You can think of it as a “PPA” or whatever your distro calls this. That can be added to the distro package manager. provides official builds of latest Icecast, packaged for various distributions, using their.In most cases packaging will also provide necessary scripts/files to make Icecast start as a service on boot.įor details please refer to the package repository section of your distribution’s fine manual. This is the preferred way to install Icecast, as distribution packaging is tuned to make Icecast fit well into your system. You can find them in main window Options->Categories.Most current Linux and Unix distributions provide either prebuilt binary packages or a way to build your own package of Icecast. Make sure that it points to a existing folder, otherwise you could get some errors when importing the audio files.Īfter you’ve customized the settings, you can proceed with categories.
One important setting to check, is the album art folder. For this, go to Options (bottom menu) and again Options in the new window. If the database is created successfully, you can now close “Database Setup.exe” and start “RadioDJ.exe”, which is the main program (it’s a good idea to create a shortcut on your desktop to this application).Įven if we tried to release the program with the best settings, it’s a good idea to check them and make sure they are right for your needs. Again, we made a video about how to use this utility: This utility will create the database for you and will allow you to do many database related tasks, such as backup or restore. In RadioDJ folder, locate the “Setup” folder and open “Database Setup.exe”. This is the best place for the program, because in many cases, on systems with security settings set too high, the windows will prevent RadioDJ to access its files. Unzip the content to your “C” partition, so you will have “C:\RadioDJ”. Most of the times, you’ll find the program archived, without an installer, that’s because it easier to update it from one version to another. For this, download the newest version of our program from the downloads page.
If MySQL server is installed and running, the next step is to install RadioDJ. For this purpose, we need to install MySQL, a free database server that can be downloaded from here.Ī short video tutorial about installing the MySQL server can be seen here: In order to operate, RadioDJ needs a database to store all the data about your tracks, rotations, playlists, events etc.
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