Roadmap

This roadmap describes the intended direction for Local Video Tools for LM Studio. Priorities may change as the plugin is tested against real local-model workflows.

Milestone 1 — Reliable local video operations

Milestone 2 — Core editing toolkit

extract_frame
extract_audio
Dedicated resize_video

Milestone 3 — Smarter FFmpeg decisions

Keyframe-aware trim guidance
Automatic stream-copy vs re-encode planning
Better container / codec compatibility checks
Preflight estimates for expensive operations
Hardware-decoder capability detection
Runtime retry from unavailable hardware encoders to software encoding
Improved bitrate / quality presets

Milestone 4 — Local model UX

More concise structured tool results
Improved model-facing error taxonomy
Optional progress notifications in LM Studio
Better handling of multiple attached videos
Safer overwrite behavior
Discoverability improvements and examples for smaller local models

Milestone 5 — OSS and distribution

Expanded automated integration tests
Test matrix across macOS, Windows and Linux
Example media fixtures that can be redistributed legally
First tagged release
LM Studio Hub submission
Installation and troubleshooting docs
Contributor documentation for adding new tools safely

Possible future directions

These are intentionally not committed features yet:

optional video-understanding helpers for vision models;
an MCP adapter backed by the same FFmpeg core for non-LM-Studio clients;
reusable presets for social/video-platform exports;
batch processing;
waveform / thumbnail generation;
scene detection and clip suggestions.

The project will prefer a small, dependable tool surface over adding every FFmpeg capability directly.

Roadmap

This roadmap describes the intended direction for Local Video Tools for LM Studio. Priorities may change as the plugin is tested against real local-model workflows.

Milestone 1 — Reliable local video operations

Milestone 2 — Core editing toolkit

extract_frame
extract_audio
Dedicated resize_video

Milestone 3 — Smarter FFmpeg decisions

Keyframe-aware trim guidance
Automatic stream-copy vs re-encode planning
Better container / codec compatibility checks
Preflight estimates for expensive operations
Hardware-decoder capability detection
Runtime retry from unavailable hardware encoders to software encoding
Improved bitrate / quality presets

Milestone 4 — Local model UX

More concise structured tool results
Improved model-facing error taxonomy
Optional progress notifications in LM Studio
Better handling of multiple attached videos
Safer overwrite behavior
Discoverability improvements and examples for smaller local models

Milestone 5 — OSS and distribution

Expanded automated integration tests
Test matrix across macOS, Windows and Linux
Example media fixtures that can be redistributed legally
First tagged release
LM Studio Hub submission
Installation and troubleshooting docs
Contributor documentation for adding new tools safely

Possible future directions

These are intentionally not committed features yet:

optional video-understanding helpers for vision models;
an MCP adapter backed by the same FFmpeg core for non-LM-Studio clients;
reusable presets for social/video-platform exports;
batch processing;
waveform / thumbnail generation;
scene detection and clip suggestions.

The project will prefer a small, dependable tool surface over adding every FFmpeg capability directly.

Audio replacement / removal

Subtitle burn-in and muxing

Better output naming and collision handling

Platform-specific tuning for Apple, NVIDIA, Intel and Linux VAAPI

Audio replacement / removal

Subtitle burn-in and muxing

Better output naming and collision handling

Platform-specific tuning for Apple, NVIDIA, Intel and Linux VAAPI

local-video-tools

local-video-tools

Roadmap

Milestone 1 — Reliable local video operations

Milestone 2 — Core editing toolkit

Milestone 3 — Smarter FFmpeg decisions

Milestone 4 — Local model UX

Milestone 5 — OSS and distribution

Possible future directions

Roadmap

Milestone 1 — Reliable local video operations

Milestone 2 — Core editing toolkit

Milestone 3 — Smarter FFmpeg decisions

Milestone 4 — Local model UX

Milestone 5 — OSS and distribution

Possible future directions