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How To Get Listed On Icecast And Internetradio

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I went for a look on the Icecast forums and found some really useful information on How To Get Listed on Icecast. I had my stream up and running but it wasn't listing us on the Icecast directory. I've written a short guide to how you get listed on Icecast and InternetRadio. First you need to find this line in the configuration file <hostname>localhost</hostname> Where it says localhost you need to put either the IP or web address where your Icecast server is running from. (e.g: djgar.icecastserver.com or 216.136.201.105) If all goes to plan you should see "yp_currently_playing" in your Icecast admin which then in turn means you are listed publicly on the Icecast YP. If that fails you need to make sure your directory listing tags look like this <directory> <yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout> <yp-url>http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url> </directory> Als

Importing Shoutcast Icecast Streams In RadioDJ

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How do you import a Shoutcast or Icecast stream into RadioDJ? 1) Open Track import from the options menu; 2) Select track category as "Radio Shows" set a genre and subcategory; 3) Select track type as "Internet Stream"; 4) Paste the address of the server (into the path/URL box) you want to relay such as this; (e.g 184.164.135.114:8085) 5) Give it a Name from the details tab & then click import; 6) Then set an event up to load it as a track at the time you want to start relaying the stream; 7) After you have finished relaying the stream just set another event up to start playing the next track; Make sure you TICK the box Use original stream title if you want to relay the song information from the stream you are importing. It really is that simple! Importing Shoutcast/Icecast streams in RadioDJ shouldn't be difficult. How To Install RadioDJ

Sound Empire Caster (Stand Alone Encoder)

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This is a standalone encoder that recently came to my attention a few years back now. Coded by a developer from Ukraine. In my tests SEC held up for 4 weeks and was only taken offline for Windows Updates. I've heard nothing but good things about the stability of the software it streams as a good encoding solution should. SE Caster is a perfect encoder that's very stable, lightweight and easy to configure There aren't many places to configure it if you've used a program with built in encoders you shouldn't have any problems. Its no more difficult to configure a standalone encoder than it is to configure a built in encoder. Sound Empire Caster 1.1.5 Sound Empire Caster 1.1.6 Sound Empire Caster 1.2.7 Sound Empire Caster 1.2.8 Unzip the program folder and place on the C:\ drive outside of the program folder. Sound Empire Caster works on Windows 11 Sound Empire supports the use o

Setup A Free Radio Station With Sam Broadcaster Pro?

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Saw a post on social media recently. How to setup a free radio station with SAM Broadcaster Pro? The post was misleading in the first instance: You CANNOT setup a FREE radio station with SAM Broadcaster it costs $299-$699 so its not FREE! There never has been a FREE copy of SAM Broadcaster even SAM Live DJ costs from $15 a month. After you've paid Spacial Audio all that $$$ for SAM Broadcaster Pro you still don't own the software you only LEASE IT The Software in this EULA is being LICENSED to you and not sold. There is only one true FREE radio playout package on the market and that is RadioDJ If your just planning on setting up your own online Internet radio station RadioDJ is a great starting point for your automation needs. Reasons to Use RadioDJ: Once installed it's stable and works for days/weeks without needing to keep an eye on it Great M

Using A Stand Alone Encoder With RadioDJ Needn't Be Difficult

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So you've discovered and installed RadioDJ congratulations. Now we bet you're wondering how you stream the audio from RadioDJ to your Shoutcast or Icecast server. Using a stand alone piece of encoding software isn't difficult Once you get it installed & you sort the settings so it recognises your soundcard that's the most difficult part done Using a stand-alone encoder is NO MORE DIFFICULT to configure than most of the built in encoders. Using a stand alone encoding solution means you can leave RadioDJ to do what it does best While the stand alone encoder takes the strain of the encoding I was lucky to get the built in encoders in some radio automation software to stream properly. The encoders would buffer on me with built in encoders and I had issues while streaming to a 127.0.0.1:8000 server. I've been into Internet radio for over 20 years and Its safe to say I've tested LOTS of different encoding solutions in that time. I