# 🎵 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

Playlists are personal to each user in each server. You can save the current queue, inspect numbered tracks later, add new songs manually, remove tracks by position, or queue one specific saved track by number. Each user can keep up to 6 playlists per server.

# Playlist commands

# Playlist examples

/music playlist save   name: chill
/music playlist save   name: chill query: Never Gonna Give You Up
/music playlist save   name: chill query: https://open.spotify.com/track/...
/music playlist load   name: chill
/music playlist list
/music playlist view   name: chill
/music playlist add    name: chill query: Never Gonna Give You Up
/music playlist remove name: chill position: 2
/music playlist play   name: chill position: 1
/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. :::