# mcp-video

> Guardrailed local video editing MCP with FFmpeg, subtitles, QC, SFX and Hyperframes.

- **Category:** Editing & Post
- **Vendor:** Community (KyaniteLabs) (community)
- **Pricing:** free
- **Verified:** 2026-06-28

## What it does

KyaniteLabs' mcp-video wraps FFmpeg and adjacent media tools behind typed, preflighted MCP operations. For filmmaker agents it is the safer local post bench: inspect clips, trim and merge, burn captions, normalize audio, render variants, create thumbnails, run release checkpoints, and fail early when an edit would produce bad media.

## Connect

- Claude Code: `claude mcp add mcp-video -- uvx --from mcp-video mcp-video`
- Local: `uvx --from mcp-video mcp-video`

**Auth:** none

## Capabilities

`transcode` · `trim-concat` · `captioning` · `audio-normalization` · `quality-check` · `repurposing` · `hyperframes` · `local-post`

## Sample tools

`search_tools` · `video_info` · `video_trim` · `video_merge` · `video_subtitles` · `video_normalize_audio` · `video_release_checkpoint` · `video_repurpose` · `hyperframes_render` · `video_quality_check`

## Field notes

Apache-2.0, PyPI mcp-video 1.5.1, Python >=3.11, listed in the official MCP Registry. Core editing needs FFmpeg on PATH; optional AI features pull in heavy extras (Whisper, demucs, upscalers), so install only the extras you actually need.

## Links

- Site: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-video/
- Docs: https://kyanitelabs.github.io/mcp-video/
- Repo: https://github.com/KyaniteLabs/mcp-video

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Structured data: https://mcp.film/api/mcps/mcp-video.json · Directory: https://mcp.film