mediaproc

name	mediaproc
description	Process media files (video, audio, images) via a locked-down SSH container with ffmpeg, sox, and imagemagick. Use when the user wants to transcode video, process audio, manipulate images, or work with media files.
compatibility	Requires ssh and a running mediaproc instance. MEDIAPROC_HOST and MEDIAPROC_PORT env vars must be set.
metadata	{"author":"psyb0t","homepage":"https://github.com/psyb0t/docker-mediaproc"}

mediaproc

Locked-down media processing over SSH. Built on lockbox — no shell access, no injection, no bullshit.

For installation and deployment, see references/setup.md.

SSH Wrapper

Use scripts/mediaproc.sh for all commands. It handles host, port, and host key acceptance via MEDIAPROC_HOST and MEDIAPROC_PORT env vars.

scripts/mediaproc.sh <command> [args]
scripts/mediaproc.sh <command> < input_file
scripts/mediaproc.sh <command> > output_file

Media Tools

Command	Description
ffmpeg	Video/audio encoding, transcoding, filtering
ffprobe	Media file analysis
sox	Audio processing
soxi	Audio file info
convert	Image conversion/manipulation (ImageMagick)
identify	Image file info (ImageMagick)
magick	ImageMagick CLI

Upload, Process, Download

# Upload
scripts/mediaproc.sh "put input.mp4" < input.mp4

# Transcode
scripts/mediaproc.sh "ffmpeg -i /work/input.mp4 -c:v libx264 /work/output.mp4"

# Download result
scripts/mediaproc.sh "get output.mp4" > output.mp4

# Clean up
scripts/mediaproc.sh "remove-file input.mp4"
scripts/mediaproc.sh "remove-file output.mp4"

Video Operations

# Get video info as JSON
scripts/mediaproc.sh "ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams /work/video.mp4"

# Apply frei0r glow effect
scripts/mediaproc.sh "ffmpeg -i /work/in.mp4 -vf frei0r=glow:0.5 /work/out.mp4"

# Extract audio from video
scripts/mediaproc.sh "ffmpeg -i /work/video.mp4 -vn -acodec libmp3lame /work/audio.mp3"

# Create thumbnail from video
scripts/mediaproc.sh "ffmpeg -i /work/video.mp4 -ss 00:00:05 -vframes 1 /work/thumb.jpg"

Audio Operations

# Convert audio format
scripts/mediaproc.sh "sox /work/input.wav /work/output.mp3"

# Get audio info
scripts/mediaproc.sh "soxi /work/audio.wav"

# Normalize audio
scripts/mediaproc.sh "sox /work/input.wav /work/output.wav norm"

Image Operations

# Resize image
scripts/mediaproc.sh "convert /work/input.png -resize 50% /work/output.png"

# Create thumbnail
scripts/mediaproc.sh "convert /work/input.jpg -thumbnail 200x200 /work/thumb.jpg"

# Get image info
scripts/mediaproc.sh "identify /work/image.png"

File Operations

All paths relative to the work directory. Traversal blocked.

Command	Description
put <path>	Upload file from stdin
get <path>	Download file to stdout
list-files [--json]	List directory
remove-file <path>	Delete a file
create-dir <path>	Create directory
remove-dir <path>	Remove empty directory
remove-dir-recursive <path>	Remove directory recursively
move-file <src> <dst>	Move or rename
copy-file <src> <dst>	Copy a file
file-info <path>	Get file metadata as JSON
file-exists <path>	Check if file exists (true/false)
file-hash <path>	Get SHA256 hash
disk-usage [path]	Get bytes used
search-files <glob>	Glob search
append-file <path>	Append stdin to a file

# List files
scripts/mediaproc.sh "list-files"

# List as JSON (size, modified, isDir, permissions)
scripts/mediaproc.sh "list-files --json"

# List subdirectory
scripts/mediaproc.sh "list-files project1"

# File operations
scripts/mediaproc.sh "create-dir project1"
scripts/mediaproc.sh "move-file old.mp4 new.mp4"
scripts/mediaproc.sh "copy-file input.mp4 backup.mp4"
scripts/mediaproc.sh "file-info video.mp4"
scripts/mediaproc.sh "file-exists video.mp4"
scripts/mediaproc.sh "file-hash video.mp4"
scripts/mediaproc.sh "search-files '*.mp4'"
scripts/mediaproc.sh "disk-usage"
scripts/mediaproc.sh "remove-dir-recursive project1"

Plugins

• frei0r — Video effect plugins (used via -vf frei0r=...)
• LADSPA — Audio effect plugins: SWH, TAP, CMT (used via -af ladspa=...)
• LV2 — Audio plugins (used via -af lv2=...)

Fonts

2200+ fonts included covering emoji, CJK, Arabic, Thai, Indic, monospace, and more. Custom fonts can be mounted to /usr/share/fonts/custom.