Video Transcriber
io.github.nhatvu148/video-transcriber-mcp
About Video Transcriber
Video Transcriber is an MCP server published by the GitHub account nhatvu148. Transcribe videos from 1000+ platforms or local files offline, and search across every transcript
It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the cargo package video-transcriber-mcp at version 0.10.6.
It asks for one secret: OPENROUTER_API_KEY. Give it a key with the least access that still works.
Version 0.10.6 was published on 23 August 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.
Written from the registry entry. 7 automated checks on registry metadata: 3 pass, 1 warn, 0 fail, 3 info. How we check.
What it asks for
| Variable | Required | Secret | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
OPENROUTER_API_KEY | No | Yes | Enables the semantic `search_transcripts` tool by embedding each transcript as it is saved. Transcription itself stays 100% offline and works without this. |
YT_DLP_COOKIES_FROM_BROWSER | No | No | Browser to pull cookies from for age-restricted or login-gated videos (e.g. 'firefox', 'chrome', 'brave'). |
YT_DLP_COOKIES | No | No | Path to a Netscape-format cookies.txt file, as an alternative to YT_DLP_COOKIES_FROM_BROWSER. |
Checks
| Check | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Source repository linked | Pass | https://github.com/nhatvu148/video-transcriber-mcp-rs |
| Version pinned | Pass | Every package has an explicit version |
| Secrets requested | Info | Asks for 1 secret: OPENROUTER_API_KEY |
| Known package registry | Warn | Unrecognized registry: cargo |
| Namespace ownership | Info | Name verified via GitHub account nhatvu148 |
| Registry text aimed at the AI | Pass | Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI |
| Code red flags | Info | cargo packages are not read yet |
Popularity & health: 61 / 100
Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.
5 forks, 26 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.
What people say
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Facts
| Registry name | io.github.nhatvu148/video-transcriber-mcp |
|---|---|
| Publisher | GitHub account nhatvu148 |
| How the name is verified | Name verified via GitHub account nhatvu148. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code. |
| Type | Local: runs on your machine from a package |
| Packages | cargo video-transcriber-mcp 0.10.6 (stdio) |
| Version | 0.10.6 |
| Published | |
| Last updated | |
| Source repository | https://github.com/nhatvu148/video-transcriber-mcp-rs |
| Website | https://github.com/nhatvu148/video-transcriber-mcp-rs#readme |
| Category | AI & media generation (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand) |
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