• General Rotations offer the ability to automatically stream playlists from you library rather than scheduling tracks by hand. Better yet, rotations can be configured with a Playback weight as well as at what times the playlists should play.
• Scheduled Playlists allows a customer to configure and automatically deploy playlists at a time of their chosing.
• Play jingles on top of General Rotations or Scheduled Playlists using our Interval Playlist option.
• Track repeat protection ensures that a single track will never play to close together.

Server Feature Comparison

• General Rotations offer the ability to automatically stream playlists from you library rather than scheduling tracks by hand. Better yet, rotations can be configured with a Playback weight as well as at what times the playlists should play.
• Scheduled Playlists allows a customer to configure and automatically deploy playlists at a time of their chosing.
• Play jingles on top of General Rotations or Scheduled Playlists using our Interval Playlist option.
• Track repeat protection ensures that a single track will never play to close together.

Server Feature Comparison

AutoDJ Features Comparison

• Shoucast DSP plugin
• ShouTcast.com
• Winamp.com

• Nsv Video and Encoder
• NsvGui 2 encoder video nsv
• Codec Vp6.2 for encoders
• Batch converter & nsvtools avi>nsv
• ActivX vp6.2 for Internet Explorer

• 1. Accessing Your Account
  1.1. Logging In
  Your hosting provider should have provided a username and password to access your account, as well
  as an URL at which you may login. To access your account, simply launch the login URL and enter
  your username and password to login.
  1.2. Retrieving Your Password
  If you have forgotten your password, you may reset it using the Forgot password? link at the
  bottom of the login page. Simply enter the E-mail address on file for your account, and instructions for
  resetting your password will be sent to you via E-mail.
  If you no longer have access to the E-mail account on file, you will need to contact your hosting
  provider to have your password changed manually.
  2. Dashboard
  Immediately after logging in, you will be presented with the dashboard view for your account. The
  dashboard provides the following information:
  ● Current listeners: Indicates the number of listeners currently tuned in to your stream, as well as
  the maximum number of listeners your stream will accomodate.
  ● Host and Port: Indicate the hostname and port number of your stream, respectively.
  ● Data transfer: Indicates the total data transfer used by your stream to for this month, as well as
  your monthly data transfer limit.
  ● Disk quota: Indicates the amount of disk space used by your uploaded media (if any), as well as
  your disk space limit.
  ● Maximum bit rate: Indicates the bit rate limit configured for your stream.
  ● Projected data transfer: Indicates the amount of data transfer that your stream will use this
  month if usage remains consistent for the remainder of the month.
  ● Recent tracks: Provides a list of up to 10 of the most recently played songs or tracks on your
  stream, as well as the times at which those tracks were played.
  The dashboard, like all other pages in the client area, also provides a number of options for managing
  your server. These options, shown grouped into sections at the left-hand side of the page, include:

• Server Status

■ Server Status: indicates the status of your streaming server (online or offline).
■ Source Status: indicates the status of your streaming source (online, offline, or remote).
■ Source Connected: indicates whether or not a stream source is connected to your server.
● The Management section provides options for managing the your account. These options are
described in detail below. They include:
■ Overview: Launches the dashboard, described above.
■ Configure Server: Provides access to the settings for your streaming server, described in
the Server Configuration section below.
■ View Current Listeners: Provides information about the listeners who are currently
listening to your stream at this moment in time.
■ View Statistics: Provides access to the statistics for your account, described in the
Statistics section below.
■ View Logs: Provides access to the logs for this account, described in the Server Logs
section below.
■ Server Administration: Provides access to the internal server administration interface
provided by your streaming server software (SHOUTcast or IceCast). For more
information, please consult the documentation for your streaming server software.
■ Quick Links: Provides a number of useful links and login information for managing and
working with your stream.
■ Code Snippets: Provides a number of JavaScript code snippets that you can use on your
own web site to display information about your stream.
■ Manage Playlists: Launches the playlist manager for your streaming source (if enabled),
described in the Playlist Manager section below.
■ Media Library: Launches your media library (if enabled), described under the Media
Library section below.
● The Server Control section provides controls for stopping and starting your streaming server.
These options include:
■ Start Server: Starts your streaming server (and streaming source, if enabled).
■ Stop Server: Shuts down your streaming server (and streaming source, if enabled). This
will disconnect any listeners that may be tuned into your stream, and will take your
stream offline.
■ Restart Server: Shuts down your streaming server, then immediately starts it again. This
will disconnect any listeners that may be tuned into your stream. Restarting your server
may be necessary to apply certain configuration changes, and is equivalent to manually
stopping, then starting your server.
■ Reload Server: Attempts to re-load your server configuration and playlist without
disconnecting any listeners or interrupting your stream. This will apply many
configuration changes, but a full restart may be necessary in some cases.
■ Skip Song: Skips to the next song in your playlist. This option is only available if using
the server-side streaming source.
■ Deactivate Source: De-activates the server-side stream source (if enabled for your
account). If you want to switch from pre-programmed content to a live stream, you can
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use this feature to stop your server-side stream source before connecting your live
stream source. When you finish your live broadcast, simply disconnect your live stream
source and click the Activate Source button to re-activate your server-side stream source
and return to pre-programmed content.

● AutoDJ status

● Specifies whether the server-side streaming source should be enabled. Options include:
● Disabled: If selected, server-side streaming support is turned off. This setting is
necessary if you plan to provide your own streaming source.
● Enabled: If selected, server-side streaming support will be turned on. This setting is
necessary if you plan to upload your media library to the server and will not be
providing your own streaming source.
Note that if the autoDJ is enabled, but no media (eg: MP3 files) have been uploaded, or media
has not been added to an enabled playlist, the server will fail to start. As such, be sure to upload
at least one track, and add one or more tracks to an enabled General Rotation playlist, before
starting the server with autoDJ support enabled.
Royalty reporting capability
If enabled, the autoDJ will include a small tracking code at the end of the song titles shown in
your listeners' media players. For example, instead of:
Artist Name – Song Title
You might see the following instead:
Artist Name – Song Title [C51B]
This allows detailed reports to be generated (on the Tracks tab of the View Statistics page)
containing most of the information needed to make reports to the appropriate entities for royalty
determination purposes.
If this option is disabled, the generated reports will be much less detailed and may not contain
sufficient information for accurate royalty reporting purposes.
Rebuild playlist on startup

Specifies whether the playlist should be rebuilt automatically every time the server is started or
restarted. If enabled, Centova Cast will re-index your media library and build a new playlist
every time the server is started or restarted. If disabled, the same playlist will always be used
unless you manually update it.
Note that if no playlist exists, Centova Cast will always build one regardless of this setting.
Also note that when Centova Cast is operating with realtime track scheduling support (i.e.,
when using ices-cc), this setting is ignored or hidden.
Randomize playlist
Specifies whether the playlist should be randomized automatically by the streaming source.
Enabling this setting is not recommended as it will interfere with Centova Cast's “Interval”
playlist type. Instead, set your “General Rotation” playlists to play in random order.
Note that when Centova Cast is operating with realtime track scheduling support (i.e., when
using ices-cc), this setting is ignored or hidden.
Genre
Specifies the genre of your stream.
Mount point
Note: this option may or may not be available depending on the server software being used by
your hosting provider. More specifically, this option is for IceCast servers only.
Specifies the mount point to which the streaming source should connect. If unsure, simply set
this to /stream as a default value.
Description
Note: this option may or may not be available depending on the server software being used by
your hosting provider.
Specifies a description for your stream, which is used when submitting metadata to various
directories.

• Start Page

The Start Page tab includes options for configuring the stream “start page” provided by Centova Cast.
Activate start page
Specifies whether or not the start page will be available for your stream.
Enable song request widget
Specifies whether or not the Song Request widget will be enabled (both on the start page, and as
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a code snippet). If enabled, users may use the song request widget to request songs, and the
requests will be sent to your E-mail address.
Enable on-demand content widget
Specifies whether or not the On-Demand Content widget will be enabled (both on the start
page, and as a code snippet). If enabled, Centova Cast will provide a media browser with which
the visitor can browse, download, or stream any media that you've published in your
“ondemand” folder.
Enable recent tracks widget
Specifies whether or not the Recent Tracks widget will be enabled (both on the start page, and
as a code snippet). If enabled, Centova Cast will provide a list of tracks and authors which have
played recently. If you have an Amazon.com access key ID, this feature can also display album
covers for each track.
Number of recent tracks
Specifies the number of tracks which will be shown in the Recent Tracks widget.
Enable Google Maps widget
Specifies whether or not the start page will use Google Maps to plot the geographic locations of
your listeners on a world map in realtime. This option may not be available depending on how
Centova Cast has been configured by the administrator.
Amazon access key ID
Specifies your Amazon.com access key ID. If specified, Centova Cast will automatically fetch
album cover images from Amazon.com to be displayed in the “recent tracks” list. This will also
activate a “Buy album” link next to each album, and any sales generated through these links
will be credited toward your Amazon.com affiliate account. This option may not be available
depending on how Centova Cast has been configured by the administrator.

• Master Relaying

Note: this option may or may not be available depending on the server software being used by your
hosting provider. More specifically, this option is for IceCast servers only.
The Master Relaying tab includes options for setting up a master relay for another IceCast server.
Using Master Relay, the remote IceCast server essentially becomes the source for your own server, and
all of the mount points from the remote server are made available on your server.
Options include:
Master server
Specifies the hostname or IP address of the master server whose stream(s) you wish to relay.
Master port
Specifies the port number of the master server whose stream(s) you wish to relay.
Master update interval
Specifies the interval at which the remote stream's configuration is replicated to the local server.
Master username
Specifies the username required by the remote server for relaying.
Master password
Specifies the password required by the remote server for relaying.
Relay on demand
If enabled, your IceCast server will only connect to the remote IceCast server when one or more
listeners are connected, and it will disconnect from the remote server when there are no more
listeners. If disabled, your IceCast server will remain connected to the remote server and
continue receiving the stream even if no listeners are connected.
Enabling this setting may reduce unnecessary bandwidth usage, but may slightly increase the
time required to begin streaming when your first listener connects.
3.1.6. Mountpoint Relaying
Note: this option may or may not be available depending on the server software being used by your
hosting provider. More specifically, this option is for IceCast servers only.
The Mountpoint Relaying tab includes options for setting up a relay for a single stream on a remote
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SHOUTcast Broadcaster

Important: You need to be happy with the use of command-line tools before attempting to install or run a
SHOUTcast system as all versions of the v2 Server and Transcoder are designed to work as command-line tools.
         

The forum link is a summary page and contains links to the latest versions of the tools such as when a new
release has just happened or is being tested before it is provided via the Broadcast Tool Downloads page.