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[Geesmen]

Please tick all applicable boxes.

• [x] I am using Python 3.5 or higher (run python --version on the command line)
• [x] I have followed the official guides to install the bot for my system
• [x] I have updated my dependencies to the latest version using the appropriate update_dependencies script

Which version are you using?

• [x] The latest master version (1.9.7)
• [ ] The latest review version

What type of issue are you creating?

• [ ] Bug
• [ ] Feature request
• [x] Question

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Description of issue

my bot auto skips when I'm no on voice chat, how can i stop it from skipping when im not on voice chat?

Steps to reproduce

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Log file

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[AutumnClove]

AutoPause=Yes in options.ini I believe should help with this, this will only work if no-one else is in the voice chat though.

[MattBSG]

See SkipWhenAbsent permissions.ini: https://github.com/Just-Some-Bots/MusicBot/blob/master/config/example_permissions.ini#L94

[Geesmen]

@AutumnClove u did that and didn't work

@MattBSG where is that link again? its not working

[MattBSG]

@Geesmen fixed my comment

[Geesmen]

@MattBSG I put my user id on that music master and put skipwhenabsent to no and it still skips when im not on voice chat.

[amit177]

Please attach your permissions.ini and musicbot.log files.

[Girard-Arnold]

I'm running into the same issue currently, attaching my logs here if you don't mind :

musicbot.log permissions.txt

The IDs I put are roles IDs. originally I did not have any roles attributed to anyone. I have tried with both the option skipwhenabsent and without, it still behaves the same way.

[DetectiveMecha]

I am also running into the same issue. I would like to Queue a playlist for my users while I'm at work and the bot auto skips every song when I am not connected, despite being set up otherwise, and unless I managed to mess up a setting somewhere I don't really know what else to try.

musicbot.log permissions.txt

Note that my permissions.ini file isn't set as a TXT on my computer, I just couldn't figure out how else to upload it here, sorry.

[mwallis45]

for both of you I would try remove = no and see if that does anything also Kurata-Saiaku this may not be a problem but your ID's are giving it to the role if this is ment to be like that then its ok but if it only ment to be two people then move it to userlist

[DetectiveMecha]

Sorry, that did not resolve the issue.

[mwallis45]

please also make sure that UseExperimentalEqualization = no in options.ini as it does bug the player out sometimes.

[Girard-Arnold]

Did not solve my issues, unfortunately. The IDs are indeed roles IDs, not users IDs. I have tried to both set remove = no and remove = yes without any change. I removed UseExperimentalEqualization = yes since it made my bot bug by well, making it stop playing music suddenly.

Logs do not reveal anything about skipping.

[mwallis45]

kurata-saiaku from your log it looks like the UseExperimentalEqualization option is still being used. If both of you could send the .last long when the bot next does the skip as that will have only that log in it and means that we can see what exactly is causing it to skip.

[DetectiveMecha]

Still having the issue, disabled the option you recommended

Here's my log musicbot.log

[Girard-Arnold]

musicbot.log Just did the test with one song, so this is a shorter logs output.

musicbot.log.last.log

[MattBSG]

@Kurata-Saiaku @DetectiveMecha are you both the owners (set in options.ini) for your bots? If so, does it skip for other people out of their channel with the permission to not skip?

[DetectiveMecha]

Created a Test Account on discord, seeing as my friends are all missing when I need them to test things, and gave it perms.

The test account does not have any issues.

Here is the log for that session.

musicbot.log

Sorry, as an edit and for clarification, yes, I am set as the bot's owner. I have tried both the auto setting, what it is set on now, and forcing it to have my idcode, which kind of worked.

[Girard-Arnold]

Confirmed, I am the owner and it skips only for me, not other users who are also musicmaster.

[DetectiveMecha]

Hey guys, I managed to find a way to fix this issue. I feel as though maybe it might be a kind of work around for right now, but it seems to work for me, so maybe it will work for anyone else with this issue.

In the permissions.py file, under the second Musicbot folder, editing with Notepad ++, you can navigate down slightly to find line 27, SkipWhenAbsent = True and change this value to False.

This has fixed the issue for me.

In future versions of the bot, setting this value to False by default might be recommended.

[mwallis45]

@DetectiveMecha that was the very first fix but didn't work for geesmen or kurata-saiaku.

[DetectiveMecha]

I am aware that there are two separate permissions files that are involved in the Music Bot. The first one is labeled as an .ini, the second as a .py.

The one I modified to achieve results was the .py, under the actual bot files, and not just the one under the config folder.

Specifically, this line: https://github.com/Just-Some-Bots/MusicBot/blob/c0000fbd3fd14759a1a028a2b7a9d65974e6cbea/musicbot/permissions.py#L27

[Girard-Arnold]

Just found a weird behaviour again, When I queue a music while not being in the vocal room, it skips my song which is "normal", however if I join afterward and queue music again, it still tells me I'm not in the room. Will add logs this evening.

[MattBSG]

@DetectiveMecha Those values in permissions.py are default values. Changes in the config should override those.

Anyway, closing due to lack of activity