1.8.0 Release

Client

Features

• Added support for Minecraft 26.2
• Brought back Minecraft 1.21.11 support (#91)
• Added a new packet protocol v2
• Added fallback support for protocol v1, but v1 is now deprecated and will be removed in the future
• Introduced an unstable client-side API that will be scaled in the future
• Switched the multiversion system to Stonecutter, so old versions will be supported too
• Added stable Vulkan support for display rendering (OpenGL rendering is still supported)
• Replaced the old synchronization mode with new playback modes (server 1.8.0+ required)
• Added local, synced, broadcast playback modes (server 1.8.0+ required)
• Support vertical displays (server 1.8.0+ required)
• Added a native Rust media pipeline
• Integrated FFmpeg into the native media pipeline
• Added in-process LAV backend for video decoding
• Added GPU YUV / NV12 rendering path
• Added planar display textures for native video frames
• Added dynamic frame format support for native video frames
• Added improved cursor handling in the display menu
• Increased the default render distance to 96 blocks
• Switched display visibility logic from block-based checks to chunk-based checks
• Increased the effective display rendering range from 2 chunks to 12 chunks
• Reduced CPU usage by up to 50× on tested mid-range hardware scenarios (Java 25 required)
• Reduced CPU usage by up to 70× on tested low-end hardware scenarios (Java 25 required)
• Improved video stream resolving speed by up to 10–12× in supported cases
• Added seamless and faster video quality changes
• Improved shader compatibility
• Added more anonymous telemetry data to improve development, compatibility, and stability
• Added a fresher mod icon
• Improved several menu icons

Improvements

• Improved media player performance thanks to the native media pipeline
• Improved video frame processing stability
• Improved brightness handling in the video frame pipeline
• Added a more efficient native video frame path
• Reduced expensive CPU-side frame conversion work
• Improved GPU upload behavior for video frames
• Improved realtime-safe stream selection
• 60 FPS stream selection is now opt-in
• Improved yt-dlp quality fallback logic
• Improved yt-dlp resolver failure handling
• Improved video startup behavior when stream resolving fails
• Improved detection of DRM-protected videos
• DRM-protected videos now fail faster and more gracefully
• Improved cookie handling
• Improved process management for external media tools
• Improved display rendering stability on larger displays
• Improved display rendering stability at longer distances
• Improved compatibility with shader mods
• Improved compatibility with VulkanMod
• Improved Picture-in-Picture display sizing logic
• Improved display menu behavior on different GUI scales
• Improved display menu icon behavior
• Improved locked display handling
• Improved temporary focus mute behavior
• Improved unsafe filename handling for server display cache files
• Improved client texture creation validation
• Replaced the old AbstractConfig usage with the default config implementation
• Replaced custom logging usage with LoggerFactory
• Reorganized the project structure
• Improved Gradle configuration
• Improved workflows
• Improved the publishing system
• Removed old Gradle cache configuration
• Removed INotSleep's utils
• Simplified multiple internal code paths
• Cleaned up old compatibility code
• Updated dependencies
• Added many small internal cleanups, simplifications, and stability improvements

Fixes

• Fixed a critical crash on Fabric 1.21.11
• Fixed a critical Quilt entry point crash
• Fixed an ancient NeoForge and IntelliJ IDEA compatibility issue
• Fixed NeoForge client shutdown on normal server disconnect
• Fixed FFmpeg extraction on Linux (#93)
• Fixed incompatibility between the popout window and Vivecraft
• Fixed GUI scale handling in the display menu
• Fixed several shader compatibility issues
• Fixed VulkanMod compatibility issues
• Fixed strange red and green screen blinking while loading videos
• Fixed quality fallback to 360p when yt-dlp fails
• Fixed incorrect waiting behavior for DRM-protected videos
• Fixed Picture-in-Picture mode display size calculation
• Fixed render distance localization
• Fixed locked display abuses
• Fixed the false locked display icon in the display menu
• Fixed temporary focus mute overwriting the user's mute setting
• Fixed unsafe server display cache filenames breaking on some systems
• Fixed invalid display sizes creating broken client textures
• Fixed several display menu edge cases
• Fixed several native frame pipeline edge cases
• Fixed several video resolver edge cases
• Fixed several display rendering edge cases
• Fixed multiple small stability issues

Server

Features

• Added support for Minecraft 26.2 Fabric servers
• Implemented Minecraft 1.21.11 support for Fabric servers
• Added support for the new playback modes
• Added Java 21 support for Minecraft 1.21.11 servers
• Added a new packet protocol v2
• Added fallback support for protocol v1, but v1 is now deprecated and will be removed in the future
• Added dreamdisplays.local, dreamdisplays.synced, dreamdisplays.broadcast, dreamdisplays.lock, dreamdisplays.delete.others, and dreamdisplays.create.bypass permissions
• Added more anonymous telemetry data to improve development, compatibility, and stability

Improvements

• Simplified server-side display storage updates
• Removed the old display validator flow
• Improved server-side handling of display-enabled state updates
• Removed the useless report button in single-player
• Improved Gradle configuration
• Improved server module structure
• Updated dependencies
• Added multiple small server-side cleanups and simplifications

Fixes

• Fixed MariaDB compatibility issue (#88)
• Fixed sending display enabled packets to clients
• Fixed several Fabric server compatibility issues
• Fixed several small server-side stability issues