Internet radio with SonicPanel: AutoDJ, live DJs and your player

HyperDC internet radio hosting runs your station on SonicPanel, with Shoutcast or Icecast streaming, an AutoDJ, DJ accounts and an SSL stream address. You manage your radio service from the HyperDC client area, and run the station itself in SonicPanel. This guide takes you from the welcome email to a station that is on air around the clock.

Before you start

• Your radio service is active: you see it under Services › My Services.
• You have the SonicPanel address, user name and password from your welcome email. SonicPanel never displays passwords; if you lost yours, use the reset link on the SonicPanel login page, or open a ticket.
• Your music, jingles and shows are MP3 files, and you hold the rights to stream them.

Step 1: Sign in to SonicPanel

Open the SonicPanel address from your welcome email and sign in. After 5 failed attempts within an hour, SonicPanel blocks your IP address for an hour, so copy the password carefully.

Verify: the SonicPanel dashboard of your radio opens.

Step 2: Add your music

Do not put your own files into the sample Auto Playlist; create your own playlists instead.

Step 3: Start the AutoDJ

1. Open Manage AutoDJ, choose the playlist the AutoDJ should play and save.
2. Make sure your radio and the AutoDJ are online.
3. To play playlists at set times, use Schedule Playlists. For jingles, adverts and station IDs, use playlist intervals; the On Air Mix option plays them over the fading song, like FM radio.
4. Under AutoDJ Interruption Settings, decide whether a scheduled playlist starts at once (the playing song fades) or after the current song ends.

Verify: open your stream address in a browser or media player. You hear the AutoDJ.

Step 4: Create DJ accounts

1. In the left menu, under DJ Control Center, open Create a DJ Account.
2. Enter a user name and a password, and choose the permissions. Give only the permissions a presenter needs: someone who can stop the radio can stop it in the middle of a show.
3. Change permissions later under List/Edit DJ Accounts.

DJs sign in to their own DJ Panel on port 2080 (for example http://radio.example.com:2080) to change their DJ password, upload a profile picture and see the song history.

Step 5: Broadcast live

In your broadcasting software, such as BUTT, SAM Broadcaster, VirtualDJ, RadioBOSS or Winamp DSP:

1. Choose Shoutcast v1 (or Shoutcast) as the server type, even if your radio runs Icecast or Shoutcast v2.
2. Enter your radio's server address, the DJ port and the DJ password. Leave the user name empty.
3. Set the format and a bitrate no higher than your plan allows, and start the broadcast.

In BUTT: open the settings, select ADD, choose SHOUTcast, enter the address, DJ port and DJ password, save with ADD, set the codec and bitrate under Audio, then press the play button.

Verify: the stream address plays your live audio. The AutoDJ must stay online while you broadcast.

Step 6: Share your station

• Open SSL Connections/Play for your HTTPS addresses. The https://domain:port address works in most players and apps and carries the song titles; the direct play address ending in /stream suits your own HTML player.
• Embed a SonicPanel player or widget on your website with its iframe or JavaScript code.
• The radio statistics list your listeners with their IP addresses and a map.

Next steps

• No sound, a DJ cannot connect or uploads fail: internet radio troubleshooting.