some updates

src/Player.ts

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class DiscordPlayer extends EventEmitter<PlayerEvents> {
 
         const _meta = queueInitOptions.metadata;
         delete queueInitOptions["metadata"];
-        queueInitOptions.ytdlOptions ??= this.options.ytdlOptions
+        queueInitOptions.ytdlOptions ??= this.options.ytdlOptions;
         const queue = new Queue(this, guild, queueInitOptions);
         queue.metadata = _meta;
         this.queues.set(guild.id, queue);

src/Structures/Queue.ts

@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ class Queue<T = unknown> {
 
     async connect(channel: StageChannel | VoiceChannel) {
         if (!["stage", "voice"].includes(channel?.type)) throw new TypeError(`Channel type must be voice or stage, got ${channel?.type}!`);
-        const connection = await this.player.voiceUtils.connect(channel);
+        const connection = await this.player.voiceUtils.connect(channel, {
+            deaf: this.options.autoSelfDeaf
+        });
         this.connection = connection;
 
         // it's ok to use this here since Queue listens to the events 1 time per play and destroys the listener
@@ -149,7 +151,8 @@ class Queue<T = unknown> {
             if (!link) return void this.play(this.tracks.shift(), { immediate: true });
 
             stream = ytdl(link, {
-                // because we don't wanna decode opus into pcm again just for volume, let discord.js handle that
+                ...this.options.ytdlOptions,
+                // discord-ytdl-core
                 opusEncoded: false,
                 fmt: "s16le",
                 encoderArgs: options.encoderArgs ?? [],
@@ -159,7 +162,6 @@ class Queue<T = unknown> {
             stream = ytdl.arbitraryStream(
                 track.raw.source === "soundcloud" ? await track.raw.engine.downloadProgressive() : typeof track.raw.engine === "function" ? await track.raw.engine() : track.raw.engine,
                 {
-                    // because we don't wanna decode opus into pcm again just for volume, let discord.js handle that
                     opusEncoded: false,
                     fmt: "s16le",
                     encoderArgs: options.encoderArgs ?? [],

src/VoiceInterface/VoiceUtils.ts

@@ -18,18 +18,29 @@ class VoiceUtils {
             maxTime?: number;
         }
     ): Promise<StreamDispatcher> {
+        const conn = await this.join(channel, options);
+        const sub = new StreamDispatcher(conn, channel);
+        this.cache.set(channel.guild.id, sub);
+        return sub;
+    }
+
+    public async join(
+        channel: VoiceChannel | StageChannel,
+        options?: {
+            deaf?: boolean;
+            maxTime?: number;
+        }
+    ) {
         let conn = joinVoiceChannel({
             guildId: channel.guild.id,
             channelId: channel.id,
             adapterCreator: channel.guild.voiceAdapterCreator,
-            selfDeaf: Boolean(options?.deaf)
+            selfDeaf: Boolean(options.deaf)
         });
 
         try {
             conn = await entersState(conn, VoiceConnectionStatus.Ready, options?.maxTime ?? 20000);
-            const sub = new StreamDispatcher(conn, channel);
+            return conn;
-            this.cache.set(channel.guild.id, sub);
-            return sub;
         } catch (err) {
             conn.destroy();
             throw err;