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By Mike
Discord 24/7 Music Bot: Keep Music Playing in Voice All Day
A 24/7 Discord music bot joins a voice channel and never leaves, even when the queue is empty or everyone logs off. With Noxyr it is one setting, /music settings stay_247:true, and you can pick what it plays while it waits: only requests, a looping playlist, or a playlist followed by autoplay.
Why most music bots cannot do this for free
Plenty of bots advertise 24/7 mode, then put it behind a paid plan or a vote. A radio channel, a lo-fi study room or a quiet hangout voice channel is exactly where you want it, and it is the feature you are most likely to be asked to pay for.
On Noxyr there is no premium tier and no vote lock. Every music feature is included, 24/7 among them.
The three 24/7 modes
Staying in the channel is only half of the job. The other half is what plays when nobody has queued anything. Noxyr calls this mode_247, and it has three values.
| Mode | What the bot plays | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Just stay | Only what people queue | A hangout channel where members choose the songs |
| Loop the playlist | Your chosen playlist, again and again | A radio channel with a fixed sound |
| Playlist then autoplay | The playlist first, then similar songs | A channel that should never repeat itself too soon |
The playlist can be one of your saved playlists, the built-in Phonk list, or a playlist link. Saved playlists belong to you, not the server, so they follow you to every server that has Noxyr.
Turn it on
- Join the voice channel you want it to live in.
- Start music. Run
/playwith a song name or a link. Playlists and albums from YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music and SoundCloud load whole and in order. Spotify playlists must be public. - Switch 24/7 on. Run
/music settings stay_247:true, or open the dashboard, go to Automation, then Music, and flip the switch. - Pick the mode. Set
mode_247to just stay, loop, or playlist then autoplay.
Want it faster? /music 247 starts a playlist 24/7 straight away. /play 24-7 plays a phonk mix on repeat. To undo it all, clear_playlist_247 removes the saved playlist and turns 24/7 off.
Turning autoplay on also turns Loop off for the current session, because a looping queue never ends and autoplay would never get its turn.
What happens when the channel is empty
By default the bot pauses when the last person leaves and carries on when someone returns. Without 24/7 it disconnects after the auto-leave time, which you can set from one to sixty minutes and which starts at five.
With 24/7 on, the bot does not leave. If you also want the music itself to keep going with nobody listening, turn on keep playing in an empty channel with /music settings play_when_empty or on the dashboard. Some servers want the pause, so that a song is not wasted on an empty room. Others want a true radio. The two settings let you choose.
Restarts and failed tracks
Bots restart, and nobody wants a radio channel to stay silent after one. If Noxyr comes back within thirty minutes, the song resumes at the same position with the same queue, volume, loop mode and filter. With 24/7 on, the bot always rejoins its channel.
A song that will not load is tried again up to ten times, six seconds apart. After that it is played from YouTube Music or SoundCloud instead, and only if all of that fails is it skipped, with a message that says why. Music runs on one main audio server, and a backup takes over by itself if the main one goes down.
Keep a 24/7 channel under control
- Set a DJ role. Whoever requested the current track, anyone with Manage Server and anyone with the DJ role can use every control. Everyone else can only add songs and vote to skip.
- Use a request channel. Every message in it is treated as
/playand then cleaned up, so members never need the command. - Choose filters on purpose.
/music settings allow_filters:falseturns filters off for members, which keeps the radio sound consistent. - Watch it from a browser. The dashboard Music page shows the live player and the queue, with the same controls as the card.
Next steps
The full command list is in the music docs. For a step by step radio build with filters and lyrics, read 24/7, autoplay, filters and lyrics, and set up requests with the request channel and DJ role guide. See the Noxyr music bot for the whole player, or the lyrics page for what /lyrics shows. Ready to try it? Add Noxyr to your server.
Common questions
How do I make a Discord music bot stay in the voice channel 24/7?
Run /music settings stay_247:true, or switch it on under Automation, then Music on the dashboard. The bot then stays in its voice channel instead of leaving after the auto-leave time.
Is 24/7 mode free on Noxyr?
Yes. Every music feature is free, with no vote and no paid plan.
Can the bot loop a playlist around the clock?
Yes. Use /music 247 to start a playlist straight away, or set mode_247 to loop the playlist, or to play it and then autoplay similar songs.
What happens to 24/7 music if the bot restarts?
If the bot is back within thirty minutes, the song resumes at the same position with the same queue, volume, loop mode and filter. With 24/7 on it always rejoins its channel.
Does the music keep playing when the channel is empty?
By default it pauses when the last person leaves. Turn on keep playing in an empty channel with /music settings play_when_empty if you want it to continue.
