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Managing Your Server

Take control of your streaming server with ease. This section offers all the information you need to manage, optimize, and troubleshoot your streaming setup. From configuring your server settings to monitoring performance and ensuring the highest-quality broadcast, you'll find step-by-step guides and expert tips to help you maintain a seamless experience for your listeners.

Accessing Your Control Panel
Access your customer account by following these steps. You'll find the login details for your control panel to manage your streaming server:
1. Go to…
Basics of Streaming Management

An audio station or channel on ViaRad.io is powered by an audio streaming engine like Icecast kh, which handles the streaming, delivering audio…
Station Overview

The Service Overview page is the control center of your radio station on ViaRad.io, providing real-time updateson key metrics. This page…
Media Library

The Media Library in ViaRad.io’s panel is your go-to interface for managing and organizing tracks used with AutoDJ, including setting…
Playlists

You can create playlists from the Media Library to play in General Rotation or schedule them for specific times using the Schedule Calendar.

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General Rotation

General Rotation playlists keep your station online by automatically playing tracks whenever there are no scheduled events.

Having at least one…
Jingles & Advertising

Jingle playlists are perfect for station announcements, program promos, or advertisements. They offer flexible configuration options that let you…
Scheduling

The Scheduling feature allows you to set up events that play content at specific times, making it easy to create recurring show blocks.

Each event…
Repeat Protection

Repeat Protection helps keep your station’s programming fresh and engaging by preventing the same content from playing too often.

It ensures…
Live DJ Connections
There are several ways to broadcast live to your station on ViaRad.io, depending on:
- Whether AutoDJ is active
- The encoding software you use
Most…
DJ Manager

DJ accounts allow each DJ to live stream using their own credentials, providing flexibility and control over who broadcasts and when.

You can…
Fallback, Backup and Intro Files

ViaRad.io offers an /intro folder by default, which supports Intro, Backup, and Fallback files for your audio streams.
This feature allows you to…
Country Blocking

ViaRad.io’s GeoIP Country Locking feature allows you to control which countries can access your stream, giving you advanced control over…
Stream Authentication

Stream Authenticationis a feature available for Icecast services that allows you to secure mountpoints. Listeners must pass a verification check…
Stream Proxy

ViaRad.io’s Stream Proxy uses an nginx-powered reverse proxy to enable secure SSL accessto your audio service on standard website ports (…
Public Page

Your server administrator must enable the Public Page from
Service → Configure → Features.

Once activated, the Public Page will be…
HTML5 Player

If the Public Page is enabled, you can manage the HTML5 Player from there.
Otherwise, go to Widgets & Links and click the Settings Cognext to…
Widgets & Links

HTML5 Player Embed Code

The ViaRad.io HTML5 Player can be embedded on other websites.
Click the embed code fieldto copy it and paste it into your…
Reporting

The Reporting page provides historical data for your station, with a default view covering the last 6 months and the option to expand up to 2…
Mount Points

Mount points allow the creation of multiple broadcasts within a single streaming instance.
By default, services in the Control Panel will have a…
Managing Media Using FTP

What is FTP?

The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer filesfrom a server to a…
Live Broadcasting Software

To perform a live broadcast, you will require software that is capable of connecting and streaming to your Icecast server.

🧰 BUTT Encoder

Windows:…
How to Find Your Connection Details to Broadcast Live

Ready to Go Live? Here’s Where to Get Your Connection Info

To broadcast live from your studio, you'll need to configure your encoder(such…
What Streaming URL Should I Use to Share or Embed My Radio?

What Is a Streaming URL?

Your streaming URL is the direct link to your live radio broadcast.
It’s the address that listeners use to tune in…
What Is “Update Song Title” and When Should You Use It?

What Does “Update Song Title” Do?

The “Update Song Title” feature allows you to manually set or change the current now…
How to Build a Complete AutoDJ Schedule – Step by Step

AutoDJ Can Do More Than Just Shuffle Songs

With AutoDJ, you can create a true radio-style schedule— music blocks, jingles, promos, thematic…