• METADATA
  • ACCESSIBILITY
  • VISUALS
  • MANUAL

How to configure video playback features with your AI

Connect api.video to your AI client to manage player settings and video metadata through chat. You stop clicking through dashboards and start using commands.

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Short answer

How can I change video settings with my AI?

You use natural language to pull lists of existing captions, chapters, or themes and then instruct your agent to make changes. This gives you direct control over the viewer experience without manual configuration.

Where every change lands.

Playback outcomes

Your commands result in these specific updates to your video library.

METADATA

Updated video chapters

The AI reads your existing chapter structure and applies your requested edits to the video timeline.

ACCESSIBILITY

Managed subtitle tracks

Your agent checks available captions and helps you organize how subtitles appear to viewers.

VISUALS

Custom player themes

Change the look of your video player by selecting or modifying themes through chat.

MANUAL

Human review required

You must still manually verify the exact timing of chapters or the visual accuracy of captions before final deployment.

The workflow

What your AI does when the command arrives.

The AI translates your intent into specific API calls to api.video.

  1. Audit current settings

    The agent first looks at what you already have in place, such as existing subtitles or player styles.

    list_video_captionslist_video_chapterslist_player_themes

  2. Analyze your request

    Your AI compares your instructions against the current video data to determine what needs to change.

    list_video_chapters

  3. Execute updates

    The agent prepares the necessary data to modify the video's playback properties.

    list_video_captions

  4. Confirm changes

    The AI reports back on the status of the requested configuration updates.

    list_player_themes

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to kick off your first configuration task.

Starting points

Swap the bracketed text for your actual video IDs or theme names.

api.video Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_LmTjrRAGt9FcwedXKl17ybK2QuW9PmDZ2h28PuEz/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — api.video capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apivideo-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_LmTjrRAGt9FcwedXKl17ybK2QuW9PmDZ2h28PuEz/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Copy into chat04

  • Show me all the subtitle tracks for video [ID].

  • List the current chapters for my video [ID].

  • What player themes are currently available in my account?

  • Check the existing captions for video [ID] so we can edit them.

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Start here

Connect api.video once, then ask.

One connection links your API credentials to your AI client. All your video management happens right in your chat interface.

Connect api.video to your AI

FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI upload new video files?

    No. This MCP is for managing playback features like chapters and themes, not for video ingestion.

  • 02

    Will the AI delete my videos?

    No. The available tools only allow for listing and managing playback metadata.

  • 03

    Can I change the player colors through chat?

    Yes, by using the tools to manage player themes.

  • 04

    Does the AI decide where chapters go?

    The AI follows your specific instructions, but you should always review the chapter timestamps it proposes.

  • 05

    Can the AI create new subtitle files?

    No. The AI can list and manage existing caption tracks, but it cannot generate or upload new subtitle files.

  • More questions about api.video? The Connector page answers them. See everything the api.video Connector can do

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