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videoctx MCP

An open-source MCP server that indexes video content locally into a portable .vctx format, allowing AI agents to query text layers and fetch frames on demand without re-tokenizing the entire video for every question.

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videoctx MCP logo, by dunfredCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by dunfred
You need:You'll need Python, ffmpeg, and an Anthropic API key for question-answering
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What you can do with it

  • Summarize lectures and courses
  • Find specific moments in meetings with timestamps
  • Identify errors in screen recordings
  • Generate chapter markers for video archives

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.1.5
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Packages and installation

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videoctx 0.1.5

pypiuvx
videoctx package definition
{
  "version": "0.1.5",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "videoctx",
  "runtimeHint": "uvx",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "packageArguments": [
    {
      "type": "positional",
      "value": "mcp"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "videoctx-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "videoctx==0.1.5",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "videoctx-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "videoctx==0.1.5",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "videoctx-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "videoctx==0.1.5",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "videoctx-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "videoctx==0.1.5",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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