Video Editor MCP Server

🚀 Video Editing MCP Server

A powerful Video Editing MCP Server that uses FFmpeg to perform video editing operations via natural language commands.

🚀 Quick Start

This is a powerful video editing MCP server that leverages FFmpeg to execute video editing operations through natural language commands.

✨ Features

Tools

The server implements a main tool:

• execute_ffmpeg: Execute FFmpeg commands with progress tracking
  • Accept an input command string
  • Validate and execute FFmpeg operations
  • Report real - time processing progress
  • Handle errors and provide detailed feedback
  • Support all FFmpeg operations including:
    • Cropping/Slicing
    • Merging videos
    • Converting formats
    • Adjusting speed
    • Adding audio tracks
    • Extracting audio
    • Adding subtitles
    • Basic filters (brightness, contrast, etc.)

📦 Installation

Prerequisites

1. FFmpeg must be installed and available in the system PATH.
2. Python 3.9 or higher.
3. Required Python packages:

   mcp
   httpx
   

Installation Steps

1. Install FFmpeg if not already installed:

   # On macOS using Homebrew
   brew install ffmpeg
   
   # On Windows using Chocolatey
   choco install ffmpeg
   
   # On Ubuntu/Debian
   sudo apt install ffmpeg
   

2. Install the video editing package:

   uv add video - editor
   

Claude Desktop Integration

Configure in your Claude Desktop configuration file: On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "video - editor": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "video - editor"]
    }
  }
}

📚 Documentation

Building and Publishing

1. Synchronize dependencies:

   uv sync
   

2. Build the package:

   uv build
   

3. Publish to PyPI:

   uv publish
   

Note: Set PyPI credentials in the following ways:

• Token: --token or UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN
• Or username/password: --username/UV_PUBLISH_USERNAME and --password/UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD

Debugging

Use the MCP inspector for the best debugging experience:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /path/to/video_editor run video - editor

💻 Usage Examples

Once connected to Claude Desktop, you can make natural language requests like this:

1. "Crop video.mp4 from 1:30 to 2:45"
2. "Convert input.mp4 to WebM format"
3. "Speed up video.mp4 by 2 times"
4. "Merge video1.mp4 and video2.mp4"
5. "Extract audio from video.mp4"
6. "Add subtitles.srt to video.mp4"

The server will:

1. Parse your request
2. Generate an appropriate FFmpeg command
3. Execute it and track the progress
4. Provide feedback upon completion

🔧 Technical Details

Error Handling

The server includes robust error - handling capabilities, including:

• Invalid input files
• Incorrect FFmpeg command formats
• Errors during execution
• Progress tracking issues

All errors are reported in detail to the client for debugging.

Security Considerations

• Only process files in well - defined allowed directories.
• Validate FFmpeg commands before execution.
• Sanitize all input parameters.
• Report detailed error messages for security - related issues.

🤝 Contribution

We welcome your contributions to this project! Please check our Contribution Guidelines for detailed information.

📄 License

This project is protected under the MIT License.