# 🎵 Music

Stream music straight into your voice channels with a fast, modern player. Audio is decoded on Strom’s dedicated audio node — not in the bot process — so playback stays smooth even with many servers listening at once.

Every feature lives under a single /music command, with subcommands for each action (and a /music playlist group for saved playlists).

# Quick start

1. Join a voice channel.
2. Run /music play with a song name or a link.
3. Use the buttons under the now-playing message, or the subcommands below, to control playback.

/music play query: Never Gonna Give You Up
/music play query: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
/music play query: lofi beats source: SoundCloud

Strom joins your channel, posts a Now Playing card, and starts streaming. Add more tracks any time — they’re appended to the queue.

# Command reference

Every command works as both a slash command (/music play) and a prefix command (!music play).

# Playback

# Queue

# Enhancements

::: details Permissions (gated actions) Most commands are open to anyone in Strom’s voice channel. The disruptive actions — skip, stop, leave — are gated. You can use them if any of these is true:

• You requested the current track.
• You have the DJ role (set on the dashboard).
• You have Manage Server.
• You’re the only human in the channel with Strom. :::

# Control panel

Every Now Playing message comes with two rows of buttons, so members can control playback without typing commands:

Buttons work for anyone sharing Strom’s voice channel; the gated actions (Skip, Stop) still enforce the DJ rules above.

# Sources

Pick where to search with the source option on /music play. The default is YouTube.

Pasting a link from any supported platform works regardless of the source setting.

# Filters

Apply audio presets with /music filter preset:<name>.

/music filter preset: bassboost
/music filter preset: clear

# Playlists

Save the current queue and reload it later. Playlists are personal (per user, per server).

/music playlist save   name: chill
/music playlist load   name: chill
/music playlist list
/music playlist delete name: chill

# 24/7 mode

By default Strom leaves a channel when it’s been alone for about 2 minutes or the queue ends. Turn on 24/7 to keep it connected:

/music 247 state: on

With 24/7 enabled, Strom stays in the channel after the queue finishes and won’t auto-leave when alone. You can also enable 24/7 from the dashboard.

# Daily listening quota

To keep things fair, each server has a daily music listening limit (default 4 hours). Only active, non-paused playback counts.

/music quota

• Shows time used, remaining, and when it resets.
• When the limit is reached, playback stops automatically and new /music play requests are blocked until reset.
• Paused time is not counted.

::: info The quota is per server, not per user, and resets every day at 00:00 UTC. :::

# Dashboard settings

Open the dashboard → your server → Music to configure:

# Requirements

Strom needs Connect and Speak permission in the voice channel before it can play. Without them, /music play returns a permission error.

# Troubleshooting

::: details A song gets stuck or skips immediately Try a different source using the source option on /music play (e.g. switch from YouTube to SoundCloud). If the issue persists, the track may be unavailable or geo-restricted in your region. :::

::: details Spotify links don’t resolve Spotify links may not always work. Use a song name with /music play instead — Strom will automatically find the best match from YouTube. :::

::: details Lyrics show a search link instead of text Lyrics are sourced from Genius. If the lyrics panel shows a link rather than text, the track title may not have matched cleanly — try searching for the song manually on youtube.com. :::

::: details “I need Connect and Speak permission” Strom can’t join or transmit in the voice channel. Grant the Strom Bot role Connect and Speak on that channel (or server-wide), then try again. :::