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Installation

Prerequisites

You need three components:

  • Python 3.10+ - Core runtime
  • FFmpeg - Media processing
  • Ollama - Local LLM provider

Quick Setup

brew install ffmpeg ollama

sudo apt install ffmpeg
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

Use WSL with Ubuntu and follow Linux instructions.

Install MediaLLM

pip install mediallm

For MCP server integration: 

pip install mediallm-mcp

Setup Ollama

# Start Ollama
ollama serve

# In another terminal, pull a model
ollama pull llama3.1:latest

Verify Installation

# Test basic functionality
mediallm --version
mediallm --dry-run "convert test.mp4 to mp3"

Next Steps