Streaming MP3 files

To stream MP3 files via D++ you need to link an additional dependency to your bot, namely libmpg123. It is relatively simple when linking this library to your bot to then decode audio to PCM and send it to the dpp::discord_voice_client::send_audio_raw function as shown below:

#include <dpp/dpp.h>
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
#include <fmt/format.h>
#include <iomanip>
#include <sstream>
 
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <mpg123.h>
#include <out123.h>
 
/* For an example we will hardcode a path to some awesome music here */
#define MUSIC_FILE "/media/music/Rick Astley/Whenever You Need Somebody/Never Gonna Give You Up.mp3"
 
int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
    /* This will hold the decoded MP3.
    * The D++ library expects PCM format, which are raw sound
    * data, 2 channel stereo, 16 bit signed 48000Hz.
    */
    std::vector<uint8_t> pcmdata;
 
    mpg123_init();
 
    int err = 0;
    unsigned char* buffer;
    size_t buffer_size, done;
    int channels, encoding;
    long rate;
 
    /* Note it is important to force the frequency to 48000 for Discord compatibility */
    mpg123_handle *mh = mpg123_new(NULL, &err);
    mpg123_param(mh, MPG123_FORCE_RATE, 48000, 48000.0);
 
    /* Decode entire file into a vector. You could do this on the fly, but if you do that
    * you may get timing issues if your CPU is busy at the time and you are streaming to
    * a lot of channels/guilds.
    */
    buffer_size = mpg123_outblock(mh);
    buffer = new unsigned char[buffer_size];
 
    /* Note: In a real world bot, this should have some error logging */
    mpg123_open(mh, MUSIC_FILE);
    mpg123_getformat(mh, &rate, &channels, &encoding);
 
    unsigned int counter = 0;
    for (int totalBytes = 0; mpg123_read(mh, buffer, buffer_size, &done) == MPG123_OK; ) {
        for (auto i = 0; i < buffer_size; i++) {
            pcmdata.push_back(buffer[i]);
        }
        counter += buffer_size;
        totalBytes += done;
    }
    delete buffer;
    mpg123_close(mh);
    mpg123_delete(mh);
 
    /* Setup the bot */
    dpp::cluster bot("token", dpp::i_default_intents | dpp::i_message_content);
 
        bot.on_log(dpp::utility::cout_logger());
 
    /* Use the on_message_create event to look for commands */
    bot.on_message_create([&bot, &pcmdata](const dpp::message_create_t & event) {
        std::stringstream ss(event.msg.content);
        std::string command;
        ss >> command;
 
        /* Tell the bot to join the discord voice channel the user is on. Syntax: .join */
        if (command == ".join") {
            dpp::guild * g = dpp::find_guild(event.msg.guild_id);
            if (!g->connect_member_voice(event.msg.author.id)) {
                bot.message_create(dpp::message(event.msg.channel_id, "You don't seem to be on a voice channel! :("));
            }
        }
 
        /* Tell the bot to play the mp3 file. Syntax: .mp3 */
        if (command == ".mp3") {
            dpp::voiceconn* v = event.from->get_voice(event.msg.guild_id);
            if (v && v->voiceclient && v->voiceclient->is_ready()) {
                /* Stream the already decoded MP3 file. This passes the PCM data to the library to be encoded to OPUS */
                v->voiceclient->send_audio_raw((uint16_t*)pcmdata.data(), pcmdata.size());
            }
        }
    });
 
    /* Start bot */
    bot.start(dpp::st_wait);
 
    /* Clean up */
    mpg123_exit();
 
    return 0;
}

To compile this program you must remember to specify libmpg123 alongside libdpp in the build command, for example:

g++ -std=c++17 -o musictest musictest.cpp -lmpg123 -ldpp