Replacing ip address with station name on player

[djsuchnsuch]

Hello, I am trying to replace the ip address that is being displayed on my player with my station name if possible... I would like to know if this is possible?

[djsuchnsuch]

Sorry if this has been answered but I can't seem to find topic.. Could someone help with this?

[thinktink]

Is this an issue for a SHOUTcast station you are running?

[djsuchnsuch]

Yes that is correct. I have a player on my website that is playing my stream. When I access my website and play the stream using my phone my ip is displayed on the factory phone widget. I have visited other sites that also have a stream and the widget displays just the station name. I have been searching but been unsuccessful doing so.

[thinktink]

Have you double checked that you set your station name in your source encoder/transcoder? Which widget are you using?

[djsuchnsuch]

I am using a embed code generator from whsh4u.com/flash.php... I am not sure what encoder/transcoder is.

[djsuchnsuch]

I am assuming this the uncorrect way. If so please point me in the correct direction.

[djsuchnsuch]

I now installed this player from radioforge.com/create-html5-radio-mp3aacogg-player/.... My ip still shows up on the phone widget. I am using an iphone 5

[thinktink]

What's the IP and port of server?

[djsuchnsuch]

98.199.142.194:8000/

[thinktink]

I just visited your DNAS page and everything with your station name seems to be in order from what I can see. Maybe the widget has a station name html tag override you can setup. What is the link on your website to the widget?

[neralex]

Normally your source is sending meta-data of each song like "artist - trackname". In this case the 'icy-name' parameter will be added at the end of the meta-string like "artist - trackname (station name)". I guess that is the issue because your meta-data is empty caused by your source. You can check, if you have an option to activate it in your source to let it send the meta-data of each track or you can try to edit the config-file fo sc_serv and add the following two parameters with a static string which will be used instead of the song based meta-data:

titleformat : Specify a string to be used in-place of the default icy-name string being used [Default = <no value>]

titleformat=SmokEd Out Radio

urlformat : Specify a string to be used in-place of the default icy-url string being used [Default = <no value>]

urlformat=http://smokedoutradio.com

[djsuchnsuch]

I have been looking for source activation and I am trying to access the edit config-file fo sc_serv but no luck... Where might I find that?

[djsuchnsuch]

Excuse my lack of knowledge for the matter... I'm having trouble trying to edit the config-file sc_serv to add the parameters with static string

[neralex]

Excuse my lack of information about your setup...

[djsuchnsuch]

All good, and thanks for the help... Is their not a way?

[djsuchnsuch]

???

[neralex]

...as mentioned. But my glasball is broken, sorry!

[djsuchnsuch]

I am running SHOUTcast DNAS v2.5 on windows xp

[neralex]

Open the config-file which you are using for sc_serv with a text/code editor like notepad++ and add the two parameters in separate lines. Save the config-file and restart sc_serv.

BTW which tool you are using to build the source for sc_serv?

[djsuchnsuch]

Not sure what tool, how can I Find that out?

[neralex]

How to you feed the server with music?

[djsuchnsuch]

Oh... I am using serato scratch with my turntables. Is that what you are referring too?

[djsuchnsuch]

I just added the two parameters in the sc_serv file restarted sc serv and no luck... used notepad++

[neralex]

...in the sc_serv file? Why? Normally you should have an .conf file, which controls sc_serv. In this .conf file you have to add the parameters, there you find also your user/pass settings for the admin area. What says your log-file - any error-messages?

SHOUTcast is only the streaming server, which collects the data from the source and send it to the listensers. On the other end you must have an application which is building the playlist for your source. I guess you are using serato and the turntables only if you are going live but between you and the SHOUTcast server should be an application and in this application you should have an option to control the metadata-transport to the streaming-server. I guess the issue is based on this application.

[djsuchnsuch]

I added the parameters to the sc_serv CONF File & the sc_serv.conf BACKUP File in the Program File\SHOUTcast folder... Is that not correct? No error messages pop up... I have one computer dedicated to shoutcast with a 12 channel mixing console connected to it... I have my turntables running serato almost 24/7 and a cd turntable connected to the console

[neralex]

Serato has no option to send the metadata while streaming because this application is not really made for building a 24/7 automation. If you are familar with linux you should switch completely from windows to linux and keep an eye on the a swiss-army knife for multimedia streaming: "liquidsoap". But liquidsoap is only available for linux. On windows to find applications like liquidsoap is very hard. I had seen tools like this: http://www.radiodj.ro/ but never tested. I'm working with SHOUTcast since many years only with linux.

[djsuchnsuch]

I am not concerned with the track names being played I would just like my ip address to be replaced with my station name... I would still like to use line in as input device on SHOUTcast Source DSP... Is the file I configured the correct one?

[neralex]

Again... Serato sends incorrect/no metadata and SHOUTcast need the metadata to display that correcty what you are missing. SHOUTcast is only the server and not an source-manager. It shows/plays what it gets. If it gets nothing, then it shows/plays nothing - quite simple.

In your case you have to use another application where you can set a stream-title and which is streaming your music to the server. That could be tools like winamp/dsp or butt. But in this case you need a 2nd computer to put the line-out from your serato-soundcard to the line-in of the 2nd computer which is running the streaming-tool which is connected with SHOUTcast.

Good luck

[djsuchnsuch]

I do have winamp/dsp running aswell... Sorry I left that out... And that is exactly what I am doing with serato. I have one cpu running serato with a line out going to the cpu running the SHOUTcast stream. Is there something on the winamp I could conf. to do so?