iMovie MCP Server
Controls iMovie on macOS via AppleScript for automated video editing, including creating projects, trimming and arranging clips, adding transitions, and exporting.
Uses OpenAI Whisper API for accurate speech-to-text transcription with word-level timestamps and GPT-4o for analyzing transcripts to create coherent narratives and edit decisions.
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@iMovie MCP ServerCreate a 2-minute highlight reel from the videos in my watch folder."
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Video Toolkit
Remotion-powered video editing toolkit. Transcribe source footage, plan edits, compose with overlays, render final videos.
Structure
├── src/ # Remotion compositions & components
│ ├── Root.tsx # Composition registration
│ ├── index.ts # registerRoot entry
│ ├── editData.ts # Clip definitions, task list, timing
│ ├── DayTwoComposition.tsx
│ └── VideoClip.tsx # Reusable video clip player
├── public/
│ └── audio/ # Sound effects
├── transcribe/ # Python transcription tool (mlx-whisper)
│ ├── transcribe.py # Transcribes videos → JSON + .txt
│ └── transcripts/ # Generated transcripts
├── videos/ # Source footage (gitignored)
├── remotion.config.ts
├── package.json
└── tsconfig.jsonRelated MCP server: video-editor
Workflow
1. Transcribe
# Drop source videos into videos/
bun run transcribe
# Outputs to transcribe/transcripts/2. Plan edits
Edit src/editData.ts — define clips (source file, start/end timestamps), tasks, and timing.
3. Extract clips
# Extract each planned clip as a small mp4 for fast Remotion rendering
ffmpeg -ss START -i videos/SOURCE.MOV -t DURATION \
-c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -crf 22 \
-c:a aac -b:a 192k -movflags +faststart \
-y public/clips/clip-name.mp44. Preview
bun run dev5. Render
bun run render DayTwo out/final.mp4 --codec h264 --crf 20Reusable Components
VideoClip— Plays a video file frompublic/DayTwoComposition— Full video composition with Series clips, DAY #2 overlay, and terminal-style todo listeditData.ts— Data-driven clip list and task definitions
Tools
Remotion — React-based video composition
FFmpeg — Clip extraction, format conversion
mlx-whisper — Local transcription on Apple Silicon
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