About Media Utils MCP
Media Utils MCP is an MCP server published by mikechambers in the Content category: mCP to provide utilities for working with video and images.
The repository has 20 stars and 6 forks, with the last commit a year ago. Six months or more without a commit doesn't mean the server is broken, but check the open issues before depending on it in production.
Install
git clone https://github.com/mikechambers/media-utils-mcpThis server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.
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README
Media Utils MCP
MCP Server that provides audio / video file processing and analysis.
Requirements
FFMPEG
Download FFMPEG and make sure that it's in your system path.
On MacOS you can run:
brew install ffmpeg
On Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt install ffmpeg
On Windows, use Chocolatey:
choco install ffmpeg
Installation
Install the required dependencies:
npm install @modelcontextprotocol/sdk sharp fluent-ffmpeg zod
To install into Claude desktop, add the following to the claude_desktop_config.json file.
"media-utils": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"node",
"/Users/FOO/src/media-utils-mcp/src/media-utils-mcp.js",
"--permitted",
"/Users/FOO/Desktop/mcp"
]
}
Usage
To run the server:
node src/media-utils-mcp.js --permitted /path/to/dir1 /path/to/dir2
The --permitted flag is used to specify which directories roots the MCP is allowed to access for security reasons.
Development
You can run in development using the MCP inspector:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node src/media-utils-mcp.js --permitted /Users/FOO/Desktop/mcp/
Features
This MCP provides tools for analyzing media files:
-
getMediaInfo: Automatically detects whether files are images or videos and returns appropriate metadata
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getAllowedDirectories : List the directories the MCP has access to (specified in config)
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generateImagesFromVideos : Generates an image from each video, which is from a frame most representative of the content in the video.
Questions, Feature Requests, Feedback
If you have any questions, feature requests, need help, or just want to chat, join the discord.
You can also log bugs and feature requests on the issues page.
License
Project released under a MIT License.
README fetched from the repository 4 days ago. The original is authoritative.