station switching software

[dj001]

Does any software exist that could allow one of my listeners to click a button and then be circulated automatically every 15 or 30 minutes between several different broadcasts I am running?

[djSpinnerCee]

Not really...

A SHOUTcast, like any other "live" media stream is endless -- However, you could create a .pls for listeners with the different stream addresses such that the listener could use "next track" to switch between them like "channels."

To take it further, be aware that in some players, the playlist "loop" function can effect what happens when a stream is disconnected -- is loop is on, a disconnect [not underrun and re-buufffer] will cause the stream to auto reload when the pls contains only one stream address. A disconnect of a stream with multiple addresses will skip to the next address.

Different players handle this differently, but it may be worth some experimentation, should you choose to accept it. I use such a file to test my different bitrate streams from a single playlist within a single player, so I don't have to launch indy listen.pls files from a browser.

Listen_All.pls -- http://djspinnercee.servehttp.com/listen_all.pls

Add: This is what the file looks like (4 lines):

http://djspinnercee.servemp3.com:12345/
http://djspinnercee.servemp3.com:30000/
http://djspinnercee.servemp3.com:10001/
http://djspinnercee.servemp3.com:30002/

My Apache HTTPd returns a content [MIME] type of audio/mpegurl for this.

The server on port 30002 is a steamcast server.

[dotme]

None that I know of. But I have to ask.... wouldn't that get irritating? What would you think of a TV that changed channels in mid-show, all by itself, without warning?

<edit>djspinnercee is faster with the submit button...lol - but I like his suggestion. That way, your listener has control. You could also run promos on your streams promoting the other ones...</edit>

[dj001]

Originally posted by djSpinnerCee
you could create a .pls for listeners with the different stream addresses such that the listener could use "next track" to switch between them like "channels."

What software do you need to create a .pls with different addresses?

[djSpinnerCee]

Notepad.exe -- a .pls is a text file

[dj001]

so, I just load several .pls addresses into a hyperlink? Do I separate them by a space, comma, semicolon?

[djSpinnerCee]

the pls is a FILE -- your "link" will reference the file -- in the file, each address is seperated by a {Return} [CR-LF] NewLine -- Exactly as you see it above..

[dj001]

OK, would this technique also work with a series of Live365 .pls files -- which are not configured in the IP/port fashion?