{"id":6555,"date":"2021-01-04T18:21:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T18:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=6555"},"modified":"2021-01-04T18:23:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T18:23:53","slug":"11-3-server-type-shoutcast","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/knowledge-base\/11-3-server-type-shoutcast\/","title":{"rendered":"11.03 Server type – Shoutcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this chapter you will learn how<\/strong>\u00a0to correctly set up your Shoutcast channel to display the song titles and artist information.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are unsure about your type of server,\u00a0you should ask your streaming provider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We know this explanation may result a bit long and articulated,\u00a0but setting up a streaming source is not always straight forward<\/strong>, because there are no strict standards, and every provider has tiny little differences, so we will cover any possible case and guide you through the process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

IMPORTANT!<\/strong>\u00a0Please remember that you can’t play the stream or display the titles from an HTTP<\/strong>\u00a0stream if your website uses the HTTPS\u00a0<\/strong>protocol.<\/p>\n

How to set a Shoutcast radio channel<\/h2>\n

Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0In your WordPress Admin, under Radio Channels, create or edit your\u00a0Radio channel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong> make sure Metadata is NOT selected.<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/strong> Make sure your Shoutcast<\/strong> version is at least 2.<\/p>\n

Important:<\/strong>\u00a0Shoutcast\u00a0V1<\/strong>\u00a0is not supported as is dismissed since 16 years and is highly insecure. If you have a Shoutcast\u00a0V1<\/strong>\u00a0server, you can use the Metadata instead, but please be aware that Shoutcast V1 is highly insecure.\u00a0More info<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

What is my\u00a0Shoutcast<\/em>\u00a0version?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The version of your\u00a0Shoutcast<\/strong>\u00a0is written on the top right corner of your Shoutcast page<\/p>\n

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To set a Shoutcast channel, you will need the following fields:<\/p>\n

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So, if your Shoutcast URL is for instance<\/p>\n

http:\/\/5.135.191.40:8000\/<\/strong><\/p>\n

The MP3 stream URL is \/stream<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/5.135.191.40:8000\/stream<\/p>\n

To display the titles:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Host<\/strong>: 5.135.191.40 (\u00a0without<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/ )<\/li>\n
  2. Port<\/strong>: 8000<\/li>\n
  3. Protocol<\/strong>: default or automatic<\/li>\n
  4. Channel<\/strong>: by default is 1, but you can specify another number if you have a multi-channel Shoutcast. To know your channel number, you should copy your\u00a0Shoutcast json data<\/strong>\u00a0(more info below) on the website http:\/\/jsonviewer.stack.hu\/ and click “Viewer”, it will display the content in a readable format, where you can chount the channels and find your ID. Please remember that the first channel ID is 1 (not 0).\u00a0In alternative, ask to your streaming provider.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to verify your Shoutcast URL and information:<\/h3>\n

    There is a standard URL used by Shoutcast to display the Json information (only Shoutcast 2 and above) which is the following:<\/p>\n

    http:\/\/[your server url and post here]\/stats?sid=1&json=1<\/strong><\/pre>\n
    In the example above, “sid<\/strong>” is the\u00a0Streaming ID,<\/strong>\u00a0which is 1 by default but can be another number in case of multi-channel streams.<\/p>\n
    The parameter “json=1”<\/strong>\u00a0instead loads the Json formatting, which is much faster than the old XML and gives you a better performance.<\/p>\n
    So, you can usually copy<\/strong><\/p>\n
    \/stats?sid=1&json=1<\/strong><\/pre>\n
    and\u00a0paste it after your streaming page URL<\/strong>. The result should be something like this:<\/p>\n
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    Verify your json data<\/h3>\n
    It rarely happened to find radio channels with a broken “json data”. This means that the URL “stats” opens the json but it is unreadable, returning a console error.<\/p>\n
    To verify if your JSON is correctly formatted, copy the code in the website\u00a0http:\/\/jsonviewer.stack.hu\/<\/a><\/p>\n
    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
    Then click “Viewer”<\/p>\n
    \"\"<\/a>You should see something like this:<\/p>\n
    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
    If instead you see an error, like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n
    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n
    it means that your JSON formatting is broken, and this is usually caused\u00a0by a software error on your streaming server<\/strong>. You should take some screenshots and\u00a0contact your streaming provider<\/strong>, asking\u00a0them<\/strong>\u00a0to fix it.<\/p>\n
    Force HTTPS option:<\/h3>\n
    This option is required\u00a0for the providers allowing HTTPS connection on non-standard ports.<\/strong>
    \nUsually, the only HTTPS port is 443. But, if your Shoutcast has\u00a0HTTPS on some custom port as 15550<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0anything<\/em>\u00a0else other than 443, and you are sure that the HTTPS connection is there, then use the \u201cforce https\u201d setting.<\/p>\n
    Otherwise, the player will automatically use\u00a0HTTPS<\/strong>\u00a0for the\u00a0443<\/strong>\u00a0port, and\u00a0HTTP<\/strong>\u00a0for any other.<\/p>\n
    Troubleshooting:<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. If your\u00a0website<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0HTTPS<\/strong>\u00a0and your stream is\u00a0HTTP<\/strong>, you generally\u00a0cannot<\/strong>\u00a0display titles,\u00a0nor listen to the music.\u00a0In this case you may want to put the site in http or change streaming provider.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. If your stream is HTTPS<\/strong>, your website is HTTPS<\/strong>\u00a0and your shoutcast page is\u00a0HTTP,\u00a0<\/strong>you generally cannot display titles without using a proxy. It would be much better if you use a streaming provider that gives you HTTPS access, but you can also try our proxy (enable the proxy in the Customizer settings, under the Radio section)<\/li>\n
    3. If the proxy<\/strong> doesn\u2019t work either, please ask your website\u00a0hosting<\/strong>\u00a0provider (where you bought your domain and\/or hosting) to make sure that your website can connect, server side, to the port of the shoutcast channel.In the example above, the\u00a0channel<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a08000<\/strong>, so you need to verify with your\u00a0website server provider<\/strong>\u00a0that your site can connect, server side via cUrl, using the port 8000.<\/li>\n
    4. If your\u00a0streaming provider<\/strong>\u00a0has an\u00a0HTTPS<\/strong>\u00a0stream but the certificate is\u00a0invalid<\/strong>, your browser will refuse the connection, for obvious security restrictions.\u00a0You can verify this condition by opening the https url of your Streaming page on the browser.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    5. If you need help setting up your radio,\u00a0please contact our helpdesk.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    6. As last resource, you can use the\u00a0Metadata<\/strong>\u00a0server type instead of Shoutcast.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht_kb_category":[654],"ht_kb_tag":[656,558,660,560,659],"class_list":["post-6555","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-radio-streaming-channel-set-up","ht_kb_tag-channel","ht_kb_tag-radio","ht_kb_tag-setup","ht_kb_tag-shoutcast","ht_kb_tag-titles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/6555"}],"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=6555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/6555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6578,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/6555\/revisions\/6578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=6555"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.qantumthemes.xyz\/onair2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=6555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}