Frequently Asked Questions

^{Yes! You can upgrade or downgrade the music storage for your AutoDJ any time. Just login to the client area and click the add-on service feature. Choose how much music storage you need for your radio station. The new price will be added to your existing subscription plan. If you are renting a stream in Second Life or any other online virtual community, please contact our in-world support and they will get your service upgraded for you.}

^{Yes! You can upgrade or downgrade your listener limits any time by logging into the client area. Click on the add-on services feature and choose how many listeners you need for your radio station. The price will be added to your existing subscription plan. If you are renting a stream in Second Life or any other online virtual community, please contact our in-world support and they will get your service upgraded for you.}

^{Support is available through our online contact form. You can also create support tickets in the client area if you have ordered a stream hosting plan from our website. If you rented your stream in Second Life or another online virtual community, you can contact our in-world rep. and they will be happy to help with your account.}

^{It depends on where you rented your stream from, our website: Dreamstream.it or one of our virtual stores.
If you rented from our website, please login to the client area where you can pay for your stream hosting service. You’ll also receive an email notification when your rent is due. You can also setup automatic recurring payments with PayPal on our website. Our online store accepts PayPal. If you rented your stream from one of our virtual stores, please visit your rental box in-world and right click it for payment options. The rental units at our virtual stores accept grid currency, some rental units also accept PayPal payments.}

^{When you rent a streaming solution, you’ll get access to your own web-based radio panel. An advanced, web-based radio manager to control your radio features online. You can login to your radio panel to find your stream URL. Give your stream URL to your listeners, or embed it in your website or blog, or web player. If you’re streaming in Second Life, OpenSim or Halcyon worlds, just add your stream URL to the Media Settings > Sounds tab for music on your land. Your Shoutcast stream URL will also play in most media and web players. Winamp, Windows Media Player, QuickTime and many more. Contact us if you need help with your streaming service and we’ll find a solution.}

<sup>AutoDJ is a Source or Content Delivery System for SHOUTcast servers, which allows you to keep your SHOUTcast server online 24/7 without having to run a source (eg Winamp or SAM Broadcaster) from your computer. You can create playlists and upload your music files to AutoDJ and they’ll be played from the server, meaning you could switch your PC off as you don’t need any software running on your computer to create a 24/7 live music stream.

We offer two different types of streams:

Live Streams: For events when you just want to broadcast live audio from your computer with your favorite music software, perfect for online Dj’s, musicians, music venues, virtual clubs and internet radio stations. Live streams have AutoDJ features but they’re disabled by default, because live streams don’t include AutoDJ music storage (for uploading your music files and creating playlists) You can add music storage to a live stream any time, then you’ll be able to stream live, or create playlists, upload your music and create a continuous music stream with AutoDJ.

Live + AutoDJ Streams: When you need to live stream with your favorite music software, add playlist, upload your music files and create a continuous audio stream with AutoDJ. Live + AutoDJ streams include music storage and you can add extra music storage when you need it. You can also create DJ accounts, each broadcaster gets a DJ account [IP, Port, Password] for connecting their encoder to your streaming server, this way you can keep your AutoDJ playing 24/7, AutoDJ detects when a live broadcaster connects and fades out automatically.</sup>

^{Icecast is a streaming media project released as free software maintained by the Xiph.org Foundation. It also refers specifically to the server program which is part of the project. Icecast was created in December 1998 by Jack Moffitt and Barath Raghavan to provide an open-source audio streaming server that anyone could modify, use, and tinker with. Version 2, a ground-up rewrite aimed at multi-format support (initially targeting Ogg Vorbis) and scalability, was started in 2001 and released in January 2004.}

^{SHOUTcast DNAS is cross-platform proprietary software for streaming live media over the Internet. The software was developed by Nullsoft and is available free of charge. It allows digital audio content, primarily in MP3 or High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format, to be broadcast to and from media player software, enabling the creation of Internet radio “stations”. The most common use of SHOUTcast is for creating or listening to Internet audio broadcasts; however, video streams exist as well. Some traditional radio stations also use SHOUTcast to extend their radio presence onto the Web.}

^{You only need software on your computer if you plan on live streaming. Some of the most popular music programs for streaming over Shoutcast are: Sam Broadcaster, VirtualDJ, Mixxx, Rocket Broadcaster and Audio Hijack. Check our quick guides for more info on configuring your software/encoder and streaming to a Shoutcast server.}

^{If your using AutoDJ, you’ll create playlists online and upload your music files in your radio panel, your music is streamed from the server. So you don’t need any software running on your computer to have a 24/7 live stream.}