MediaTofuCompress video in n8n Cloud
Compress video in n8n Cloud
From an n8n HTTP Request node, POST https://api.mediatofu.com/v1/tools/video/compress?wait=25 with a Bearer API key and JSON { "input": "https://…" }. n8n Cloud cannot run Execute Command, so this hosted API replaces a local FFmpeg binary.
Example
curl "https://api.mediatofu.com/v1/tools/video/compress?wait=25" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MEDIATOFU_KEY" \
-d '{ "input": "https://example.com/clip.mov", "crf": 28 }'Same payload works in n8n's HTTP Request node.
Node setup
Method POST. Header Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY. Body JSON with input set to a public URL (or a MediaTofu file id). Optional crf and max_height. Prefer ?wait=25 for short clips so the output URL returns in the same response.
Pricing
Free: $0, 5 minutes of compute a month, jobs up to 1 minute, inputs up to 50 MB, 1 job at a time. Pay per use: $0.024 per compute minute, billed by the second, no monthly fee. Jobs up to 5 minutes, inputs up to 2 GB, 3 jobs at once. Starter: $9/month includes 600 minutes, then $0.015 a minute. Jobs up to 5 minutes, inputs up to 2 GB. Pro: $19/month includes 1,500 minutes, then $0.0127 a minute. Jobs up to 10 minutes, inputs up to 2 GB.
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Questions
How do I get the result?
Add ?wait=25 and a short job can return its result in the same request. Short jobs typically take about 5–15 seconds including container start. 25 seconds is the longest wait. Otherwise you get a job id to check with GET /v1/jobs/:id, or on a paid plan you can pass webhook_url and we POST the result to you.
Do failed jobs cost anything?
A failure on our side is never charged, and neither is an input we couldn't download, one over your plan's size limit, or an image that could not be read. If your command runs and FFmpeg exits with an error, or the job reaches your plan's length limit, the seconds it used count. Nothing retries automatically.
What does MediaTofu cost?
Free: $0, 5 minutes of compute a month, jobs up to 1 minute, inputs up to 50 MB, 1 job at a time. Pay per use: $0.024 per compute minute, billed by the second, no monthly fee. Jobs up to 5 minutes, inputs up to 2 GB, 3 jobs at once. Starter: $9/month includes 600 minutes, then $0.015 a minute. Jobs up to 5 minutes, inputs up to 2 GB. Pro: $19/month includes 1,500 minutes, then $0.0127 a minute. Jobs up to 10 minutes, inputs up to 2 GB.