FFmpeg MCP Server

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About

Overview

The FFmpeg MCP Server enables AI agents to work with audio and video files using FFmpeg. It provides tools for transcoding, trimming, merging, extracting audio, generating thumbnails, and querying media file metadata. Requires FFmpeg to be installed on the system.

Capabilities

Tools & Capabilities

⚡transcode

Convert media to a different format

⚡trim

Trim audio or video to a time range

⚡extract_audio

Extract audio track from a video

⚡get_info

Get media file information (duration, codec, resolution)

⚡thumbnail

Generate a thumbnail from a video

Setup

Installation

bash

Install

npx -y mcp-server-ffmpeg

Examples

Example Usage

javascript

Usage

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ffmpeg": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-ffmpeg"]
    }
  }
}

Quick Info

Authorcommunity

LanguageTypeScript

StatusStable

Stars★ 70

Last UpdatedFeb 12, 2026