Public radio directories help new listeners find your station. SmartStream can list your station in the Icecast directory (dir.xiph.org) and the SHOUTcast Directory, which also feeds many radio apps.
Turn on listing
- Open the Dashboard and scroll to Directory listing.
- Click Listing settings.
- Tick List this station in the public directories.
- Enter a Genre (e.g. Hip-Hop, Rock, Talk), a Website (leave it blank to use your web player page) and a one-line Description.
- For the SHOUTcast Directory, add your SHOUTcast authhash (see below).
- Click Save.
Saving restarts your stream servers for a few seconds so the directories pick up the change. Your listeners reconnect automatically in most players.
The name shown in the directories is your station name, which you can change on the Stations page.
Get a SHOUTcast authhash
The SHOUTcast Directory needs an authhash, a free key that identifies your station. Icecast needs nothing.
- Go to radiomanager.shoutcast.com and log in or create a free account.
- Add your station.
- Copy its authhash (it looks like
xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx). - Paste it into SHOUTcast authhash under Listing settings and save.
Your station needs the SHOUTcast server (choose SHOUTcast DNAS 2 or Both under Stations) to appear in the SHOUTcast Directory.
Listing status
| listed | You're in the directory. Click View in directory to see your entry. |
| waiting | The server is contacting the directory. This can take a few minutes, and the station must be on air. |
| action needed | Something is missing, usually the SHOUTcast authhash. Click Add authhash. |
| error | The directory rejected the listing. The card shows the directory's last message. |
| not listed | Listing is turned off. |
Tip: Directories only list stations that are on air, so keep the AutoDJ running.
