True Music
by Dseelis
With True Music, speaker blocks placed in the world play custom audio in place, and a music box player handles personal listening.
What it does
Players place speaker blocks in the world and open their control screen with a right-click. A speaker plays custom audio directly from where it stands, and the sound gets quieter with distance and follows the direction of the listener. Players can build playlists, switch between speakers with commands, and control the queue and repeat settings. The music box player lets a single player listen to music on their own, or play it for everyone nearby.
Playback is synchronized, so every player who hears a speaker hears the same audio at the same moment and the playback does not drift apart. The mod relies on the external tools yt-dlp and ffmpeg to load audio from many sources. On first launch it tries to install both by itself into the root directory of the game or of a modpack. If that fails, for example because network access is restricted, they must be installed by hand and placed on the system PATH. The mod is inspired by Phonon and works alongside the music addon fun.
Files are published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1, with 1.2.2 as the latest build from 2026-08-14. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only.
Key features
Speaker blocks
Speaker blocks can be placed in the world and play custom audio from their own location.
Real-time sync
Every player hears the same audio at the same time, so a shared speaker stays in step across the group.
Spatial audio
Sound comes from the speaker's position, fades with distance and takes direction into account.
Playlists and commands
Playlists can be built and assigned to speakers, with commands to switch tracks and control the queue and repeat.
Music box player
A personal player lets a single player listen to music on their own or share it with everyone.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Phonon is also open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, with files for 1.21.1 – 26.2 and an environment of client and server. Analog Audio needs both client and server as well, but uses a custom license and is published for 1.21.1 only. Music Player Mod For Minecraft is MIT licensed and not open source, and either side can run it alone, neither needing it. Dash's Custom Background Music Mod is client-side only, so servers run without it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| True Music | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-14 |
| Phonon | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-15 |
| Analog Audio | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-17 |
| Music Player Mod For Minecraft | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client or server, optional | 2026-06-29 |
| Dash's Custom Background Music Mod | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-05-30 |
Questions
Does True Music need to be installed on the server?
Why does True Music need yt-dlp and ffmpeg?
Which Minecraft version does True Music support?
In the catalog
True Music is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,784 Social mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
TrueMusic turns music into part of the game world itself with real in-world speaker blocks, synchronized playback across all players, and support for pretty much any audio source. This mod is inspired by Phonon. TrueMusic relies on yt-dlp and ffmpeg for external audio sources.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/true-music
- Owner
- Dseelis
- Published
- 2026-06-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15