Play through a VHS Filter!
Camcord is a simple mod that adds a VHS-inspired filter to the game. This isn't based off of the actual inner-workings of a VHS camera and player, but it gets a stylized effect of an old camera. Activate the effect with F7.
Dependencies / Prerequisites
First of all, this is a Quilt mod, and will not work on Forge or Fabric. You can learn more about Quilt here!
There are a few mods which you need to install to play this mod.
Make sure you get the appropriate versions, Fabric if Quilt isn't avaliable.
Shaders / Rendering Mods
Yes, this does in fact work with mods like Iris, Sodium, Optifine, etc!
Config Options
Yes, this has some configurable options! To activate the effect ingame, you must toggle it with F7, but that can be changed in the controls menu.
Fisheye Zoom - Zooms out the screen. Bigger values zoom out.
Fisheye Scale - Scales out the screen. Bigger values scale out.
Fisheye Pinch - Strength of the fisheye effect. Bigger values have less distortion.
Near Plane - Near Plane for the Bokeh effect.
Far Plane - Far Plane for the Bokeh effect.
Boarder - Renders the 4:3 boarder.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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 Modrinth — 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.
- Ships as camcord-1.1.0+1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 24 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.