Guides on running FFmpeg in the cloud — for developers and the agents they build.https://xora.sh/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-burn-subtitles/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-burn-subtitles/Burn SRT or ASS subtitles into video with FFmpeg, change the font, size and position, or add soft subtitles that viewers can turn off. With an API option.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg burn subtitlesFFmpegHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-concat-videos/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-concat-videos/Join videos with FFmpeg: the concat demuxer for files with the same format, the concat filter for files that differ, and the same job as one API call.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg concat videosFFmpegHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-docker-vs-api/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-docker-vs-api/Run FFmpeg in your own Docker container or call a hosted FFmpeg API? A fair comparison of setup, scaling, security, limits and cost, with a Dockerfile to start from.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg dockerFFmpegDockerComparisonhttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-extract-audio/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-extract-audio/Extract audio from video with FFmpeg: copy the track with no quality loss, convert to MP3 or WAV, make audio for transcription, and do it with one API call.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg extract audioFFmpegAudioHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-make-com/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-make-com/Run FFmpeg from Make.com with no server: send the job with the HTTP Make a request module, get the result in a Custom webhook, and map the output URL.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTmake.com ffmpegFFmpegAutomationHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-resize-video/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-resize-video/Resize video with FFmpeg: scale to a width or height and keep the aspect ratio, fit into a box with padding, crop to vertical, and do it with one API call.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg resize videoFFmpegHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-trim-video/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-trim-video/Trim video with FFmpeg: a fast cut with -c copy, a frame-accurate cut with a re-encode, -t versus -to, and the same job as one API call with no FFmpeg install.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg trim videoFFmpegHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-tool-for-ai-agents/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-tool-for-ai-agents/Give an AI agent an FFmpeg tool in a few lines: connect the Xora MCP server from the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK or LangChain, with code for each.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg tool ai agentFFmpegAI agentsMCPhttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-video-to-gif/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-video-to-gif/Convert video to GIF with FFmpeg: a good-quality one-line command with a palette, how to keep the file small, and the same job as one API call.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg video to gifFFmpegHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-zapier/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-zapier/Process video with FFmpeg from a Zap: send the job with Webhooks by Zapier, catch the result with Catch Hook, and pass the output link to the next step.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTzapier ffmpegFFmpegAutomationHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/ffprobe-api/https://xora.sh/blog/ffprobe-api/Get duration, resolution, codecs and audio info from a video URL with one API call. Raw ffprobe JSON plus ready flags such as hasAudio, with no ffprobe install.Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffprobe apiFFmpegffprobeHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/convert-mov-to-mp4-ffmpeg/https://xora.sh/blog/convert-mov-to-mp4-ffmpeg/Convert MOV to MP4 with FFmpeg: a fast remux when the codecs allow it, a re-encode for HEVC and ProRes, and the same job as one API call with no FFmpeg install.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTconvert mov to mp4 ffmpegFFmpegHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-compress-video/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-compress-video/Compress video with FFmpeg: the CRF and preset flags that matter, how to hit a target file size, and the same job as one API call with no FFmpeg install.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg compress videoFFmpegHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-cloudflare-workers/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-cloudflare-workers/Workers cannot run the native FFmpeg binary. Here are the real options — WebAssembly, Media Transformations, Containers or an FFmpeg API — and their limits.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg cloudflare workersFFmpegServerlessCloudflare Workershttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-aws-lambda/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-aws-lambda/How to run FFmpeg on AWS Lambda with a layer or container image, the limits that break video jobs (15 minutes, /tmp, 6 MB payloads), and when to offload.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg aws lambdaFFmpegServerlessAWS Lambdahttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-in-ai-sandboxes/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-in-ai-sandboxes/Why video jobs fail in AI agent sandboxes — 1 CPU, a few GB of disk, no network, session limits — and how to let the agent run FFmpeg outside the sandbox.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg sandbox ai agentFFmpegAI agentsMCPhttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-vercel/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-vercel/Running FFmpeg in a Vercel Function: the 4.5 MB body limit, timeouts, /tmp space and bundle size that break video jobs, with fixes and when to offload.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg vercelFFmpegServerlessVercelhttps://xora.sh/blog/llms-write-ffmpeg-commands/https://xora.sh/blog/llms-write-ffmpeg-commands/Language models are good at writing FFmpeg commands. Where they still go wrong, and how to let them run commands safely: arg arrays, probe first, structured errors.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTllm ffmpeg commandsFFmpegAI agentsMCPhttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-cheat-sheet/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-cheat-sheet/The FFmpeg commands you use most — convert, compress, resize, trim, extract audio, thumbnails, GIFs, watermarks — each with the same job as one API call.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg cheat sheetFFmpegReferencehttps://xora.sh/blog/run-ffmpeg-in-the-cloud/https://xora.sh/blog/run-ffmpeg-in-the-cloud/Four ways to run FFmpeg in the cloud — a VM, a container, a serverless function or an FFmpeg API — with real platform limits, trade-offs and when to pick each.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTrun ffmpeg in the cloudFFmpegServerlessGuidehttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-mcp-cursor/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-mcp-cursor/Add the Xora FFmpeg MCP server to Cursor with one mcp.json entry. The agent writes FFmpeg args, runs them in the cloud, and turns working jobs into code.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTcursor ffmpegMCPCursorAI agentshttps://xora.sh/blog/give-claude-ffmpeg-mcp/https://xora.sh/blog/give-claude-ffmpeg-mcp/Connect Claude Code, claude.ai or Claude Desktop to a remote FFmpeg MCP server. Claude writes the FFmpeg args, Xora runs the job and returns a signed URL.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTclaude ffmpeg mcpMCPClaudeAI agentshttps://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-in-n8n-workflows/https://xora.sh/blog/ffmpeg-in-n8n-workflows/Compress, trim and make thumbnails in n8n without installing FFmpeg on your server: one HTTP Request node, a webhook for the result, or an AI Agent with MCP.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTffmpeg in n8nFFmpegAutomationHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/generate-video-thumbnails-from-url-api/https://xora.sh/blog/generate-video-thumbnails-from-url-api/Extract JPEG and PNG frames from video URLs at exact timestamps with one API call, using byte-range reads so a large source never has to be downloaded first.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTgenerate video thumbnails from urlFFmpegHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/programmatic-video-watermark-ffmpeg/https://xora.sh/blog/programmatic-video-watermark-ffmpeg/Add text and logo watermarks to video programmatically: FFmpeg drawtext and overlay filters, placement for any resolution, and one API call per video.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTadd watermark to video programmaticallyFFmpegHow-tohttps://xora.sh/blog/web-ready-video-encoding-best-practices/https://xora.sh/blog/web-ready-video-encoding-best-practices/The video settings that play in every browser: MP4, H.264, AAC, yuv420p and faststart. When to remux and when to re-encode, with FFmpeg commands and one API call.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTweb ready video formatFFmpegHow-to