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BGRemover MCP — Video Alpha Inspection for VS Code

io.github.j-river/bgremover

BGRemover MCP: inspect local video alpha samples and analyze transparent pixel statistics.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install BGRemover MCP — Video Alpha Inspection in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bgremover-media-root",
      "description": "BGREMOVER_MEDIA_ROOT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bgremover-ffmpeg",
      "description": "BGREMOVER_FFMPEG",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bgremover-ffprobe",
      "description": "BGREMOVER_FFPROBE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "bgremover": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "bgremover-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BGREMOVER_MEDIA_ROOT": "${input:bgremover-media-root}",
        "BGREMOVER_FFMPEG": "${input:bgremover-ffmpeg}",
        "BGREMOVER_FFPROBE": "${input:bgremover-ffprobe}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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