mcpproducts-media

MediaMCP 🎬

One MCP server for media: convert, compress, inspect, thumbnail — plus video→knowledge (info, transcripts) for 1000+ sites.

Local-first: free tools run on your machine (ffmpeg + yt-dlp). Optional cloud tier (keyed) for Whisper-grade transcription of any URL.

Tools

Tool	Tier	What it does
media_info	free	ffprobe metadata: duration, codecs, resolution, bitrate
convert	free	ffmpeg transcode (mp3/wav/mp4/webm/gif/…) with optional extra args
compress	free	shrink video (CRF + audio bitrate), reports size reduction
thumbnail	free	extract a frame at time_s as PNG
video_info	free	yt-dlp metadata for a URL: title, duration, views, caption languages
transcript	free	clean transcript from subtitles/auto-captions, optional timestamps
cloud_transcribe	cloud	Whisper-grade transcription of any URL (needs MPX_API_KEY)

Install

Requires ffmpeg and yt-dlp on PATH (brew install ffmpeg && pip install yt-dlp or winget install Gyan.FFmpeg etc.).

Claude Code:

claude mcp add media -- uvx mcpproducts-media

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "media": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/mkorayemai-web/media-mcp", "media-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cloud tier: set MPX_API_KEY env var (from the marketplace listing) to enable cloud_transcribe.

Example prompts

• "Compress demo.mp4 to under 10 MB" → compress
• "Get the transcript of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=… with timestamps" → transcript
• "Convert call.m4a to wav 16k mono" → convert with extra_args
• "What resolution/codec is movie.mkv?" → media_info

License

MIT