AmolDerickSoans/ffmpeg-mcpMCPMCP Server

ffmpeg-mcp

Model Context Protocol Server to facilitate llms to able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created.

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MCP server that lets LLMs manipulate audio/video files and streams using FFmpeg commands.

Use this when

need to extract audio from a video file
want to convert a batch of videos to a different format
must merge multiple audio tracks into one file
required to stream a live video feed with filters applied
need to resize or crop images before processing

Don't use when

working with non-media files like spreadsheets or documents
building a text-only chatbot without media needs

Capabilities

decode video/audio files to raw formats
encode raw streams into target formats
transcode between formats without re-encoding
mux/demux multiple media streams
apply video/audio filters in real-time
stream media with low-latency processing

InstallMCPRun via uvx (Python)

Universal installANY TOOL

$ npx skillcity@latest AmolDerickSoans/ffmpeg-mcp

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Requires Node.js 18+ (ships with npx).

Or install manually

uvx ffmpeg-mcp

MCP Configuration

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ffmpeg-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ffmpeg-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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