An MCP server that provides tools for checking FFmpeg installation and converting video files between various formats.
MCP Video Converter becomes available to MCP clients through the mcp video converter mcp server. An MCP server that provides tools for checking FFmpeg installation and converting video files between various formats.
An MCP server that provides tools for checking FFmpeg installation and converting video files between various formats.
The server is distributed via npm as @smithery/cli, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.
Before the server will start you need to supply 2 environment variables: FFMPEG_PATH, SERVER_URL_OR_FILE_PATH. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.
Developer-tool servers are usually the first ones people connect, because they turn "help me with this code" into an assistant that can actually read the repo and act on it. MCP Video Converter sits in that group. Worth comparing against the other developer tools servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.
**Windows Alternative:**
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"video-convert": {
"command": "cmd.exe",
"args": [
"/c",
"cd /d C:\\absolute\\path\\to\\mcp-video-converter && .venv\\Scripts\\activate && python -m mcp_video_converter.server"
]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| FFMPEG_PATH | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
| SERVER_URL_OR_FILE_PATH | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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