Monoview
by Mistyper
Monoview puts a live capture of a real monitor or application window onto a block inside Minecraft, refreshing in real time.
What it does
A Screen Block shows the picture of one chosen monitor or a single application window, and keeps updating while the source changes. Several Screen Blocks placed edge-to-edge on the same facing and source join into one unbroken display, and new blocks inherit the orientation of the wall they extend, so a large video wall can be built by placing one tile after another.
Settings sit in a MonoView button on the vanilla Options screen and in the Mods config menu. Capture frame rate runs from 5 to 120 FPS, resolution from 25 to 100 percent, and quality can be set to smooth bilinear or sharp nearest-neighbour filtering. An optimized capture-and-upload path is meant to hold high frame rates at high refresh settings and native resolution. The capture uses native Windows APIs, so the mod works on Windows only, and the required files come bundled in one jar placed in the mods folder.
Monoview is published for Forge only, with six release versions covering 1.20.1 – 1.20.6. The latest file is 2.5 for 1.20.6, dated 2026-06-08, and the environment is client and server. The code is licensed as All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Screen Block capture
A block chooses a monitor or a specific application window and displays its live image, refreshing in real time.
Unbroken video walls
Several Screen Blocks placed edge-to-edge on the same facing and source show one image across a single display.
Auto-tiling placement
Placing one screen and then more blocks beside it adds them to the wall, and each new block takes the source orientation.
Capture and quality settings
Capture FPS from 5 to 120, resolution from 25 to 100 percent, and smooth or sharp filtering can be tuned per wall.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Desktop mirror in a base
A single Screen Block mirrors a monitor or an open window, so a desktop view can sit on a wall inside the world.
Large video display
A grid of Screen Blocks builds one giant display showing a single window or screen.
Who it’s for: Players on Windows who want a real monitor or application window visible inside their Minecraft world, and builders who want large in-game displays from one source.
Questions
Does Monoview work on macOS or Linux?
Does Monoview have to be installed on the server as well?
Which Minecraft versions does Monoview support?
In the catalog
Monoview is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
Turn any real monitor or app window into a working display block inside Minecraft. MonoView adds a single block — the Screen Block — that mirrors your actual desktop in real time. Point it at one of your monitors or any open window, and it shows up live in-game, updating as you work. Build a single screen, or tile a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/monoview
- Owner
- Mistyper
- Published
- 2026-06-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
