§2. Using displays
- Build a screen out of black concrete
- Select the area with a diamond axe by left-clicking the first corner and then right-clicking the opposite corner
- Right-click the selection while holding the diamond axe to create the display
- Sneak (Shift) + right-click (looking at the display) to open its menu, and paste a video link into the search box
That's it — the video starts playing!
Tip
Both the surface block and the selection item are defaults — a server admin can change them (see Configuration), so yours might differ.
Sneak and right-click a display to open its menu. It has three parts: a preview panel, a settings panel, and a search / suggestions panel.
- Mute button and a volume slider (0–200%)
- Seek bar with hover thumbnails (scrub preview)
- Audio track button — only shows up if the video actually has more than one audio language / track available
- Popout (read below)
- Play / Pause
The popout button gives you four ways to watch outside the normal in-world view:
- Window — plays in a separate window on your desktop
- In-game — a picture-in-picture overlay that follows you around
- Fullscreen — takes over your screen, letterboxed
- Borderless — takes over your screen edge-to-edge
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Render distance | How far away this display keeps rendering for you (2–12 chunks) |
| Quality | Steps through whatever quality ladder the source video actually offers |
| Brightness | 0–100% |
| 3D Audio | Off / Enhanced / Advanced — see below |
| Synchronization | Local / Synced / Broadcast — see below |
- Off — flat, distance-only volume falloff
- Enhanced — loudness normalization, stereo panning, raytraced occlusion (walls actually muffle the sound), distance air absorption, and reverb
- Advanced — maximum audio realism
- Local — playback state (play / pause / seek) is per-player; only you control what you see
- Synced — everyone watching the display sees the same play / pause / position, kept in sync by the server
- Broadcast — a persistent, always-looping, locked, quality-capped mode meant for ambient screens / lobby ads. Nobody can pause or seek it
If you own the display (or have the right permission — see Permissions), you'll also see:
- Lock — prevents other players from changing the video or settings
- Delete — removes the display
- Report — only shown if the server has reporting enabled; flags the current video to the server's moderation team
- Running a server-wide takeover? See Fullscreen broadcasts
- Want a display to start / stop itself at a set time? See Scheduled playback
- Curious what links actually work? See Supported platforms