How do I install Fast Video Cataloger?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Fast Video Cataloger need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: FVC_SERVER_URL, FVC_API_KEY.

What transport does Fast Video Cataloger use?

Fast Video Cataloger runs locally over stdio.

When was Fast Video Cataloger last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-08. Search, view and tag your local video library from Claude: transcripts, scenes, visual search.

Fast Video Cataloger MCP server

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Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

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Local command

mcpb https://github.com/frelo/fvc-mcp/releases/download/v10.4.0/fvc-mcp-10.4.0.mcpb

Credentials from the publisher

FVC_SERVER_URL — Address of your Fast Video Cataloger server
FVC_API_KEY — API key from Manage Users in Fast Video Cataloger (Viewer or Editor)

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1FVC_SERVER_URL=<value> FVC_API_KEY=<secret> claude mcp add com.videocataloger-fvc-mcp -- mcpb https://github.com/frelo/fvc-mcp/releases/download/v10.4.0/fvc-mcp-10.4.0.mcpb

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "com.videocataloger-fvc-mcp": {4      "command": "mcpb",5      "args": [6        "https://github.com/frelo/fvc-mcp/releases/download/v10.4.0/fvc-mcp-10.4.0.mcpb"7      ],8      "env": {9        "FVC_SERVER_URL": "<value>",10        "FVC_API_KEY": "<secret>"11      }12    }13  }14}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · mcpbPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

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A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version: 10.4.0
API key

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

Fast Video Cataloger MCP server

Search, view and tag your local video library from an AI assistant.

Fast Video Cataloger keeps a searchable catalog of your own video files on Windows: scene thumbnails, keywords, transcripts and faces. This MCP server lets an assistant such as Claude work with that catalog. You ask for footage in your own words; the assistant searches, looks at the actual shots and does the filing for you.

Find videos and moments by what was said, with timecodes
Find scenes by describing the picture ("a drone shot over a city at night"), nothing tagged first
Fetch scene thumbnails so the assistant can see and judge a shot
With an Editor key: add or remove keywords, build bins, index new videos

It runs against the Fast Video Cataloger server on your own computer. No video is uploaded; the assistant receives the titles, transcript lines and scene images it asks for.

More: MCP server for your video library

Requirements

Windows 10 or 11 (x64)
Fast Video Cataloger 10.4 or later. The free 30-day trial works. fvc-mcp.exe is also installed with the program, together with the .NET 10 runtime it needs.
Your catalog shared through the Fast Video Cataloger server: in the program, open the start page's Server section and click Setup. The assistant connects to the server, not to the desktop program, so it works with the program closed.
An API key: Manage Users in the same Server section. Viewer to search and read, Editor to also tag and build bins.

Install

Claude Desktop: one click

Download fvc-mcp-<version>.mcpb from Releases and open it. Claude Desktop asks for the server address (leave http://localhost:8754 when the server runs on this computer) and your API key.

Claude Desktop: config file

Use the copy installed with Fast Video Cataloger. In claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fast-video-cataloger": {
      "command": "C:\\Program Files\\FastVideoCataloger\\fvc-mcp.exe",
      "env": {
        "FVC_SERVER_URL": "http://localhost:8754",
        "FVC_API_KEY": "fvc_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add fast-video-cataloger --env FVC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8754 --env FVC_API_KEY=fvc_your_key_here "--" "C:\Program Files\FastVideoCataloger\fvc-mcp.exe"

Keep the quotes around "--" in PowerShell.

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add fast-video-cataloger "C:\Program Files\FastVideoCataloger\fvc-mcp.exe" -s user -e FVC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8754 -e FVC_API_KEY=fvc_your_key_here

Full setup, things to try and troubleshooting: Connect an AI Assistant (MCP).

Configuration

Variable	Meaning
`FVC_SERVER_URL`	Address of your catalog server. Default `http://localhost:8754`.
`FVC_API_KEY`	The API key.
`FVC_MCP_LOG_LEVEL`	`Warning` by default; `Information` or `Debug` when a connection will not come up. Logs go to stderr.

Tools (23)

Tool	What it does
`search_videos`	Find videos by free text or by keyword.
`search_scenes`	Find individual scenes, with their timecodes.
`search_scenes_semantic`	Find scenes by describing the picture, or scenes that look like a given one. Needs the visual search index and, for descriptions, the Visual search model on the server.
`search_transcripts`	Find spoken words, with their video and timecode.
`search_actors`	Find people by name or tag.
`list_keywords`	Every keyword in the catalog, so the assistant knows what it can search for.
`get_video`	One catalog entry in full.
`get_video_scenes`	A video's scene thumbnails in timecode order.
`get_video_transcript`	The transcript as timed lines.
`get_video_tags`, `get_video_actors`	Keywords and cast.
`get_scene_image`	The thumbnail image itself, so the assistant can see the shot.
`catalog_stats`, `list_bins`, `get_bin_videos`	Catalog size, the build serving it, and existing bins.
`tag_video`, `tag_scene`	Add keywords to a video or a single scene. Editor key.
`untag_video`, `untag_scene`	Remove named keywords again. Editor key.
`create_bin`, `add_video_to_bin`	Build a collection. Editor key.
`index_video`, `list_videos_needing_indexing`	Index catalog entries that have no thumbnails yet. Editor key.

It cannot delete videos or bins, take a video out of a bin, play video or drive the player.

Source

src/FvcMcpServer is the source of the fvc-mcp.exe shipped with Fast Video Cataloger, copied from each release. It is a thin client over the Fast Video Cataloger server's REST API: it holds no state and every tool is one or two REST calls. Build with the .NET 10 SDK:

dotnet publish src/FvcMcpServer -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained false -p:PublishSingleFile=true

Released builds are code-signed by VideoStorm Sweden AB. Issues and pull requests are welcome; the code here follows the version in Fast Video Cataloger, so accepted changes ship with the next release.

License

MIT for the source in this repository, see LICENSE. Bundled packages: THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md. Fast Video Cataloger itself is commercial software with a free 30-day trial.

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How do I install Fast Video Cataloger?

Does Fast Video Cataloger need an API key?

What transport does Fast Video Cataloger use?

When was Fast Video Cataloger last checked?

Documentation

Fast Video Cataloger MCP server

Requirements

Install

Claude Desktop: one click

Claude Desktop: config file

Claude Code

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Configuration

Tools (23)

Source

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