Updates

SocketSVC keeps itself on the build its update channel serves. The download happens in the background while you play; the JAR in your mods folder is only swapped once you quit, so the next time you start Minecraft you are on the new version.

Open the voice settings (V by default) and pick the Updates tab. The same builds, for every side and loader, are on the download page if you would rather install one by hand.

What the tab shows複製段落連結

When a download is finished the status reads Ready — restart to finish. Nothing in mods has changed yet: a JAR the game has open cannot be replaced underneath it. Quitting the game hands the swap to a small helper process that waits for Minecraft to exit, checks the download's SHA-256, removes the old JAR and copies the new one in. If you change your mind before quitting, press Discard.

Channels複製段落連結

Switching channel takes effect immediately, downgrade included — going from a dev build back to Release means moving to an older version, and that is exactly what the switch does.

A channel can also be pinned to one specific build, shown as (pinned) in the picker. A pinned channel serves that build and nothing newer, which is how a release is published and how a bad build is rolled back.

Installing a specific build複製段落連結

Every build on the current channel is listed with its version and type (Release, Beta or Dev). Click one to install it; hover it to see its date and the first line of its release notes. The build you are already running is marked Installed.

Only builds for your Minecraft version and loader are ever listed, so there is no way to install a JAR that does not fit your game. A Quilt install is offered the Fabric JARs, which is what it runs.

Tools複製段落連結

The soundboard and some addons (Cinema, for one) run two programs SocketSVC downloads the first time they are needed: yt-dlp, which fetches media from a URL, and FFmpeg, which converts and decodes it. The Tools section at the bottom of the tab covers them.

Keeping yt-dlp current matters more than anything else here: sites change what they serve, a new yt-dlp release is usually the fix, and an old one simply stops working. A tool you have never used is never downloaded, updates or not.

Every download is checked against the SHA-256 its release publishes before it is used, and an update installs beside the old version, which keeps working until the new one is verified. If the update service cannot be reached, a first download falls back to a version built into the mod. A system FFmpeg (on your PATH, or installed with Homebrew or a package manager) is always used instead of a downloaded one, and macOS has no FFmpeg download at all.

When updates are unavailable複製段落連結

The tab says This install can't update itself when SocketSVC is not running from a JAR in a mods folder — a development launch, or a packaged modpack that loads mods from elsewhere. Update it the way you installed it.

If a download fails, the reason is shown under the status line. The update service being unreachable is not fatal: the game keeps running the version you have.

For server admins複製段落連結

Updates come from https://socketsvc-updater.vercel.app unless updateEndpoint in config/socketsvc.json points somewhere else; autoUpdate, updateChannel and autoUpdateTools live there too. Running your own deploy means you decide which build your players' clients install. See the repository's update docs for how channels, publishing and rollback work.