DIA
discord.js - Imagine an app•2mo ago
Dax

Hey, my bot plays audio locally but I can’t hear it in Discord help?

Hi everyone! I’m working on a Discord bot called DMortal1 using @discordjs/voice, and I’m stuck on an issue where the bot seems to play audio fine on my end (logs say it’s working), but I can’t hear anything in the voice channel. There’s also a yellow "User maybe having trouble connecting to the call" warning next to the bot in Discord. I’ve been trying to troubleshoot this for a while and could really use some advice! Here’s what’s going on: - I’m running Node.js v22.14.0 on Windows, and the bot is hosted on my PC (IP: 192.168.4.29). - I’m using @discordjs/voice (latest version), prism-media, and ffmpeg-static for audio. - The bot joins the voice channel okay (signalling → connecting → ready in logs). - It generates audio with ElevenLabs, and FFmpeg processes it (Audio buffer size: 72724, logs show Audio is playing! and Audio playback finished). - But I can’t hear the audio, and I don’t see any "speaking" or "debug" events in the logs, so I think it’s not sending the audio to Discord. - I’m using Opus encoding with FFmpeg (-f ogg -acodec libopus) and set inputType: 'ogg/opus' for createAudioResource. 
const transcoder = new FFmpeg({
  args: [
    '-i', 'pipe:0',
    '-ac', '2',
    '-ar', '48000',
    '-f', 'ogg',
    '-acodec', 'libopus',
    '-b:a', '128k',
    'pipe:1',
    '-loglevel', 'debug'
  ],
  shell: false,
  path: ffmpegStatic
});
const outputStream = audioStream.pipe(transcoder);
const resource = createAudioResource(outputStream, { inputType: 'ogg/opus' });
player.play(resource);
connection.subscribe(player);
const transcoder = new FFmpeg({
  args: [
    '-i', 'pipe:0',
    '-ac', '2',
    '-ar', '48000',
    '-f', 'ogg',
    '-acodec', 'libopus',
    '-b:a', '128k',
    'pipe:1',
    '-loglevel', 'debug'
  ],
  shell: false,
  path: ffmpegStatic
});
const outputStream = audioStream.pipe(transcoder);
const resource = createAudioResource(outputStream, { inputType: 'ogg/opus' });
player.play(resource);
connection.subscribe(player);
I’ve got a hunch it might be a network issue, maybe my router or ISP is blocking UDP ports (50000–65535)? Another bot I use (Pulse) that’s hosted on a remote server works fine in the same Discord server, so I think it’s something local to my setup. I’ve tried a few things already: Fixed an inputType typo (was ogg_opus, now ogg/opus). Added debug logging for "speaking" and "debug" events, but I’m not seeing any output.
2 Replies
d.js toolkit
d.js toolkit•2mo ago
- What are your intents? GuildVoiceStates is required to receive voice data! - Show what dependencies you are using -- generateDependencyReport() is exported from @discordjs/voice. - Try looking at common examples: https://github.com/discordjs/voice-examples. - Consider reading #how-to-get-help to improve your question! - Explain what exactly your issue is. - Post the full error stack trace, not just the top part! - Show your code! - Issue solved? Press the button!
Dax
DaxOP•2mo ago
PS C:\DMortal1\dmortal1-bot> npm list --depth=0
[email protected] C:\DMortal1\dmortal1-bot
├── @discordjs/[email protected]
├── @discordjs/[email protected]
PS C:\DMortal1\dmortal1-bot> npm list --depth=0
[email protected] C:\DMortal1\dmortal1-bot
├── @discordjs/[email protected]
├── @discordjs/[email protected]
Just to give you more context, here’s what I’m seeing when I run the bot (from npm start): 
Status server running on port 3001
Connection state: signalling
Fetching stats for DMortal01#APP
Riot API Key: Loaded
Voice state changed from signalling to connecting
Account response: { ... }
Voice state changed from connecting to ready
Summoner response: { ... }
League response: []
Stats: Summoner DMortal01#APP - Level 8, No ranked stats found.
Audio buffer size: 73978
Player state changed from idle to buffering
Voice state changed from ready to ready
Player state changed from buffering to playing
Audio is playing!
Player state changed from playing to idle
Audio playback finished.
Status server running on port 3001
Connection state: signalling
Fetching stats for DMortal01#APP
Riot API Key: Loaded
Voice state changed from signalling to connecting
Account response: { ... }
Voice state changed from connecting to ready
Summoner response: { ... }
League response: []
Stats: Summoner DMortal01#APP - Level 8, No ranked stats found.
Audio buffer size: 73978
Player state changed from idle to buffering
Voice state changed from ready to ready
Player state changed from buffering to playing
Audio is playing!
Player state changed from playing to idle
Audio playback finished.
6.2 seconds

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