Discord.js Music bot "TypeError" when playing audio with dispatcher

Question

I'm new to Discord.js and I'm trying to have the bot join a voice channel and play an audio file on my computer. I have been following this guide: https://discord.js.org/#/docs/main/stable/topics/voice . Here is the Index.js page:

Colesbot.on('message', message=>{
    if (message.content === '/join') {
        // Only try to join the sender's voice channel if they are in one themselves
        if (message.member.voiceChannel) {
            message.member.voiceChannel.join().then(connection => {
                message.reply('I have successfully connected to the channel!');

                // To play a file, we need to give an absolute path to it
                const dispatcher = connection.playFile('C:\Users\bobal\Documents\GitHub\Spotify-Playlist-Discord-bot\Assets\Glory.mp3');

                dispatcher.on('end', () => {
                    // The song has finished
                    console.log('Finished playing!');
                  });

                dispatcher.on('error', e => {
                    // Catch any errors that may arise
                    console.log(e);
                  });

                  dispatcher.setVolume(0.5); // Set the volume to 50%
            }).catch(console.log);
    } else {
        message.reply('You need to join a voice channel first!');
      }
    }
 });
exports.run = (client, message, args) => {
    let user = message.mentions.users.first || message.author;
}

FFMPEG is installed and I have set the environment path for it. When I type FFMPEG in the command line I get the proper response.

Some have said I need to install the ffmpeg binaries but when I run npm install ffmpeg-binaries I get an error message that is here

So then I tried installing an older version and I'm now using [email protected] but when I type /join I get the error

[ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "file" argument must be of type string. Received type object

... yes playing music with a discord bot is a pain ... I made one to play from youtube, it works half the time and for specific urls ... sorry I can't help much, maybe you can check my code github.com/gui3/discord-sandbot/blob/master/commands/play.js — gui3
I remember that thing was a pain github.com/discordjs/discord.js/issues/… — gui3
I have ffmpeg installed on my PC correctly, but when I try to run this command in my project folder: npm install ffmpeg-binaries I get a huge error message. Do you want me to post the error message in my question? — Cole Perry

mmoomocow mmoomocow · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-21T19:24:21

Firstly you need to reset your token, you should never post it online as others can use it to access and control your bot

here is a good answer to your question

I think that you need to install FFMPEG and have the environment path set for it, however, can you provide more information, console logs, behaviour etc

Discord.js Music bot "TypeError" when playing audio with dispatcher

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