v0.4.27: don't join decoder worker on close — fix place-then-delete freeze

stopWorker() ran a 2 s bounded join on the client tick thread. When a
user runs /videoPlace and immediately /videoDelete, the decoder worker
is still inside native grabber.start() doing the initial HTTP probe
(probesize=8 MB, analyzeduration=2 s); that call doesn't honor the
running flag and Thread.interrupt() doesn't unblock native I/O, so the
join blocked the tick thread for as long as start() took — exactly the
brief in-game freeze the user reported.

Signal stop (running=false, audio line stop+flush, worker.interrupt())
and return. The worker is a daemon, the audio tail is already silenced,
the Entry has been removed from the map, and the worker's finally still
closes the grabber whenever start()/grab() eventually returns — nothing
observable depends on the grabber being closed synchronously before
close() returns.

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

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .gradle/
 build/
+dist/
 out/
 .idea/
 .vscode/

gradle.properties

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ org.gradle.configuration-cache=false
 
 # Mod
 mod_id=video_player
-mod_version=0.4.14
+mod_version=0.4.27
 maven_group=com.ejclaw.videoplayer
 archives_base_name=video_player
 

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

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.ejclaw.videoplayer;
 
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.block.VideoAnchorBlockEntity;
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client.MusicQuizClient;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client.net.ClientNetworking;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client.playback.VideoPlayback;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client.render.VideoAnchorRenderer;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.player.AttackBlockCallback;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.player.LocalPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.sounds.SoundSource;
 import net.minecraft.world.InteractionResult;
 import net.minecraft.world.phys.Vec3;
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ public class VideoPlayerClient implements ClientModInitializer {
     @Override
     public void onInitializeClient() {
         ClientNetworking.register();
+        MusicQuizClient.register();
 
         BlockEntityRendererRegistry.register(
             VideoPlayerBlockEntities.VIDEO_ANCHOR,
@@ -87,17 +90,26 @@ public class VideoPlayerClient implements ClientModInitializer {
      * 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.
+     *
+     * <p>Gain is also gated by the Minecraft sound options so the in-game sliders work as
+     * expected: vanilla {@code SoundEngine.calculateVolume} multiplies by master × category, so
+     * we do the same with {@link SoundSource#PLAYERS} as the category. Result: dragging the
+     * "Players" slider in Options → Music & Sounds attenuates video audio just like other
+     * player sounds, and "Master" still gates everything.
      */
     private static void updateDistanceGains(Minecraft client) {
         LocalPlayer p = client.player;
         if (p == null || client.level == null) return;
         Vec3 eye = p.getEyePosition();
+        float masterVol = client.options.getSoundSourceVolume(SoundSource.MASTER);
+        float playersVol = client.options.getSoundSourceVolume(SoundSource.PLAYERS);
+        float categoryScale = masterVol * playersVol;
         for (BlockPos pos : VideoPlayback.activePositions()) {
             if (!(client.level.getBlockEntity(pos) instanceof VideoAnchorBlockEntity be)) continue;
             Vec3 center = be.panelCenter();
             double d = center.distanceTo(eye);
             float attenuation = (float) Math.max(0.0, Math.min(1.0, 1.0 - d / 16.0));
-            float gain = be.isMuted() ? 0F : be.getVolume() * attenuation;
+            float gain = be.isMuted() ? 0F : be.getVolume() * attenuation * categoryScale;
             VideoPlayback.setGain(pos, gain);
         }
     }

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

@@ -50,15 +50,21 @@ public final class VideoPlayerConfig {
     private static final String FILE_NAME = "video_player.json";
 
     /**
-     * Default per-video download cap in MB. Sized to comfortably fit ~50 short FHD clips:
-     * FHD H.264 at ~5 Mbps × 20 s ≈ 12.5 MB, so 50 × 15 MB ≈ 750 MB with headroom for
-     * higher-bitrate sources.
+     * Default per-video download cap in MB. Sized to allow a single 4K short clip
+     * (≈25 Mbps × 60 s ≈ 190 MB, with headroom for higher-bitrate sources). Per-video
+     * cap is intentionally separate from the total-cache cap below.
      */
-    private static final int DEFAULT_MAX_PRELOAD_MB = 750;
+    private static final int DEFAULT_MAX_PRELOAD_MB = 2048;
+    /**
+     * Default total-cache cap in MB. Sized to comfortably fit ~50 short FHD clips:
+     * FHD H.264 at ~5 Mbps × 20 s ≈ 12.5 MB, so 50 × 15 MB ≈ 750 MB with headroom.
+     */
+    private static final int DEFAULT_MAX_CACHE_MB = 750;
     /** Default render-distance cap for video anchors, in blocks. 128 = the legacy hard-coded value. */
     private static final int DEFAULT_RENDER_DISTANCE = 128;
 
     private static volatile int    maxPreloadMb = DEFAULT_MAX_PRELOAD_MB;
+    private static volatile int    maxCacheMb   = DEFAULT_MAX_CACHE_MB;
     private static volatile int    renderDistanceBlocks = DEFAULT_RENDER_DISTANCE;
     private static volatile List<String> preloadUrls = Collections.emptyList();
     /** Insertion-ordered name → url. Mutated only under the class monitor. */
@@ -73,6 +79,7 @@ public final class VideoPlayerConfig {
                 VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] created default config at {}",
                     VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, path);
                 maxPreloadMb = DEFAULT_MAX_PRELOAD_MB;
+                maxCacheMb = DEFAULT_MAX_CACHE_MB;
                 preloadUrls = Collections.emptyList();
                 CACHE_ENTRIES.clear();
                 return;
@@ -80,21 +87,41 @@ public final class VideoPlayerConfig {
             String raw = Files.readString(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             JsonObject json = JsonParser.parseString(raw).getAsJsonObject();
 
-            // max_preload_mb (sanity-clamped to [16, 16384] so a typo can't brick a client)
+            // Track whether any expected key was missing; if so, we rewrite the file at the
+            // end so users don't have to delete their config to pick up new options.
+            boolean augmented = false;
+
+            // max_preload_mb (per-video cap, sanity-clamped to [16, 16384])
             int cap = DEFAULT_MAX_PRELOAD_MB;
             if (json.has("max_preload_mb") && json.get("max_preload_mb").isJsonPrimitive()
                     && json.get("max_preload_mb").getAsJsonPrimitive().isNumber()) {
                 cap = json.get("max_preload_mb").getAsInt();
+            } else {
+                augmented = true;
             }
             if (cap < 16) cap = 16;
             if (cap > 16384) cap = 16384;
             maxPreloadMb = cap;
 
+            // max_cache_mb (total-cache cap, sanity-clamped to [16, 65536])
+            int total = DEFAULT_MAX_CACHE_MB;
+            if (json.has("max_cache_mb") && json.get("max_cache_mb").isJsonPrimitive()
+                    && json.get("max_cache_mb").getAsJsonPrimitive().isNumber()) {
+                total = json.get("max_cache_mb").getAsInt();
+            } else {
+                augmented = true;
+            }
+            if (total < 16) total = 16;
+            if (total > 65536) total = 65536;
+            maxCacheMb = total;
+
             // render_distance_blocks (sanity-clamped to [16, 2048])
             int rd = DEFAULT_RENDER_DISTANCE;
             if (json.has("render_distance_blocks") && json.get("render_distance_blocks").isJsonPrimitive()
                     && json.get("render_distance_blocks").getAsJsonPrimitive().isNumber()) {
                 rd = json.get("render_distance_blocks").getAsInt();
+            } else {
+                augmented = true;
             }
             if (rd < 16)   rd = 16;
             if (rd > 2048) rd = 2048;
@@ -134,12 +161,23 @@ public final class VideoPlayerConfig {
             }
 
             VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info(
-                "[{}] config loaded: cap={} MB, render={} blocks, preload_urls={}, cache_entries={}",
-                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, maxPreloadMb, renderDistanceBlocks, urls.size(), CACHE_ENTRIES.size());
+                "[{}] config loaded: per-video={} MB, total-cache={} MB, render={} blocks, "
+                    + "preload_urls={}, cache_entries={}",
+                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, maxPreloadMb, maxCacheMb, renderDistanceBlocks,
+                urls.size(), CACHE_ENTRIES.size());
+
+            // Auto-augment: rewrite the file once so missing keys appear after a mod update.
+            if (augmented) {
+                VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info(
+                    "[{}] config missing one or more keys — rewriting with defaults filled in",
+                    VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID);
+                save();
+            }
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] failed to read config {}: {} — using defaults",
                 VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, path, t.toString());
             maxPreloadMb = DEFAULT_MAX_PRELOAD_MB;
+            maxCacheMb = DEFAULT_MAX_CACHE_MB;
             renderDistanceBlocks = DEFAULT_RENDER_DISTANCE;
             preloadUrls = Collections.emptyList();
             CACHE_ENTRIES.clear();
@@ -154,6 +192,12 @@ public final class VideoPlayerConfig {
     /** Same value in bytes. */
     public static long maxPreloadBytes() { return (long) maxPreloadMb * 1024L * 1024L; }
 
+    /** Hard cap on the client-side total cache directory, in MB. */
+    public static int maxCacheMb() { return maxCacheMb; }
+
+    /** Same value in bytes. */
+    public static long maxCacheBytes() { return (long) maxCacheMb * 1024L * 1024L; }
+
     /** Anchor BE view-distance cap, in blocks. */
     public static int renderDistanceBlocks() { return renderDistanceBlocks; }
 
@@ -234,10 +278,12 @@ public final class VideoPlayerConfig {
         JsonObject root = new JsonObject();
         root.addProperty("_comment",
             "max_preload_mb: per-video download cap (each client). "
+                + "max_cache_mb: total cache directory cap (each client). "
                 + "render_distance_blocks: max distance at which a video anchor still renders. "
                 + "preload_urls: HTTP(S) videos auto-pushed to every player on join (no name). "
                 + "cache_entries: named entries managed by /videoCache add|list|remove.");
         root.addProperty("max_preload_mb", DEFAULT_MAX_PRELOAD_MB);
+        root.addProperty("max_cache_mb", DEFAULT_MAX_CACHE_MB);
         root.addProperty("render_distance_blocks", DEFAULT_RENDER_DISTANCE);
         root.add("preload_urls", new JsonArray());
         root.add("cache_entries", new JsonArray());
@@ -253,10 +299,12 @@ public final class VideoPlayerConfig {
             JsonObject root = new JsonObject();
             root.addProperty("_comment",
                 "max_preload_mb: per-video download cap (each client). "
+                    + "max_cache_mb: total cache directory cap (each client). "
                     + "render_distance_blocks: max distance at which a video anchor still renders. "
                     + "preload_urls: legacy un-named auto-preload list. "
                     + "cache_entries: managed by /videoCache add|list|remove.");
             root.addProperty("max_preload_mb", maxPreloadMb);
+            root.addProperty("max_cache_mb", maxCacheMb);
             root.addProperty("render_distance_blocks", renderDistanceBlocks);
             JsonArray legacyArr = new JsonArray();
             for (String u : preloadUrls) legacyArr.add(u);

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

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.command.VideoStickCommand;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.CachePolicyPayload;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.PreloadPayload;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.VideoPlayerNetwork;
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.server.MusicQuizPresence;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.registry.VideoPlayerBlockEntities;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.registry.VideoPlayerBlocks;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.registry.VideoPlayerItems;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ public class VideoPlayerMod implements ModInitializer {
 
         VideoPlayerNetwork.registerPayloadTypes();
         VideoPlayerNetwork.registerServerReceivers();
+        MusicQuizPresence.register();
 
         VideoPlayerConfig.load();
 
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ public class VideoPlayerMod implements ModInitializer {
             var player = handler.getPlayer();
             ServerPlayNetworking.send(player, new CachePolicyPayload(
                 VideoPlayerConfig.maxPreloadBytes(),
+                VideoPlayerConfig.maxCacheBytes(),
                 VideoPlayerConfig.renderDistanceBlocks()));
 
             int sent = 0;

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

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.block;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.registry.VideoPlayerBlockEntities;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.core.HolderLookup;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.Packet;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientGamePacketListener;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.ValueInput;
@@ -123,6 +127,35 @@ public class VideoAnchorBlockEntity extends BlockEntity {
         out.putBoolean("autoplay", autoplay);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Vanilla chunk-load BE sync. The base implementation returns an empty tag, which means
+     * when a client first sees this BE (chunk loads or player walks into range) it gets default
+     * values — url="" in particular makes the renderer no-op and the panel appears invisible.
+     *
+     * <p>Returning {@link #toNbt()} here carries the custom fields in the vanilla packet, so
+     * we don't depend on the {@code SyncAnchorPayload} arriving before the chunk's block-update
+     * packet (there's a race: {@code level.setBlock} queues a deferred chunk broadcast while
+     * {@code ServerPlayNetworking.send} writes immediately; if the payload wins, the client
+     * drops it because the BE doesn't exist yet, then the chunk packet creates the BE with
+     * defaults). It also fixes "player walks far away and comes back" — that path has no
+     * SyncAnchorPayload at all, just vanilla chunk re-sync.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public CompoundTag getUpdateTag(HolderLookup.Provider provider) {
+        return toNbt();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Triggers a {@link ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket} whenever the chunk tracker decides
+     * this BE needs to push an update. Default implementation returns {@code null} (no packet
+     * sent on BE change). Combined with {@link #getUpdateTag} above, every BE-state change a
+     * client sees carries the full config.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Packet<ClientGamePacketListener> getUpdatePacket() {
+        return ClientboundBlockEntityDataPacket.create(this);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void loadAdditional(ValueInput in) {
         super.loadAdditional(in);

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/client/MusicQuizClient.java

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.client;
+
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.MqHelloPayload;
+import net.fabricmc.api.EnvType;
+import net.fabricmc.api.Environment;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.event.lifecycle.v1.ClientTickEvents;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayConnectionEvents;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking;
+
+/**
+ * Client side of the {@code music_quiz} datapack handshake
+ * ({@code docs/mc_video_player_mod_integration.md}). Sends one {@link MqHelloPayload}
+ * on JOIN, then repeats every 100 client ticks (~5 s at 20 tps).
+ *
+ * <p>The periodic resend is <em>mandatory</em>: the datapack's
+ * {@code mq:players/login} resets the per-player score to 0 the moment the player
+ * passes the spawn dialog. The single JOIN-time send can land before that reset,
+ * leaving the score at 0 and breaking the {@code mq:commands/start} guard. With a
+ * 5-second resend, the score is restored to 1 within at most one cycle.
+ */
+@Environment(EnvType.CLIENT)
+public final class MusicQuizClient {
+    private MusicQuizClient() {}
+
+    /** ~5 s at 20 tps. Spec recommends ≤5 s; tighter is fine but unnecessary. */
+    private static final int RESEND_INTERVAL_TICKS = 100;
+
+    private static int tickCounter = 0;
+
+    public static void register() {
+        ClientPlayConnectionEvents.JOIN.register((handler, sender, client) ->
+            send());
+
+        ClientTickEvents.END_CLIENT_TICK.register(client -> {
+            // Gate on world presence — when the player isn't in-game, level is null and the
+            // counter resets so the next session starts fresh instead of firing immediately.
+            if (client.level == null) {
+                tickCounter = 0;
+                return;
+            }
+            tickCounter++;
+            if (tickCounter >= RESEND_INTERVAL_TICKS) {
+                tickCounter = 0;
+                send();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static void send() {
+        // ClientPlayNetworking.send no-ops when the server hasn't registered the payload
+        // type (e.g. vanilla server or server without this mod) — safe to call blindly.
+        if (ClientPlayNetworking.canSend(MqHelloPayload.TYPE)) {
+            ClientPlayNetworking.send(new MqHelloPayload(MqHelloPayload.CURRENT_VERSION));
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ 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.CachePolicyPayload;
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.ClearCachePayload;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.DeleteCachePayload;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.OpenScreenPayload;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.PreloadPayload;
@@ -44,10 +45,12 @@ public final class ClientNetworking {
             VideoCache.preload(payload.url());
         });
 
-        // Server tells us the per-video download cap (bytes). Must arrive before PreloadPayload
-        // (the server sends policy first on JOIN), so we don't accidentally use the stale default.
+        // Server tells us the per-video and total-cache download caps (bytes). Must arrive
+        // before PreloadPayload (server sends policy first on JOIN) so we don't use stale
+        // defaults.
         ClientPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(CachePolicyPayload.TYPE, (payload, context) -> {
-            VideoCache.setMaxBytes(payload.maxBytes());
+            VideoCache.setMaxBytes(payload.maxPerVideoBytes());
+            VideoCache.setMaxCacheBytes(payload.maxCacheBytes());
             ClientPolicy.setRenderDistanceBlocks(payload.renderDistanceBlocks());
         });
 
@@ -55,5 +58,10 @@ public final class ClientNetworking {
         ClientPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(DeleteCachePayload.TYPE, (payload, context) -> {
             VideoCache.purge(payload.url());
         });
+
+        // /videoCache clear — wipe the entire client cache directory.
+        ClientPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(ClearCachePayload.TYPE, (payload, context) -> {
+            VideoCache.clearAll();
+        });
     }
 }

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

@@ -180,27 +180,24 @@ public class JavaCvBackend implements VideoBackend {
         // stale srcAddr — closing the grabber there frees the av_frame plane and the next
         // memcpy crashes inside StubRoutines::jbyte_disjoint_arraycopy (exactly the 4K-delete
         // crash dump we saw). So the safe rule is: only the decoder thread touches the
-        // grabber. External stop signals `running=false`, stops the audio line, interrupts the
-        // worker, and joins briefly; the worker's own `finally` calls grabber.close(). Inside
-        // the loop, grab() unblocks via the rw_timeout/timeout options (3 s, set in runLoop)
-        // even on a stuck HTTP read, so the join below normally returns within a frame.
+        // grabber. External stop signals `running=false`, stops the audio line, interrupts
+        // the worker, and returns immediately; the worker's own `finally` calls
+        // grabber.close() whenever grab()/start() eventually returns.
+        //
+        // We deliberately do NOT join the worker. close() runs on the client tick thread (via
+        // VideoPlayback.tick → Entry.close), and the worker can spend several seconds inside
+        // the native FFmpeg probe at the top of runLoop — probesize=8 MB and
+        // analyzeduration=2 s do not honor the `running` flag and Thread.interrupt() doesn't
+        // unblock native I/O. A bounded join() there (the old 2 s) is exactly the "place then
+        // immediately delete freezes the game for a moment" symptom: the worker hasn't
+        // entered the grab() loop yet, so flipping running=false has no effect on it until
+        // start() returns. The worker is a daemon, the audio line is already silenced above,
+        // and Entry has been removed from the active map by the caller — nothing observable
+        // depends on the grabber having been closed before this method returns.
         Thread t = worker;
         worker = null;
         if (t != null) {
             t.interrupt();
-            try {
-                t.join(2000);
-            } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
-                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-            }
-            if (t.isAlive()) {
-                // Worker still blocked in native grab() — let it finish on its own. Its
-                // finally still closes the grabber when grab() eventually returns / throws.
-                // No native pointers leak in the meantime because we don't touch them here.
-                VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn(
-                    "[{}] decoder did not exit within 2 s of stop; orphaning until next grab() returns",
-                    VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID);
-            }
         }
         ready = false;
     }

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

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
 /**
  * Client-side disk cache for preloaded HTTP video URLs. Driven by the {@code /videopreload}
@@ -38,22 +41,62 @@ public final class 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. */
+    /** urls whose download is currently queued or in flight. */
     private static final Set<String> IN_FLIGHT = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
+    /**
+     * Monotonic cache-generation counter. {@link #clearAll()} bumps this; every download
+     * captures the value at submit time and bails (deletes its {@code .part} without
+     * publishing) if the epoch has moved since. This is the cancellation channel for the
+     * in-flight download — without it, {@code clearAll} only wipes already-finalized files
+     * while the running download keeps writing and re-publishes one entry post-clear.
+     */
+    private static final AtomicLong CACHE_EPOCH = new AtomicLong(0);
 
     /**
-     * Hard ceiling on a single preload, in bytes. Default 750 MB sized to fit ~50 short FHD
-     * clips; overridden per-session by {@link com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.CachePolicyPayload}
+     * Single-thread executor that serializes all downloads. Cap enforcement (the total
+     * cache size check) needs an authoritative view of the cache directory at the moment a
+     * download starts, so we run one download at a time — that way the directory scan in
+     * {@link #cacheDirSize} reflects every finished download up to this point. Parallel
+     * downloads were racing the cap by each reading the directory before any of them had
+     * renamed their .part to final.
+     */
+    private static final ExecutorService DOWNLOAD_POOL = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(r -> {
+        Thread t = new Thread(r, "video_player-preload");
+        t.setDaemon(true);
+        return t;
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * Hard ceiling on a single preload, in bytes. Default 2 GB sized to allow a single 4K
+     * short clip; overridden per-session by {@link com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.CachePolicyPayload}
      * on join, which carries the server's {@code max_preload_mb} config value.
      */
-    private static volatile long MAX_BYTES = 750L * 1024 * 1024;
+    private static volatile long MAX_BYTES = 2048L * 1024 * 1024;
+
+    /**
+     * Hard ceiling on the total cache directory size, in bytes. Default 750 MB sized to fit
+     * ~50 short FHD clips; overridden per-session by {@link com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.CachePolicyPayload}
+     * on join, which carries the server's {@code max_cache_mb} config value. Enforced
+     * cooperatively at the start of each download — running cache + new download must stay
+     * within this cap.
+     */
+    private static volatile long MAX_CACHE_BYTES = 750L * 1024 * 1024;
 
     /** Server-driven override of the per-video cap. */
     public static void setMaxBytes(long bytes) {
         if (bytes < 16L * 1024 * 1024)   bytes = 16L * 1024 * 1024;
         if (bytes > 16L * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) bytes = 16L * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
         MAX_BYTES = bytes;
-        VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload cap set to {} MB",
+        VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] per-video preload cap set to {} MB",
+            VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, bytes / (1024 * 1024));
+    }
+
+    /** Server-driven override of the total-cache cap. */
+    public static void setMaxCacheBytes(long bytes) {
+        if (bytes < 16L * 1024 * 1024)   bytes = 16L * 1024 * 1024;
+        if (bytes > 64L * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) bytes = 64L * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+        MAX_CACHE_BYTES = bytes;
+        VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] total-cache cap set to {} MB",
             VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, bytes / (1024 * 1024));
     }
 
@@ -85,11 +128,73 @@ public final class VideoCache {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Wipe the entire cache directory and drop both indexes. Sent in response to
+     * {@code /videoCache clear}.
+     *
+     * <p>Three phases that need to stay in this order:
+     * <ol>
+     *   <li>Bump the epoch first — that flips the cancellation flag for any in-flight
+     *       download. The download thread checks the epoch in the read loop and at the
+     *       move step, so after this point it will refuse to publish a new entry and
+     *       will delete its own {@code .part}.</li>
+     *   <li>Clear the in-memory indexes. (READY clears whatever was already finalized
+     *       pre-clear; IN_FLIGHT is wiped so a subsequent same-URL preload re-enters
+     *       the queue instead of getting deduped by stale state.)</li>
+     *   <li>Best-effort delete every regular file in the cache directory. We do this
+     *       last so that if the in-flight download was momentarily holding a {@code .part}
+     *       open, the listing here also catches its post-close residue (though normally
+     *       phase 1 → the download deletes its own part).</li>
+     * </ol>
+     *
+     * <p>Best-effort per-file deletion; logs failures but doesn't abort on the first one.
+     * On Windows the open {@code .part} may not be deletable here — phase 1's cancellation
+     * + the download's own cleanup-on-bail handles that case.
+     */
+    public static void clearAll() {
+        // Phase 1: signal cancellation to any in-flight download BEFORE wiping disk.
+        CACHE_EPOCH.incrementAndGet();
+
+        // Phase 2: drop indexes.
+        READY.clear();
+        IN_FLIGHT.clear();
+
+        // Phase 3: delete files on disk.
+        int deleted = 0;
+        int failed  = 0;
+        try {
+            Path dir = cacheDir();
+            if (dir != null && Files.isDirectory(dir)) {
+                try (var stream = Files.newDirectoryStream(dir)) {
+                    for (Path p : stream) {
+                        try {
+                            if (Files.isRegularFile(p) && Files.deleteIfExists(p)) deleted++;
+                        } catch (Throwable t) {
+                            failed++;
+                            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] clearAll: could not delete {}: {}",
+                                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, p.getFileName(), t.toString());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] clearAll failed: {}",
+                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, t.toString());
+        }
+        VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] clearAll: deleted={} failed={}",
+            VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, deleted, failed);
+        notifyChat("[videocache] 전체 캐시 삭제: " + deleted + "개 파일", ChatFormatting.YELLOW);
+    }
+
     /** 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)) {
+        // Use lookup() (which also verifies the file exists on disk) instead of
+        // READY.containsKey — defends against READY containing a stale entry whose
+        // backing file was removed by clearAll() / a user-side file delete. Without this,
+        // a stale key would silently block a re-preload.
+        if (lookup(url) != null) {
             VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: already cached {}", VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url);
             notifyChat("[videopreload] 이미 캐시됨: " + url, ChatFormatting.GRAY);
             return;
@@ -99,10 +204,12 @@ public final class VideoCache {
             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();
+        notifyChat("[videopreload] 다운로드 대기열 추가: " + url, ChatFormatting.YELLOW);
+        // Capture the current epoch at submit time. The download thread checks against
+        // CACHE_EPOCH later — any mismatch means clearAll() ran in between and this
+        // download must abort without publishing.
+        long epoch = CACHE_EPOCH.get();
+        DOWNLOAD_POOL.submit(() -> download(url, epoch));
     }
 
     /** Return the local cached file path for this URL, or {@code null} if not yet ready. */
@@ -126,31 +233,86 @@ public final class VideoCache {
 
     // -- internals -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    private static void download(String url) {
+    /**
+     * Publish {@code path} into {@link #READY} for {@code url}, but only if the cache
+     * epoch hasn't moved since {@code startEpoch} was captured. Wraps the
+     * pre-check / put / post-check / rollback dance so every publish site uses the
+     * same race-free pattern instead of re-implementing it.
+     *
+     * <p>Race coverage: if {@link #clearAll()} runs at any point between the
+     * pre-check and the post-check, the post-check sees the epoch bump and we
+     * roll back — {@link Map#remove(Object, Object)} is a compareAndRemove so we
+     * don't clobber a legitimate concurrent put under the same key, and we delete
+     * the on-disk file because clearAll's directory scan may have missed it (the
+     * file may not have existed yet when clearAll ran).
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if the entry is now published; {@code false} if the
+     *         caller's work was cancelled and {@code path} has been cleaned up.
+     */
+    private static boolean publishIfNotCancelled(String url, Path path, long startEpoch) {
+        if (CACHE_EPOCH.get() != startEpoch) return false;
+        READY.put(url, path);
+        if (CACHE_EPOCH.get() != startEpoch) {
+            READY.remove(url, path);
+            try { Files.deleteIfExists(path); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static void download(String url, long startEpoch) {
         Path cacheDir = cacheDir();
+        Path partPath = null;
         try {
             if (cacheDir == null) {
                 VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] preload: no game dir, skipping {}",
                     VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url);
                 return;
             }
+            // Pre-flight cancellation check — if clearAll already ran between submit and now,
+            // skip the whole thing. Avoids creating directories / .part files post-clear.
+            if (CACHE_EPOCH.get() != startEpoch) {
+                VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: cancelled before start (clearAll ran) — {}",
+                    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");
+            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);
+                if (!publishIfNotCancelled(url, finalPath, startEpoch)) {
+                    VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: reindex cancelled (clearAll ran) — {}",
+                        VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url);
+                    return;
+                }
                 VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: indexed existing cache {} -> {}",
                     VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url, finalPath.getFileName());
                 notifyChat("[videopreload] 기존 캐시 사용: " + url, ChatFormatting.GREEN);
                 return;
             }
 
+            // Total-cache check: refuse to start if the cache directory is already at the cap.
+            // We re-check during the read loop too, since other downloads may be in flight in
+            // parallel. {@code existingCacheBytes} excludes our own .part (which we just wrote 0
+            // bytes to / haven't created yet).
+            long existingCacheBytes = cacheDirSize(cacheDir, partPath);
+            if (existingCacheBytes >= MAX_CACHE_BYTES) {
+                long capMb = MAX_CACHE_BYTES / (1024 * 1024);
+                long usedMb = existingCacheBytes / (1024 * 1024);
+                VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn(
+                    "[{}] preload: total-cache cap reached ({}/{} MB); aborting {}",
+                    VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, usedMb, capMb, url);
+                notifyChat("[videopreload] 실패 (전체 캐시 " + capMb + "MB 초과 / 현재 "
+                    + usedMb + "MB): " + url, ChatFormatting.RED);
+                return;
+            }
+
             URLConnection raw = URI.create(url).toURL().openConnection();
             raw.setConnectTimeout(10_000);
             raw.setReadTimeout(30_000);
@@ -167,28 +329,73 @@ public final class VideoCache {
             }
 
             long total = 0;
+            boolean cancelled = false;
             try (InputStream in = raw.getInputStream();
                  OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(partPath)) {
                 byte[] buf = new byte[64 * 1024];
                 int n;
                 while ((n = in.read(buf)) >= 0) {
+                    // Cancellation check inside the loop. Break (not return) so the try-with
+                    // closes the output stream first — on Windows, deleting an open .part can
+                    // fail with AccessDeniedException, so we always close before deleting.
+                    if (CACHE_EPOCH.get() != startEpoch) {
+                        cancelled = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
                     total += n;
                     if (total > MAX_BYTES) {
                         long capMb = MAX_BYTES / (1024 * 1024);
                         VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn(
-                            "[{}] preload: {} exceeded {} MB cap; aborting",
+                            "[{}] preload: {} exceeded per-video {} MB cap; aborting",
                             VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url, capMb);
-                        try { Files.deleteIfExists(partPath); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
-                        notifyChat("[videopreload] 실패 (" + capMb + "MB 초과): " + url, ChatFormatting.RED);
-                        return;
+                        // Same close-before-delete dance for Windows.
+                        cancelled = true;
+                        notifyChat("[videopreload] 실패 (단일 영상 " + capMb + "MB 초과): " + url,
+                            ChatFormatting.RED);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (existingCacheBytes + total > MAX_CACHE_BYTES) {
+                        long capMb = MAX_CACHE_BYTES / (1024 * 1024);
+                        long usedMb = (existingCacheBytes + total) / (1024 * 1024);
+                        VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn(
+                            "[{}] preload: total-cache cap exceeded ({}>{} MB); aborting {}",
+                            VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, usedMb, capMb, url);
+                        cancelled = true;
+                        notifyChat("[videopreload] 실패 (전체 캐시 " + capMb + "MB 초과): " + url,
+                            ChatFormatting.RED);
+                        break;
                     }
                     out.write(buf, 0, n);
                 }
             }
+            // Now the .part file is closed — safe to delete on Windows.
+            if (cancelled) {
+                try { Files.deleteIfExists(partPath); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Pre-move cancellation check. If clearAll ran during the read loop, abort
+            // before promoting .part to final — saves a wasted move + delete.
+            if (CACHE_EPOCH.get() != startEpoch) {
+                VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: cancelled before move (clearAll ran) — {}",
+                    VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url);
+                try { Files.deleteIfExists(partPath); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+                return;
+            }
 
             Files.move(partPath, finalPath, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING,
                 StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE);
-            READY.put(url, finalPath);
+
+            // Race-safe publish: this covers the window between Files.move and READY.put
+            // (clearAll deletes the freshly-moved file then we resurrect it in READY) AND
+            // the window between READY.put and the "완료" notification (clearAll wipes
+            // READY then we re-publish + emit stale completion chat). publishIfNotCancelled
+            // rolls back both READY and the on-disk file if the epoch moved at any time.
+            if (!publishIfNotCancelled(url, finalPath, startEpoch)) {
+                VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: cancelled at publish (clearAll ran) — {}",
+                    VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url);
+                return;
+            }
             VideoPlayerMod.LOG.info("[{}] preload: cached {} ({} bytes) -> {}",
                 VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url, total, finalPath.getFileName());
             long mb = Math.max(1, total / (1024 * 1024));
@@ -198,6 +405,10 @@ public final class VideoCache {
                 VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, url, t.toString());
             notifyChat("[videopreload] 실패 (" + t.getClass().getSimpleName() + "): " + url,
                 ChatFormatting.RED);
+            // Best-effort cleanup of any leftover .part on the error path.
+            if (partPath != null) {
+                try { Files.deleteIfExists(partPath); } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+            }
         } finally {
             IN_FLIGHT.remove(url);
         }
@@ -213,6 +424,32 @@ public final class VideoCache {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sum of regular-file sizes under {@code dir}, skipping {@code excludePart} (the .part file
+     * for the in-flight download — we account for that via the running {@code total} counter).
+     * Best-effort: errors collapse to 0 so a transient FS hiccup doesn't strand a download.
+     */
+    private static long cacheDirSize(Path dir, Path excludePart) {
+        if (dir == null) return 0L;
+        try {
+            if (!Files.isDirectory(dir)) return 0L;
+            final long[] sum = { 0L };
+            try (var stream = Files.newDirectoryStream(dir)) {
+                for (Path p : stream) {
+                    if (excludePart != null && p.equals(excludePart)) continue;
+                    try {
+                        if (Files.isRegularFile(p)) sum[0] += Files.size(p);
+                    } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+                }
+            }
+            return sum[0];
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.warn("[{}] cacheDirSize failed: {}",
+                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, t.toString());
+            return 0L;
+        }
+    }
+
     private static Path cacheDir() {
         Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getInstance();
         if (mc == null || mc.gameDirectory == null) return null;

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/client/render/VideoAnchorRenderer.java

@@ -31,8 +31,19 @@ import org.joml.Matrix4f;
 @Environment(EnvType.CLIENT)
 public class VideoAnchorRenderer implements BlockEntityRenderer<VideoAnchorBlockEntity, VideoAnchorRenderer.State> {
 
-    /** Tiny outward offset so the quad doesn't z-fight with the wall. */
-    private static final float SURFACE_EPSILON = 0.001F;
+    /**
+     * Outward offset so the quad doesn't z-fight with the wall it sits on.
+     *
+     * <p>Depth-buffer precision drops with the square of view distance: with near=0.05 and
+     * 24-bit depth, the smallest resolvable step at 30 blocks is ~1mm, and ~12mm at 100
+     * blocks. The old 0.001 (1mm) offset was right at the precision boundary at ~30 blocks
+     * — which is exactly the distance users started seeing the wall texture flicker through
+     * the video panel once {@code render_distance_blocks} was raised past the default.
+     *
+     * <p>2cm gives ~20× margin at 30 blocks and is still visually unnoticeable up close
+     * (~3% of a block thickness).
+     */
+    private static final float SURFACE_EPSILON = 0.02F;
 
     public VideoAnchorRenderer(BlockEntityRendererProvider.Context ctx) {
         // no-op
@@ -75,7 +86,12 @@ public class VideoAnchorRenderer implements BlockEntityRenderer<VideoAnchorBlock
         pose.translate(-0.5F, -0.5F, -0.5F + SURFACE_EPSILON);
 
         final Matrix4f mat = new Matrix4f(pose.last().pose());
-        RenderType rt = RenderTypes.entityCutout(tex);
+        // entitySolid (not entityCutout): video frames come from swscale → AV_PIX_FMT_RGBA with
+        // alpha hard-set to 255, so there is no alpha-tested cutout. Cutout's alpha-discard step
+        // adds nothing here and makes distant sampling unstable — without mipmaps on a dynamic
+        // texture, neighbouring texels can shimmer above/below the discard threshold at sub-pixel
+        // sampling rates, contributing to the flicker users see once render distance is raised.
+        RenderType rt = RenderTypes.entitySolid(tex);
         collector.submitCustomGeometry(pose, rt, (poseUnused, vc) -> {
             // Single-sided: the back of the anchor is by design pressed against the wall the
             // player clicked, so a back face is pure GPU waste. Halves the fragment shader work

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

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.command;
 
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.VideoPlayerConfig;
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.ClearCachePayload;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.DeleteCachePayload;
 import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.PreloadPayload;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
@@ -127,26 +128,26 @@ public final class VideoCacheCommand {
 
     private static int runClear(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> ctx) {
         CommandSourceStack src = ctx.getSource();
+        // Drop server-side named entries (preload_urls is left alone — it's an admin-edited
+        // list, not something /videoCache manages).
         java.util.List<String> urls = VideoPlayerConfig.clearCacheEntries();
-        if (urls.isEmpty()) {
-            src.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal("[videocache] 저장된 항목이 없습니다")
-                .withStyle(ChatFormatting.GRAY), false);
-            return 0;
-        }
+
+        // Always broadcast a full-cache wipe to every client, even if the named index was
+        // empty — leftover files from prior sessions, legacy preload_urls downloads, and
+        // any in-flight stragglers all get scrubbed in one shot.
         MinecraftServer server = src.getServer();
+        ClearCachePayload payload = new ClearCachePayload();
         int clients = 0;
         for (ServerPlayer p : PlayerLookup.all(server)) {
-            for (String url : urls) {
-                ServerPlayNetworking.send(p, new DeleteCachePayload(url));
-            }
+            ServerPlayNetworking.send(p, payload);
             clients++;
         }
         final int sentFinal = clients;
         final int countFinal = urls.size();
         src.sendSuccess(() -> Component.literal(
-            "[videocache] 전체 삭제: " + countFinal + "개 항목"
-                + "  (" + sentFinal + " 클라이언트에 cache_delete 전송)"), false);
-        return countFinal;
+            "[videocache] 전체 삭제: 등록 항목 " + countFinal + "개 제거"
+                + " + " + sentFinal + " 클라이언트 디스크 캐시 전체 wipe"), false);
+        return Math.max(countFinal, 1);
     }
 
     private static int runRemove(CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> ctx) throws CommandSyntaxException {

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

@@ -22,10 +22,30 @@ import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.server.permissions.Permissions;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
 
-/** SPEC §4.5.1 — {@code /videoPlace <pos> <facing> <width> <height> <url>} */
+/**
+ * SPEC §4.5.1 — {@code /videoPlace} has two accepted forms:
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li><b>Legacy 5-arg</b>: {@code /videoPlace <pos> <facing> <width> <height> <url>}
+ *       — preserved for existing command blocks. Volume defaults to 50% and muted=false.
+ *       The {@code url} here is a single-token string so it doesn't swallow the {@code volume}
+ *       slot of the new form.</li>
+ *   <li><b>New 6-arg</b>: {@code /videoPlace <pos> <facing> <width> <height> <volume> <url>}
+ *       — {@code volume} is 0..100 (percent) or {@code -1} to start muted. The percent form
+ *       mirrors the GUI slider; {@code -1} is a CLI shortcut so admins don't need a follow-up
+ *       {@code /videoMute} step. {@code url} is greedy here, so URLs containing spaces (rare
+ *       but possible after URL-decoding) still work.</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * <p>Brigadier disambiguates the two by the type of the 5th argument: integer → new form,
+ * non-integer token → legacy form.
+ */
 public final class VideoPlaceCommand {
     private VideoPlaceCommand() {}
 
+    /** Default volume (percent) applied to the legacy 5-arg form. */
+    private static final int DEFAULT_VOLUME_PCT = 50;
+
     public static void register(CommandDispatcher<CommandSourceStack> dispatcher) {
         dispatcher.register(build("videoPlace"));
     }
@@ -38,12 +58,33 @@ public final class VideoPlaceCommand {
                 .then(Commands.argument("facing", StringArgumentType.word())
                     .then(Commands.argument("width", IntegerArgumentType.integer(1, 32))
                         .then(Commands.argument("height", IntegerArgumentType.integer(1, 32))
+                            // New form: volume (int) + greedy url
+                            .then(Commands.argument("volume", IntegerArgumentType.integer(-1, 100))
                                 .then(Commands.argument("url", StringArgumentType.greedyString())
-                                .executes(VideoPlaceCommand::run))))));
+                                    .executes(ctx -> runNew(ctx))))
+                            // Legacy form: single-token url, no volume slot. Single-token string
+                            // is intentional so "<int> https://..." cannot be parsed as a legacy
+                            // url that happens to start with a number — Brigadier first tries the
+                            // new branch and only falls through here if "volume" isn't an int.
+                            .then(Commands.argument("url", StringArgumentType.string())
+                                .executes(ctx -> runLegacy(ctx)))))));
     }
 
-    private static int run(com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> ctx)
+    private static int runNew(com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> ctx)
             throws CommandSyntaxException {
+        int volumeArg = IntegerArgumentType.getInteger(ctx, "volume");
+        String url = StringArgumentType.getString(ctx, "url");
+        return runWithValues(ctx, volumeArg, url);
+    }
+
+    private static int runLegacy(com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> ctx)
+            throws CommandSyntaxException {
+        String url = StringArgumentType.getString(ctx, "url");
+        return runWithValues(ctx, DEFAULT_VOLUME_PCT, url);
+    }
+
+    private static int runWithValues(com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext<CommandSourceStack> ctx,
+                                     int volumeArg, String rawUrl) throws CommandSyntaxException {
         CommandSourceStack src = ctx.getSource();
         ServerLevel level = src.getLevel();
         BlockPos pos = BlockPosArgument.getLoadedBlockPos(ctx, "pos");
@@ -54,7 +95,12 @@ public final class VideoPlaceCommand {
         }
         int width  = IntegerArgumentType.getInteger(ctx, "width");
         int height = IntegerArgumentType.getInteger(ctx, "height");
-        String raw = StringArgumentType.getString(ctx, "url").trim();
+        // -1 is the CLI mute shortcut; the BE keeps the underlying volume so an admin can
+        // /videoMute false later without re-typing a level. Anything 0..100 sets %-volume and
+        // clears mute.
+        boolean placeMuted = volumeArg < 0;
+        float placeVolume = placeMuted ? 0.5F : (volumeArg / 100.0F);
+        String raw = rawUrl == null ? "" : rawUrl.trim();
         // Accept either an http(s) URL or a /videoCache add <name> entry: resolveUrlOrName()
         // returns the canonical URL in both cases, or null when a non-URL string didn't match
         // any named entry.
@@ -75,6 +121,8 @@ public final class VideoPlaceCommand {
         be.setWidth(width);
         be.setHeight(height);
         be.setUrl(url);
+        be.setVolume(placeVolume);
+        be.setMuted(placeMuted);
 
         CompoundTag nbt = be.toNbt();
         for (ServerPlayer p : PlayerLookup.tracking(level, pos)) {

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

@@ -9,15 +9,18 @@ import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
 
 /**
  * S2C — broadcasts the server-configured client-side policy bundle on join, before any
- * {@link PreloadPayload}. Currently carries: {@code maxBytes} (per-video download cap) and
- * {@code renderDistanceBlocks} (anchor BE view-distance cap).
+ * {@link PreloadPayload}. Carries: {@code maxPerVideoBytes} (per-video download cap),
+ * {@code maxCacheBytes} (total-cache directory cap), and {@code renderDistanceBlocks}
+ * (anchor BE view-distance cap).
  */
-public record CachePolicyPayload(long maxBytes, int renderDistanceBlocks) implements CustomPacketPayload {
+public record CachePolicyPayload(long maxPerVideoBytes, long maxCacheBytes, int renderDistanceBlocks)
+        implements CustomPacketPayload {
     public static final CustomPacketPayload.Type<CachePolicyPayload> TYPE =
         new CustomPacketPayload.Type<>(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, "cache_policy"));
 
     public static final StreamCodec<RegistryFriendlyByteBuf, CachePolicyPayload> CODEC = StreamCodec.composite(
-        ByteBufCodecs.VAR_LONG, CachePolicyPayload::maxBytes,
+        ByteBufCodecs.VAR_LONG, CachePolicyPayload::maxPerVideoBytes,
+        ByteBufCodecs.VAR_LONG, CachePolicyPayload::maxCacheBytes,
         ByteBufCodecs.VAR_INT,  CachePolicyPayload::renderDistanceBlocks,
         CachePolicyPayload::new
     );

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

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net;
+
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.VideoPlayerMod;
+import net.minecraft.network.RegistryFriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.codec.StreamCodec;
+import net.minecraft.network.protocol.common.custom.CustomPacketPayload;
+import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+
+/**
+ * S2C — tell every client to wipe its entire {@code video_player_cache} directory and reset
+ * the in-memory READY/IN_FLIGHT index. Sent by {@code /videoCache clear}. Carries no payload —
+ * the receiving client just nukes everything under the cache dir regardless of how the file
+ * got there (named entry, legacy preload_url, or leftover from a prior session).
+ */
+public record ClearCachePayload() implements CustomPacketPayload {
+    public static final CustomPacketPayload.Type<ClearCachePayload> TYPE =
+        new CustomPacketPayload.Type<>(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, "cache_clear"));
+
+    public static final StreamCodec<RegistryFriendlyByteBuf, ClearCachePayload> CODEC =
+        StreamCodec.unit(new ClearCachePayload());
+
+    @Override
+    public Type<? extends CustomPacketPayload> type() {
+        return TYPE;
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+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;
+
+/**
+ * C2S — client-presence handshake for the {@code music_quiz} datapack
+ * ({@code docs/mc_video_player_mod_integration.md}). Each modded client sends one on JOIN
+ * and one every ~5 s thereafter. The server side flips the player's {@code mq_video_mod}
+ * scoreboard score to {@code 1}, which the datapack reads in its {@code mq:commands/start}
+ * guard.
+ *
+ * <p>Payload body is a single int (protocol version) so future schema bumps don't require
+ * a new packet id. v1 is the only version that exists today.
+ */
+public record MqHelloPayload(int version) implements CustomPacketPayload {
+    public static final int CURRENT_VERSION = 1;
+
+    public static final CustomPacketPayload.Type<MqHelloPayload> TYPE =
+        new CustomPacketPayload.Type<>(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath(VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, "mq_hello"));
+
+    public static final StreamCodec<RegistryFriendlyByteBuf, MqHelloPayload> CODEC = StreamCodec.composite(
+        ByteBufCodecs.VAR_INT, MqHelloPayload::version,
+        MqHelloPayload::new
+    );
+
+    @Override
+    public Type<? extends CustomPacketPayload> type() {
+        return TYPE;
+    }
+}

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

@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ public final class VideoPlayerNetwork {
         PayloadTypeRegistry.clientboundPlay().register(PreloadPayload.TYPE, PreloadPayload.CODEC);
         PayloadTypeRegistry.clientboundPlay().register(CachePolicyPayload.TYPE, CachePolicyPayload.CODEC);
         PayloadTypeRegistry.clientboundPlay().register(DeleteCachePayload.TYPE, DeleteCachePayload.CODEC);
+        PayloadTypeRegistry.clientboundPlay().register(ClearCachePayload.TYPE, ClearCachePayload.CODEC);
         // C2S
         PayloadTypeRegistry.serverboundPlay().register(SaveConfigPayload.TYPE, SaveConfigPayload.CODEC);
         PayloadTypeRegistry.serverboundPlay().register(DeleteAnchorPayload.TYPE, DeleteAnchorPayload.CODEC);
+        PayloadTypeRegistry.serverboundPlay().register(MqHelloPayload.TYPE, MqHelloPayload.CODEC);
     }
 
     public static void registerServerReceivers() {

src/main/java/com/ejclaw/videoplayer/server/MusicQuizPresence.java

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package com.ejclaw.videoplayer.server;
+
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.VideoPlayerMod;
+import com.ejclaw.videoplayer.net.MqHelloPayload;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.lifecycle.v1.ServerTickEvents;
+import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking;
+import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
+import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
+import net.minecraft.world.scores.Objective;
+import net.minecraft.world.scores.ScoreHolder;
+import net.minecraft.world.scores.Scoreboard;
+
+/**
+ * Implements the server side of the {@code music_quiz} datapack handshake described in
+ * {@code docs/mc_video_player_mod_integration.md}.
+ *
+ * <p>Two scoreboard writes against objective {@code mq_video_mod} (dummy):
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li>Every server tick — {@code #server mq_video_mod = 1}. Proves the mod jar is on the
+ *       server side. The datapack's {@code mq:commands/start} guard checks this first.</li>
+ *   <li>Every received {@link MqHelloPayload} — {@code <player> mq_video_mod = 1}. Proves
+ *       the sending player's client has the mod installed. Per-player flag is needed
+ *       because rendering is client-side; the server can't tell from join state alone.</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * <p>The objective itself ({@code scoreboard objectives add mq_video_mod dummy}) is
+ * created by the datapack's {@code mq:load} function. If it isn't present yet (datapack
+ * not applied, or load hasn't run), the writes are silently skipped — when the datapack
+ * appears later, the next tick / next payload arrival populates it.
+ */
+public final class MusicQuizPresence {
+    private MusicQuizPresence() {}
+
+    /** Scoreboard objective name expected by the {@code music_quiz} datapack. */
+    private static final String OBJECTIVE = "mq_video_mod";
+    /** Fake holder used to mark "the server has the mod" (datapack reads {@code #server}). */
+    private static final String SERVER_HOLDER = "#server";
+
+    /** Call from {@code VideoPlayerMod.onInitialize} after payload types are registered. */
+    public static void register() {
+        // (a) per-tick server presence
+        ServerTickEvents.END_SERVER_TICK.register(MusicQuizPresence::onServerTick);
+
+        // (b) per-player client presence — flipped on every received Hello
+        ServerPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(MqHelloPayload.TYPE, (payload, context) -> {
+            ServerPlayer player = context.player();
+            MinecraftServer server = context.server();
+            // hop back onto the server thread before touching the scoreboard
+            server.execute(() -> markPlayerPresent(server, player));
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static void onServerTick(MinecraftServer server) {
+        Scoreboard sb = server.getScoreboard();
+        Objective obj = sb.getObjective(OBJECTIVE);
+        // Datapack not loaded yet — silently skip. The score holder doesn't exist until
+        // the objective does, and trying to write blind would just blow up.
+        if (obj == null) return;
+        sb.getOrCreatePlayerScore(ScoreHolder.forNameOnly(SERVER_HOLDER), obj).set(1);
+    }
+
+    private static void markPlayerPresent(MinecraftServer server, ServerPlayer player) {
+        Scoreboard sb = server.getScoreboard();
+        Objective obj = sb.getObjective(OBJECTIVE);
+        if (obj == null) {
+            VideoPlayerMod.LOG.debug("[{}] mq hello from {} but objective '{}' not present",
+                VideoPlayerMod.MOD_ID, player.getName().getString(), OBJECTIVE);
+            return;
+        }
+        // ServerPlayer itself implements ScoreHolder, so this matches selector @s on the
+        // datapack side without name-formatting quirks (uuid vs profile name).
+        sb.getOrCreatePlayerScore(player, obj).set(1);
+    }
+}