MCP Image Compression vs Video Edit MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the MCP Image Compression and Video Edit MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose MCP Image Compression when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Multimedia Process domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DOWNLOAD_DIR.
• Primary tools included: urls, quality, format.

Explore MCP Image Compression Details

Choose Video Edit MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Multimedia Process domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Video trimming, merging, resizing, cropping, and rotation, Effects, overlays, and codec-controlled format conversion, Audio extraction, mixing, fading, and soundtrack replacement.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	MCP Image Compression InhiblabCore Multimedia Process	Video Edit MCP Multimedia Process
Summary
Category & Scope	Multimedia Process	Multimedia Process
Quality signal

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inhiblabcore-mcp-image-compression": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@inhiblab-core/mcp-image-compression"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "YOUR_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DOWNLOAD_DIR_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "video-edit-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--python",
        "3.11",
        "video-edit-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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