Camera For Streaming

# **UNIQUE SERVER-SIDE CAMERA DEVELOPMENT** Want to stream what is happening on your Minecraft server without running a second Minecraft client? **SpectatorCamera** is an experimental Paper plugin that creates a virtual spectator camera directly on the server. It can automatically follow players, switch cinematic angles, patrol active locations when the server is empty, and publish a browser-based live preview. The project started as a simple spectator-camera plugin for Paper 1.21.1. It is now being developed into a server-side Minecraft renderer and streaming camera system. *Inspired by the Makoto server.* ## **WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT** - No second Minecraft account is required in bot mode. - No normal Minecraft client is required for the built-in browser preview. - The plugin creates a virtual camera bot with a configurable nickname. - The camera can appear in the tab list and server player count. - A built-in MJPEG stream can be opened in a browser. - The renderer uses assets from the official matching `client.jar`. - The camera can follow players automatically or be positioned manually. - When the server is empty, it can patrol saved “interesting places” where players spent the most time. - Chunks around the camera can remain loaded even without real players online. ## **RENDERER FEATURES** The experimental server-side renderer includes: - Vanilla texture and model loading from `client.jar` - Blockstate and model JSON support - UV mapping and alpha/cutout textures - Water, fire, foliage transparency and biome tinting - Day/night sky, clouds, sun and moon - Sky light, block light and emissive light - 3D players with real skins, nametags, head rotation, sneaking, running, held items and damage feedback - Initial support for mobs, paintings, item frames and selected block entities ## **CONFIGURATION** The configuration allows you to: - Choose between a virtual bot camera and a real camera account. - Set the camera nickname. - Enable or disable tab-list visibility. - Configure automatic player switching and cinematic angle intervals. - Configure a hub location for an empty server. - Configure chunk loading around the camera. - Configure local browser preview resolution, FPS and port. - Enable automatic `client.jar` download. - Configure interesting-place tracking and patrol behaviour. ## **COMMANDS** - `/camera start` — start automatic camera mode - `/camera stop` — stop the camera - `/camera auto on|off` — enable or disable automatic tracking - `/camera view` — move the camera to your current point of view in manual mode - `/camera sethub` — set the empty-server camera location - `/camera status` — show current camera status - `/camera render` — create a renderer image - `/camera disable ` — exclude a player from camera tracking - `/camera enable ` — enable tracking for a player again ## **BETA NOTICE** This plugin is currently a **beta / experimental development build**. The server-side renderer is still under active development. Many blocks, complex block entities, model variants, mobs, particles and animations may be missing or render incorrectly. It is not yet a full replacement for the official Minecraft client renderer. Use it for testing, development and streaming experiments. If you find a bug or want to share feedback, contact me on Telegram: **@AlexsandrDeveloper**