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Part 1. How to Make Discord Show SoundCloud with Rich Presence

While there is no official SoundCloud Discord integration to display your SoundCloud Rich Presence, there is a good solution. You can use a free third-party tool called PreMid to connect SoundCloud to Discord and automatically display your SoundCloud status.

PreMid has a browser extension and desktop application that tracks your SoundCloud activity and displays it in Discord. Simply download it from the official PreMid website and follow the steps below to use it for free and safely:

Step 1Install PreMiD

1. Go to the PreMiD website and download the extension for your browser (You no longer need to install the PreMiD desktop app.)
2. PreMiD will take you to the extension store. For example, on the Chrome Web Store, click Add to Chrome to install it.

Step 2Connect PreMiD to Discord

1. Click the PreMiD icon in your browser.
2. PreMiD may ask you to enable user scripts in your browser to unlock PreMid full features.
3. Click PreMid extension again and click on the Link Discord button.
4. A new window will open. Click Authorize to connect PreMiD to your Discord. This step is important because it lets PreMiD show your status on Discord.

Step 3Turn On Discord Activity Sharing

1. Open Discord.
2. Go to Settings > Activity Settings > Activity Privacy.
3. Turn on Share your activities with others.

Step 4Open Discord and SoundCloud

1. Open both Discord and SoundCloud in your browser. Start playing a song on SoundCloud.

Step 5Check Your SoundCloud Status on Discord

PreMiD will automatically show your SoundCloud status. If not, you can:

1. Click the PreMiD icon in your browser.
2. Find SoundCloud, then click Enable show current song.



3. Now go to Discord. You should see the song name, artist, and a play bar under your profile.

Although PreMiD is the most popular and reliable solution for displaying SoundCloud status on Discord, it is not the only option. You can also choose some open source projects, such as the Soundcloud RPC project on GitHub, which also has rich Discord Rich Presence integration.

However, please remember that they are all unofficial third-party solutions. Although they can be effective, their stability and safety may not be guaranteed.

Part 2. How to Use a SoundCloud Discord Bot to Play Music

If you want to play SoundCloud music on Discord, you'll need a third-party SoundCloud Discord bot. These bots can join your voice channel and play SoundCloud songs for everyone to hear in real time.

There are many Discord music bots that say they support SoundCloud, such as Jockie Music, Groovy, and SoundCloud Bot. But from our actual testing, FredBoat works the best. It plays the exact SoundCloud track you request, and surprisingly, it can even play some Go and Go+ exclusive songs.

Here's how to use a SoundCloud Discord bot like FredBoat:

Step 1Add FredBoat to Your Discord Server

1. Open Discord and go to your server.
2. Right-click the server name and choose Server Settings.
3. Click App Directory in the left menu.
4. Search for FredBoat and select the first result.
5. Click Add App, and make sure to allow it to join a voice-enabled server.

Step 2Use FredBoat to Play SoundCloud Songs

1. Go to a voice channel in your server.
2. Click on the FredBoat bot and type the following command in the chat box: /play [name of the song or mix].
3. FredBoat will show a list of matching tracks. Click the number next to the song you want.
4. The bot will start playing your selected SoundCloud track in the voice channel.

Step 3Use Playback Commands

Once music starts, you can control it with these simple commands:

• /pause – Pause the music
• /resume – Continue playback
• /skip – Skip to the next track
• /stop – Stop the music and remove the bot from the channel

Each Discord music bot may have different commands. You can type /help or visit the bot's official website for a full list.

Important Note: FredBoat works well for single songs or long mixes. However, based on our testing, it doesn't support playing full SoundCloud albums or your personal music library. So, if you're wondering how to connect SoundCloud to Discord for full collections, you'll need another method. We'll talk about that in Part 3.

Part 3. How to Connect SoundCloud to Discord with Official Options

Using the SoundCloud Discord bot is fun at first, but it quickly shows its limitations. Most bots can only play individual tracks and usually can't handle albums, playlists, or your favorite songs from SoundCloud. Also, since they are third-party tools, they may stop working without notice. That's why many users have started looking for a more stable way to connect SoundCloud to Discord.

There's a better way: download your favorite SoundCloud music, then use the Local Files feature to add it to Spotify. Discord can then play the music and show you your listening status, just like it does with any Spotify song.

To do this, you need ViWizard Streaming Audio Recorder, a music downloader that supports SoundCloud, Apple Music, Spotify and 6 other major music services. With ViWizard, you can batch download your entire SoundCloud music library in MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, M4A and M4B formats with lossless audio quality and full metadata information. In this way, you can bring not only SoundCloud music to the Discord server, but also your entire music collection from different music platforms.

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Step 1Set the Output Format

Open ViWizard Streaming Audio Recorder on your Windows or Mac. Head to the menu and go to Preferences > Conversion to select your desired output format like MP3, FLAC, or WAV. You can also fine-tune the audio quality by adjusting the bitrate, sample rate, and channel. Once set, click OK to confirm.

Step 2Open SoundCloud in ViWizard

Back on the main interface, click the SoundCloud icon to launch the built-in web player. Here, log into your SoundCloud account and start browsing your favorite tracks or playlists directly inside the software.

Step 3Add SoundCloud Music

Click the + icon. ViWizard will auto-detect all available tracks on the current page. In the pop-up window, select the tracks you need and hit Add to List to prepare them for conversion.

Step 4Start Downloading

Click the Convert button to begin downloading your selected SoundCloud songs. ViWizard works at up to 65X speed while keeping high audio quality. After downloading, go to the History tab to view your files. You can now import them into Spotify.

Step 5Play the Downloaded SoundCloud on Discord

1. Connect Spotify to Discord

1. Open the Discord app.
2. Go to User Settings > Connections.
3. Click the Spotify icon and log into your Spotify account.
4. Turn on Display Spotify as your status.

2. Enable Local Files on Spotify

1. Open the Spotify desktop app.
2. Click your profile picture and choose Settings.
3. Scroll down and turn on Show Local Files.
4. Click Add a Source.
5. Choose the folder where you saved the downloaded SoundCloud music.
6. Go back to the main screen and click Your Library > Local Files.
7. Now you can see and play your downloaded music inside Spotify.

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3. Show Spotify Music on Discord

When you play the local songs in Spotify, Discord will automatically update your status to show the current song.

Extra Option 1: Share Your Screen

If you don't want to display your music status on Discord, just open your downloaded song in a music player. Join a voice channel on Discord. Click Share Screen to let your friends hear the SoundCloud music.

Extra Option 2: Upload Music Files to Discord

Another method is to upload downloaded music directly to Discord chat. Drag the music file into the chat or channel. However, we don't recommend this method because Discord free users can only upload files up to 8MB. To open larger files on Discord, such as 100MB files, you'll need to upgrade to Discord Nitro.

Part 4. FAQs about SoundCloud and Discord

Conclusion

Connecting SoundCloud to Discord may not be as seamless as Spotify, which is officially integrated with Discord, but there are still good solutions available. If you want Discord to display the listening status of SoundCloud in real-time, select PreMid and install its browser extension or desktop application to make it work properly. If you want to listen to SoundCloud tracks and playlists in Discord voice chat, please select music bots such as FredBoat and add them to the voice server. To access your personal SoundCloud music collection and higher quality SoundCloud playback, consider using ViWizard Streaming Audio Recorder to download SoundCloud music for unlimited enjoyment on Discord.