{"id":6536,"date":"2021-01-04T17:31:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T17:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6536"},"modified":"2021-01-04T18:41:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T18:41:32","slug":"11-0-set-up-a-radio-channel","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-0-set-up-a-radio-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"11.0 Set up a radio channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To add and play web radio streams with the player, <strong>you will need to create the Radio Channels using this dedicated post type.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6537\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/radio-channels-post-type.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/radio-channels-post-type.jpg 162w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/radio-channels-post-type-50x34.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The player can play the audio stream of any MP3 and AAC stream or static file.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"important\" ><strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>If your stream is in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HTTP<\/span>, also your website needs to be in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HTTP<\/span>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>If you try to play an <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HTTP<\/span> radio inside of an <span style=\"color: #339966;\">HTTPS<\/span> page, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it will be blocked the browser<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s <strong>OK<\/strong> to play an <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">HTTPS<\/span><\/strong> stream in an <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HTTP<\/span><\/strong> website.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ask your streaming provider<\/strong> about the availability of your stream in <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">HTTPS<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6538\" src=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTTPS-STREAM-INFOGRAPHIC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTTPS-STREAM-INFOGRAPHIC.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTTPS-STREAM-INFOGRAPHIC-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTTPS-STREAM-INFOGRAPHIC-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTTPS-STREAM-INFOGRAPHIC-768x1171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTTPS-STREAM-INFOGRAPHIC-33x50.jpg 33w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTTPS-STREAM-INFOGRAPHIC-1007x1536.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTTPS-STREAM-INFOGRAPHIC-920x1403.jpg 920w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTTPS-STREAM-INFOGRAPHIC-600x915.jpg 600w, https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/HTTPS-STREAM-INFOGRAPHIC-320x488.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First, you need to create a channel:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-1-creating-a-radio-channel\/\">How to create a channel<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once done, to display the titles, <strong>check the specific page about your radio type:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"streaming-server-types\" >STREAMING SERVER TYPES:<\/h3>\n<p>You can play <strong>any AAC and MP3 stream<\/strong>, and also<strong> display titles<\/strong> from the following types of sources:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-3-server-type-shoutcast\/\">Shoutcast (V2 and above) (if your stream is V1 use ICY Metadata instead)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-4-server-type-icecast\/\">Icecast (V2.4 and above)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-2-server-type-metadata\/\">ICY Metas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-5-server-type-radio-co\/\">Radio.co<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-09-server-type-securesystems\/\">SecureSystems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-7-server-type-radionomy\/\">Radionomy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-8-server-type-live365\/\">Live 365<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-6-server-type-airtime-pro\/\">Airtime Pro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-10-server-type-plain-text\/\">Plain text (import the title and artist from an URL displaying the title)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please make sure to<strong> check the specific chapter of the manual about your type of streaming<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"important\" >Important:<\/h2>\n<p>Most of our customer requests are about streaming settings<strong> that are already explained in this manual.<\/strong><br \/>\nWe did our best to explain this in great detail, covering any possible case.<br \/>\nPlease make sure to read and understand the documentation for your specific radio,<strong> so you don&#8217;t need to request support for something that is already explained here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know which streaming server type you have, please ask to your streaming provider (as we cannot know it).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"autoplay\" ><span class=\"customize-control-title\">Autoplay<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 id=\"attention-autoplay-is-nowadays-blocked-by-most-of-the-browsers-enabling-it-may-result-in-a-non-working-player\" ><span class=\"description customize-control-description\">Attention: autoplay is nowadays blocked by most of the browsers. Enabling it may result in a non-working player.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>https:\/\/developers.google.com\/web\/updates\/2017\/09\/autoplay-policy-changes<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.qantumthemes.com\/helpdesk\/forums\/topic\/important-autoplay-goodbye\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for your kind collaboration and understanding.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht_kb_category":[654],"ht_kb_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6536","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-radio-streaming-channel-set-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/6536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6536"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/6536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6589,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/6536\/revisions\/6589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=6536"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=6536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}