FFmpegSAFE
An MCP server for FFmpeg
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
A stdio MCP server to interact with ffmpeg for common media operations.
This project is sponsored by ChatWise - All-in-one LLM Chatbot with MCP support.
Usage
You need ffmpeg installed on your system first.
Then add the following command to your MCP client:
npx -y ffmpeg-mcp
By default it uses ffmpeg from your system path. You can also specify the path to ffmpeg by setting the FFMPEG_PATH environment variable, like:
FFMPEG_PATH=/path/to/ffmpeg
Tools
View tools.ts
More tools to come.
License
MIT.
1a4f12937d33OBSERVED · 2026-10-07Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add ffmpeg-mcp -- npx -y [email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"ffmpeg-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
]
}
}
}Exposed tools (2)
2 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
extract_audio | read | Extract audio as mp3 from a video |
speed_up | read | Speed up a video |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- none-observed
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (2)
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, tinyexec, zod, @types/node, prettier
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass, no_license.
1a4f12937d33full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/egoist__ffmpeg-1.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 1a4f12937d33 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the FFmpeg MCP server?
An MCP server for FFmpeg
What tools does FFmpeg expose?
2 in total: 2 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is FFmpeg safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does FFmpeg need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does FFmpeg run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as ffmpeg-mcp at 0.0.3.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (1a4f12937d33), read on 2026-10-07. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.