Schema | mcp-ffmpeg

mcp-ffmpeg

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
No arguments

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{ "listChanged": true }

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
check_dependenciesA	Check if ffmpeg and ffprobe are installed and available in PATH. Returns status, version, and installation instructions if missing.
get_media_infoA	Get metadata about a local media file (video or audio): duration, resolution, codecs, format, filesize. Uses ffprobe.
extract_framesA	Extract frames/screenshots from a local video file at regular intervals. Returns images as base64 that Claude can see and analyze.
extract_audioA	Extract/convert audio from a local video file to MP3. Returns the path to the extracted audio file.
split_audioA	Split an audio file into chunks of N minutes. Returns paths to all chunk files. Useful for processing large files that exceed API size limits.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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