Internet radio: AutoDJ, playlists, clocks and schedule
Plan what your HyperDC radio plays: sort the Library, build playlists and clock wheels, schedule shows by day and hour, and see why AutoDJ picked each track.
- Beginner
- 15 min read
- Updated
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AutoDJ plays your station from the server around the clock. You decide what it plays in Library and Programming, and On Air shows what comes next.
Step 1: Sort your Library
Open Library. Search with Search title or artist and filter by folder with All folders.
- Select tracks with their switches, then Add To Playlist, Move To Folder or Delete.
- Edit a track to change its Title, Artist and Album, and its Cue in (s), Cue out (s), Fade in (s) and Fade out (s), so silence at the start or end is skipped.
Step 2: Build playlists
- Open Programming and select New Playlist.
- Enter the Name and choose the Order: Shuffle, In Order or Weighted.
- Add tracks from the Library with Add To Playlist.
A playlist for Jingles and IDs keeps your station's jingles apart from the music.
Step 3: Mix playlists with clocks
A clock is the plan of one hour: which playlists play, and how many tracks of each.
- Under Clocks, select New Clock and enter its Name.
- Select Add Slot for each part of the hour, choose the playlist and the number of tracks.
Track separation (min) and Artist separation (min) set how long AutoDJ waits before it plays the same track or the same artist again.
Step 4: Schedule your shows
- Under Schedule, select New Show and enter the Title.
- Choose the Kind: a Playlist, a Clock, a Live Slot for a presenter or a Relay of another stream.
- Choose the Days, the Start (HH:mm) and the length in Minutes, or Once on (yyyy-MM-dd) for a single date.
The times follow the station's time zone. When a show starts, AutoDJ cuts to it on time.
Under What AutoDJ plays without a show, choose Whole Library, a Playlist or a Clock for the hours no show covers.
Step 5: Check what comes next
Open On Air. Coming up lists the next tracks with Why AutoDJ picked each one, Recently played shows the last ones with their listeners, and Requests waiting holds song requests to Approve or Reject.
To take requests, open Audience and switch on Take song requests. Approve each request first, One request per listener every (min) and A song again after (min) keep them in check.
Next steps
- Hand the air to a presenter: live DJs on your radio.
- When AutoDJ stays silent: internet radio troubleshooting.
Frequently asked questions
What does AutoDJ play when no show is scheduled?
What you choose under What AutoDJ plays without a show: the whole library, one playlist or one clock.
How do I stop the same song or artist repeating?
Set Track separation and Artist separation in minutes. AutoDJ then waits at least that long before it plays the same track or artist again.
Can listeners request songs?
Yes. Under Audience, switch on Take song requests. You can approve each request first and limit how often a listener may ask.
Why are some tracks louder than others?
They should not be: every track's loudness is measured at upload and evened out towards the Loudness target in Settings.