How to install a resource pack

Java Edition — Windows

1. Press Win + R, type %AppData%\.minecraft\resourcepacks and press Enter. This opens the resource packs folder.
2. Move your .zip file into this folder. Do not unzip it — Minecraft reads the zip directly.
3. Open Minecraft Java Edition.
4. Go to Options → Resource Packs. Your pack appears in the Available list on the left.
5. Hover over it and click the arrow (→) to move it to the Selected list on the right.
6. Click Done. Minecraft reloads resources.
7. Place a music disc in a jukebox to hear your custom track. Make sure you're using the same disc slot you assigned in MineVinyl.

Java Edition — macOS

1. Open Finder and press Cmd+Shift+G.
2. Enter ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/resourcepacks and press Go.
3. Copy your .zip into this folder (do not unzip).
4. In Minecraft, go to Options → Resource Packs, enable the pack, and click Done.

Java Edition — Linux

1. Navigate to ~/.minecraft/resourcepacks in your file manager or terminal.
2. Copy or move the .zip file into this folder (do not unzip).
3. Enable the pack via Options → Resource Packs in-game.

Enabling the pack in-game via the open folder button

In Minecraft's Resource Packs screen, there is an Open Pack Folder button in the bottom-left corner. Clicking it opens the resourcepacks folder in your system file manager directly, which is often faster than navigating there manually. You can copy the zip here while the screen is open — click Done and reopen Resource Packs, and your new pack will appear.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock uses a different pack structure from Java, so choose the Bedrock output in MineVinyl when you want to play on Windows Bedrock, mobile, console realms or other Bedrock clients. The easiest route is a .mcpack file: download it, double-click it, and Minecraft should open automatically and import the pack into global resources.

If double-click import does not work, rename a copy of the .mcpack to .zip, extract it, and place the resulting folder in Bedrock's resource_packs directory. On Windows this is usually under the Minecraft UWP data folder in LocalState/games/com.mojang. Mobile file managers vary, but the same rule applies: the folder containing the Bedrock manifest must sit directly inside resource_packs.

Pack order and priority

If you have multiple resource packs active, the pack highest in the Selected list takes priority. If another active pack also replaces music disc sounds, it may override your MineVinyl pack. Move your pack to the top of the list to give it highest priority.

Load order matters most when packs touch the same files. A texture pack that only changes blocks can sit above or below MineVinyl with no effect, but another audio pack that includes records/cat.ogg will win if it is higher. For a predictable setup, keep broad visual packs lower and put the specific music-disc pack above them.

Server-side resource packs

On Java servers, administrators can suggest or require a resource pack by setting resource-pack in server.properties to a direct download URL. The file still installs client-side when players join; the server does not stream jukebox audio live. If you use this route, host the exact zip you tested locally, keep the URL stable, and update the server's resource-pack hash when you replace the file so clients refresh their cached copy.