PacketScreen | In-Game Image & Gifs

PacketScreen

Virtual image and video screens for Minecraft Java Edition servers, rendered entirely through packets without creating real entities or blocks in the world.

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• Image support: PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP and WebP from URLs.
• Video support: MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, AVI, FLV, OGG and other supported formats through direct file URLs.
• Animated images: GIF and WebP animations with looping and frame timing, without FFmpeg.
• Real-time video controls: Play, pause, resume, stop, restart, loop and FPS adjustment.
• Custom screen sizes: Any size in blocks, including fractional dimensions such as 4 x 2.25.
• Display modes: FIT, FILL and STRETCH, with preserved or free aspect ratio.
• Processing resolution: Independently adjustable image and video resolution.
• Hologram screens: Screens automatically face each player independently.
• Solid screen backs: Fixed wall screens can have configurable solid backgrounds.
• Automatic rendering: Images are converted into Minecraft map colours with dithering.
• Optimized video transmission: Only changed pixels are sent to players, with configurable bandwidth limits.
• Viewing distance: Configure how far away players can see each screen.
• Screen management: Create, move, resize, rotate, scale, refresh and remove screens.
• Web panel: Optional browser interface for uploading images and videos and managing screens.
• Temporary access links: Single-use links and session-based access to the web panel.
• Multilingual messages: English and Brazilian Portuguese through messages.yml.
• Configurable settings: Screen limits, video limits, cache, rendering, network bandwidth and security.
• Compatibility: Spigot, Paper and Folia, Minecraft 1.8.8 to 26.3.
• Lightweight rendering: Virtual screens use packets without adding physical entities to the world.

Requirements

• Minecraft Java Edition 1.8.8–26.3.
• Spigot, Paper or Folia.
• PacketEvents 2.14.0 or newer.
• Java 8 or newer, depending on the server version.
• FFmpeg for video screens.
• Java 17 or newer for the optional web panel.

Installation

1. Install PacketEvents.
2. Place PacketScreen.jar in the plugins folder.
3. Install FFmpeg if you want to use video screens.
4. Configure the plugin through config.yml and messages.yml.

Permissions

Separate permissions are available for creating image screens, videos, resizing, moving, removing, listing screens, managing the web panel and reloading the configuration. The packetscreen.admin permission grants access to all commands.