How to organize a radio

In the world of high technology, Internet radio has gained popularity. Creating your own radio at home is quite simple if you know how to properly approach this issue. Moreover, the radio, which will be possible to do it yourself, includes not just playing music through the player, but also the special tricks used on professional radio stations.

Instruction manual

1

To create your own radio, you should take care of choosing a server. It can be any proven server, for example, SHOUTcast server. After installation, run the sc_serv.exe file. The server is ready and waiting in the wings.

2

Make a "remote". The DJ panel in Internet radio will be implemented using such a tool as SAM Broadcast 3. In the course of many tests and tests for operability, this program has proved to be the best. You need to download this tool for Mysql.

3

Install the database and start the Mysql service using the command line. Having minimized the command prompt window, launch SAM Broadcast 3 and select the type for the database in its settings. When these steps are complete, restart SAM Broadcast 3.

4

Accept his offer to check storage devices for music files. Add them to the database.

5

In the SAM Broadcast 3 settings, write the name of the future radio station and show statistics. Other settings can be changed if necessary at any time.

6

Find the Desktop B button and click it, in the section that appears, add music and enter the audio stream data. When all preparations are completed, start the radio station, the DJ console must connect to the server.

7

On Desktop A, add the music you want and listen to it. To check the operation of the station, enter in the Add Url line the address in the form 192.168.333.62:6380 (ip: port).

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When you are convinced of the normal functioning of the radio, you can share its address with everyone who wants to join listening to music. The players used to listen to the radio, in this case can be the most diverse, having and supporting the function of playing broadcasts from a remote server. For example, Winplate, Winamp, Haihaisoft Universal Player, JetAudio Basic and many others.