How do I install the Adityaaery20/media-mcp MCP server?

Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "media-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "Adityaaery20/media-mcp"] } }

What does Adityaaery20/media-mcp do?

🐍 🏠 🍎 🪟 🐧 - Local image and video processing MCP server with 13 tools for resize, convert, compress, crop, thumbnail, metadata extraction, rotate, flip, filters, and ffmpeg-based video operations. No API keys required.

🎨 media-mcp-server

MCP server for image & video processing. No API keys. No config. Just tools.

Give your AI assistant the power to resize, convert, compress, crop, filter, and analyze images and videos — all through Model Context Protocol.

Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible client.

⚡ Quick Start

Claude Code

claude mcp add media-mcp -- uvx media-mcp-server

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code

Add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "media-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["media-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

That's it. No API keys, no accounts, no environment variables.

🛠️ Tools

Image Tools

Tool	Description
`get_image_info`	Get dimensions, format, color mode, file size, EXIF data
`resize_image`	Resize by dimensions or scale factor with aspect ratio control
`convert_image`	Convert between PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO, AVIF
`compress_image`	Optimize file size with quality and max dimension controls
`crop_image`	Crop to specific pixel coordinates
`create_thumbnail`	Generate thumbnails with size control
`strip_metadata`	Remove all EXIF/metadata for privacy
`rotate_image`	Rotate by any angle with optional expansion
`flip_image`	Mirror horizontally or vertically
`apply_filter`	Apply blur, sharpen, grayscale, emboss, contour, and more

Video Tools (requires ffmpeg)

Tool	Description
`get_video_info`	Get duration, resolution, codec, bitrate, FPS, audio info
`extract_frames`	Pull frames at regular intervals
`convert_video`	Convert between MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI, GIF, MKV

💬 Example Usage

Once connected, just ask your AI:

"Resize screenshot.png to 800px wide"

"Convert all the PNGs in this folder to WebP"

"Strip the EXIF data from photo.jpg for privacy"

"Compress this image to under 500KB"

"Extract a frame every 5 seconds from demo.mp4"

"What are the dimensions of banner.png?"

"Make a grayscale version of logo.png"

"Create a 128x128 thumbnail of product-photo.jpg"

📦 Installation

Using uvx (recommended — zero install)

uvx media-mcp-server

Using pip

pip install media-mcp-server

With video support

pip install media-mcp-server[video]

Note: Video tools require ffmpeg to be installed on your system. Install it from ffmpeg.org or via your package manager:
# macOS
brew install ffmpeg

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install ffmpeg

# Windows (with Chocolatey)
choco install ffmpeg

🔧 Configuration

Config file locations

Claude Desktop

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "media-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["media-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

```bash claude mcp add media-mcp -- uvx media-mcp-server ```

Cursor

Settings → MCP Servers → Add:

{
  "media-mcp": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["media-mcp-server"]
  }
}

VS Code

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "media-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["media-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

🧪 Development

git clone https://github.com/Adityaaery20/media-mcp.git
cd media-mcp
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

Test with MCP Inspector

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx media-mcp-server

📋 Supported Formats

Images: PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO, AVIF

Videos: MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI, GIF, MKV (requires ffmpeg)

🗺️ Roadmap

📄 License

MIT — do whatever you want with it.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to add.

Built with FastMCP and Pillow

Adityaaery20/media-mcp

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