The Video & Audio Editing MCP Server enables AI assistants to perform professional-grade video and audio editing operations through FFmpeg, including format conversion, trimming, overlays, transitions, and advanced audio processing.
Before installing the server, ensure you have:
uv
package managerThe simplest way to get started is through the Smithery MCP registry.
# Install uv if you haven't already
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/misbahsy/video-audio-mcp.git
cd video-audio-mcp
# Install dependencies with uv
uv sync
# Verify FFmpeg installation
ffmpeg -version
# With uv (recommended)
uv run server.py
# Or with traditional python
python server.py
# Or with specific transport
python -c "from server import mcp; mcp.run(transport='stdio')"
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json
:
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"VideoAudioServer": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/your/video-audio-mcp",
"run",
"server.py"
]
}
}
}
Alternative configuration using Python directly:
{
"mcpServers": {
"VideoAudioServer": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["/path/to/video-audio-mcp/server.py"]
}
}
}
File → Preferences → Cursor Settings → MCP
VideoAudioServer
command
uv --directory /path/to/your/video-audio-mcp run server.py
Alternative command: /path/to/python /path/to/video-audio-mcp/server.py
Add to your MCP configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"VideoAudioServer": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/your/video-audio-mcp",
"run",
"server.py"
],
"env": {}
}
}
}
extract_audio_from_video
- Extract audio tracks from video filestrim_video
- Cut video segments with precise timingconvert_video_format
- Convert between video formats (MP4, MOV, AVI, etc.)convert_video_properties
- Comprehensive video property conversionchange_aspect_ratio
- Adjust video aspect ratios with padding or croppingset_video_resolution
- Change video resolution with quality preservationset_video_codec
- Switch video codecs (H.264, H.265, VP9, etc.)set_video_bitrate
- Adjust video quality and file sizeset_video_frame_rate
- Change playback frame ratesconvert_audio_format
- Convert between audio formats (MP3, WAV, AAC, etc.)convert_audio_properties
- Comprehensive audio property conversionset_audio_bitrate
- Adjust audio quality and compressionset_audio_sample_rate
- Change audio sample ratesset_audio_channels
- Convert between mono and stereoset_video_audio_track_codec
- Change audio codec in video filesset_video_audio_track_bitrate
- Adjust audio bitrate in videosset_video_audio_track_sample_rate
- Change audio sample rate in videosset_video_audio_track_channels
- Adjust audio channels in videosadd_subtitles
- Burn subtitles with custom stylingadd_text_overlay
- Add dynamic text overlays with timingadd_image_overlay
- Insert watermarks and logosadd_b_roll
- Insert B-roll footage with transitionsadd_basic_transitions
- Apply fade in/out effectsconcatenate_videos
- Join multiple videos with optional transitionschange_video_speed
- Create slow-motion or time-lapse effectsremove_silence
- Automatically remove silent segmentshealth_check
- Verify server status"Can you convert this MP4 file to MOV format?"
→ Uses: convert_video_format
"Trim the video from 30 seconds to 2 minutes"
→ Uses: trim_video
"Extract the audio from this video as MP3"
→ Uses: extract_audio_from_video
"Create a highlight reel by concatenating these 3 clips with fade transitions"
→ Uses: concatenate_videos with transition effects
"Add my logo watermark to the top-right corner of this video"
→ Uses: add_image_overlay
"Remove all silent parts from this podcast recording"
→ Uses: remove_silence
"Add subtitles to this video with custom styling"
→ Uses: add_subtitles
"Convert this 4K video to 1080p, reduce bitrate to 2Mbps, and change to H.265 codec"
→ Uses: convert_video_properties
"Create a social media version: change to 9:16 aspect ratio, add text overlay, and compress"
→ Uses: change_aspect_ratio, add_text_overlay, set_video_bitrate
"Insert B-roll footage at 30 seconds with a fade transition"
→ Uses: add_b_roll
# Convert MP4 to MOV with specific properties
convert_video_properties(
input_video_path="input.mp4",
output_video_path="output.mov",
target_format="mov",
resolution="1920x1080",
video_codec="libx264",
video_bitrate="5M",
frame_rate=30
)
# Add multiple text overlays with different timings
add_text_overlay(
video_path="input.mp4",
output_video_path="output.mp4",
text_elements=[
{
"text": "Welcome to our presentation",
"start_time": "0",
"end_time": "3",
"font_size": 48,
"font_color": "white",
"x_pos": "center",
"y_pos": "center"
},
{
"text": "Chapter 1: Introduction",
"start_time": "5",
"end_time": "8",
"font_size": 36,
"box": True,
"box_color": "[email protected]"
}
]
)
# Join videos with crossfade transition
concatenate_videos(
video_paths=["clip1.mp4", "clip2.mp4"],
output_video_path="final.mp4",
transition_effect="dissolve",
transition_duration=1.5
)
FFmpeg not found
# Install FFmpeg
# macOS: brew install ffmpeg
# Ubuntu: sudo apt install ffmpeg
# Windows: Download from https://ffmpeg.org/
Permission errors
# Ensure file permissions
chmod +x server.py
MCP server not connecting
python server.py
Run with debug logging:
python server.py --log-level DEBUG
There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file so that it is available in all of your projects.
If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json
file.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json
file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"cursor-rules-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"cursor-rules-mcp"
]
}
}
}
To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json
file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.
Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.
The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.
You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.