
Modrinth · Minecraft mod
Now Playing
Displays a "Now Playing" popup whenever the music changes.
Quick answer
Which Now Playing release matches 26.2-pre-2?
Now Playing 2.3.0-beta.1+26.2-pre-2 targets 26.2-pre-2 with Fabric. It must be installed on the client. Do not install it on the dedicated server. 1 required mod needs a matching file.
Where it goes
Is Now Playing required on the client, server, or both?
It must be installed on the client. Do not install it on the dedicated server.
This file is marked client-only.
What else does Now Playing 2.3.0-beta.1+26.2-pre-2 need?
2.3.0-beta.1+26.2-pre-2 on 26.2-pre-2. Every mod below is checked against that same setup.
Install Mod Menu, Text Placeholder API, Fabric API first, but 1 required mod has no matching file for this setup. Do not mix loader builds to force a match. 2 come through another mod in the chain.
2 extra mods were pulled in by other dependencies. Indented rows show who needs each one. We only count dependency files that match this setup. A file for another loader does not fill the gap.
Before you install it
Add Now Playing without breaking your instance.
Built for Now Playing 2.3.0-beta.1+26.2-pre-2 on 26.2-pre-2. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use 2.3.0-beta.1+26.2-pre-2. It targets 26.2-pre-2 with Fabric; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs
Install Mod Menu, Text Placeholder API, Fabric API first, but 1 required mod has no matching file for this setup. Do not mix loader builds to force a match. 2 come through another mod in the chain.
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Put it on the correct side
It must be installed on the client. Do not install it on the dedicated server.
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Pick the file you checked
Use the “Get this file” button beside 2.3.0-beta.1+26.2-pre-2. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Now Playing add?
About
Have you ever wondered what all the songs in Minecraft are actually called? Sure, you could check
the soundtrack to find out, but then you have to listen to every song, hoping it's the one you're
thinking of.
With this mod, wonder no more! A toast will pop up in the top right corner of your screen or just
above your hotbar (configurable), telling you what song you're about to listen to.
Setup
General Options
- Only use key or command
- Whether to only show pop-up when the keybind is pressed or the
/nowplayingcommand is used.
- Whether to only show pop-up when the keybind is pressed or the
- Music pop-up style
- How to display pop-up for background music. Choice of toast, hotbar (status bar) message, or
nothing.
- How to display pop-up for background music. Choice of toast, hotbar (status bar) message, or
- Jukebox pop-up style
- How to display pop-up for jukebox music. Choice of toast, hotbar (status bar) message, or
nothing.
- How to display pop-up for jukebox music. Choice of toast, hotbar (status bar) message, or
- Fallback to toast
- Whether to display a toast for music set to hotbar, if not possible to show a hotbar message.
- Silent toast
- Whether the toast should make a whoosh noise.
- Toast scale
- The size of the toast.
- Simple toast
- Whether to show the "Now Playing" text as well as the track title in the toast.
- Dark toast
- Whether to use a dark background for the toast.
- Toast display time
- How long the toast will be displayed for.
- Hotbar display time
- How long the hotbar message will be displayed for.
- Narrate pop-up
- Whether pop-ups should be narrated, if the narrator is enabled.
Custom Sprites
Now Playing supports changing which disc sprites are displayed for each background music track
via a resource pack. First, create a nowplaying folder in the assets folder of your pack,
and place a sprites.json file in that folder, as shown below.
assets
├── minecraft
└── nowplaying
└── sprites.json
Next, populate the sprites.json file with key-value pairs, where the key is the music resource
location (or part thereof), and the value is the sprite location, as shown below.
{
"minecraft:music/game": "minecraft:textures/item/music_disc_cat",
"minecraft:music/game/creative": "minecraft:textures/item/music_disc_blocks",
"minecraft:music/game/creative/taswell": "minecraft:textures/item/music_disc_chirp",
"minecraft:music/game/nether": "minecraft:textures/item/music_disc_pigstep"
}
If you only specify part of a music resource location, the corresponding disc will be shown for
all music tracks in that location, except those that have a more specific definition. In the
example above:
- All tracks in the
gamefolder will use thecatsprite, except;- tracks in the
creativefolder, which will use theblockssprite, except;- the
taswelltrack , which will use thechirpsprite
- the
- tracks in the
netherfolder, which will use thepigstepsprite.
- tracks in the
You can use any existing music disc sprite, or any sprite provided by a resourcepack.
Custom Music Track Titles
If you have a resource pack that adds custom background music, you can specify titles using a
translation file (e.g. en_us.json). First, create a nowplaying folder in the assets folder
of your pack, create a lang folder inside, and place a translation file in that folder, as shown
below.
assets
├── minecraft
└── nowplaying
└── lang
└── en_us.json
Next, populate the translation file with key-value pairs, where the key is the music resource
location, prefixed with nowplaying, and the value is the translated title of the track, as
shown below.
{
"nowplaying.minecraft:music/game/a_familiar_room": "Aaron Cherof - A Familiar Room",
"nowplaying.minecraft:music/game/an_ordinary_day": "Kumi Tanioka - An Ordinary Day",
"nowplaying.minecraft:music/game/ancestry": "Lena Raine - Ancestry",
"nowplaying.minecraft:music/game/clark": "C418 - Clark",
"nowplaying.minecraft:music/game/creative/aria_math": "C418 - Aria Math"
}
Old translation files which use the music.nowplaying.[name] format are still supported, but
have a lower priority than the new format.
Contact
Project description from Modrinth.
Pick your setup
Now Playing by Minecraft version and loader
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
26.2-pre-2
1 loader build26.2
2 loader builds26.1.2
2 loader builds26.1.1
2 loader builds26.1
2 loader builds1.21.11
2 loader builds1.21.10
3 loader builds1.21.9
3 loader builds1.21.8
3 loader builds1.21.7
3 loader builds1.21.6
3 loader builds1.21.5
3 loader buildsShowing the newest 12 of 24 game versions. Older files are in the list below.
Check the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Now Playing versions and loaders
2.3.0-beta.1+26.2-pre-2
nowplaying-fabric-2.3.0-beta.1+26.2-pre-2.jar
31 May 2026
Looking for an older file? The official Modrinth project page is in Resources.