diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/render/PictureSignRenderer.java b/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/render/PictureSignRenderer.java
index 56c07c9..b42dc57 100755
--- a/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/render/PictureSignRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/render/PictureSignRenderer.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.mojang.blaze3d.systems.RenderSystem;
 import eu.midnightdust.picturesign.PictureDownloader;
 import eu.midnightdust.picturesign.PictureSignClient;
 import eu.midnightdust.picturesign.config.PictureSignConfig;
+import eu.midnightdust.picturesign.util.PictureInfo;
 import eu.midnightdust.picturesign.util.PictureSignType;
 import eu.midnightdust.picturesign.util.PictureURLUtils;
 import net.fabricmc.loader.api.FabricLoader;
@@ -32,7 +33,16 @@ public class PictureSignRenderer {
 
     public void render(SignBlockEntity signBlockEntity, MatrixStack matrixStack, int light, int overlay) {
         String url = PictureURLUtils.getLink(signBlockEntity);
-        if (!url.startsWith("https://") && !url.startsWith("http://")) {
+        PictureInfo info = null;
+        if (!url.contains("://")) {
+            url = "https://" + url;
+        }
+        if (url.endsWith(".json")) {
+            info = PictureURLUtils.infoFromJson(url);
+            if (info == null) return;
+            url = info.url();
+        }
+        if (!url.contains("://")) {
             url = "https://" + url;
         }
         //if (!url.contains(".png") && !url.contains(".jpg") && !url.contains(".jpeg")) return;
@@ -49,6 +59,8 @@ public class PictureSignRenderer {
             if (videoManager != null)
                 videoManager.closePlayer(new Identifier("picturesign", pos.getX() + "." + pos.getY() + "." + pos.getZ()));
             playedOnce.remove(pos);
+            videoPlayers.remove(new Identifier("picturesign", pos.getX() + "." + pos.getY() + "." + pos.getZ()));
+            PictureURLUtils.cachedJsonData.remove(url);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -90,13 +102,16 @@ public class PictureSignRenderer {
                         videoPlayer.getControlsInterface().setRepeat(true);
                     }
                 }
-                else if (!videoPlayer.getMediaInterface().hasMedia() && !playedOnce.contains(pos))
+                else if (!videoPlayer.getMediaInterface().hasMedia() && !playedOnce.contains(pos)) {
                     videoPlayer.getMediaInterface().play(url);
+                }
 
             } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                 PictureSignClient.LOGGER.error(e);
                 return;
             }
+            if (info != null && info.start() > 0 && videoPlayer.getControlsInterface().getTime() < info.start()) videoPlayer.getControlsInterface().setTime(info.start());
+            if (info != null && info.end() > 0 && videoPlayer.getControlsInterface().getTime() >= info.end() && !playedOnce.contains(pos))  videoPlayer.getControlsInterface().stop();
         }
         else return;
         if (PictureSignType.isType(signBlockEntity, PictureSignType.VIDEO)) playedOnce.add(pos);
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/util/PictureInfo.java b/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/util/PictureInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bd26e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/util/PictureInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package eu.midnightdust.picturesign.util;
+
+public record PictureInfo(String url, long start, long end, int volume) {
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/util/PictureURLUtils.java b/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/util/PictureURLUtils.java
index 0e0c9cd..735e121 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/util/PictureURLUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/midnightdust/picturesign/util/PictureURLUtils.java
@@ -1,8 +1,63 @@
 package eu.midnightdust.picturesign.util;
 
+import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import eu.midnightdust.picturesign.PictureSignClient;
+import eu.midnightdust.picturesign.config.PictureSignConfig;
 import net.minecraft.block.entity.SignBlockEntity;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
 public class PictureURLUtils {
+    public static final Type STRING_TYPE = new TypeToken<Map<String, String>>(){}.getType();
+    public static final Map<String, PictureInfo> cachedJsonData = new HashMap<>();
+    private static final Gson GSON = new GsonBuilder().create();
+    public static PictureInfo infoFromJson(String pathToJson) {
+        if (cachedJsonData.containsKey(pathToJson)) return cachedJsonData.get(pathToJson);
+        PictureInfo result = null;
+        URL json = toURL(pathToJson);
+        Map<String, String> jsonData = null;
+
+        try (Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(json.openStream())) {
+            jsonData = GSON.fromJson(reader, STRING_TYPE);
+        } catch (MalformedURLException error) {
+            PictureSignClient.LOGGER.error("Unable to load url from JSON because of connection problems: " + error.getMessage());
+        } catch (IOException error) {
+            PictureSignClient.LOGGER.error("Unable to load url from JSON because of an I/O Exception: " + error.getMessage());
+        }
+        if (PictureSignConfig.debug) PictureSignClient.LOGGER.info("JsonData: "+jsonData);
+        if (jsonData != null && !jsonData.isEmpty() && jsonData.containsKey("url")) {
+            result = new PictureInfo(jsonData.get("url"), getDurationMillis(jsonData.getOrDefault("start_at", "")), getDurationMillis(jsonData.getOrDefault("end_at", "")), Integer.parseInt(jsonData.getOrDefault("volume", "-1")));
+            PictureSignClient.LOGGER.info("URL successfully loaded from JSON!");
+        } else {
+            PictureSignClient.LOGGER.warn("Unable to load url from JSON");
+        }
+        if (PictureSignConfig.debug) PictureSignClient.LOGGER.info("Result: "+result);
+        cachedJsonData.put(pathToJson, result);
+        return result;
+    }
+    private static long getDurationMillis(String duration) {
+        if (duration.equals("")) return -1;
+        String[] splitDuration = duration.split(":");
+        if (splitDuration.length != 4) return -1;
+        return TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.convert(Duration.parse("PT" + splitDuration[0]+"H" + splitDuration[1]+"M" + splitDuration[2]+"S")) + Long.parseLong(splitDuration[3]);
+    }
+    public static URL toURL(String string) {
+        URL result = null;
+        try { result = new URL(string); }
+        catch (MalformedURLException e) {PictureSignClient.LOGGER.warn("Malformed URL: " + e);}
+        return result;
+    }
     public static String getLink(SignBlockEntity signBlockEntity) {
         String text = signBlockEntity.getTextOnRow(0, false).getString() +
                 signBlockEntity.getTextOnRow(1, false).getString() +