Videos (MP4)

What to know about using videos in FancyMenu.

Updated: 2026-05-03 12:33:01 UTC

Videoslink

FancyMenu supports playing MP4 videos as elements, menu backgrounds and Game Intro content.

FancyMenu 3.9.0 adds a new native Video element and Video menu background powered by Watermedia V3. The old Video [MCEF] element/background type is deprecated and should only be kept for old layouts that still need it.

There are also the following actions to control video backgrounds and elements:

  • Set Video Element Volume to set the volume of a Video element
  • Set Video Element Play Time to seek a Video element to a millisecond timestamp
  • Toggle Video Element Paused State to toggle the paused state of a Video element
  • Set Video Background Volume to set the volume of a Video menu background
  • Set Video Background Play Time to seek a Video menu background to a millisecond timestamp
  • Toggle Video Background Paused State to toggle the paused state of a Video menu background

And the following placeholders to get information about video backgrounds and elements:

  • Video Element Volume to get the volume of a Video element
  • Video Element Duration to get the duration of a Video element
  • Video Element Play Time to get the current play time (progress) of a Video element
  • Video Element Paused State to get the paused state (true/false) of a Video element
  • Video Background Volume to get the volume of a Video menu background
  • Video Background Duration to get the duration of a Video menu background
  • Video Background Play Time to get the current play time (progress) of a Video menu background
  • Video Background Paused State to get the paused state (true/false) of a Video menu background

The duration and play-time placeholders return MM:SS by default. Set output_as_timestamp to true when you need millisecond timestamps. Play-time placeholders can still use show_percentage for 0-100 progress values.

FancyMenu 3.9.0 also adds the On Video Playback Status Changed listener, which can react to PLAYING, PAUSED, STOPPED and FINISHED.

Requirementslink

To use the new native Video element and menu background type, you need to install:

  • Watermedia V3
  • Watermedia Binaries V3

These are optional dependencies, so they must be added to the instance manually if you want video support.

The deprecated Video [MCEF] type still uses MCEF. For new layouts, use the native Watermedia-powered Video type instead.

Videos in Loading Screenslink

Video support does NOT work in loading screens (game/resource loading screen & world loading screen).

This also means that you should NOT add videos to the game loading screen via Drippy Loading Screen, since it will not work in most cases.

You should use short, simple AFMA/FMA files in loading screens instead, since users don't notice them getting reloaded in most cases when the animation is simple and short enough.

Troubleshootinglink

If you have issues with native video support, first confirm that both Watermedia V3 and Watermedia Binaries V3 are installed and match your Minecraft/modloader version.