🎵 Discord Music Bot – Installation & Usage

This bot plays ambient lo-fi music automatically in your Discord voice channel. It starts with shuffle, continues playing without stopping, and can be controlled via simple commands.

• Python 3.10 or newer
• FFmpeg installed (`sudo apt install ffmpeg`)
• A Discord Bot Token
• MP3 files placed in the `music/` directory
• Optional: systemd for autostart on boot

• Clone or copy the bot code into a directory, e.g. `/var/www/mbot/`
• Create a `music/` folder and add your MP3 tracks
• Install required Python packages:

`pip install discord`

Open `.env` and replace:

`your-bot-token-here`

with your actual Discord bot token.

• Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications
• Click New Application, give it a name
• Go to Bot tab → click Add Bot
• Under Privileged Gateway Intents, enable:
  1. Message Content Intent
  2. Server Members Intent
• Copy the token and paste it into `bot.py`

Go to the OAuth2 → URL Generator tab:

• Scopes: `bot`
• Bot Permissions:
  1. Connect
  2. Speak
  3. Send Messages
  4. Read Message History

Copy the generated URL and open it in your browser to invite the bot.

Now available on github!

discord-musicbot