Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Mpeg-2 file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type reduce file size in the search box.
Press Run.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.mpeg-2 -c "reduce file size" (how).
Let your AI agent reduce MPEG-2 file size
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.
Install Filestar and add it to your agents:
npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install
Then ask your agent:
“Use Filestar to reduce MPEG-2 file size in my Downloads folder”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.mpeg-2 -c "reduce file size"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent reduce MPEG-2 file size?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.mpeg-2 -c "reduce file size" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
Video file encoded with the MPEG-2 codec, which is mainly used for over-the-air, satellite, and cable digital TV signals and DVD video; uses lossy compression for audio and video to significantly reduce the size of the video data; not as efficient as the H.264 format.
