#✅ | Watermedia crashes the game

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I've added custom video BG to the main menu via FancyMenu + Watermedia API/binaries, everything was ok until i restarted my game, then it crashes when im trying to get past loading screen. Here's the log.

📎 message.txt
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I’m gonna check the log and see if this matches any known FancyMenu/Watermedia issues first 👀🛠️

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Log File Detected

The file message.txt is a Minecraft log file.

Minecraft Version

1.20.1

Mod Loader

Fabric 0.19.2

Loaded Mods

429

Log Statistics

23 error(s), 332 warning(s), 63 exception(s)

Java Version

17

Optimization Mods

Clumps, Dynamic FPS, Entity Culling, FerriteCore, Indium, Iris Shaders, Lithium, ModernFix, Sodium

Keksuccino's Mods

FancyMenu v3.9.0
Drippy Loading Screen v3.1.2
SpiffyHUD v3.1.2
Konkrete v1.8.1
Melody v1.0.3

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I’ve got the first doc hint already , now I’m checking the log itself and looking for a matching GitHub issue 🔎📄

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I found the likely culprit in the log: FancyMenu is trying to build the Watermedia player during startup, and the docs say videos do not work in loading screens 😕🎬

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# worthy parcel I've added custom video BG to the main menu via FancyMenu + Watermedia API/binar...

Yep, this looks like a Watermedia/video playback problem during startup, not a normal FancyMenu layout issue 😕🎬

From your log, the important part is:

  • [FANCYMENU] Failed to create Watermedia player via beta15+ engine API
  • then:
    • java.lang.IllegalStateException: No ALCapabilities instance has been set

So FancyMenu is trying to create the MP4 player, but Watermedia/OpenAL isn’t in a valid audio state yet. That lines up with the FancyMenu docs for videos: video support does not work in loading screens. For loading screens, the docs recommend using simple FMA/AFMA animations instead.

A few things to try:

  1. Remove the video background temporarily

    • If the game starts again, the MP4 is the trigger.

  2. Don’t use the video on any loading screen

    • If it’s assigned to a loading screen or something shown before the game is fully ready, that’s unsupported.
    • Docs: Videos (MP4)

  3. Make sure Watermedia API + Watermedia Binaries are both installed and match each other

    • If one of them is outdated, video playback can break.

  4. If you can’t get into the game, disable the MP4 manually

    • Rename or move config/fancymenu/assets/glek.mp4
    • Or temporarily move the whole config/fancymenu folder out of the way

There are also similar existing reports already:

So my current guess is: your video background is hitting a known Watermedia/FancyMenu startup limitation or bug.

If you want, send me:

  • whether the video is set as a main menu background, intro video, or loading screen video
  • and your Watermedia version

and I can help you narrow down the safest setup 🙂

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✅ | Watermedia crashes the game