pi-remotion

Remotion + ffmpeg extension for pi — render videos, transcode, extract frames, generate GIFs, add audio

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Package details

extension

Install pi-remotion from npm and Pi will load the resources declared by the package manifest.

npm repohome report
$ pi install npm:pi-remotion
Package
pi-remotion
Version
0.2.0
Published
Jul 5, 2026
Downloads
154/mo · 17/wk
Author
artale
License
MIT
Types
extension
Size
14.6 KB
Dependencies
0 dependencies · 2 peers
Pi manifest JSON
{
  "extensions": [
    "./extensions/index.ts"
  ],
  "tools": [],
  "commands": [
    "remotion"
  ]
}

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README

pi-remotion

Remotion + ffmpeg extension for pi. Render programmatic videos with Remotion, post-process with ffmpeg — all from pi commands and LLM tools.

Install

pi install path:~/Projects/pi-remotion

Commands (slash commands for the human)

Command Description
/ffprobe <file> Inspect video/audio — duration, resolution, codec, bitrate
/transcode Convert between formats, change codec/res/fps, trim, compress
/frames Extract frames as PNG/JPG images
/gif Convert video clip to optimized animated GIF
/addaudio Mux audio track onto a video
/extractaudio Rip audio track from a video
/concat Join multiple video files
/thumbnail Grab a single frame as an image
/render Trigger Remotion render (runs node render.mjs)

LLM Tools (the agent can call these directly)

Tool Description
video_probe Get file info (duration, resolution, codec, bitrate)
video_transcode Transcode with codec/quality/resolution/trim options
video_to_gif Convert to GIF with palette optimization
video_add_audio Mux audio onto video
video_concat Join multiple files
remotion_render Render a Remotion project

Prerequisites

  • ffmpeg + ffprobe on PATH
  • Node.js for Remotion rendering
  • Remotion projects need their own node_modules (run npm install in the project dir)

Examples

/ffprobe presentations/talk.mp4
/gif input=talk.mp4 output=preview.gif start=00:00:10 duration=00:00:05 width=640
/transcode input=raw.mov output=compressed.mp4 codec=h264 crf=23 scale=1920:-1
/render project=~/Projects/gh-repo/remotion

License

MIT