unix-media-compressor - Compress media files on macOS and Linux
Compress and optimize images, videos, audio, PDFs, and archives on macOS and Linux
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Updated: 2026-03-24Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- compress JPEG images
- compress PNG graphics
- convert to WebP
- convert to AVIF
- compress videos
- compress audio files
- compress PDF documents
- create zip archives
- create tar archives
- detect installed tools
- report compression results
- select quality presets
- scale video resolution
- compress directories
- install missing tools
Inputs
- JPEG images
- PNG graphics
- video files
- audio files
- PDF documents
- directories
- compression parameters
- quality tier
- output path
- target directory
Outputs
- compressed images
- compressed videos
- compressed audio files
- compressed PDFs
- compressed archives
- size reduction report
- format converted files
Requirements
- macOS or Linux
- bash shell
- ffmpeg
- Ghostscript
- compression tools (mozjpeg, pngquant, oxipng, cwebp, avifenc, gifsicle, zstd)