# iflow-mcp_piebro_vlc-mcp-server

> An MCP (Model Contex Protocol) Server to play and control movies using VLC.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/iflow-mcp-piebro-vlc-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/piebro/vlc-mcp-server
- repository: https://github.com/piebro/vlc-mcp-server/issues
- version: 0.2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, server, vlc
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:iflow-mcp_piebro_vlc-mcp-server
  - package_pypi: pypi:vlc-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# VLC MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server to play and control movies using the VLC media player.
Use any MCP client to control play videos remotely (e.g. [awesome-mcp-clients](https://github.com/punkpeye/awesome-mcp-clients))

I use my [signal-mcp-client](https://github.com/piebro/signal-mcp-client) running on an old laptop connected to my beamer.
This way I can play a movie by sending a signal message.
An example of how to use it is shown in the screenshot below.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/piebro/vlc-mcp-server/main/assets/vlc_chat_screenshot.png" width="40%" style="padding: 1% 1% 1% 1%">
</p>

## Usage

This installation is for Linux systems running Ubuntu or a similar Debian-based system like Raspberry Pi OS.
With a few modifications it should also work on other systems.
Feel free to create a pull request if you get it working on another system.

1. Install VLC, mediainfo and uv.
    ```bash
    sudo apt-get install vlc mediainfo
    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
    ```

2. Start the VLC http server:
    ```bash
    export DISPLAY=:0 # needed when running it remotely on a server
    vlc --extraintf=http --http-host=localhost --http-port=8081 --http-password=your_password
    ```
3. Add the server to the MCP config file of your client (like [signal-mcp-client](https://github.com/piebro/signal-mcp-client) or [awesome-mcp-clients](https://github.com/punkpeye/awesome-mcp-clients))
    ```json
    {
        "name": "vlc-mcp-server",
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": [
            "vlc-mcp-server"
        ],
        "env": {
            "ROOT_VIDEO_FOLDER": "path/to/your/video/folder",
            "VLC_HTTP_HOST": "localhost",
            "VLC_HTTP_PORT": "8081",
            "VLC_HTTP_PASSWORD": "your_password"
        }
    }
    ```

    or clone the repo and use `uv` with a directory:

    ```json
    {
        "name": "vlc-mcp-server",
        "command": "uv",
        "args": [
        …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (0.848, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/iflow-mcp_piebro_vlc-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-09T20:25:04.613Z)
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/vlc-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-10T15:23:46.779Z)

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