Playing MP3 Files in a Voice Channel | Pycord | Page 1

obsidian yacht Sep 19, 2023, 12:35 AM

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Hello, I'm trying to play an MP3 file to a voice channel from my PC using FFmpegPCMAudio. I've created a voice channel instance and have successfully installed all the necessary packages and requirements. However, I'm encountering an issue when trying to play the file in the voice channel. When I use the voice_channel.play attribute, I receive an error indicating that .play is not a valid attribute. I suspect I might be overlooking something, so I would greatly appreciate any guidance. Thank you.

broken drum Sep 20, 2023, 1:30 AM

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You want to call discord.VoiceClient.play, not VoiceChannel.play (which does not exist).

https://docs.pycord.dev/en/stable/api/voice.html#discord.VoiceClient.play

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Objects: Attributes average_latency, channel, endpoint, guild, latency, loop, session_id, source, token, user. Methods async disconnect, def is_connected, def is_paused, def is_playing, async move_...

obsidian yacht Sep 20, 2023, 11:19 PM

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broken drum You want to call `discord.VoiceClient.play`, not `VoiceChannel.play` (which does...

thanks for the tip and my bad for missing your message

broken drum Sep 20, 2023, 11:20 PM

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No need to apologize. Were you able to fix your problem?

obsidian yacht Sep 20, 2023, 11:20 PM

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i actually tried implimenting it in my code and use the very same discord.VoiceClient instance to inititiate a connection to the voice channel

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it does require two params howener, reconnect and timeout

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when i start the bot, it does connect to the vc then leaves after timeout with a timeout error

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async def on_ready(self):
        print(f'Logged in as {self.user.name}')
        self.voice = self.get_channel(config.VOICE_CHANNEL_ID)
        self.voice_channel = discord.VoiceClient(discord.Client(), self.voice)
        await self.voice_channel.connect(reconnect=True, timeout=10)
        await self.change_presence(activity=discord.Game(name='With candles'))
        self.check_candles.start()```

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(candlestick) PS C:\Users\trade\Documents\candlestick> python main.py
Logged in as Candlestick Detection
Ignoring exception in on_ready
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\trade\Documents\candlestick\Lib\site-packages\discord\client.py", line 378, in _run_event
    await coro(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\trade\Documents\candlestick\bot.py", line 29, in on_ready
    await self.voice_channel.connect(reconnect=True, timeout=10)
  File "C:\Users\trade\Documents\candlestick\Lib\site-packages\discord\voice_client.py", line 396, in connect
    await utils.sane_wait_for(futures, timeout=timeout)
  File "C:\Users\trade\Documents\candlestick\Lib\site-packages\discord\utils.py", line 714, in sane_wait_for
    raise asyncio.TimeoutError()
TimeoutError

obsidian yacht Sep 20, 2023, 11:23 PM

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broken drum No need to apologize. Were you able to fix your problem?

well, i can't say with conviction now since i'm unable to properly conenct the bot to the vc 😅

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@broken drum sry for pining you my man, i usually don't do this but i got to get this online asap, covid's killing me rn so i'm losing my brain cells, i need my nap 😅

broken drum Sep 20, 2023, 11:32 PM

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Hmmm

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The way I do it, I don't get the voice channel from self.voice

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I use a slash command, so that it has to come from a person, in a voice channel

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Like this...

obsidian yacht Sep 20, 2023, 11:35 PM

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👀

broken drum Sep 20, 2023, 11:36 PM

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@bot.slash_command(name='config', description='Bot config')
async def config(ctx):
    voice = ctx.author.voice
    vc = await voice.channel.connect()

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Hasn't failed me yet, but it might not work in your scenario.

obsidian yacht Sep 20, 2023, 11:36 PM

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broken drum ```python @bot.slash_command(name='config', description='Bot config') async def ...

and that calls the discord.VoiceClient object by default?

obsidian yacht Sep 20, 2023, 11:37 PM

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broken drum Hasn't failed me yet, but it might not work in your scenario.

ye ig it's not compatible since in my case, it needs to connect to the vc when the bot gets online

broken drum Sep 20, 2023, 11:37 PM

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I think I am getting my instance of discord.VoiceClient from return value of connect(). not sure.

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This is interesting to me, as well. I would like to be able to connect a voice channel without depending on a user.

obsidian yacht Sep 20, 2023, 11:39 PM

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ye, this is quite interesting, it does connect when using get_channel.connect() but can't play audio from it

lime falcon Sep 21, 2023, 12:13 AM

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@obsidian yacht so what's going on with this at the moment

obsidian yacht Sep 21, 2023, 12:14 AM

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obsidian yacht ```sh (candlestick) PS C:\Users\trade\Documents\candlestick> python main.py Logg...

This @lime falcon

lime falcon Sep 21, 2023, 12:15 AM

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oh well

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a timeout error is called when the timeout is reached

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which is supposed to happen

obsidian yacht Sep 21, 2023, 12:17 AM

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lime falcon which is supposed to happen

How do I make it connect without the timeout error happening? I could use the get channel button but I won't be able to play the audio in the VC unless I use Voice Client that requires the timeout param

lime falcon Sep 21, 2023, 12:17 AM

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does it call timeout error immediately, or after the ten seconds?

obsidian yacht Sep 21, 2023, 12:17 AM

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After the 10s

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As it's supposed to indeed

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But I need it to be in the vc for as long the bot is online

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And needs to join as the bot gets online

lime falcon Sep 21, 2023, 12:19 AM

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obsidian yacht And needs to join as the bot gets online

Try increasing the timeout or removing it

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removing it defaults to sixty seconds

obsidian yacht Sep 21, 2023, 12:22 AM

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lime falcon removing it defaults to sixty seconds

Tried that too tbh

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Same thing happened after the 60s

lime falcon Sep 21, 2023, 12:23 AM

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ah alright

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you can get the voice client simply by getting the return type of connecting to the channel

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self.voice_channel = self.get_channel(config.VOICE_CHANNEL_ID)
self.voice_client = self.voice_channel.connect()

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VoiceClient Docs specify:

You do not create these, you typically get them from e.g. VoiceChannel.connect().

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Objects: Attributes average_latency, channel, endpoint, guild, latency, loop, session_id, source, token, user. Methods async disconnect, def is_connected, def is_paused, def is_playing, async move_...

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at least in my experience, the pycord docs are some of the better ones around. I remember when I was just starting, though, and had no idea what anything meant. So if you have any questions about anything relating to the docs, feel free to ask.

obsidian yacht Sep 21, 2023, 1:40 AM

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lime falcon [VoiceClient Docs](https://docs.pycord.dev/en/stable/api/voice.html#discord.Voic...

I read that part, but I'm not sure how it helps me tbh

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Like after connecting to the voice channel. How do I initialize Voice Client

lime falcon Sep 21, 2023, 1:42 AM

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obsidian yacht Like after connecting to the voice channel. How do I initialize Voice Client

You don't.

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The library does it for you

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self.voice_client = self.voice_channel.connect()

is a better and easier way of doing

self.voice_channel = discord.VoiceClient(discord.Client(), self.voice)
await self.voice_channel.connect(reconnect=True, timeout=10)

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because the method VoiceChannel.connect() does that all for you

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You don't have to worry about anything but the channel you're connecting to.

obsidian yacht Sep 21, 2023, 1:45 AM

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lime falcon because the method `VoiceChannel.connect()` does that all for you

But then I can't access .play using this method

lime falcon Sep 21, 2023, 1:48 AM

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obsidian yacht But then I can't access .play using this method

The connect method of a VoiceChannel returns a VoiceClient. A VoiceClient includes all of the necessary methods to play audio, including play, pause, and resume.

Pycord

Voice Related

Objects: Attributes average_latency, channel, endpoint, guild, latency, loop, session_id, source, token, user. Methods async disconnect, def is_connected, def is_paused, def is_playing, async move_...

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Your on ready function would then look something like this:

async def on_ready(self):
    print(f'Logged in as {self.user.name}')
    self.voice_channel = self.get_channel(config.VOICE_CHANNEL_ID)
    self.voice_client = await self.voice_channel.connect(reconnect=True)
    await self.change_presence(activity=discord.Game(name='With candles'))
    self.check_candles.start()

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Being functionally the same

obsidian yacht Sep 21, 2023, 1:56 AM

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lime falcon Your on ready function would then look something like this: ```py async def on_r...

Hmm, I think I'm explaining this wrong. So the connection to the voice channel is an issue only when using the Voice Client class. I can easily connect the bot using the get channel attribute

lime falcon Sep 21, 2023, 1:57 AM

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Yes. You aren't supposed to create your own VoiceClient object. It's unnecessary

obsidian yacht Sep 21, 2023, 1:58 AM

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Now when it's connected, I want to play an mp3 sound using the .play function

So I'd have something like this:

self.voice_channel.play("sound.mp3")

But when I do that .play isn't a valid attribute of voice channel

lime falcon Sep 21, 2023, 1:58 AM

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Well that's just because I changed your variable names around

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voice_channel is no longer your voice client

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voice_client is

lime falcon Sep 21, 2023, 2:37 AM

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@obsidian yacht Did this work for you?

obsidian yacht Sep 21, 2023, 2:58 AM

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lime falcon <@1092493258216706149> Did this work for you?

You truly are handful man

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Forgot to reply but it did worked

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