Using Winamp To Automate A Radio Station?

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I saw a topic on the Winamp forums from a user wanting to use Winamp to automate the music for their radio station.
Do I need a plugin to make playlists so it operates 24 hours?

If so which plugins are the best?

Winamp

I want Winamp to never stop, It will be used for a small radio station

Fact: Winamp is only good for listening to online Shoutcast Radio stations or to play a few music tracks.

Winamp is NOT suitable for automating an Internetradio station

Listeners expect high standards from streaming media these days

You don't have any artist/title/album separation rules in Winamp

So you're just going to hear the same songs/artists/tracks over and over.

I certainly never found a way to stop tracks and artists from repeating within the current Winamp playlist.

You get lots of silence between tracks or car crash crossfades with Winamp.

Having large gaps of silence between tracks isn't going to win many listeners

Then theres having to change playlists, That's the downside of Winamp you have to change playlists manually.

It gets tiring to have to change playlists in Winamp yourself

Unless anyone can tell me of a way that Winamp automates playlist changes? I'm not sure there is a way.

I certainly never found a way to automate my playlists when I was a Winamp user way back in the early 2000's

People claim there are 3rd party Winamp plugins that could do this for you

Fact: Most of those Winamp plugins were written years ago and may NOT be compatible with newer operating systems.

Thankfully there is more advanced radio playout software with RadioDJ

RadioDJ has a playlist builder you can save playlists as .m3u or into the database then you load those playlists via events.

The best part about RadioDJ is it's 100% FREE for use by any radio station or budding radio DJ anywhere in the world.

radio dj free radio automation music software

Reasons to Use RadioDJ:

  1. Once installed it's stable and works for days/weeks without needing to keep an eye on it
  2. Great Music library support add as many categories & subcategories you require
  3. RadioDJ doesn't require online activations or registration keys
  4. RadioDJ sounds Professional with the BASS sound engine
  5. RadioDJ is 100% FREE and has ZERO restrictions on what YOU use it for
  6. The Database is really stable. Plus RadioDJ comes with a Database Backup Tool
  7. Easy to manage Playlists, Rotations & Events for all your automation needs
  8. Great Technical Support should something go wrong with your installation via the Forums
  9. Customisable Interface with the Color Editor

How To Install RadioDJ

RadioDJ crossfades smoothly between tracks & it also has the ability to load playlists/files at a set time via events

Or RadioDJ can simply be left to automate using track rotations to pull songs from the categories you choose.

Think of RadioDJ as the Swiss Army Knife of radio playout software

RadioDJ has everything in it you need for automating Playlists & Music for an Internet radio stream.

RadioDJ is so much better at automating everything, Once setup and configured RadioDJ will run for weeks/months/years

Windows updates are usually the only reason I need to restart Radio DJ

If you haven't discovered RadioDJ give it a try today! Once you get used to it we can guarantee you'll LOVE IT!

Yes RadioDJ runs using a database server but you needn't be afraid of running a MySQL Server

Sorry Winamp you can't cut the MUSTARD when it comes to radio automation

The Llama doesn't 'whip' anyone's ass anymore!

Winamp is a dead end with the brand effectively tarnished and irrelevant

Its glory days are long gone!

Sure there are people hanging on to the glory days but Winamp is practically Obsolete