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• Shoutcast Server

  • Create / Configure
  • Streaming
  • Video Streaming
  • AutoDJ Setup
• Icecast Server

  Winamp:	http://stream2.stream-music.net/tunein.php/hkone/playlist.pls
  Windows Media Player:	http://stream2.stream-music.net/tunein.php/hkone/playlist.asx
  Real Player:	http://stream2.stream-music.net/tunein.php/hkone/playlist.ram
  QuickTime:	http://stream2.stream-music.net/tunein.php/hkone/playlist.qtl

Configure Your Shoutcast Server

1. With your Email parameter infos Login to the MediaCP via your web browser.
   
   
   
2. Locate the Service Type field and select shoutcast198.
   You can configure limits such as Listeners, Bitrate & Bandwidth from the Limits tab.
   
   
3. That is all! Your Shoutcast server is now created.
   Continue to the next step to Stream to your shoutcast server

Stream to your shoutcast server

To stream to a shoutcast service you will first require software that is capable of doing so, the most recommended software is to use Winamp in combination with the SHOUTcast Source plugin available from www.winamp.com.

1. Open Winamp and build your playlist with audio files your system is capable of opening.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Enable the SHOUTcast Source DSP by pressing CTRL + P and selecting Plug-ins -> DSP/Effect then selecting Nullsoft SHOUTcast Source DSP
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Select the Encoder tab then select your Encoding Type (recommended MP3) with an appropriate bitrate.
   It is important to use a bitrate of equal or less value then the limit applied in your server configuration otherwise you will be kicked automatically from streaming by Cast-Control MediaCP.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Select the Output tab if not selected already and configure your connection settings.

These details are provided for the customer’s convenience under the UserCP after selecting Manage upon the appropriate server.

In your MediaCP

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Streaming video to a shoutcast service

Shoutcast also supports the NSV ("Nullsoft Streaming Video") protocol and it is possible to stream to any shoutcast server in this format with no configuration changes.

By your plan, Cast-Control can allows up to 320Kbps streaming and this can be changed easily.


To stream using the NSV protocol it is required that your video files are encoded with the NSV file format, the following range of tools are available to perform this.

Download and install the NSV tools, this is what we use to encode normal video files (avi ect) to nsv format.
Download NsvGui 2, this is what we use to stream to the shoutcast server.
Extract NSVGUI 2 to a location on your hard disk, I simply used c:/nsv/

NSV Tools Download

Converting Video to NSV

1. Open NSV Tools -> NSV Batch Encoder
2. Select File -> Add Source Files and select a video file (avi, mpeg, mpg or mov)
   
   
   
   
3. Select Edit Profiles than select the Default Profile and finally Edit

These are the options available for video processing, select NSV Encoder Configuration to configure further options such as Bitrate. Once finished, setup the output destination and press OK. Select the files you wish to encode and press the green arrow to encode.

Streaming NSV Video Files

1. Open NSVGUI 2
   
   
2. Locate the files you have just encoded and add these to the playlist.
   
   
3. Cnofigure the server address, port and password.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Ensure Send File Name as Title is selected, you might also want to use the Loop function
   
   
5. To connect to the server, select Stream -> Let's Stream noting that this will only connect and not start streaming just yet.
   
   
6. To actually stream to the server, select Stream -> Let's Stream again, this is useful if you are doing a presentation and require all to be connected before streaming.

Viewing the NSV Stream

Please note NSV stream only works with NSV players such as Winamp, Windows Media Player is NOT supported. To use Windows Media Player you must use Windows Media Services.

Enabling an AutoDJ Source Plugin

1. Navigate to MediaCP-> Configure Media Services, locate your shoutcast service and select Manage to enter the service overview page.
   
   
2. Select Manage from the provided options to enter the service configuration page.
   
   
3. Select the Source tab, this contains all your AutoDJ / Source information.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   ! By default, No Source Plugin will be selected.
   
   
4. Select your preferred option, the default options will stream directly to your selected server – you may wish to modify the bitrate, channels and sample rate accordingly:
   

	Capable of transcoding	Play files without transcoding	Description
Sctrans v1	Mp3	NO	The original AutoDJ software provided by nullsoft.
Sctrans v2	Mp3, AAC+	YES	Contains many more features than sctransv1
Ices04	Mp3	YES	Recommended as it is possible to stream files directly without reencoding the file format. Will save on CPU Usage.

5. You can now build and configure a playlist from the AutoDJ link available on the server overview page.

Configuring a Relay Server

A relay server PULLS the stream from a remote shoutcast server and rebroadcasts in the exact same format. It is not possible to rebroadcast in another format without software such as Stream Transcoder V3.

Prerequisites:

You will need to configure the server you wish to rebroadcast from to allow relay connections

1. Navigate to MediaCP-> Configure Media Services, locate your shoutcast service you wish to stream from and select Manage to enter the service overview page.
   
   
2. Select the Relay tab then select Allow Public Relay as Yes.
   
   
3. Save the configuration by selecting Update. (A service restart will be required)

Configure your relay:

1. Navigate to MediaCP-> Configure Media Services, locate your shoutcast service you wish to act as a rebroadcast and select Manage to enter the service overview page.
   
   
2. Select the Relay tab then set the following options:
   
   Allow Relay: Yes
   Relay Server: The IP address or domain of the server you wish to relay from.
   Relay Port: The portbase of the server you wish to relay from.
   
   
3. Save the configuration by selecting Update. (A service restart will be required)
   
   ! The service will begin rebroadcasting immediately upon being started.
   
   
   

Icecast Server

Create an Icecast Server

1. Login to the MediaCP via your web browser.
   
   
2. Navigate to Configure Media Services listed under the side menu MediaCPheading then once loaded proceed to select Create a new server.
   
   
3. Locate the Service Type field and select icecast.
   
   ! You can configure limits such as Listeners, Bitrate & Bandwidth from the Limits tab.
   
   
4. Select Create Server to begin the creation and processing of your icecast server.
   
   ! Each service action (ie. start, stop, restart ect.) will be placed into a queue which is executed every 1 minute. The Queue will only process 10 actions every minute.

Stream to an Icecast Server

To stream to an icecast service you will first require software that is capable of doing so, the most recommended software is to use Winamp in combination with the SHOUTcast Source plugin available from www.winamp.com.

1. Ensure the Icecast server configuration has a mountpoint set to “stream” under the tab labelled Plugin.
   
   
2. Open Winamp and build your playlist with audio files your system is capable of opening.
   
   
3. Enable the SHOUTcast Source DSP by pressing CTRL + P and selecting Plug-ins -> DSP/Effect then selecting Nullsoft SHOUTcast Source DSP
   
   
4. Select the Encoder tab then select your Encoding Type (recommended MP3) with an appropriate bitrate.
   
   ! It is important to use a bitrate of equal or less value then the limit applied in your server configuration otherwise you will be kicked automatically from streaming by Cast-Control MediaCP.
   
   
5. Select the Output tab if not selected already and configure your connection settings.

These details are provided for the customer’s convenience under the UserCP after selecting Manage upon the appropriate server.

Enabling a AutoDJ Source Plugin

1. Navigate to MediaCP-> Configure Media Services, locate your icecast service and select Manage to enter the service overview page.
   
   
2. Select Manage from the provided options to enter the service configuration page.
   
   
3. Select the Source tab, this contains all your AutoDJ / Source information.
   
   ! By default, No Source Plugin will be selected.
   
   
4. Select your preferred option, the default options will stream directly to your selected server – you may wish to modify the bitrate, channels and sample rate accordingly

	Capable of Transcoding.	Play files without transcoding.	Description.
ices04	Mp3	Yes	Recommended as it is possible to stream files directly without reecoding the file format
ices02	OGG	Yes	Exactly the same as Ices 04 but instead provides only OGG support.

5. You can now build and configure a playlist from the AutoDJ link available on the server overview page.