UVC PTZ Camera runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 104 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 8 Oct 2026.
Control a USB (UVC) pan/tilt/zoom camera, with every move confirmed from the picture.
What the code does
We read the source, 2 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
result = subprocess.run(
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We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add uvc-ptz-camera-mcp -- uvx uvc-ptz-camera-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"uvc-ptz-camera-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"uvc-ptz-camera-mcp"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.uvc-ptz-camera-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["uvc-ptz-camera-mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"uvc-ptz-camera-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"uvc-ptz-camera-mcp"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"uvc-ptz-camera-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"uvc-ptz-camera-mcp"
]
}
}
}Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
UVC_PTZ_STATE_DIR (Where to store what has been learned about each camera. Defaults to ~/.uvc-ptz-camera-mcp. Holds angles, never credentials), UVC_PTZ_SIM_SOURCE (Path to an image to use as the simulator's panorama instead of the synthesised one).
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UVC PTZ Camera — questions
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