Mpv MCP Server

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs on your computer
• Transport: stdio
• Category: Marketing & social media

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mpv": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mpv-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MPV_PATH": "your-value",
        "MPV_IPC_PATH": "your-value",
        "MPV_MEDIA_DIRS": "your-value",
        "MPV_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add mpv --env MPV_PATH=your-value --env MPV_IPC_PATH=your-value --env MPV_MEDIA_DIRS=your-value --env MPV_DOWNLOAD_DIR=your-value -- npx -y mpv-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mpv": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mpv-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MPV_PATH": "your-value",
        "MPV_IPC_PATH": "your-value",
        "MPV_MEDIA_DIRS": "your-value",
        "MPV_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "mpv": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mpv-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MPV_PATH": "your-value",
        "MPV_IPC_PATH": "your-value",
        "MPV_MEDIA_DIRS": "your-value",
        "MPV_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

• MPV_PATH env
  Path to mpv executable (default: mpv from PATH)
• MPV_IPC_PATH env
  IPC socket path (default: named pipe on Windows, Unix socket on macOS/Linux)
• MPV_MEDIA_DIRS env
  Comma-separated media directories to scan (default: ~/Music,~/Videos)
• MPV_DOWNLOAD_DIR env
  Download directory for YouTube downloads (default: ~/Downloads)

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified with the GitHub account arijit-gogoi, which owns the repo

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  Still maintained

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  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• – Not applicable

  Endpoint responds

  This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead

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  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Marketing & social mediai

• More stars than 0% of the other 3601 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 5% of the other 3601 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 3601 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

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README from the maker

{

claude mcp add mpv --scope user -- npx -y mpv-mcp-server

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