Broadcasting at a bitrate higher than 128kbps is not recommended as many internet users cannot receive bitrates of higher bitrates.Ĭhoose your bitrate selection carefully, and make sure you tell your listeners what their required internet connection speed is. However, if you wish to broadcast to DSL or Cable users, you should select anywhere from 64kbps to 128kbps. If you wish to make your stream available to 56k modem users, you should select 24 or 32kbps. The encoder configuration allows you to specify which bitrate you wish to broadcast your stream at. If you were broadcasting a Rock show you could specify Rock and so forth.Ĭlick on the tab on the top of the Shoutcast Source called Encoder which will change the dialogue to what you see below. For example, if you were broadcasting a live talk show you could enter in this field talk or live talk radio. Under the field labeled "Genre" you should specify what type of music or content you are streaming. Under the field labeled "URL" you should enter the website of your radio station, your personal website, or a website that pertains to the stream itself. An example would be "Primcast sample radio station" or "Johns Music" - this field can contain any alphanumeric entry including general punctuation (periods, semi-colons, asterisks, etc.). Under the field labeled "Description", you should enter the title of your radio station or broadcast. If you would like to make your radio station (server) public, or in other words listed on the Nullsoft Shoutcast website at you should check the checkmark labeled "Make this server public". You should now see a dialogue window that looks like the screenshot above. To access the Directory configuration, click the button labeled Directory to the right of the "Connection" button. The Directory setting is optional but will allow your station to be listed on the Nullsoft Shoutcast website at The Directory settings allows your listeners to see what is currently playing and what the name of your station/website is. You will now need to set the Directory setting for your broadcast. If you do not wish to immediately reconnect but wish to wait x number of seconds, you should set this value to the one of your choosing. If you wish for the Shoutcast Source plug-in to attempt to reconnect to the server upon being disconnected, you should set this to 0. Also, by default the value "Reconnection Timeout" is set to 30 seconds. Notice that the password is masked, so make sure you type carefully otherwise you will have problems connecting.īy default, the value of "Connect at Startup" is unchecked however, if you wish to start broadcasting as soon as you load Winamp you will want to check this option. Enter your servers password into the field labeled "Password". You will also need to provide SHOUTcast Source with the valid password to your Primcast server. You should enter this information under the field called "Port". ![]() An example of a correct port configuration would be 8000 or 1234. This should be a number entry only and entering a value other than a number will produce an error when connecting. Next you need to provide the Shoutcast source with your server's port information. ![]() Under the field labeled "Address" you will need to enter the address of your Server Room server. Insert the Server Hostname, Port and Streaming password, make sure you leave the Username field Blank. Now add the required information on the DSP page that you just opened.
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