🎬 ConditionalVideos

Server-aware cinematic triggers for Minecraft. Configure conditions once and let clients play synced videos — local files, URLs, or full playlists — exactly when it matters.

✨ Overview

ConditionalVideos plays custom videos when specific in-game events are detected — first joins, deaths, kills, advancements, item milestones, scoreboard thresholds, and more.

It runs on both client and dedicated server: the server detects conditions and tells the right client what to play, while the client handles the actual playback. This makes it a good fit for servers, story maps, quest packs, and roleplay setups where cinematic feedback improves immersion.

Highlights

• A dozen trigger types, from firstJoin to scoreboard thresholds and mod-defined custom conditions.
• Per-condition playlists with crossfade/cut transitions, looping, text overlays, per-clip volume, and timed cuts.
• Broad source support through WATERMeDIA — local files, direct URLs, YouTube in high quality, Twitch/Kick clips, TikTok, SoundCloud, and many more.
• A playback queue so overlapping triggers play in sequence instead of cutting each other off.
• A small public API for other mods (see the project Wiki).

🧩 Compatibility & Requirements

Minecraft Loaders Java 1.20.1 Fabric, Forge 17+ 1.21.1 Fabric, NeoForge 21+ 1.21.11 Fabric, NeoForge 21+

Required (client side):

• WATERMeDIA: Multimedia API — v3.0.0.21+
• WATERMeDIA: Native Binaries — v3.0.0-rc.4+
• Fabric API — any (Fabric Only)

Config files:

• config/conditionalvideos.json — client / singleplayer rules
• config/conditionalvideos-server.json — authoritative rules for a dedicated server
• config/conditionalvideos-common.json — client playback behavior (also read by servers for the synced options)

In multiplayer the dedicated server owns the config, ships any local video files to clients automatically (cached and reused on reconnect), and URLs are streamed directly by each client. Treat conditionalvideos-server.json as the source of truth for server content.

🎯 Supported Conditions

Each condition is configured with a playlist. Simple conditions use a single config key; keyed conditions are a map of id → condition.

Simple (single key):

• firstJoin — plays when the player enters the world/session. Always prioritized: if other conditions fire during world load, firstJoin plays first and the rest queue behind it.
• playerDeath — fallback cinematic for any death.
• totemUsed — a Totem of Undying saves the player.
• bedSleep — the player starts sleeping in a bed.

Keyed (map of id → condition):

• deathByEntity — death by a specific killer entity ID (overrides playerDeath).
• entityKilled — the player defeats a configured entity ID.
• advancementCompleted — a configured advancement is completed.
• dimensionChanged — the player enters a configured dimension.
• itemObtained — the player obtains a configured item (pickup, craft, or smelt result).
• itemCrafted — a configured item is actually crafted (independent from itemObtained).
• recipeUnlocked — a configured recipe is newly unlocked in the recipe book.
• scoreboard — a player's score on an objective satisfies a comparison (see below).
• custom — no built-in detector; fired only by the public API or the play command.

Scoreboard comparators

Each scoreboard entry compares a player's score against a value using a comparator:

comparator Fires when equal score == value less score < value greater score > value lessOrEqual score <= value greaterOrEqual score >= value (default)

It is edge-triggered: a satisfied comparison fires once and only re-arms after it turns false and crosses back to true. Because scores persist with the world, a comparison already satisfied before logout does not re-fire on rejoin.

🗂️ Configuring conditionalvideos.json

Each condition entry holds a playlist under videos: [...] plus a few shared flags. Each item in videos is a VideoEntry describing one clip and its overlay / skip / loop / transition options. Only firstJoin ships preconfigured; every other condition starts as an empty {} until you add videos.

Shared condition fields

Property Type Required Description repeatableInSameSession boolean Yes If false, the condition can trigger once per session. If true, it can trigger repeatedly. playlistLoop boolean No When true, the playlist restarts from the first entry after the last finishes. Default false. videos VideoEntry[] Yes One or more entries played in order. Length 1 behaves like a single-video setup.

scoreboard entries add two fields at the condition level: value (int, required — the threshold) and comparator (string, optional — default greaterOrEqual).

VideoEntry fields

Property Type Required Description source string Yes A path to a local video file (relative to the game directory or absolute) or a URL (http://, https://, YouTube link). skippable boolean No If true, the user can skip playback. Default true. Forced to true when videoLoop = true. videoLoop boolean No If true, the entry loops seamlessly until skipped. Default false. Requires skippable = true. enableBackground boolean No Draws a solid-color full-screen background behind the video. Default true. colorBackground string No Hex color in #RRGGBB or #AARRGGBB. Default #000000. videoTitle string No Optional title overlay. Supports legacy format codes (&6, &l, &r, …). videoTitlePosition string No topLeft, topRight, bottomLeft, bottomRight. Default bottomLeft. videoDescription string No Optional description overlay. Supports legacy format codes. videoDescriptionPosition string No topLeft, topRight, bottomLeft, bottomRight. Default bottomLeft. titleTextScale float No Multiplier applied to the title font. Default 1.0. descriptionTextScale float No Multiplier applied to the description font. Default 1.0. textBoxOpacity float No 0.0–1.0 opacity of the box behind the title/description. Omit for the legacy auto alpha. videoVolume float No 0.0–1.0 volume for this entry. Default 1.0. transition string No Transition applied when entering this entry from the previous one. cut (default) or fadeOut/In. Ignored for the first entry. nextAt float No Time in seconds (from the start of this entry) at which to cut/transition to the next entry. Omit to wait for the video to end naturally.

transition is a property of the incoming entry: if videos[1].transition = "fadeOut/In", the player fades videos[0] out while fading videos[1] in. cut is an instant frame-perfect swap.

Example

{ "configVersion": 3, "firstJoin": { "repeatableInSameSession": false, "playlistLoop": false, "videos": [ { "source": "videos/intro_part1.mp4", "skippable": true, "enableBackground": true, "colorBackground": "#FF000000", "videoTitle": "&6&lWelcome", "videoTitlePosition": "topLeft", "videoDescription": "&fEnjoy your journey", "videoDescriptionPosition": "topLeft", "titleTextScale": 1.4, "textBoxOpacity": 0.5, "videoVolume": 0.8, "nextAt": 8.0 }, { "source": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "skippable": true, "videoVolume": 1.0, "transition": "fadeOut/In" } ] }, "playerDeath": { "repeatableInSameSession": true, "videos": [ { "source": "videos/death/default_death.mp4", "videoTitle": "&cYou Died" } ] }, "totemUsed": { "repeatableInSameSession": true, "videos": [ { "source": "videos/totem.mp4", "videoTitle": "&eSaved by a Totem" } ] }, "bedSleep": {}, "entityKilled": { "minecraft:warden": { "repeatableInSameSession": false, "videos": [ { "source": "videos/kills/warden.mp4", "skippable": false, "videoTitle": "&5&lEpic Victory" } ] } }, "deathByEntity": { "minecraft:creeper": { "repeatableInSameSession": false, "videos": [ { "source": "videos/death/creeper_death.mp4", "videoTitle": "&aBoom..." } ] } }, "advancementCompleted": { "minecraft:story/mine_diamond": { "repeatableInSameSession": false, "videos": [ { "source": "videos/advancements/diamond.mp4", "videoTitle": "&bDiamonds!" } ] } }, "dimensionChanged": { "minecraft:the_nether": { "repeatableInSameSession": true, "playlistLoop": true, "videos": [ { "source": "videos/dimensions/nether_loop.mp4", "videoLoop": true, "videoTitle": "&cEntered the Nether" } ] } }, "itemObtained": { "minecraft:diamond": { "repeatableInSameSession": false, "videos": [ { "source": "videos/items/first_diamond.mp4", "videoTitle": "&bFirst Diamond" } ] } }, "itemCrafted": { "minecraft:crafting_table": { "repeatableInSameSession": false, "videos": [ { "source": "videos/items/first_table.mp4", "videoTitle": "&6Crafting Table" } ] } }, "recipeUnlocked": { "minecraft:furnace": { "repeatableInSameSession": false, "videos": [ { "source": "videos/recipes/furnace.mp4", "videoTitle": "&7Furnace Unlocked" } ] } }, "scoreboard": { "kills": { "repeatableInSameSession": false, "value": 100, "comparator": "greaterOrEqual", "videos": [ { "source": "videos/scoreboard/100_kills.mp4", "videoTitle": "&c100 Kills!" } ] } }, "custom": {}, "consumedConditionSessions": [] }

Config safety: a single malformed entry never wipes the file. Entries are parsed leniently — a bad one is skipped and logged, while every valid entry is kept. On a JSON syntax error the file is left untouched and defaults are used only in memory for that session, so you can fix the typo without losing your work.

⚙️ Common Configuration (conditionalvideos-common.json)

Controls client playback behavior. Created automatically with safe defaults.

Property Type Default Description videoQuality string AUTO AUTO picks the best available stream. Any other value (LOWEST, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, HIGHEST) forces that quality. Only affects multi-variant sources (YouTube and similar). alwaysShowCursor boolean false When true, the playback screen never auto-hides the mouse cursor. allowGameSounds boolean false When true, vanilla Minecraft sounds keep playing during a video (muted by default). blockMatureContent boolean true When true, mature-content sources are blocked. Client-only — a server cannot override it. debugLogging boolean false When true, emits detailed [CV/...] diagnostics. Leave off for normal play; turn on only to troubleshoot.

In multiplayer, videoQuality, alwaysShowCursor and allowGameSounds come from the server's common config when available; blockMatureContent and debugLogging are always read from the local client file.

⌨️ In-Game Controls

By default the skip key is unbound, which falls back to ESC. You can bind a dedicated key under Options → Controls → Conditional Videos; that key then becomes the only active skip key and the on-screen hint always shows its name.

• Tap the skip key → skip to the next playlist entry (or close playback if it is the last one). Looped entries are interrupted too.
• Hold the skip key → a short white bar fills; release after it is full to skip the whole playlist (close playback). A "release to skip the playlist" message appears when the bar is full. Releasing before the bar fills cancels and skips nothing.
• skippable = false disables both gestures for that entry and hides the skip hint — the player waits for it to finish or for the playlist to advance.

Other behavior: the cursor auto-hides after a few seconds of inactivity (unless alwaysShowCursor), vanilla sounds are muted while a video is on screen (unless allowGameSounds), and toast notifications are hidden during playback.

🧑‍⚖️ Server Commands

Available to permission level 2+ (command blocks, OPs) and the server console:

/conditionalvideos play <targets> <condition> /conditionalvideos stop <targets> /conditionalvideos pause <targets>

• play forces a condition to play on each target, ignoring the once-per-session gate. <condition> auto-completes with keys that have at least one video.
• stop closes active playback and clears the pending queue.
• pause toggles pause/resume on the current video.

Condition keys use a bare key for simple conditions (firstJoin, playerDeath, totemUsed, bedSleep) or a type/key form for keyed ones, e.g. entityKilled/minecraft:warden, advancement/minecraft:story/mine_diamond, dimension/minecraft:the_nether, scoreboard/kills, custom/my_event.

The command/API keys for advancement and dimension use the advancement/... and dimension/... prefixes, while the config JSON stores them under the advancementCompleted and dimensionChanged maps.

🌍 Localization

UI and command strings ship in en_us, es_es, es_ar and es_mx. Add more by dropping a <locale>.json into a resource pack under assets/conditionalvideos/lang/.

🧰 Developer API

Other mods can register custom conditions and trigger / control playback through a small, stable public API in the org.mateof24.conditionalvideos.api package.