# FFmpeg MCP

> Conversational FFmpeg: trim, concat, overlay, scale, and extract frames locally.

- **Category:** Editing & Post
- **Vendor:** Community (video-creator) (community)
- **Pricing:** free
- **Verified:** 2026-06-11

## What it does

Wraps the FFmpeg CLI as MCP tools for finding, probing, cutting, merging, compositing, and resizing local video files. The workhorse for agent-side post tasks on generated clips — no cloud upload, no credits.

## Connect

- Local: `uv --directory /path/to/ffmpeg-mcp run ffmpeg-mcp (after cloning the repo)`

**Auth:** none

## Capabilities

`transcode` · `trim-concat` · `overlay` · `frame-extraction` · `media-probe`

## Sample tools

`find_video_path` · `get_video_info` · `clip_video` · `concat_videos` · `overlay_video` · `scale_video` · `extract_frames_from_video`

## Field notes

134 stars, pushed May 2026 — the best-maintained ffmpeg MCP (egoist/ffmpeg-mcp is dormant since Mar 2025). Caveat: README states macOS only. Cross-platform lighter alternatives: kevinwatt/ffmpeg-mcp-lite and KyaniteLabs/mcp-video (guardrailed, active Jun 2026).

## Links

- Repo: https://github.com/video-creator/ffmpeg-mcp

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