How to Play Music
A beginner's guide to using Hubdustry's music features in your voice channel.
How to Play Music
Listen to music with your friends in a voice channel. Here's everything you need to know.
Getting Started
- Join a voice channel in your Discord server
- Type
/playfollowed by a song name or URL - Hubdustry joins your channel and starts playing
Examples:
/play never gonna give you up/play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ/play spotify:track:4cOdK2wGLETKBW3PvgPWqT
Basic Controls
| What You Want | Command |
|---|---|
| Pause the music | /pause |
| Resume playing | /resume |
| Skip this song | /skip |
| Stop everything | /stop |
| Change volume | /volume 50 |
| See what's playing | /nowplaying |
Managing the Queue
When you play multiple songs, they line up in a queue:
/queue— See all upcoming songs/shuffle— Randomize the queue order/loop track— Repeat the current song/loop queue— Repeat the entire queue/loop off— Stop looping/remove 3— Remove song #3 from the queue
Playing Playlists
You can play entire playlists from YouTube or Spotify:
/play https://youtube.com/playlist?list=.../play my spotify playlist name
All tracks are added to the queue automatically.
Audio Effects
Want to spice things up? Try audio filters:
/filter bass-boost— Extra bass/filter nightcore— Faster + higher pitch/filter 8d— Rotating audio effect/filter off— Back to normal
Troubleshooting
Bot won't join my channel?
- Make sure you're in a voice channel first
- Check that Hubdustry has Connect and Speak permissions
No sound?
- Check your Discord volume settings
- Try
/volume 50to reset the bot volume
Song won't play?
- Some sources may be region-restricted
- Try searching by name instead of URL