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

VariableRequiredSecretDescription
OPENROUTER_API_KEYNoYesEnables 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_BROWSERNoNoBrowser to pull cookies from for age-restricted or login-gated videos (e.g. 'firefox', 'chrome', 'brave').
YT_DLP_COOKIESNoNoPath to a Netscape-format cookies.txt file, as an alternative to YT_DLP_COOKIES_FROM_BROWSER.

Checks

CheckResultDetail
Source repository linkedPasshttps://github.com/nhatvu148/video-transcriber-mcp-rs
Version pinnedPassEvery package has an explicit version
Secrets requestedInfoAsks for 1 secret: OPENROUTER_API_KEY
Known package registryWarnUnrecognized registry: cargo
Namespace ownershipInfoName verified via GitHub account nhatvu148
Registry text aimed at the AIPassDescription and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Code red flagsInfocargo 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.

Popularity12 / 40

19 GitHub stars, no download count, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity25 / 25

Last push 2026-10-24, last release 2026-08-23, 100 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

4 closed of 5 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks16 / 20

1 warning, each costing a fifth.

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 nameio.github.nhatvu148/video-transcriber-mcp
PublisherGitHub account nhatvu148
How the name is verifiedName verified via GitHub account nhatvu148. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
TypeLocal: runs on your machine from a package
Packagescargo video-transcriber-mcp 0.10.6 (stdio)
Version0.10.6
Published
Last updated
Source repositoryhttps://github.com/nhatvu148/video-transcriber-mcp-rs
Websitehttps://github.com/nhatvu148/video-transcriber-mcp-rs#readme
CategoryAI & media generation (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

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