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WATERMeDIA: Binaries
I don't know my version or loader
Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.
No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.
OVERVIEW
WATERMeDIA: Binaries is a separated JAR containing all the VLC binaires + FFMPEG binaries in one fat jar. This helps to CurseForge not get suffocated with 60MB jars and make more faster updates of the mod without concern about the size of the JAR
HOW IT WORKS
This jar contains all stuff to be considered "as a mod". On loading times it will attachs its own classloader to WATERMeDIA API to get scanned and extract binaries from it.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.18.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as waterbinaries-3.0.0-alpha.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 125.5 MB
- Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.