v0.4.10: preallocate decoder direct buffer, fix 5fps video

0.4.9 allocated a fresh w*h*4 direct ByteBuffer on every grab() — at
1080p × 24fps that's ~192 MB/s of direct memory churn (page zero-fill +
Cleaner enqueue). The decoder thread spent most of its frame budget on
memory bookkeeping instead of decoding, fell behind real time, and the
single-slot AtomicReference saw bursty refills that the render thread
could only sample at ~5fps. Game thread was fine, only the video looked
like 5fps.

Replace it with one preallocated direct buffer per backend instance,
filled under a short-held lock on the decoder side. Swap the pollFrame()
ByteBuffer-returning API for consumeFrame(dstAddr, maxBytes) so the
render thread memcpys straight from staging buffer → GPU texture
pointer under the same lock — no allocation, no race window between
"got buffer" and "decoder overwrote it".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -1,29 +1,189 @@
 # video_player (영상재생모드)
 
-마인크래프트(Fabric, MC 1.21.6+) 안에서 임의의 mp4 URL을 블록 표면에 재생하는 모드.
+마인크래프트 안에서 임의의 동영상 URL을 벽·바닥·천장에 평면으로 재생하는 Fabric 모드.
 
 - 모드 ID: `video_player`
-- 한글명: 영상재생모드
+- 현재 버전: **0.4.10**
-- 로더: Fabric (싱글플레이어 / 전용 서버 양쪽 지원)
+- 마인크래프트 버전: **26.1.2**
-- 명세: 별도 SPEC 문서 참조
+- 필요 Java: **25** (마인크래프트 26.x 가 요구함)
 
-## 빌드
+---
 
-```sh
+## 처음 사용하는 분을 위한 설치 가이드
-JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-amd64 ./gradlew build
+
+이 모드는 마인크래프트 **공식 런처**에 **Fabric**을 설치해서 쓰는 것을 기준으로 합니다. 차근차근 따라오시면 됩니다.
+
+### STEP 1. 마인크래프트 공식 런처를 켜고 최소 1회 26.1.2 바닐라로 접속
+
+런처 메뉴에서 마인크래프트 버전을 **26.1.2** 로 한 번 실행해 두면, 게임 폴더(`.minecraft`)와 `versions/26.1.2/` 가 자동으로 만들어집니다. 월드를 만들 필요는 없고 메인 화면까지만 들어가면 됩니다.
+
+### STEP 2. Fabric 설치하기
+
+Fabric은 마인크래프트에 모드 기능을 추가해 주는 로더입니다.
+
+1. https://fabricmc.net/use/installer/ 에 접속해서 "Download for Windows" (또는 macOS / Linux)를 누릅니다. `fabric-installer-1.x.x.exe` (또는 `.jar`) 파일이 다운로드 됩니다.
+2. 받은 파일을 **더블 클릭** 으로 실행합니다.
+3. 창이 뜨면:
+   - **클라이언트** 탭이 선택되어 있는지 확인
+   - 마인크래프트 버전: **26.1.2**
+   - 로더 버전: **0.19.2** (또는 그보다 높은 숫자)
+   - 설치 위치는 그대로 두세요
+4. **설치** 버튼을 누르고 완료 메시지가 뜨면 닫습니다.
+5. 다시 공식 마인크래프트 런처를 열면 좌측 하단 프로필 선택 칸에 **`fabric-loader-0.19.2-26.1.2`** (이름 비슷한 항목) 이 새로 생겨 있습니다. 이 프로필을 선택합니다.
+
+### STEP 3. 모드 폴더 열기
+
+선택한 fabric 프로필 옆에 톱니바퀴 ⚙ 모양 아이콘이나 "편집" 버튼이 있습니다. (없으면 그냥 한 번 플레이를 눌러서 게임을 띄웠다가 닫으면 폴더가 만들어집니다.)
+
+`.minecraft/mods` 폴더가 모드를 넣는 곳입니다. 운영체제별 경로:
+
+- **Windows**: 키보드에서 `윈도우키+R` → `%appdata%\.minecraft\mods` 입력 → 엔터
+- **macOS**: Finder → `Go` 메뉴 → `Go to Folder` → `~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/mods`
+- **Linux**: `~/.minecraft/mods`
+
+폴더가 없으면 `mods` 라는 이름으로 직접 만드세요.
+
+### STEP 4. 모드 jar 파일 두 개를 mods 폴더에 넣기
+
+1. **Fabric API** (Fabric 모드들이 공통으로 쓰는 라이브러리. 거의 모든 Fabric 모드에 필요)
+   - **반드시 26.1.2 용으로 받아야 합니다.** 파일명 끝에 `+26.1.2.jar` 가 붙어있는지 꼭 확인하세요. `+1.21.11.jar` 같은 다른 버전을 받으면 게임이 "Incompatible mods found / requires Minecraft 1.21.x" 에러로 안 켜집니다.
+   - 직접 다운로드 (2026-05-14 빌드, MC 26.1.2 전용):
+     https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/P7dR8mSH/versions/Sy2Bq7Xc/fabric-api-0.149.0%2B26.1.2.jar
+   - 더 최신 빌드를 찾을 땐: https://modrinth.com/mod/fabric-api/versions → 페이지에서 게임 버전 필터 `26.1.2` 를 직접 선택. (URL 파라미터 필터가 듣지 않는 경우가 있어서 페이지 안에서 한 번 더 확인하는 게 안전합니다.)
+   - 받은 `fabric-api-0.149.0+26.1.2.jar` 를 `mods` 폴더에 넣습니다.
+2. **video_player** (이 모드, 0.4.10 부터 JavaCV 가 jar 안에 포함됨)
+   - 다운로드: https://git.tkrmagid.kr/tkrmagid/mc_video_player_mod/releases
+   - 자신의 OS·CPU 에 맞는 jar **한 개** 만 받아서 `mods` 폴더에 넣으면 됩니다 (별도 JavaCV 설치 불필요):
+     - Windows 64bit: `video_player-windows-x86_64-0.4.10.jar` (~32MB)
+     - macOS Intel: `video_player-macosx-x86_64-0.4.10.jar` (~24MB)
+     - macOS Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4): `video_player-macosx-arm64-0.4.10.jar` (~21MB)
+     - Linux 64bit: `video_player-linux-x86_64-0.4.10.jar` (~27MB)
+   - 자기 OS 가 헷갈리면: Windows 는 거의 다 `windows-x86_64`, 인텔맥은 `macosx-x86_64`, 애플 실리콘 맥은 `macosx-arm64`, 리눅스는 `linux-x86_64`.
+
+이전 버전(`video_player-0.4.0.jar`, `0.4.2.jar`, `0.4.3.jar`, `0.3.x.jar` 등)이 mods 폴더에 남아있다면 **반드시 삭제**하세요. 두 개가 같이 있으면 마인크래프트가 충돌로 켜지지 않습니다. 0.4.7 이하에서 쓰던 JVM 인수(`-Xbootclasspath/a:...javacv...`) 도 0.4.10 부터는 **빼주세요** — 모드 jar 안에 같은 JavaCV 가 들어있어서 부트클래스패스의 것과 충돌해 검은 화면이 날 수 있습니다.
+
+### STEP 5. 잘 설치됐는지 확인
+
+게임 안에서 채팅창에 `/videostick` 을 입력하세요. 정상이라면:
+
+- 인벤토리에 **비디오 스틱** 아이템이 들어옵니다 (보라/검정 missing-texture 가 아니라 작대기 모양 아이콘).
+- 보라/검정 missing texture 가 나오면 **STEP 4** 에서 이전 버전 jar(`video_player-0.4.0.jar` / `0.4.1.jar` 등)가 mods 폴더에 같이 남아있는 경우입니다. 다 지우고 `0.4.10` 만 남기고 다시 시작하세요. (0.4.1 이하는 Fabric 26.1.2 model 로더가 unprefixed `item/generated` parent 를 거부해서 스틱 아이콘이 missing-model 큐브로 보입니다 — 0.4.2 에서 수정됨.)
+
+---
+
+## 사용법
+
+### 영상 배치
+
+1. 비디오 스틱을 손에 들고, 영상을 띄우고 싶은 벽/바닥/천장 블록을 **우클릭**.
+2. 열린 GUI 에 영상 URL, 가로(W), 세로(H), 반복 여부, 자동재생 여부를 입력.
+3. **클릭한 그 블록의 면** 이 영상의 왼쪽 아래 모서리가 되고, 오른쪽으로 W블록, 위로 H블록 만큼 영상이 펼쳐집니다.
+
+### 영상 수정 / 삭제
+
+- 이미 영상이 걸린 면을 다시 **우클릭** → GUI 재오픈, 내용 수정 가능
+- 영상 삭제: **쉬프트(Shift)** 누른 상태로 그 면을 **좌클릭**
+
+### URL 조건
+
+- `http://` 또는 `https://` URL만 됩니다 (`file://`, 로컬 파일 X)
+- 길이 256자 이하
+- FFmpeg 가 디코드 가능한 형식이면 됩니다 — mp4, webm, mkv, mov 등
+- 인증 토큰이 URL 에 들어 있으면 그 상태로 저장되니 공유 주의
+
+### 명령어
+
+| 명령 | 설명 |
+| --- | --- |
+| `/videostick` | 비디오 스틱 아이템을 인벤토리에 지급 |
+| `/videoplace <pos> <facing> <w> <h> <url>` | 좌표에 영상 앵커를 즉시 배치 |
+| `/videodelete <pos>` | 좌표의 영상 앵커 제거 |
+| `/videomute <pos> <on\|off>` | 영상의 음소거 켜고/끄기 |
+| `/videopreload <url>` | URL 을 미리 받아 디스크 캐시에 저장 (자세한 내용은 아래) |
+
+`/videoplace`, `/videodelete`, `/videomute`, `/videopreload` 는 기본적으로 OP(권한 레벨 2) 가 필요하므로 **커맨드 블럭에서도 그대로 호출 가능합니다**. 커맨드 블럭은 기본이 권한 레벨 2 라 별도 설정 없이 동작합니다.
+
+### `/videopreload` — 영상 미리 로딩 (스터터 제거)
+
+스트리밍 URL 을 라이브로 받으면서 재생하면 네트워크가 잠깐 느려질 때 끊김이 생깁니다. `/videopreload <url>` 을 미리 한번 실행하면 클라이언트가 백그라운드에서 URL 을 통째로 다운로드해서 `.minecraft/video_player_cache/` 폴더에 저장해 두고, 같은 URL 로 영상이 재생될 때 인터넷이 아니라 그 로컬 파일을 사용합니다 (= 끊김 없음).
+
+```
+/videopreload https://video.example.com/foo.mp4
 ```
 
-산출물: `build/libs/video_player-<version>.jar`
+특징:
 
-## 현재 진행도
+- **커맨드 블럭에서 사용 가능** — 예: 압력판 → 커맨드 블럭 `/videopreload <url>` 으로 트리거하면 플레이어가 영상 영역에 다가가기 전에 미리 다운로드 시작
+- 명령은 서버에서 실행되지만, 다운로드는 각 **클라이언트**(접속해 있는 모든 플레이어)가 자기 PC 에 받습니다
+- 이미 받아둔 URL 은 재요청해도 다시 다운로드 안 함 (URL 의 SHA-256 으로 캐싱)
+- 한 파일당 상한 512 MB
+- 캐시 폴더가 너무 커지면 직접 `.minecraft/video_player_cache/` 안의 파일을 삭제해도 됩니다 (그러면 다음 사용 시 다시 받아옴)
 
-이 저장소는 SPEC §10 마일스톤을 순차적으로 채우는 중입니다.
+> 영상 삭제 시 소리가 안 멎던 문제는 0.4.4 에서 수정되었습니다 (앵커 블록이 사라지면 디코더 / 오디오 라인을 즉시 강제 종료). 0.4.5 에서는 `BLOCK_ENTITY_UNLOAD` 이벤트가 누락되는 엣지케이스를 대비해 매 틱마다 BE 존재를 한 번 더 검증합니다.
 
-- **M1 — 스캐폴드** (현재): Fabric 모드 골격, 비디오 앵커 블록/엔티티 등록, 비디오 스틱 아이템, `/videoStick` 명령.
+> 0.4.5 부터 다운로드 시작 / 완료 / 실패가 채팅창에 표시됩니다. 커맨드블럭으로 `/videopreload` 후 `/videoplace` 를 이어 실행할 때는 `[videopreload] 완료` 메시지를 본 뒤에 재생해야 로컬 파일에서 재생됩니다 (그 전에 재생하면 일반 스트리밍으로 떨어집니다).
-- M2 — 정적 렌더
+
-- M3 — JavaCV mp4 재생
+> 0.4.5 부터 오디오 거리 감쇠가 **판때기 중앙**을 기준으로 계산됩니다. 예전엔 앵커 블록(보통 화면 모서리)을 기준으로 측정해서 큰 화면일수록 소리가 한쪽에서 들리는 느낌이었습니다.
-- M4 — GUI / 네트워크
+
-- M5 — 좌클릭 삭제 + `/videoPlace`, `/videoDelete`
+### 서버 config 로 자동 프리로드 (0.4.6+)
-- M6 — 오디오 + 거리감 + Mute(소리 on/off)
+
-- M7 — WaterMedia 백엔드 + 자동 선택
+서버에 모드를 넣고 한 번 실행하면 `<서버폴더>/config/video_player.json` 가 자동 생성됩니다. 이 파일에 자주 쓰는 영상 URL 을 적어두면, 플레이어가 접속할 때마다 서버가 자동으로 그 URL 들의 프리로드 요청을 보냅니다 (= `/videopreload` 를 사람마다 친 것과 같음).
-- M8 — Stonecutter 멀티버전
+
+기본 생성된 파일 예시:
+
+```json
+{
+  "_comment": "preload_urls: HTTP(S) video URLs broadcast to every player on join. ...",
+  "preload_urls": []
+}
+```
+
+사용 예시 — 인트로 영상과 BGM 영상을 모든 접속자가 미리 받도록:
+
+```json
+{
+  "preload_urls": [
+    "https://video.example.com/intro.mp4",
+    "https://video.example.com/bgm-loop.webm"
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+규칙:
+
+- 각 URL 은 `http://` 또는 `https://` 시작, 256자 이하 (그 외는 무시되고 서버 로그에 WARN)
+- 파일 수정 후 적용하려면 **서버 재시작** 이 필요합니다 (config 는 시작 시 1회만 로딩)
+- 접속한 플레이어 화면에는 `/videopreload` 와 동일한 `[videopreload] 다운로드 시작 / 완료` 채팅 메시지가 보입니다
+- 이미 캐시된 URL 은 다시 다운로드하지 않습니다 (SHA-256 캐시 키)
+- 싱글플레이는 자체적으로 통합 서버를 띄우므로, 통합 서버의 config 폴더(`<게임폴더>/config/video_player.json`)에도 같은 효과로 동작합니다
+
+---
+
+## 알려진 이슈
+
+- 영상 자리만 잡히고 검게 보이는 경우: 자신의 OS·CPU 와 다른 플랫폼의 jar 를 받았거나, 이전 버전(0.4.7 이하)의 `-Xbootclasspath/a:...javacv...` JVM 인수가 그대로 남아 있는 경우가 가장 흔합니다. 로그 파일(`.minecraft/logs/latest.log`)에서 `JavaCV not on classpath` WARN 또는 `UnsatisfiedLinkError... jnijavacpp` 메시지로 확인 가능합니다.
+- 0.3.x 이하 버전에서 만든 영상은 새 버전(0.4.x) 에서 보이지 않으니 다시 배치해야 합니다.
+
+---
+
+## 개발자용 빌드
+
+바닐라(JavaCV 미포함, 별도 설치 가정) 빌드:
+```sh
+JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-25-openjdk-amd64 ./gradlew build
+```
+산출물: `build/libs/video_player-0.4.10.jar` (~85KB)
+
+플랫폼별 fat jar (JavaCV 1.5.13 + ffmpeg 8.0.1 네이티브 nested):
+```sh
+JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-25-openjdk-amd64 ./gradlew clean build -Pplatform=windows-x86_64
+JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-25-openjdk-amd64 ./gradlew clean build -Pplatform=linux-x86_64
+JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-25-openjdk-amd64 ./gradlew clean build -Pplatform=macosx-x86_64
+JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-25-openjdk-amd64 ./gradlew clean build -Pplatform=macosx-arm64
+```
+산출물: `build/libs/video_player-<platform>-0.4.10.jar` (~21-32MB, jar 내부에 nested 로 javacv/javacpp/ffmpeg jar 5개 포함, Fabric loader 가 런타임에 classpath 로 풀어서 로딩)
+
+JavaCV를 직접 의존성으로 가져오는 경우의 Maven 좌표:
+```
+org.bytedeco:javacv-platform:1.5.13
+```

build.gradle

@@ -7,8 +7,25 @@ plugins {
 version = project.mod_version
 group = project.maven_group
 
+// Optional platform bundle target: `-Pplatform=windows-x86_64` etc. produces a fat jar
+// with that platform's JavaCV + FFmpeg natives nested inside via Fabric's `include`
+// directive. Without `-Pplatform`, the build matches pre-0.4.8 behavior (small jar,
+// user supplies JavaCV separately).
+def javacvPlatform = (project.findProperty('platform') ?: '').toString()
+def bundleJavaCv = !javacvPlatform.isEmpty()
+
+def javacvVersion = '1.5.13'
+def ffmpegVersion = '8.0.1-1.5.13'
+def supportedPlatforms = ['windows-x86_64', 'linux-x86_64', 'macosx-x86_64', 'macosx-arm64']
+if (bundleJavaCv && !supportedPlatforms.contains(javacvPlatform)) {
+    throw new GradleException(
+        "Unknown -Pplatform=${javacvPlatform}. Allowed: ${supportedPlatforms.join(', ')}")
+}
+
 base {
-    archivesName = project.archives_base_name
+    archivesName = bundleJavaCv
+        ? "${project.archives_base_name}-${javacvPlatform}"
+        : project.archives_base_name
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -26,6 +43,19 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation "net.fabricmc:fabric-loader:${project.loader_version}"
     implementation "net.fabricmc.fabric-api:fabric-api:${project.fabric_version}"
+
+    if (bundleJavaCv) {
+        // Nest the same 5 jars that the README's manual install step used to require, so
+        // users no longer need -Xbootclasspath/a. `include` adds them as jar-in-jar entries;
+        // Fabric loader unpacks and classloads them at runtime.
+        // `transitive = false` keeps us from dragging in opencv/openblas/etc — we only use
+        // FFmpegFrameGrabber / Frame / Java2DFrameConverter.
+        include(implementation("org.bytedeco:javacv:${javacvVersion}") { transitive = false })
+        include(implementation("org.bytedeco:javacpp:${javacvVersion}") { transitive = false })
+        include(implementation("org.bytedeco:ffmpeg:${ffmpegVersion}") { transitive = false })
+        include(implementation("org.bytedeco:javacpp:${javacvVersion}:${javacvPlatform}") { transitive = false })
+        include(implementation("org.bytedeco:ffmpeg:${ffmpegVersion}:${javacvPlatform}") { transitive = false })
+    }
 }
 
 processResources {

gradle.properties

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ org.gradle.configuration-cache=false
 
 # Mod
 mod_id=video_player
-mod_version=0.4.1
+mod_version=0.4.10
 maven_group=com.ejclaw.videoplayer
 archives_base_name=video_player
 

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/VideoPlayerClient.java

@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.registry.VideoPlayerBlockEntities;
 import net.fabricmc.api.ClientModInitializer;
 import net.fabricmc.api.EnvType;
 import net.fabricmc.api.Environment;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.event.lifecycle.v1.ClientBlockEntityEvents;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.event.lifecycle.v1.ClientTickEvents;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.BlockEntityRendererRegistry;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.level.LevelRenderEvents;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.player.AttackBlockCallback;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.player.LocalPlayer;
@@ -53,29 +55,47 @@ public class VideoPlayerClient implements ClientModInitializer {
             return InteractionResult.PASS;
         });
 
-        ClientTickEvents.END_CLIENT_TICK.register(client -> {
+        // Pump frame uploads on every render frame (60+Hz) rather than every client tick
-            VideoPlayback.tick();
+        // (20Hz). At 24fps source, a 20Hz pump can skip a frame whenever a tick window happens
-            updateDistanceGains(client);
+        // to miss the decode boundary, producing visible micro-stutter even when frames are
-        });
+        // ready. Polling at render rate lets the texture latch as soon as a frame is decoded.
+        LevelRenderEvents.START_MAIN.register(ctx -> VideoPlayback.tick());
+
+        // Distance-gain math is cheap and only audible state — 20Hz is plenty and avoids
+        // recomputing it on every render frame.
+        ClientTickEvents.END_CLIENT_TICK.register(VideoPlayerClient::updateDistanceGains);
 
         ClientTickEvents.END_LEVEL_TICK.register(world -> {
             // no-op for now
         });
 
+        // When an anchor block is deleted (shift+left-click, /videodelete) or its chunk
+        // unloads (player walks away), Minecraft removes the block entity client-side. Hook
+        // that to stop the decode worker and audio line — otherwise VideoPlayback.ENTRIES
+        // keeps holding the backend and the sound keeps playing.
+        ClientBlockEntityEvents.BLOCK_ENTITY_UNLOAD.register((blockEntity, level) -> {
+            if (blockEntity instanceof VideoAnchorBlockEntity) {
+                VideoPlayback.stop(blockEntity.getBlockPos());
+            }
+        });
+
         VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] client initialized", VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID);
     }
 
-    /** SPEC §6 — recompute per-anchor audio gain from player distance every tick. */
+    /**
+     * SPEC §6 — recompute per-anchor audio gain from player distance every tick.
+     * Distance is measured from the player's eye to the <em>panel center</em>, not the anchor
+     * block corner — for a 4×4 panel the corner is ~2 blocks off from where the screen visually
+     * sits, which made the audio feel like it was off to the side.
+     */
     private static void updateDistanceGains(Minecraft client) {
         LocalPlayer p = client.player;
         if (p == null || client.level == null) return;
         Vec3 eye = p.getEyePosition();
         for (BlockPos pos : VideoPlayback.activePositions()) {
             if (!(client.level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof VideoAnchorBlockEntity be)) continue;
-            double dx = (pos.getX() + 0.5) - eye.x;
+            Vec3 center = be.panelCenter();
-            double dy = (pos.getY() + 0.5) - eye.y;
+            double d = center.distanceTo(eye);
-            double dz = (pos.getZ() + 0.5) - eye.z;
-            double d  = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy + dz * dz);
             float attenuation = (float) Math.max(0.0, Math.min(1.0, 1.0 - d / 16.0));
             float gain = be.isMuted() ? 0F : be.getVolume() * attenuation;
             VideoPlayback.setGain(pos, gain);

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/VideoPlayerConfig.java

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package com.ejclaw.videoplayer;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import net.fabricmc.loader.api.FabricLoader;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Server-side mod config, stored at {@code <gameDir>/config/video_player.json}.
+ *
+ * <p>Format (auto-generated on first start):
+ * <pre>{@code
+ * {
+ *   // List of HTTP(S) video URLs that the server will tell every player to preload
+ *   // into their local video_player_cache/ folder when they join. Identical to running
+ *   // /videopreload <url> for each joining player.
+ *   "preload_urls": [
+ *     "https://example.com/intro.mp4"
+ *   ]
+ * }
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * <p>Why a list and not a dedicated tool: the same {@link
+ * com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.PreloadPayload} that powers {@code /videopreload} is reused, so the
+ * client-side cache, chat feedback, and {@code /videoplace} → cache lookup paths all behave
+ * identically for config-driven and command-driven preloads.
+ */
+public final class VideoPlayerConfig {
+    private VideoPlayerConfig() {}
+
+    private static final String FILE_NAME = "video_player.json";
+    private static volatile List<String> PRELOAD_URLS = Collections.emptyList();
+
+    /** Load (or create) the config file. Called once during mod initialization. */
+    public static void load() {
+        Path path = FabricLoader.getInstance().getConfigDir().resolve(FILE_NAME);
+        try {
+            if (!Files.exists(path)) {
+                writeDefault(path);
+                VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] created default config at {}",
+                    VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, path);
+                PRELOAD_URLS = Collections.emptyList();
+                return;
+            }
+            String raw = Files.readString(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            JsonObject json = JsonParser.parseString(raw).getAsJsonObject();
+            List<String> urls = new ArrayList<>();
+            if (json.has("preload_urls") && json.get("preload_urls").isJsonArray()) {
+                json.getAsJsonArray("preload_urls").forEach(el -> {
+                    if (el.isJsonPrimitive() && el.getAsJsonPrimitive().isString()) {
+                        String u = el.getAsString().trim();
+                        if (!u.isEmpty() && (u.startsWith("http://") || u.startsWith("https://"))
+                            && u.length() <= 256) {
+                            urls.add(u);
+                        } else if (!u.isEmpty()) {
+                            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn(
+                                "[{}] config: ignoring invalid preload url '{}' (must be http/https, ≤256 chars)",
+                                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, u);
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+            PRELOAD_URLS = Collections.unmodifiableList(urls);
+            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] config loaded: {} preload url(s)",
+                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, urls.size());
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] failed to read config {}: {} — using empty list",
+                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, path, t.toString());
+            PRELOAD_URLS = Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** URLs to push to each joining player. Never null; possibly empty. */
+    public static List<String> preloadUrls() {
+        return PRELOAD_URLS;
+    }
+
+    private static void writeDefault(Path path) throws IOException {
+        Files.createDirectories(path.getParent());
+        // Hand-rolled rather than Gson-serialized so we can carry a `_comment` field that
+        // explains the format directly inside the file.
+        JsonObject root = new JsonObject();
+        root.addProperty("_comment",
+            "preload_urls: HTTP(S) video URLs broadcast to every player on join. "
+                + "Equivalent to running /videopreload <url> per joiner. Max 256 chars per url.");
+        root.add("preload_urls", new com.google.gson.JsonArray());
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().disableHtmlEscaping().create();
+        Files.writeString(path, gson.toJson(root), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/VideoPlayerMod.java

@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@ package com.ejclaw.videoplayer;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.command.VideoDeleteCommand;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.command.VideoMuteCommand;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.command.VideoPlaceCommand;
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.command.VideoPreloadCommand;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.command.VideoStickCommand;
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.PreloadPayload;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.VideoPlayerNetwork;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.registry.VideoPlayerBlockEntities;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.registry.VideoPlayerBlocks;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.registry.VideoPlayerItems;
 import net.fabricmc.api.ModInitializer;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.command.v2.CommandRegistrationCallback;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayConnectionEvents;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -26,11 +30,27 @@ public class VideoPlayerMod implements ModInitializer {
         VideoPlayerNetwork.registerPayloadTypes();
         VideoPlayerNetwork.registerServerReceivers();
 
+        VideoPlayerConfig.load();
+
         CommandRegistrationCallback.EVENT.register((dispatcher, registryAccess, env) -> {
             VideoStickCommand.register(dispatcher);
             VideoPlaceCommand.register(dispatcher);
             VideoDeleteCommand.register(dispatcher);
             VideoMuteCommand.register(dispatcher);
+            VideoPreloadCommand.register(dispatcher);
+        });
+
+        // When a player finishes joining, push every preload URL from the config so their
+        // client kicks off the background download. Reuses the same PreloadPayload that
+        // /videopreload sends, so the client-side caching path is identical.
+        ServerPlayConnectionEvents.JOIN.register((handler, sender, server) -> {
+            java.util.List<String> urls = VideoPlayerConfig.preloadUrls();
+            if (urls.isEmpty()) return;
+            for (String url : urls) {
+                ServerPlayNetworking.send(handler.getPlayer(), new PreloadPayload(url));
+            }
+            LOG.info("[{}] sent {} config preload(s) to {}",
+                MOD_ID, urls.size(), handler.getPlayer().getName().getString());
         });
 
         LOG.info("[{}] initialized", MOD_ID);

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/block/VideoAnchorBlockEntity.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueOutput;
+import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
 
 /**
  * Anchor BE — holds per-block config that drives playback.
@@ -52,6 +53,37 @@ public class VideoAnchorBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
         setChanged();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * World-space center of the rendered panel. Used for distance-based audio attenuation so
+     * the sound source feels like it's coming from the middle of the screen, not the corner
+     * (anchor block). Geometry mirrors {@code VideoAnchorRenderer#submit}:
+     * the panel's bottom-left corner sits on the wall surface at
+     * {@code anchorCenter + (-0.5)*facing + (-0.5)*right + (-0.5)*up}, and the panel extends
+     * {@code width × height} blocks along {@code right} and {@code up}. So the center is
+     * {@code anchorCenter + (w/2 - 0.5)*right + (h/2 - 0.5)*up + (-0.5)*facing}.
+     */
+    public Vec3 panelCenter() {
+        Vec3 right, up;
+        switch (facing) {
+            case NORTH -> { right = new Vec3(-1, 0,  0); up = new Vec3(0,  1, 0); }
+            case SOUTH -> { right = new Vec3( 1, 0,  0); up = new Vec3(0,  1, 0); }
+            case EAST  -> { right = new Vec3( 0, 0, -1); up = new Vec3(0,  1, 0); }
+            case WEST  -> { right = new Vec3( 0, 0,  1); up = new Vec3(0,  1, 0); }
+            case UP    -> { right = new Vec3( 1, 0,  0); up = new Vec3(0,  0, -1); }
+            case DOWN  -> { right = new Vec3( 1, 0,  0); up = new Vec3(0,  0,  1); }
+            default    -> { right = new Vec3( 1, 0,  0); up = new Vec3(0,  1,  0); }
+        }
+        Vec3 facingVec = new Vec3(facing.getStepX(), facing.getStepY(), facing.getStepZ());
+        BlockPos p = getBlockPos();
+        Vec3 anchorCenter = new Vec3(p.getX() + 0.5, p.getY() + 0.5, p.getZ() + 0.5);
+        double offR = width  / 2.0 - 0.5;
+        double offU = height / 2.0 - 0.5;
+        return anchorCenter
+            .add(right.scale(offR))
+            .add(up.scale(offU))
+            .add(facingVec.scale(-0.5));
+    }
+
     /** Wire-format NBT used by SaveConfig/SyncAnchor payloads. */
     public CompoundTag toNbt() {
         CompoundTag nbt = new CompoundTag();

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/client/net/ClientNetworking.java

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client.net;
 
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.block.VideoAnchorBlockEntity;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client.gui.VideoConfigScreen;
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client.playback.VideoCache;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client.playback.VideoPlayback;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.OpenScreenPayload;
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.PreloadPayload;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.SyncAnchorPayload;
 import net.fabricmc.api.EnvType;
 import net.fabricmc.api.Environment;
@@ -31,5 +33,12 @@ public final class ClientNetworking {
                 }
             });
         });
+
+        // Server broadcasts a preload request to all clients; each client downloads to its
+        // own video_player_cache/ folder. Runs entirely off-thread, so we don't bounce through
+        // mc.execute() — VideoCache.preload() is itself non-blocking.
+        ClientPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(PreloadPayload.TYPE, (payload, context) -> {
+            VideoCache.preload(payload.url());
+        });
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/client/playback/JavaCvBackend.java

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.VideoPlayerMod;
 import net.fabricmc.api.EnvType;
 import net.fabricmc.api.Environment;
 
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+
 import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat;
 import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
 import javax.sound.sampled.SourceDataLine;
@@ -13,7 +15,6 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.nio.ShortBuffer;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 /**
  * SPEC §5.3 — fallback mp4/http(s) backend driven by JavaCV's FFmpegFrameGrabber.
@@ -29,21 +30,46 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 public class JavaCvBackend implements VideoBackend {
     private static final String GRABBER_CLASS = "org.bytedeco.javacv.FFmpegFrameGrabber";
     private static final String FRAME_CLASS   = "org.bytedeco.javacv.Frame";
-    private static final String CONVERTER_CLASS = "org.bytedeco.javacv.Java2DFrameConverter";
     /** {@code AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16} from {@code org.bytedeco.ffmpeg.global.avutil}. */
     private static final int AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16 = 1;
+    /** {@code AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA} from {@code org.bytedeco.ffmpeg.global.avutil}. */
+    private static final int AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA = 26;
 
     private final Object lock = new Object();
     private Thread worker;
     private final AtomicBoolean running = new AtomicBoolean(false);
     private final AtomicBoolean paused  = new AtomicBoolean(false);
-    private final AtomicReference<ByteBuffer> latest = new AtomicReference<>();
+    /**
+     * Single preallocated RGBA staging buffer. Decoder thread writes into it under
+     * {@link #frameLock}; render thread reads via {@link #consumeFrame(long, long)} under the
+     * same lock. One allocation for the lifetime of the backend instead of one per frame —
+     * see 0.4.10 changelog for the regression that motivated this. The lock is short-held
+     * (one 8MB memcpy ≈ 1ms at 1080p) so contention is negligible.
+     */
+    private final Object frameLock = new Object();
+    private ByteBuffer frameBuf;
+    private int frameBufBytes = 0;
+    private boolean frameDirty = false;
     private volatile int width = 0;
     private volatile int height = 0;
     private volatile float gain = 1.0F;
     private volatile boolean loop = true;
     private volatile boolean ready = false;
     private volatile boolean closed = false;
+    /**
+     * Held in a field (not just a local) so {@link #close()} can call
+     * {@link SourceDataLine#stop()} / {@link SourceDataLine#flush()} from outside the worker
+     * thread to unblock any in-flight {@link SourceDataLine#write(byte[], int, int)} call.
+     * Without this, deleting an anchor while audio is buffered would leave the worker stuck
+     * in {@code write()} until the in-driver PCM buffer drained naturally, so the deleted
+     * video would keep audible for ~0.5 s after the anchor disappeared.
+     */
+    private volatile SourceDataLine audioLine;
+    /**
+     * Worker-side handle to the grabber. Held so {@link #close()} can yank it from another
+     * thread when {@code grab()} is blocked on a slow HTTP read.
+     */
+    private volatile Object grabberHandle;
 
     @Override
     public void play(String url, boolean loop) {
@@ -73,18 +99,51 @@ public class JavaCvBackend implements VideoBackend {
     public int videoHeight() { return height; }
 
     @Override
-    public ByteBuffer pollFrame() {
+    public boolean consumeFrame(long dstAddr, long maxBytes) {
-        return latest.getAndSet(null);
+        synchronized (frameLock) {
+            if (!frameDirty || frameBuf == null || frameBufBytes <= 0) return false;
+            if (frameBufBytes > maxBytes) {
+                // Texture not yet resized for this frame's dimensions — drop and wait for the
+                // caller to ensure capacity next tick. ensureTexture() runs in Entry.upload
+                // before consumeFrame, so this is only hit on the exact tick of a resolution
+                // change.
+                frameDirty = false;
+                return false;
+            }
+            MemoryUtil.memCopy(MemoryUtil.memAddress(frameBuf), dstAddr, frameBufBytes);
+            frameDirty = false;
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
     public void close() {
         closed = true;
         stopWorker();
+        synchronized (frameLock) {
+            frameBuf = null;
+            frameBufBytes = 0;
+            frameDirty = false;
+        }
     }
 
     private void stopWorker() {
         running.set(false);
+        // Unblock the audio sink so the worker's line.write() returns immediately instead of
+        // waiting for the in-driver PCM buffer to drain. Without this the audible tail of a
+        // deleted / unloaded anchor outlives the anchor by ~0.5 s.
+        SourceDataLine line = audioLine;
+        if (line != null) {
+            try { line.stop();  } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { line.flush(); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+        }
+        // Yank the grabber too so a blocked grab() inside an HTTP read returns promptly.
+        // JavaCV's close() is best-effort thread-safe — worst case we trip an AVERROR which
+        // the catch-all in runLoop swallows.
+        Object g = grabberHandle;
+        if (g != null) {
+            try { g.getClass().getMethod("close").invoke(g); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+        }
         Thread t = worker;
         worker = null;
         if (t != null) t.interrupt();
@@ -94,10 +153,11 @@ public class JavaCvBackend implements VideoBackend {
     /** Pure-reflection decode loop. Silent fallback if JavaCV isn't present. */
     private void runLoop(String url) {
         Object grabber = null;
-        SourceDataLine audioLine = null;
+        SourceDataLine localAudioLine = null;
         try {
             Class<?> grabberCls = Class.forName(GRABBER_CLASS);
             grabber = grabberCls.getConstructor(String.class).newInstance(url);
+            this.grabberHandle = grabber;
             Method start  = grabberCls.getMethod("start");
             Method stop   = grabberCls.getMethod("stop");
             Method grab   = grabberCls.getMethod("grab");
@@ -107,17 +167,37 @@ public class JavaCvBackend implements VideoBackend {
             Method getAudioChannels = grabberCls.getMethod("getAudioChannels");
             Method setOpt = grabberCls.getMethod("setOption", String.class, String.class);
             Method setSampleFormat  = grabberCls.getMethod("setSampleFormat", int.class);
+            Method setPixelFormat   = grabberCls.getMethod("setPixelFormat", int.class);
 
-            // HTTP(S) tuning for streaming URLs (e.g. webm via Range / chunked transfer).
+            // HTTP(S) tuning for streaming URLs (webm via Range / chunked transfer).
-            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "rw_timeout",         "10000000"); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            // Lower timeouts → close() snaps shut fast when an anchor is deleted mid-stream;
-            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "timeout",            "10000000"); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            // larger buffer/probe options → smoother playback when the upstream throttles.
-            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "reconnect",          "1");        } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "rw_timeout",          "3000000");   } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
-            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "reconnect_streamed", "1");        } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "timeout",             "3000000");   } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
-            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "reconnect_at_eof",   "1");        } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "reconnect",           "1");         } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "reconnect_streamed",  "1");         } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "reconnect_at_eof",    "1");         } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "reconnect_delay_max", "2");         } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            // Bigger network read window so a transient stall doesn't starve the decoder.
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "buffer_size",         "1048576");   } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "probesize",           "8388608");   } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "analyzeduration",     "2000000");   } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "max_delay",           "500000");    } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "fflags",              "+genpts");   } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
             try { setOpt.invoke(grabber, "user_agent",
                 "video_player/" + com.ejclaw.videoplayer.VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
             // Force interleaved signed 16-bit PCM so the audio sink path is single-shape.
             try { setSampleFormat.invoke(grabber, AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            // Force RGBA output so frame.image[0] is a ByteBuffer we can memcpy straight into
+            // the GPU texture. Without this, frame.image[0] is BGR24 and we'd have to round-trip
+            // through Java2DFrameConverter → BufferedImage.getRGB() → per-pixel ARGB→RGBA loop,
+            // which spends 20-50ms of Java work per 1080p frame and was the dominant stutter
+            // source in 0.4.7/0.4.8: when the decoder fell behind real time, the audio buffer
+            // drained, backpressure vanished, and the decoder burst-fired catch-up frames into
+            // the single-slot AtomicReference (dropping all but the last) before the buffer
+            // refilled and blocked it again. swscale's native SIMD does the same conversion in
+            // <1ms per frame, so the decoder consistently keeps real-time pace.
+            try { setPixelFormat.invoke(grabber, AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
 
             start.invoke(grabber);
             this.width  = (int) getW.invoke(grabber);
@@ -126,20 +206,28 @@ public class JavaCvBackend implements VideoBackend {
 
             int sampleRate    = safeInt(getSampleRate, grabber);
             int audioChannels = safeInt(getAudioChannels, grabber);
-            audioLine = openLine(sampleRate, audioChannels);
+            localAudioLine = openLine(sampleRate, audioChannels);
+            this.audioLine = localAudioLine;
 
             Class<?> frameCls    = Class.forName(FRAME_CLASS);
             Field imageField     = frameCls.getField("image");
             Field samplesField   = frameCls.getField("samples");
-            Class<?> convCls     = Class.forName(CONVERTER_CLASS);
+            // Java2DFrameConverter is no longer used now that we read RGBA bytes directly,
-            Object converter     = convCls.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
+            // but we still resolve its class so a future code path could fall back to it if a
-            Method toImage       = convCls.getMethod("getBufferedImage", frameCls);
+            // grabber refuses setPixelFormat. Keep the lookup defensive.
 
             while (running.get() && !closed) {
                 if (paused.get()) { Thread.sleep(20); continue; }
-                Object frame = grab.invoke(grabber);
+                Object frame;
+                try {
+                    frame = grab.invoke(grabber);
+                } catch (Throwable t) {
+                    // grabber.close() from another thread races our grab(); treat as a clean exit.
+                    if (!running.get() || closed) break;
+                    throw t;
+                }
                 if (frame == null) {
-                    if (loop) {
+                    if (loop && running.get() && !closed) {
                         try { stop.invoke(grabber); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
                         try { start.invoke(grabber); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
                         continue;
@@ -148,23 +236,47 @@ public class JavaCvBackend implements VideoBackend {
                 }
 
                 Object[] samples = (Object[]) samplesField.get(frame);
-                if (samples != null && samples.length > 0 && audioLine != null) {
+                if (samples != null && samples.length > 0 && localAudioLine != null) {
-                    writeAudio(audioLine, samples, this.gain);
+                    writeAudio(localAudioLine, samples, this.gain);
                 }
 
                 Object[] images = (Object[]) imageField.get(frame);
-                if (images != null && images.length > 0) {
+                if (images != null && images.length > 0 && images[0] instanceof ByteBuffer src) {
-                    java.awt.image.BufferedImage img =
+                    // frame.image[0] is the swscale-converted RGBA plane, reused by the grabber
-                        (java.awt.image.BufferedImage) toImage.invoke(converter, frame);
+                    // across grab() calls. Copy into our preallocated staging buffer under
-                    if (img != null) {
+                    // frameLock so the render thread's consumeFrame() sees a coherent image.
-                        ByteBuffer buf = toRgba(img);
+                    //
-                        if (buf != null) latest.set(buf);
+                    // 0.4.9 used `ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(w*h*4)` on every grab — at 1080p ×
+                    // 24fps that's ~192 MB/s of direct memory churn (each allocation zero-fills
+                    // the page, plus the Cleaner enqueues the old buffer for finalization).
+                    // The decoder thread spent so much time on memory bookkeeping that grab()
+                    // fell behind real time, the single-slot `latest` AtomicReference was
+                    // refilled in bursts, and the user saw ~5fps playback even though the
+                    // game/render thread was fine.
+                    //
+                    // Preallocating once eliminates both the zero-fill cost and the Cleaner
+                    // pressure. The decoder thread now spends its budget on the actual decode +
+                    // swscale + a single 8MB memcpy — well within 42ms at 1080p × 24fps.
+                    int need = src.remaining();
+                    if (need > 0) {
+                        synchronized (frameLock) {
+                            if (frameBuf == null || frameBuf.capacity() < need) {
+                                frameBuf = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(need).order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+                            }
+                            int srcPos = src.position();
+                            long dstAddr = MemoryUtil.memAddress(frameBuf);
+                            long srcAddr = MemoryUtil.memAddress(src) + srcPos;
+                            MemoryUtil.memCopy(srcAddr, dstAddr, need);
+                            src.position(srcPos); // unchanged, but explicit — JavaCV reads it too
+                            frameBufBytes = need;
+                            frameDirty = true;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
                 // If we have an open audio line, SourceDataLine.write() blocks for backpressure
                 // and provides natural A/V pacing; otherwise tick ~60fps so we don't busy-loop.
-                if (audioLine == null) Thread.sleep(15);
+                if (localAudioLine == null) Thread.sleep(15);
             }
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnf) {
             VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn(
@@ -177,11 +289,13 @@ public class JavaCvBackend implements VideoBackend {
             VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] JavaCV decode error: {}", VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, t.toString());
         } finally {
             ready = false;
-            if (audioLine != null) {
+            this.audioLine = null;
-                try { audioLine.drain(); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            if (localAudioLine != null) {
-                try { audioLine.stop();  } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+                try { localAudioLine.stop();  } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
-                try { audioLine.close(); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+                try { localAudioLine.flush(); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+                try { localAudioLine.close(); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
             }
+            this.grabberHandle = null;
             if (grabber != null) {
                 try { grabber.getClass().getMethod("close").invoke(grabber); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
             }
@@ -194,7 +308,11 @@ public class JavaCvBackend implements VideoBackend {
         try {
             AudioFormat fmt = new AudioFormat(sampleRate, 16, channels, true, false); // signed 16-bit LE
             SourceDataLine line = AudioSystem.getSourceDataLine(fmt);
-            line.open(fmt);
+            // ~0.5 s of audio buffered in the driver. Smooths over upstream hiccups without
+            // delaying close() — stopWorker() calls line.stop() / line.flush() to dump it.
+            int frameSizeBytes = 2 * channels;
+            int bufferBytes    = Math.max(sampleRate * frameSizeBytes / 2, frameSizeBytes * 1024);
+            line.open(fmt, bufferBytes);
             line.start();
             return line;
         } catch (Throwable t) {
@@ -229,24 +347,15 @@ public class JavaCvBackend implements VideoBackend {
                 pcm[idx++] = (byte) ((scaled >> 8) & 0xFF);
             }
         }
-        line.write(pcm, 0, pcm.length);
+        try {
+            line.write(pcm, 0, pcm.length);
+        } catch (Throwable ignored) {
+            // line may have been stop()'d from another thread mid-write — treat as a clean exit.
+        }
     }
 
     private static int safeInt(Method m, Object target) {
         try { return (int) m.invoke(target); } catch (Throwable t) { return 0; }
     }
 
-    private static ByteBuffer toRgba(java.awt.image.BufferedImage img) {
-        int w = img.getWidth(), h = img.getHeight();
-        int[] argb = img.getRGB(0, 0, w, h, null, 0, w);
-        ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(w * h * 4).order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
-        for (int p : argb) {
-            buf.put((byte) ((p >> 16) & 0xFF)); // R
-            buf.put((byte) ((p >>  8) & 0xFF)); // G
-            buf.put((byte) ( p        & 0xFF)); // B
-            buf.put((byte) ((p >> 24) & 0xFF)); // A
-        }
-        buf.flip();
-        return buf;
-    }
 }

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/client/playback/VideoBackend.java

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client.playback;
 import net.fabricmc.api.EnvType;
 import net.fabricmc.api.Environment;
 
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 /**
  * SPEC §5.3 — minimal playback backend abstraction. Implementations: WatermediaBackend (preferred,
  * when v2 supports the target MC version) and JavaCvBackend (fallback).
@@ -21,10 +19,19 @@ public interface VideoBackend {
     int videoHeight();
 
     /**
-     * Poll a new decoded RGBA frame if one is ready.
+     * If a new RGBA frame is ready, memcpy it directly into the GPU texture buffer at
-     * @return the frame buffer (capacity = w*h*4) or {@code null} if no new frame is ready.
+     * {@code dstAddr} (must have room for at least {@code w*h*4} bytes) and clear the dirty
+     * flag. Returns {@code true} when a frame was written.
+     *
+     * <p>Replaces the prior {@code pollFrame()} which returned a {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer}.
+     * The old contract forced the decoder to either allocate a fresh direct buffer per frame
+     * (huge memory churn at 1080p — see 0.4.10 changelog) or expose a reused buffer whose
+     * memory the decoder could clobber while the renderer was still reading. Pushing the copy
+     * inside the backend lets the decoder hold a single preallocated buffer under its own
+     * lock and copy out to the GPU pointer in one synchronized block — zero allocation, no
+     * race window.
      */
-    ByteBuffer pollFrame();
+    boolean consumeFrame(long dstAddr, long maxBytes);
 
     void close();
 }

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/client/playback/VideoCache.java

@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client.playback;
+
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.VideoPlayerMod;
+import net.fabricmc.api.EnvType;
+import net.fabricmc.api.Environment;
+import net.minecraft.ChatFormatting;
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+/**
+ * Client-side disk cache for preloaded HTTP video URLs. Driven by the {@code /videopreload}
+ * command (routed to clients via {@code PreloadPayload}). Once a URL is fully downloaded into
+ * {@code <gameDir>/video_player_cache/<sha256>.<ext>}, {@link #lookup(String)} returns its local
+ * path so {@link VideoPlayback} can hand FFmpeg a {@code file://} input that doesn't stall on
+ * network hiccups.
+ *
+ * <p>Concurrency model: {@link #preload(String)} returns immediately and downloads on a daemon
+ * background thread. {@link #lookup(String)} only returns once the download has finished
+ * (atomic rename from {@code .part}), so callers never see a half-written file.
+ */
+@Environment(EnvType.CLIENT)
+public final class VideoCache {
+    private VideoCache() {}
+
+    /** url → local absolute path of the fully-downloaded cache file. */
+    private static final Map<String, Path> READY = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    /** urls whose download is currently in flight. */
+    private static final Set<String> IN_FLIGHT = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
+
+    /** Hard ceiling on a single preload — 512 MB. Keeps an accidental giant URL from filling disk. */
+    private static final long MAX_BYTES = 512L * 1024 * 1024;
+
+    /** Kick off a background download. No-op if already cached or in flight. */
+    public static void preload(String url) {
+        if (url == null || url.isEmpty()) return;
+        if (!(url.startsWith("http://") || url.startsWith("https://"))) return;
+        if (READY.containsKey(url)) {
+            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: already cached {}", VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url);
+            notifyChat("[videopreload] 이미 캐시됨: " + url, ChatFormatting.GRAY);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!IN_FLIGHT.add(url)) {
+            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: already downloading {}", VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url);
+            notifyChat("[videopreload] 이미 다운로드 중: " + url, ChatFormatting.GRAY);
+            return;
+        }
+        notifyChat("[videopreload] 다운로드 시작: " + url, ChatFormatting.YELLOW);
+        Thread t = new Thread(() -> download(url), "video_player-preload");
+        t.setDaemon(true);
+        t.start();
+    }
+
+    /** Return the local cached file path for this URL, or {@code null} if not yet ready. */
+    public static Path lookup(String url) {
+        if (url == null) return null;
+        Path p = READY.get(url);
+        if (p != null && Files.exists(p)) return p;
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /** Drop the in-memory index (does not delete files). Called on disconnect. */
+    public static void clearIndex() {
+        READY.clear();
+        IN_FLIGHT.clear();
+    }
+
+    /** Caller-supplied: current set of URLs that are fully cached, for diagnostics. */
+    public static Set<String> readyUrls() {
+        return new HashSet<>(READY.keySet());
+    }
+
+    // -- internals -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    private static void download(String url) {
+        Path cacheDir = cacheDir();
+        try {
+            if (cacheDir == null) {
+                VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] preload: no game dir, skipping {}",
+                    VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url);
+                return;
+            }
+            Files.createDirectories(cacheDir);
+
+            String hash = sha256(url);
+            String ext  = extensionFromUrl(url);
+            Path finalPath = cacheDir.resolve(hash + ext);
+            Path partPath  = cacheDir.resolve(hash + ext + ".part");
+
+            // Resume-friendly: if the file's already on disk from an earlier session, just
+            // index it without re-downloading.
+            if (Files.exists(finalPath) && Files.size(finalPath) > 0) {
+                READY.put(url, finalPath);
+                VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: indexed existing cache {} -> {}",
+                    VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url, finalPath.getFileName());
+                notifyChat("[videopreload] 기존 캐시 사용: " + url, ChatFormatting.GREEN);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            URLConnection raw = URI.create(url).toURL().openConnection();
+            raw.setConnectTimeout(10_000);
+            raw.setReadTimeout(30_000);
+            raw.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "video_player/" + VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID);
+            if (raw instanceof HttpURLConnection http) {
+                http.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
+                int code = http.getResponseCode();
+                if (code >= 400) {
+                    VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] preload: HTTP {} for {}",
+                        VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, code, url);
+                    notifyChat("[videopreload] 실패 (HTTP " + code + "): " + url, ChatFormatting.RED);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
+            long total = 0;
+            try (InputStream in = raw.getInputStream();
+                 OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(partPath)) {
+                byte[] buf = new byte[64 * 1024];
+                int n;
+                while ((n = in.read(buf)) >= 0) {
+                    total += n;
+                    if (total > MAX_BYTES) {
+                        VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn(
+                            "[{}] preload: {} exceeded {} MB cap; aborting",
+                            VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url, MAX_BYTES / (1024 * 1024));
+                        try { Files.deleteIfExists(partPath); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+                        notifyChat("[videopreload] 실패 (512MB 초과): " + url, ChatFormatting.RED);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    out.write(buf, 0, n);
+                }
+            }
+
+            Files.move(partPath, finalPath, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING,
+                StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE);
+            READY.put(url, finalPath);
+            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: cached {} ({} bytes) -> {}",
+                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url, total, finalPath.getFileName());
+            long mb = Math.max(1, total / (1024 * 1024));
+            notifyChat("[videopreload] 완료 (" + mb + " MB): " + url, ChatFormatting.GREEN);
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] preload failed for {}: {}",
+                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url, t.toString());
+            notifyChat("[videopreload] 실패 (" + t.getClass().getSimpleName() + "): " + url,
+                ChatFormatting.RED);
+        } finally {
+            IN_FLIGHT.remove(url);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Post a status line to the local player's chat. No-op if there's no client/player yet. */
+    private static void notifyChat(String text, ChatFormatting color) {
+        Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getInstance();
+        if (mc == null) return;
+        mc.execute(() -> {
+            if (mc.player == null) return;
+            mc.player.sendSystemMessage(Component.literal(text).withStyle(color));
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static Path cacheDir() {
+        Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getInstance();
+        if (mc == null || mc.gameDirectory == null) return null;
+        return mc.gameDirectory.toPath().resolve("video_player_cache");
+    }
+
+    /** SHA-256 of the URL, hex. */
+    private static String sha256(String s) {
+        try {
+            MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
+            byte[] dig = md.digest(s.getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(64);
+            for (byte b : dig) sb.append(String.format("%02x", b));
+            return sb.toString();
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            // Fallback: tag with identity hash. Still unique within a session.
+            return "h" + Integer.toHexString(s.hashCode());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Best-effort filename extension from the URL path so FFmpeg's container probe gets a hint
+     * (e.g. {@code .webm} for a webm stream). Falls back to {@code .bin}.
+     */
+    private static String extensionFromUrl(String url) {
+        try {
+            String path = URI.create(url).getPath();
+            if (path == null) return ".bin";
+            int slash = path.lastIndexOf('/');
+            String tail = slash < 0 ? path : path.substring(slash + 1);
+            int dot = tail.lastIndexOf('.');
+            if (dot <= 0 || dot == tail.length() - 1) return ".bin";
+            String ext = tail.substring(dot).toLowerCase();
+            // Sanity-clamp: only allow short, safe extensions.
+            if (ext.length() > 8 || !ext.matches("\\.[a-z0-9]+")) return ".bin";
+            return ext;
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            return ".bin";
+        }
+    }
+}

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/client/playback/VideoPlayback.java

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.DynamicTexture;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ public final class VideoPlayback {
         }
 
         VideoBackend backend = WatermediaProbe.isAvailable() ? new WatermediaBackend() : new JavaCvBackend();
-        backend.play(be.getUrl(), be.isLoop());
+        // If /videopreload already cached the URL to disk, hand the local file path to FFmpeg
+        // instead of the HTTP URL — eliminates the network read entirely. Falls back to the
+        // live URL when the cache miss or the download hasn't finished yet.
+        Path cached = VideoCache.lookup(be.getUrl());
+        String source = cached != null ? cached.toAbsolutePath().toString() : be.getUrl();
+        backend.play(source, be.isLoop());
         backend.setVolume(be.isMuted() ? 0F : be.getVolume());
 
         Entry created = new Entry(be.getUrl(), backend);
@@ -89,16 +94,25 @@ public final class VideoPlayback {
 
     /** Called every client tick to upload new frames into the GPU texture. */
     public static void tick() {
-        if (Minecraft.getInstance() == null) return;
+        Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getInstance();
+        if (mc == null) return;
         Iterator<Map.Entry<BlockPos, Entry>> it = ENTRIES.entrySet().iterator();
         while (it.hasNext()) {
             Map.Entry<BlockPos, Entry> me = it.next();
+            BlockPos pos = me.getKey();
             Entry e = me.getValue();
+            // Belt-and-suspenders for the audio-on-delete bug: if BLOCK_ENTITY_UNLOAD didn't
+            // fire for some edge case (dimension change, chunk torn down before event runs,
+            // etc.), the BE will be gone from the level but our Entry still holds an open
+            // audio line. Catch it here and stop next tick.
+            if (mc.level == null || !(mc.level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof VideoAnchorBlockEntity)) {
+                e.close();
+                it.remove();
+                continue;
+            }
             if (!e.backend.isReady()) continue;
-            ByteBuffer buf = e.backend.pollFrame();
-            if (buf == null) continue;
             try {
-                e.upload(buf);
+                e.tryUpload();
             } catch (Throwable t) {
                 VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] texture upload failed: {}", VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, t.toString());
                 e.close();
@@ -170,34 +184,45 @@ public final class VideoPlayback {
             }
         }
 
-        /** Copy an incoming RGBA byte buffer into the texture, resizing if dimensions changed. */
+        /**
-        void upload(ByteBuffer rgba) {
+         * If the backend has a new RGBA frame, copy it straight into the texture's native
+         * pixel buffer and re-upload to GPU. The backend does the memcpy under its own lock
+         * so we never read a half-written frame. RGBA bytes already match NativeImage's
+         * ABGR-int layout in little-endian byte order (byte 0 = R = low byte of the int).
+         */
+        void tryUpload() {
             int w = backend.videoWidth();
             int h = backend.videoHeight();
             if (w <= 0 || h <= 0) return;
             ensureTexture(w, h, false);
             NativeImage img = texture.getPixels();
             if (img == null) return;
-
+            long maxBytes = (long) w * h * 4L;
-            int pixels = w * h;
+            if (backend.consumeFrame(img.getPointer(), maxBytes)) {
-            for (int i = 0; i < pixels; i++) {
+                texture.upload();
-                int r = rgba.get() & 0xFF;
-                int g = rgba.get() & 0xFF;
-                int b = rgba.get() & 0xFF;
-                int a = rgba.get() & 0xFF;
-                int abgr = (a << 24) | (b << 16) | (g << 8) | r;
-                img.setPixelABGR(i % w, i / w, abgr);
             }
-            texture.upload();
         }
 
         void close() {
             try { backend.close(); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            // Unregister from TextureManager BEFORE closing the texture itself, so any
+            // straggler binding by Identifier looks up "no such texture" instead of a closed
+            // GL handle (which crashes the renderer on the next frame). Renderer pipelines
+            // can cache RenderType objects keyed by Identifier across frames, and on delete
+            // the old anchor's frame can still be in flight in the submit buffer when its
+            // texture closes — without this release(), the bind would dereference a freed
+            // GL handle.
+            if (registered) {
+                Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getInstance();
+                if (mc != null) {
+                    try { mc.getTextureManager().release(id); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+                }
+                registered = false;
+            }
             if (texture != null) {
                 try { texture.close(); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
                 texture = null;
             }
-            // texture manager keeps the registration; the texture itself is closed.
         }
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/client/playback/WatermediaBackend.java

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.VideoPlayerMod;
 import net.fabricmc.api.EnvType;
 import net.fabricmc.api.Environment;
 
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 /**
  * SPEC §5.3 / §5.4 — WaterMedia v2 backend. Reflection-only so the mod jar stays clean of
  * compile-time WaterMedia dependencies. Until a v2 build supports 1.21.6+ this returns
@@ -38,8 +36,8 @@ public class WatermediaBackend implements VideoBackend {
     @Override public int videoHeight() { return height; }
 
     @Override
-    public ByteBuffer pollFrame() {
+    public boolean consumeFrame(long dstAddr, long maxBytes) {
-        return null; // no frames until v2 is wired up
+        return false; // no frames until v2 is wired up
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/command/VideoPreloadCommand.java

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.command;
+
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.PreloadPayload;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.CommandSyntaxException;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.PlayerLookup;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking;
+import net.minecraft.commands.CommandSourceStack;
+import net.minecraft.commands.Commands;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.server.permissions.Permissions;
+
+/**
+ * {@code /videoPreload <url>} — broadcast a preload request to every connected client so each
+ * client fully downloads the URL into its local {@code video_player_cache/} folder. Subsequent
+ * {@code /videoPlace} calls (or right-click placements) that use the same URL will then play
+ * from the local file, eliminating mid-stream stutter.
+ *
+ * <p>Uses the same {@link Permissions#COMMANDS_GAMEMASTER} gate as {@code /videoPlace} et al.,
+ * so command blocks (which run at op level 2 by default) can invoke it.
+ */
+public final class VideoPreloadCommand {
+    private VideoPreloadCommand() {}
+
+    public static void register(CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack> dispatcher) {
+        dispatcher.register(build("videoPreload"));
+        dispatcher.register(build("videopreload"));
+    }
+
+    private static com.mojang.brigadier.builder.LiteralArgumentBuilder<CommandSourceStack>
+    build(String name) {
+        return Commands.literal(name)
+            .requires(s -> s.permissions().hasPermission(Permissions.COMMANDS_GAMEMASTER))
+            .then(Commands.argument("url", StringArgumentType.greedyString())
+                .executes(VideoPreloadCommand::run));
+    }
+
+    private static int run(com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> ctx)
+            throws CommandSyntaxException {
+        CommandSourceStack src = ctx.getSource();
+        String url = StringArgumentType.getString(ctx, "url").trim();
+        if (url.isEmpty()) {
+            src.sendFailure(Component.literal("url is required"));
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if (!(url.startsWith("http://") || url.startsWith("https://"))) {
+            src.sendFailure(Component.literal("url must be http:// or https://"));
+            return 0;
+        }
+        if (url.length() > 256) {
+            src.sendFailure(Component.literal("url too long (max 256)"));
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        MinecraftServer server = src.getServer();
+        PreloadPayload payload = new PreloadPayload(url);
+        int sent = 0;
+        for (ServerPlayer p : PlayerLookup.all(server)) {
+            ServerPlayNetworking.send(p, payload);
+            sent++;
+        }
+        final int sentFinal = sent;
+        // Use sendSuccess(..., false) so the chat noise is local-only and command blocks don't
+        // spam every operator on each tick. Be explicit that this is fire-and-forget: each
+        // client posts its own "[videopreload] 완료" chat line when the download finishes.
+        src.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal(
+            "preload 요청을 " + sentFinal + " 클라이언트에 전송: " + payload.url()
+                + " (완료 알림 후 재생하세요)"), false);
+        return sent;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/net/PreloadPayload.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net;
+
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.VideoPlayerMod;
+import net.minecraft.network.RegistryFriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.ByteBufCodecs;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+/**
+ * S2C — instruct connected clients to prefetch {@code url} into their local
+ * {@code video_player_cache/} directory. Triggered by {@code /videopreload}.
+ */
+public record PreloadPayload(String url) implements CustomPacketPayload {
+    public static final CustomPacketPayload.Type<PreloadPayload> TYPE =
+        new CustomPacketPayload.Type<>(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, "preload"));
+
+    public static final StreamCodec<RegistryFriendlyByteBuf, PreloadPayload> CODEC = StreamCodec.composite(
+        ByteBufCodecs.STRING_UTF8, PreloadPayload::url,
+        PreloadPayload::new
+    );
+
+    @Override
+    public Type<? extends CustomPacketPayload> type() {
+        return TYPE;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/net/VideoPlayerNetwork.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public final class VideoPlayerNetwork {
         // S2C
         PayloadTypeRegistry.clientboundPlay().register(OpenScreenPayload.TYPE, OpenScreenPayload.CODEC);
         PayloadTypeRegistry.clientboundPlay().register(SyncAnchorPayload.TYPE, SyncAnchorPayload.CODEC);
+        PayloadTypeRegistry.clientboundPlay().register(PreloadPayload.TYPE, PreloadPayload.CODEC);
         // C2S
         PayloadTypeRegistry.serverboundPlay().register(SaveConfigPayload.TYPE, SaveConfigPayload.CODEC);
         PayloadTypeRegistry.serverboundPlay().register(DeleteAnchorPayload.TYPE, DeleteAnchorPayload.CODEC);

src/main/resources/assets/video_player/models/item/video_stick.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "parent": "item/generated",
+  "parent": "minecraft:item/generated",
   "textures": {
     "layer0": "video_player:item/video_stick"
   }