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Vlc MCP Server

piebro/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)

Install

uvx vlc-mcp-server

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vlc-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ROOT_VIDEO_FOLDER": "<ROOT_VIDEO_FOLDER>",
        "VLC_HTTP_HOST": "<VLC_HTTP_HOST>",
        "VLC_HTTP_PORT": "<VLC_HTTP_PORT>",
        "VLC_HTTP_PASSWORD": "<VLC_HTTP_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

ROOT_VIDEO_FOLDERVLC_HTTP_HOSTVLC_HTTP_PORTVLC_HTTP_PASSWORDDISPLAY
GitHub stars
2
Author
@piebro
Category
Home Automation & IoT, Entertainment & Media
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

About Vlc MCP Server

I use my 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.

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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