the problem? When the stretcher is disabled, the change is scheduled to now,
+          // without any lookahead.
+          // TODO we either need to take `_stretcherAndPitch`'s pitch shifters' delays into consideration (instead of
+          // just the `delayNode`) or explain why we don't.
+          const unmuteAt = marginBeforeStartOutputTime ?? audioContext.currentTime;
+          // TODO fade to negate clicking.
+          silenceMuter?.gain.setValueAtTime(1, unmuteAt);
         } else {
           this._setSpeedAndLog(SpeedName.SILENCE);
-          this._stretcherAndPitch?.onSilenceStart(elementSpeedSwitchedAt);
+          const marginAfterEndOutputTime = this._stretcherAndPitch?.onSilenceStart(elementSpeedSwitchedAt);
+          // See comments above, in the if true block.
+          const muteAt = marginAfterEndOutputTime ?? audioContext.currentTime;
+          silenceMuter?.gain.setValueAtTime(0, muteAt);
   
           if (BUILD_DEFINITIONS.BROWSER === 'chromium' && this.settings.enableDesyncCorrection) {
             // A workaround for https://github.com/vantezzen/skip-silence/issues/28.
diff --git a/src/content/extensionSettings2ControllerSettings.ts b/src/content/extensionSettings2ControllerSettings.ts
index 26143ea2..ffb023a2 100644
--- a/src/content/extensionSettings2ControllerSettings.ts
+++ b/src/content/extensionSettings2ControllerSettings.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export default function extensionSettings2ControllerSettings(extensionSettings:
     volumeThreshold: extensionSettings.volumeThreshold,
     marginBefore: extensionSettings.marginBefore,
     marginAfter: extensionSettings.marginAfter,
+    muteSilence: extensionSettings.muteSilence,
     enableDesyncCorrection: extensionSettings.enableDesyncCorrection,
 
     silenceSpeed: getAbsoluteSilenceSpeed(extensionSettings),
diff --git a/src/popup/App.svelte b/src/popup/App.svelte
index 324d4d48..9984c6fc 100644
--- a/src/popup/App.svelte
+++ b/src/popup/App.svelte
@@ -453,6 +453,23 @@ ${wouldHaveLastedIfSpeedWasIntrinsic} – how long playback would take at intrin
     bind:value={settings.silenceSpeedRaw}
     disabled={settings.experimentalControllerType === ControllerKind_CLONING}
   />
+  <label
+    use:tippyActionAsyncPreload={{
+      content: '* Bare minimum usability\n'
+        + '* Allows skipping silent parts entirely instead of playing them at a faster rate\n'
+        + '* Doesn\'t work on many websites (YouTube, Vimeo). Works for local files\n'
+        + '* No audio distortion, delay or desync\n',
+      theme: 'my-tippy white-space-pre-line',
+    }}
+    style="margin-top: 1rem; display: inline-flex; align-items: center;"
+  >
+    <input
+      bind:checked={settings.muteSilence}
+      type="checkbox"
+      style="margin: 0 0.5rem 0 0;"
+    >
+    <span>Mute silence</span>
+  </label>
   <RangeSlider
     label="Margin before (side effects: audio distortion & audio delay)"
     min="0"
diff --git a/src/settings/defaultSettings.ts b/src/settings/defaultSettings.ts
index 2c576015..85167a01 100644
--- a/src/settings/defaultSettings.ts
+++ b/src/settings/defaultSettings.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export const defaultSettings: Readonly<Settings> = {
   marginAfter:          0.100,
   previousMarginAfter:  0.100,
 
+  muteSilence: false,
+
   applyTo: 'videoOnly',
 
   enableHotkeys: true,
diff --git a/src/settings/index.ts b/src/settings/index.ts
index 764ea99e..86174c24 100644
--- a/src/settings/index.ts
+++ b/src/settings/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export interface Settings {
   marginAfter: number,
   previousMarginAfter: number,
 
+  muteSilence: boolean,
+
   applyTo: 'videoOnly' | 'audioOnly' | 'both',
 
   enableHotkeys: boolean,