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7/14/2026
FFmpeg MCP Server for Zed: Video Processing in Your AI Editor

FFmpeg MCP Server for Zed: Video Processing in Your AI Editor

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A tutorial showing how to connect the FFmpeg Micro MCP server to Zed editor, enabling video processing (transcoding, resizing, audio extraction, transcription) via natural language prompts. Setup requires one JSON config block and a free API key. The server supports files up to 100MB on the free tier and works best with Claude models in Zed.

  • •Connect FFmpeg Micro MCP server to Zed for prompt-based video processing
  • •Tools include transcoding, resizing, audio extraction, and Whisper-based transcription
  • •Free tier supports files up to 100MB; requires Node.js 18+

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