Add your First Stream to Shoutcast Widgets v10 Print

Your widgets, players and website get their live song titles and listener counts from your streaming server. This article shows how to connect a stream.

Steps

1. In the control panel, open Streams from the menu.
2. Click Add Stream.
3. Fill in the Stream Information:
   • Stream Name (required): your station or channel name, e.g. Cape Jazz Radio.
   • Genre: shown on players and in the public stream directory.
   • Description: a short tagline about the station.
4. Fill in the Server Settings:
   • Server Type: SHOUTcast v2, SHOUTcast v1, Icecast, AzuraCast or CentovaCast.
   • Server URL: the hostname or IP only, e.g. stream.example.com. You can include http:// or https://, but you don't need to.
   • Port: your server's port, e.g. 8000.
   • Stream Path / Mount Point: for Icecast, your mount point, e.g. /live or /stream.
   • Admin Password (optional): used only for advanced features.
5. Under Player Settings:
   • Direct Stream URL: leave this blank and it is built from your server settings. Fill it in only if your listen URL is different.
   • Station Logo: PNG, JPG or GIF, up to 2 MB. 200×200 px is recommended.
   • Website and Timezone.
6. Under Visibility, make sure Active is ticked.
7. Click Save.

Primary stream

If you run more than one stream, switch on Set as Primary Stream for your main one. The primary stream appears by default on your dashboard and your station website. Visitors can switch to your other streams using the stream selector.

Public directory listing

Tick Public directory listing to include your stream in the public stream directory. Only your name, genre, description, logo and status are shared. Server addresses and passwords are never exposed.