5.0.0

v4.x to v5.x migration guide

This version of discord-player has been rewritten using @discordjs/voice, for better performance. It also now supports Discord.js v13 and Slash Commands. An important part of the core of discord-player has been rebuilt and this leads to many breaking changes. This is something we can't escape if we want to add major improvements to the library.

Thank you for using discord-player, we look forward to your feedback! If you have any questions, feel free to join our Discord server.

Breaking ⚠️

• Discord.js v13 is required.
• Node.js v16 is required.
• All the methods are no longer based on message
• ytdlDownloadOptions has been renamed to ytdlOptions.
• Most of the options from Player class has been moved to Queue.
• All the event parameters have been changed.
• Provides cleaner API
• ESM support
• Each player methods are now handled by individual queues
• leaveOnEndCooldown option has been removed
• leaveOnStopCooldown option has been removed

Added

• New metadata option to all the Queue instances
• New initialVolume option to all the Queue instances
• New bufferingTimeout option for Player
• New connectionTimeout option for voice connections
• New audio filters
• Support for Slash Commands (/)
• Support for Stage channels
• New Playlist structure

Improved

• Better error handling
• Better tracks search
• Better voice state handling
• Better queue management

Thanks to @DevAndromeda for this release! ❤️