Stream hosting

Streaming requires a reliable internet connection from the studio where audio is captured and sent as a contribution stream to a dedicated endpoint on our platform. The public internet is not 100% reliable for delivering ...

Streams published on our platform are made available in different quality levels (bitrates) and formats, based on the package. Qualities Different quality levels are employed to enable a better experience for users on slow (or expensive) interne...

This article shows how to setup the freeware BUTT software to send microphone or line-in audio into our live-streaming platform, on Windows or Mac. The BUTT software only allows you to stream audio coming from a microph...

Our platform allows two inputs for each live-stream: a primary and secondary. The secondary input allows a second copy of the live-stream to be pushed into our platform. Should there be an outage on the primary input, we switch to the secondary ...

Our platform allows sending either the primary or secondary (or both) contribution streams via the RTMP or SRT protocols instead of icecast . This allows easier integration with third-party tools and platforms, especially when repurposing video...

When the contribution audio from the studio becomes unavailable, our platform plays a looped audio message to any existing connected listeners or new listeners. Once the contribution audio becomes available again, listeners are returned to the norma...

This article shows how to setup the Audio Hijack software on Mac to send audio from iTunes into our live-streaming platform. It can also be used to send audio from any other application and/or the microphone. If you o...

Providing "Now Playing" information for a live-stream allows listeners to see this information on the web player. This information is typically available from play-out systems but needs to be pushed into our platform as songs change. This arti...

We provide native support to receive "Now Playing" metadata from the RCS Zetta radio automation software. When current song information changes, it sends XML data via an HTTP POST to our platform. This article details the steps necessary to enable t...

TuneIn is a popular stream syndication platform that pulls your stream from our platform and delivers it to listeners on their app and some voice assistants. Updating URLs on TuneIn You can manually ask TuneIn to update your stream details on th...

Which stream URL(s) to submit for syndication on other platform. Our stream services provide several formats and quality levels. When selecting one we always recommend: Use the "Medium" quality level, unless you think most of your target aud...

Customers can enabled additional "internal mountpoints" to use for internal audio workflows, typically to transmit audio between remote locations and the main studio. For example for receiving audio from outside broadcasts or external contribution p...

Each iono.fm live stream provides an "external" mountpoint which provides access to the stream without any ad delivery. This can be useful in various scenarios: To access the stream for AM/FM transmission high-sites. Partner studios syndicat...

Publishers can define a schedule of show times that can be displayed to listeners on our website. Note - November 2021 The broadcast schedule feature was migrated from being defined inside each podcast channel to being se...

Apple iTunes and the Music apps lists some radio broadcasters under it's "Radio" page. Can publishers submit their own streams to be listed there ? Apple is no longer accepting new submissions for the "Radio" section. See...

Our stream service incurs additional usage pricing based on the peak concurrent listeners in a calendar month period. This article explains how peak concurrent overages are charged. What are peak concurrents ? "Concurrents" measure how many acti...

Our platform works with any radio automation system (sometimes called a playout system) that can send an audio stream to us. This audio stream (the 'contribution' stream) is then processed and delivered to listeners via a network of edge servers. ...

What are unlisted streams ? "Unlisted stream" is a feature that can be used to host a stream that is publicly available, but is not listed on our site or included in search engine results. It requires a user to have the a direct link to the conten...