Features

• Convert videos, images, and audio files with a simple interface
• Support for all popular media formats
• Video → Animated GIF with quality palette generation
• Trim videos and audio via Start / End fields
• Strip metadata (EXIF, GPS, tags) for privacy — per-run toggle or a default preference
• Custom output folder — save converted files anywhere (per-run or as a preference)
• Before/After size comparison in the success toast (e.g. "saved 42 MB (58%)")
• Live progress % and ETA for video and GIF conversions
• Conversion history — browse, re-run, open, or copy the FFmpeg command for any past conversion
• Presets — built-in presets (Web WebP, Email MP4, Podcast MP3, Twitter GIF, …) plus save-your-own
• Merge / concatenate multiple video or audio files with automatic fast stream-copy or re-encode fallback
• Simple customization of the quality of the output file; precise control by enabling it in extension preferences
• Smart file naming to prevent conflicts
• Automatic FFmpeg installation and management
• Copy FFmpeg command to clipboard to inspect/learn/run it manually in terminal

Supported Formats

Media Type	Supported Input Formats	Supported Output Formats
Video	MOV, MP4, AVI, MKV, MPG, WEBM, TS, MPEG, VOB, M2TS, MTS, M4V, FLV, 3GP, ASF, WMV, RMVB, OGV, MXF, NUT, DV, GXF, RM, CDXL, WTV, M3U8, MPD, SEG, TXD	MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, MPG, WEBM, GIF
Image	JPG, JPEG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC (MacOS), TIFF, TIF, AVIF, BMP, PCX, TGA, RAS, SGI, PPM, PGM, PBM, PNM, XBM, XPM, ICO, JP2, J2K, PCD, CIN, WBMP, XFACE	JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC (MacOS), TIFF, AVIF
Audio	MP3, AAC, WAV, M4A, FLAC, AIF, AIFF, OGG, OGA, ALAC, WMA, OPUS, AMR, CAF, AU, SND, APE, DSF, DFF, MPC, WV, SPX, XA, RA	MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A

Usage

Convert Media

1. Open Raycast and search for "Convert Media"
2. Select files to convert (⌘ + click for multiple) OR select files in Finder before opening the extension
3. (Optional) Pick a Preset, adjust Trim, toggle Strip metadata, or change the Save to folder
4. Choose your desired output format and quality settings (defaults are fine)
5. Press ⌘↵ to start conversion
6. After conversion, a toast shows the size savings (e.g. "saved 42 MB (58%)"). Press ⌘O to open the new file.

Converting video to GIF

Select any video file, pick .gif as the output format, then choose frame rate (10/15/24/30 fps), width, and whether the GIF should loop. The extension uses FFmpeg's palettegen + paletteuse pipeline for high-quality GIF output.

Merge Media

1. Search for "Merge Media" in Raycast
2. Select 2+ video files OR 2+ audio files (all must be the same type)
3. Pick an output format and filename
4. Turn on "Always re-encode" if your inputs have different codecs/resolutions; otherwise the extension tries fast stream-copy first.

View Conversion History

• Open "View Conversion History" to see your recent conversions grouped by day.
• For each entry: Open the file, show in Finder, re-run with the exact same settings (great after re-saving a source file), copy the FFmpeg command, or remove from history.

Manage Presets

• "Manage Presets" lets you browse built-in presets (WebP 80, Podcast MP3, Twitter GIF, etc.) and create/edit/delete your own.
• Built-in presets can be duplicated to "My Presets" and then customized.
• From the Convert Media form, use "Save Settings as Preset…" (⌘S) to capture the current format, quality, trim, metadata and output folder as a reusable preset.

Preferences

You can also set defaults in extension preferences:

• Default Image Output Format: default output format for image conversions.
• Default JPG Quality: default JPG quality (0 to 100, step 5).
• Default WEBP Quality: default WEBP quality (Lossless (when supported) or 0 to 100, step 5).
• Default PNG Variant: default PNG variant (PNG-24 or PNG-8).
• Default HEIC Quality (macOS only): default HEIC quality (0 to 100, step 5).
• Default TIFF Compression: default TIFF compression (Deflate or LZW).
• Default AVIF Quality: default AVIF quality (0 to 100, step 5).
• Default Audio Output Format: default output format for audio conversions.
• Default Audio Quality Preset: preset used in simple mode (lowest, low, medium, high, highest).
• Default Video Output Format: default output format for video conversions.
• Default Video Quality Preset: preset used in simple mode (lowest, low, medium, high, highest).
• Default GIF FPS: default frame rate for video → GIF conversions (10, 15, 24, 30).
• Default GIF Width: default output width for GIFs (original, 480, 720, 1080).
• Default Output Location: Same folder as input or Custom folder (see next).
• Custom Output Folder: absolute path used when Default Output Location is set to Custom folder.
• Strip Metadata By Default: when on, converted files get -map_metadata -1 applied so EXIF/GPS/tags are removed.

You can still override all values in the Convert Media form every time you run a conversion.

✨ Ask Media Converter

1. Get started by typing @ in Raycast AI
2. Example prompts:
   • Convert the last mp3 file in @finder downloads to wav
   • Convert all png files on my @finder desktop to webp
   • Convert my last screen recording in @finder downloads to webm
   • Convert the heic photos in @finder desktop to png
   • Turn my last video in @finder downloads into a 15fps 720px looping gif
   • Trim the first 3 seconds off my last mp4 and save to Desktop
   • Merge the three mp3s on my @finder desktop into one file called interview.mp3
   • Compress my last mp4 without metadata

Advanced usage

Specify Local FFmpeg Path

Already have FFmpeg on your system but the extension didn't automatically detect it? Open the extension preferences and set the path to your FFmpeg executable.

More Conversion Settings (Advanced)

By default, audio and video formats will only propose 5 quality levels. Want more granular control, like encoding method, bitrate, bit depth, etc? Open the extension preferences and turn on "More Conversion Settings (Advanced)".

Requirements

• FFmpeg:
  • RECOMMENDED: If no FFmpeg is auto-detected, the extension will install a correct binary executable. That binary will only be available for the extension (not system-wide), and will be uninstalled when the extension is uninstalled. On MacOS, that weights about 45.6 MB.
  • If FFmpeg is already installed (and auto-detected) and is of version 6.0+, that will be used
  • If you have a 6.0+ FFmpeg binary executable but the extension didn't auto-detect it, you can specify the path to that binary on the Welcome page under actions, ⚙ Specify Local FFmpeg Path (Advanced)

For Contributors

Image preference definitions are maintained in src/config/image-preferences.json and synced into package.json.

• Run npm run generate:image-preferences to write image preference entries into package.json.
• Run npm run check:image-preferences to verify package.json is in sync with src/config/image-preferences.json.

License

MIT License

Author

Created by @leandro.maia