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## Now Playing<\/p>\n

Shows a popup whenever the active music track changes.<\/p>\n

![Environment]()
\n![Latest Minecraft](https:\/\/modrinth.com\/project\/eNF4Bfla\/versions)<\/p>\n

![Loader](https:\/\/fabricmc.net\/)
\n![Loader](https:\/\/quiltmc.org\/)
\n![Loader](https:\/\/neoforged.net\/)<\/p>\n

![Available on Modrinth](https:\/\/modrinth.com\/project\/eNF4Bfla)
\n![Available on GitHub](https:\/\/github.com\/Scotsguy\/now-playing)<\/p>\n

<\/center><\/div>\n

### About<\/p>\n

Have you ever wondered what all the songs in Minecraft are actually called? Sure, you could check
\nthe soundtrack to find out, but then you have to listen to every song, hoping it’s the one you’re
\nthinking of.<\/p>\n

With this mod, wonder no more! A toast will pop up in the top right corner of your screen or just
\nabove your hotbar (configurable), telling you what song you’re about to listen to.<\/p>\n

### Setup<\/p>\n

\nGeneral Options<\/b><\/summary>\n

– Only use key or command
\n – Whether to only show pop-up when the keybind is pressed or the `\/nowplaying` command is used.
\n– Music pop-up style
\n – How to display pop-up for background music. Choice of toast, hotbar (status bar) message, or
\n nothing.
\n– Jukebox pop-up style
\n – How to display pop-up for jukebox music. Choice of toast, hotbar (status bar) message, or
\n nothing.
\n– Fallback to toast
\n – Whether to display a toast for music set to hotbar, if not possible to show a hotbar message.
\n– Silent toast
\n – Whether the toast should make a whoosh noise.
\n– Toast scale
\n – The size of the toast.
\n– Simple toast
\n – Whether to show the “Now Playing” text as well as the track title in the toast.
\n– Dark toast
\n – Whether to use a dark background for the toast.
\n– Toast display time
\n – How long the toast will be displayed for.
\n– Hotbar display time
\n – How long the hotbar message will be displayed for.
\n– Narrate pop-up
\n – Whether pop-ups should be narrated, if the narrator is enabled.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

\nCustom Sprites<\/b><\/summary>\n

Now Playing supports changing which disc sprites are displayed for each background music track
\nvia a resource pack. First, create a `nowplaying` folder in the `assets` folder of your pack,
\nand place a `sprites.json` file in that folder, as shown below.<\/p>\n

“`
\nassets
\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 minecraft
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 nowplaying
\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 sprites.json
\n“`<\/p>\n

Next, populate the `sprites.json` file with key-value pairs, where the key is the music resource
\nlocation (or part thereof), and the value is the sprite location, as shown below.<\/p>\n

“`json
\n{
\n “minecraft:music\/game”: “minecraft:textures\/item\/music_disc_cat”,
\n “minecraft:music\/game\/creative”: “minecraft:textures\/item\/music_disc_blocks”,
\n “minecraft:music\/game\/creative\/taswell”: “minecraft:textures\/item\/music_disc_chirp”,
\n “minecraft:music\/game\/nether”: “minecraft:textures\/item\/music_disc_pigstep”
\n}
\n“`<\/p>\n

If you only specify part of a music resource location, the corresponding disc will be shown for
\nall music tracks in that location, except those that have a more specific definition. In the
\nexample above:<\/p>\n

– All tracks in the `game` folder will use the `cat` sprite, except;
\n – tracks in the `creative` folder, which will use the `blocks` sprite, except;
\n – the `taswell` track , which will use the `chirp` sprite
\n – tracks in the `nether` folder, which will use the `pigstep` sprite.<\/p>\n

You can use any existing music disc sprite, or any sprite provided by a resourcepack.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

\nCustom Music Track Titles<\/b><\/summary>\n

If you have a resource pack that adds custom background music, you can specify titles using a
\ntranslation file (e.g. `en_us.json`). First, create a `nowplaying` folder in the `assets` folder
\nof your pack, create a `lang` folder inside, and place a translation file in that folder, as shown
\nbelow.<\/p>\n

“`
\nassets
\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 minecraft
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 nowplaying
\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 lang
\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 en_us.json
\n“`<\/p>\n

Next, populate the translation file with key-value pairs, where the key is the music resource
\nlocation, prefixed with `nowplaying`, and the value is the translated title of the track, as
\nshown below.<\/p>\n

“`json
\n{
\n “nowplaying.minecraft:music\/game\/a_familiar_room”: “Aaron Cherof – A Familiar Room”,
\n “nowplaying.minecraft:music\/game\/an_ordinary_day”: “Kumi Tanioka – An Ordinary Day”,
\n “nowplaying.minecraft:music\/game\/ancestry”: “Lena Raine – Ancestry”,
\n “nowplaying.minecraft:music\/game\/clark”: “C418 – Clark”,
\n “nowplaying.minecraft:music\/game\/creative\/aria_math”: “C418 – Aria Math”
\n}
\n“`<\/p>\n

Old translation files which use the `music.nowplaying.[name]` format are still supported, but
\nhave a lower priority than the new format.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

### Contact<\/p>\n

![GitHub Issues](https:\/\/github.com\/Scotsguy\/now-playing\/issues)<\/p>\n

![License](https:\/\/github.com\/scotsguy\/now-playing\/blob\/HEAD\/LICENSE.txt)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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