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video-creator/ffmpeg-mcp

Local video search, trimming, stitching and playback through conversation, using the ffmpeg command line

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Official descriptionhe following tools: find_video_path The parameters are directory and file name, file name can be complete, or is not suffixed, recursive search in the directory, return the full path get_video_info The parameters are video path, return the video info, linkes duration/fps/codec/width/height.

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claude mcp add ffmpeg-mcp -- npx -y ffmpeg-mcp

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Star count: 153 ★ · video-creator/ffmpeg-mcp · read from the GitHub search API · (checked 2026-10-16 20:00:20)
Source: collected from the punkpeye/awesome-mcp-servers list · type: MCP server
Harvest history: first seen 2026-10-09 · last seen 2026-10-16 · seen 32× · listed by 7 sources
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FFmpeg-MCP

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Using ffmpeg command line to achieve an mcp server, can be very convenient, through the dialogue to achieve the local video search, tailoring, stitching, playback and other functions
Support Tools
The server implements the following tools:
- find_video_path
The parameters are directory and file name, file name can be complete, or is not suffixed, recursive search in the directory, return the full path
- get_video_info
The parameters are video path, return the video info, linkes duration/fps/codec/width/height.
- clip_video
The parameter is the file path, start time, end time or duration, and returns the trimmed file path
- concat_videos
The parameters are the list of files, the output path, and if the video elements in the list of files, such as width, height, frame rate, etc., are consistent, quick mode synthesis is automatically used
- play_video
Play video/audio with ffplay, support many format, like mov/mp4/avi/mkv/3gp, video_path: video path speed: play rate loop: play count
- overlay_video
Two video overlay.
background_video: backgroud video path
overlay_video: front video path
output_path: output video path
position: relative location
dx: x offset
dy: y offset
- scale_video
Video scale.
video_path: in video path
width: out video width, -2 keep aspect
height: out video height, -2 keep aspect
output_path: output video path
- extract_frames_from_video
Extract images from a video.
Parameters:
video_path (str): The path to the video.
fps (int): Extract one frame every specified number of seconds. If set to 0, extract all frames; if set to 1, extract one frame per second.
output_folder (str): The directory where the images will be saved.
format (int): The format of the extracted images; 0: PNG, 1: JPG, 2: WEBP.
total_frames (int): The maximum number of frames to extract. If set to 0, there is no limit
More features are coming
Installation procedure
1. Download project
2. Configuration in Cline
Note: the value:/Users/XXX/Downloads/ffmpeg in args need to replace the actual download ffmpeg-mcp directory