EVATEX-Background
by eververity
With EVATEX-Background installed, a video, animated GIF or photo can play behind Minecraft's menus, including the title screen, server selection and world selection.
What it does
The mod replaces the static backdrop of several Minecraft screens with a looping video, animated GIF or still photo. Playback extends to the menus for choosing a server or a save, to resource packs, credits, game rules and supported options screens. Menu backgrounds can be disabled separately in the EVATEX settings, and playback can be adjusted in-game.
Backgrounds are chosen from the Astral store, which was redesigned in version 1.8.18 and lists more than two hundred entries, mostly photos with a smaller set of animated GIFs and MP4 videos, including a group of offline EVATEX backgrounds. Players can also add their own video, GIF or photo file. Store entries show whether a background is already on the machine, and cached covers and local files remain usable without a connection. The mod is client-side only and is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, in builds for 1.20 – 26.3 with the latest files for 26.3. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Video and GIF backgrounds
Menus can show looping MP4 videos, animated GIFs or still photos as their background.
Astral store
A built-in store offers a large set of backgrounds that can be fetched and applied with one click.
Own files
Any local video, GIF or photo file can be used as a menu background.
Hardware video decoding
On Windows the mod tries GPU decoding and GPU downscaling, and falls back to software decoding when a driver or format is not supported.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want an animated or photo backdrop on Minecraft's menus. The mod runs only on the client, so servers do not need it and players do not need any server-side setup.
How it compares
Item Count Background is a Fabric-only client mod for 1.21.5 – 26.2 under the MIT License and open source. Idle Tweaks runs on Fabric, Forge and Quilt for 1.8.9 – 1.21.11, is client-side only and is not open source, released under a Creative Commons non-commercial license. Animated Shields runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, needs the client and server, and is not open source, with all rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVATEX-Background | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-14 |
| Item Count Background | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-01 |
| Idle Tweaks | Fabric, Forge and Quilt | 1.8.9 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-04-04 |
| Animated Shields | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-14 |
Questions
Does EVATEX-Background need the server to have it?
Which loaders does EVATEX-Background support?
Can a player use their own video as a background?
Why can playback be slow on some computers?
In the catalog
EVATEX-Background is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Open Backgrounds, download from Store and select Apply — or add your own file to videos or backgrounds. EVATEX-Background, formerly EVATEX-Background Video, is a client-side Minecraft Java Edition mod with separate Fabric, Forge and NeoForge builds. Use your own video, GIF or photo as the background of Minecraft's…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/evatex-background
- Owner
- eververity
- Published
- 2026-08-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15