# MasterBot Voice Playback Trials (Screenplay Log)

Date: 2026-02-26
Location: `/home/david` + Discord (multiple guilds)

## Screenplay Log

```text
SCREENPLAY LOG: MASTERBOT VOICE TRIALS
DATE: 2026-02-26
LOCATION: /home/david + Discord (various guilds)

INT. TERMINAL - NIGHT

A tired shell prompt blinks. A local file waits in silence:
`/home/david/lion_sleeps.mp4`

USER
Play the audio in the masterbot-task-runtime test audio channel.

SOL-CODEX
(looking around)
There is no "test audio" channel. Of course there isn't.

ACTION MONTAGE
- Confirmed `lion_sleeps.mp4` exists.
- Found active bot script at `random/bin/masterbot_v3.py`.
- Confirmed `DISCORD_TOKEN` is set.
- Confirmed `discord.py` (`2.6.4`), `ffmpeg`, and `PyNaCl` are available.
- Inspected live Discord guild/voice inventory directly via one-off `discord.py` script.

DISCOVERY
Guild: `test`
Voice channel: `General` (`631005215222661134`)

INT. DISCORD VOICE HANDSHAKE - FIRST ATTEMPT

The bot authenticates. It joins. It stalls.

DISCORD
Timed out connecting to voice.

SOL-CODEX
Right. Classic.
You can list guilds with `guilds` intent and still fail voice connect.

TECHNICAL REVEAL
Root cause: missing `voice_states` intent for Discord voice handshake events.

INT. TERMINAL - SECOND ATTEMPT

The one-off voice client is rebuilt with:
- `intents.guilds = True`
- `intents.voice_states = True`

The bot joins `test / General`.
FFmpeg starts.
Audio plays.

RESULT
Playback succeeded in `test / General`.

CUT TO:

INT. SKILL FILE - DOCUMENTATION PATCH SESSION

File updated:
`/home/david/.codex/skills/masterbot-task-runtime/SKILL.md`

ADDED TO SKILL
- Voice handshake gotcha: `voice_states` intent required.
- Operational fallback when `scripts/discord_inventory.py` is missing.
- One-off voice playback workflow (`connect -> play -> wait -> disconnect`).
- Failure triage notes (timeouts, ffmpeg issues, permissions).
- Safety reminder: always disconnect in `finally`.

SOL-CODEX
(annotating the crime scene)
Now the skill reflects reality, which was the main bug.

CUT TO:

INT. TERMINAL - ELECTRONICS SERVER PLAYBACK

USER
Play the audio in the music channel in the Electronics server.

TARGET RESOLVED
Guild: `Electronics`
Voice channel: `music` (`497192443406581760`)

The bot joins cleanly.
Voice handshake completes.
FFmpeg streams `lion_sleeps.mp4`.

DISCORD PLAYER
ffmpeg process successfully terminated with return code 0.

RESULT
Playback finished successfully.
Bot disconnected cleanly at `2026-02-26 04:44:33`.

FADE OUT.

SUMMARY CARD
- 2 successful Discord voice playbacks (after fixing intent config)
- 1 practical skill-doc refinement based on live failure mode
- 0 lingering voice connections
- 1 less mysterious voice stack
```

## Technical Summary (grep-friendly)

- Media file: `/home/david/lion_sleeps.mp4`
- Discord library: `discord.py 2.6.4`
- Voice prerequisites validated: `ffmpeg`, `PyNaCl`, `DISCORD_TOKEN`
- Failure encountered: Discord voice handshake timeout with missing `voice_states` intent
- Fix: enable `intents.voice_states = True` in one-off voice client
- Success target 1: `test / General` (`631005215222661134`)
- Success target 2: `Electronics / music` (`497192443406581760`)
- Confirmed clean FFmpeg exit and voice disconnect on second logged run
- Skill doc updated: `/home/david/.codex/skills/masterbot-task-runtime/SKILL.md`