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Expand Up @@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ title: Installation

### Barebones

To add voice functionality to your discord.js bot, you will need the `@discordjs/voice` package, as well as one of the encryption packages listed below. For example:
To add voice functionality to your discord.js bot, you will need the `@discordjs/voice` package. If your system does not support aes-256-gcm you also need one of the encryption packages listed below. For example:

<Callout>
You can verify aes-256-gcm support by running `require('node:crypto').getCiphers().includes('aes-256-gcm')`.
</Callout>

```sh tab="npm"
npm install @discordjs/voice
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- [`@noble/ciphers`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@noble/ciphers)
- [`libsodium-wrappers`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/libsodium-wrappers)

#### DAVE Protocol Support

- [`@snazzah/davey`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@snazzah/davey) - to enable end-to-end encryption with the DAVE protocol.

<Callout>
Some Discord clients already require the DAVE protocol for end-to-end encryption in voice chat. Ensure you have
`@snazzah/davey` installed to avoid compatibility issues.
</Callout>

<Callout>
If you are facing issues when installing these dependencies, make sure you ticked the box to install optional build
tools when installing Node.js or try manually installing build tools and python: ```sh winget install "Visual Studio
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FFmpeg
- version: 4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
- libopus: yes

DAVE Protocol
- @snazzah/davey: 0.1.6
--------------------------------------------------
*/
```
Expand All @@ -104,3 +120,5 @@ FFmpeg
- **FFmpeg**
- If you want to play audio from many different file types, you will need to have FFmpeg installed.
- If `libopus` is enabled, you will be able to benefit from increased performance if real-time volume alteration is disabled.
- **DAVE Protocol**
- Required for enabling end-to-end encryption in voice channels.