Stream Music in Your Discord Server with Prowl Bot

Prowl’s music player lets you stream from YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, and more — or host your own audio files — directly in Discord voice channels.

Prowl’s music feature turns any Discord voice channel into a listening room. Queue up tracks from YouTube by search or URL, control playback, manage the volume, and more — all through slash commands.

How It Works

Prowl uses yt-dlp under the hood to resolve and stream audio from YouTube and other supported sources. When you run /music play, Prowl joins your current voice channel automatically and starts playing.

You must be connected to a voice channel before running /music play. Prowl joins the channel you are in at the time of the request.

Commands Reference

Use these slash commands in any text channel while you’re connected to a voice channel.

Command	Description
/music play <query or URL>	Search for a track or paste a URL to add it to the queue and begin playback
/music pause	Pause the currently playing track
/music resume	Resume a paused track
/music skip	Skip to the next track in the queue
/music stop	Stop playback entirely, clear the queue, and disconnect
/music queue	Display the current queue with track titles and who requested each track
/music nowplaying	Show details about the track currently playing
/music volume <0–100>	Set the playback volume as a percentage
/music loop	Toggle loop mode for the current track
/music shuffle	Randomize the remaining tracks in the queue
/music remove <position>	Remove a specific track from the queue by position
/music clear	Clear the entire queue

You can add an entire playlist at once with /music play <playlist URL>. Prowl will append every track in the playlist to the end of the current queue.

Queue Management

Prowl maintains a persistent queue for each server so members can keep the music going without interruption.

• Adding tracks — Any member can run /music play to append a track to the end of the queue.
• Viewing the queue — /music queue shows the current queue.
• Removing a track — Use /music remove <position> to pull a specific track out of the lineup.
• Shuffling — Run /music shuffle to randomize the remaining tracks.
• Looping — Toggle loop mode for the current track with /music loop.

Queue state is held in memory. If the bot is disconnected or restarted, the current queue will be cleared. Save your favorite playlists as a URL so you can re-queue them quickly.

DJ Role

If you want to restrict who can control music playback, you can designate a DJ role in the dashboard under Music → DJ Role. Members without the DJ role can still use /music play to add tracks, but commands like /music skip, /music stop, /music volume, and /music remove will be limited to DJs and server administrators.

Set a DJ role if your music channel tends to get chaotic — it prevents members from skipping tracks or changing volume without permission.

Troubleshooting

Bot Won't Join

Prowl doesn’t join the voice channel when I run /music play.

• Make sure you are connected to a voice channel before running the command.
• Check that Prowl has the Connect and Speak permissions on that voice channel.
• If the channel has a user limit set, ensure Prowl isn’t being blocked by it — bots count toward the limit unless you grant Prowl the Move Members permission.
• Try running /music stop and /music play again to force a fresh connection.

Audio Cutting Out

The music keeps stuttering or dropping out.

• Audio interruptions are most often caused by network congestion on Discord’s voice servers. Try running /music stop and /music play again to reconnect.
• If the problem persists with a specific source, try an alternative link or search term.
• For self-hosted audio, ensure your server’s bandwidth is sufficient and the file URL is reachable.