# iflow-mcp_mourad-ghafiri-youtube-mcp-server

> A YouTube MCP Server for video information and transcription

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## Declared
- version: 0.1.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:iflow-mcp_mourad-ghafiri-youtube-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# YouTube MCP Server

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for YouTube video transcription and metadata extraction. This server provides advanced tools for AI agents to retrieve video metadata and generate high-quality transcriptions with native language support.

## 🌟 Features

- **Metadata Extraction**: Retrieve comprehensive video details (title, description, views, duration, etc.) without downloading the video.
- **Smart Transcription**:
  - **In-Memory Processing**: fast, efficient, and disk-I/O free pipeline.
  - **VAD (Voice Activity Detection)**: uses Silero VAD for precise segmentation.
  - **Multilingual Support**: supports **99 languages**.
  - **Translation**: Transcribe to any supported language.
- **Caching**: Intelligent file-based caching to avoid redundant processing.
- **Optimized Performance**:
  - Uses `yt-dlp` for robust extraction.
  - Hardware acceleration (MPS/CUDA) for Whisper inference.
  - Parallel processing for transcription segments.

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## 🛠️ Prerequisites

- **Python 3.10+**
- **ffmpeg**: Required for audio processing.
  - Mac: `brew install ffmpeg`
  - Linux: `sudo apt install ffmpeg`
  - Windows: Download and add to PATH.

## 📦 Installation

1. **Clone the repository**:
   ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/mourad-ghafiri/youtube-mcp-server
   cd youtube-mcp-server
   ```

2. **Install dependencies**:
   Using `uv` (recommended):
   ```bash
   uv sync
   ```

## ⚙️ Configuration

The server configuration is located in `src/youtube_mcp_server/config.py`. You can adjust the following parameters:

### Directories
- **`TRANSCRIPTIONS_DIR`**: Directory where transcription JSON files are cached (default: `"transcriptions"`).

### Models
- **`WHISPER_MODEL_NAME`**: OpenAI Whisper model to use. Options: `"tiny"`, `"base"`, `"small"`, `"medium"`, `"large"`, `"turbo"`. (default: `"tiny"`).
  > **Note**: Larger models require more RAM and a GPU (CUDA/MPS).
- **`SILERO_REPO` / `SILERO_MODEL`**: VAD model repository and ID.
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## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- media.speech-recognition (1, derived)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- content.translation (0.905, derived)
- dev.filesystem (0.802, derived)
- dev.ci-cd (0.756, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/iflow-mcp_mourad-ghafiri-youtube-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-09T20:24:20.994Z)

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