{"id":90,"date":"2020-03-10T15:40:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=90"},"modified":"2020-03-10T16:09:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T16:09:24","slug":"server-type-automatic-metadata","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/knowledge-base\/radio\/server-type-automatic-metadata\/","title":{"rendered":"Server type: Automatic (Metadata)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This method allows to read the song titles from the metadata of the stream. Is based on the standard <strong>ICY metadata.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-10-at-16.32.11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-10-at-16.32.11.png 359w, https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-10-at-16.32.11-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Once added the MP3\/AAC stream URL and selected the Metadata option for the titles, the titles should appear instantly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>More info and troubleshooting<\/h3>\n<p>This uses a <strong>server side connection<\/strong>, which means that your web server requires to connect through the same port of your stream.<\/p>\n<p>So, if your stream URL is for example<\/p>\n<p><strong><em> https:\/\/servername.com:1234\/stream<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your port is &#8220;1234&#8221; and your website server has to allow connections on this port. <strong>Ony your hosting provider can verify this setting and eventually open the port for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most of the streams can use this method,<\/strong> which saves you any further setting, and is usually a standard for any streaming provider.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If it doesn&#8217;t work<\/strong> (no titles appear and the port is open) probably your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>streaming<\/strong><\/span> provider is not publishing the &#8220;icy&#8221; metadata.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Side info:<\/strong> ICY stands for I Can Yell. ICYcast was also the name of the &#8220;beta&#8221; builds of SHOUTcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This method allows to read the song titles from the metadata of the stream. Is based on the standard ICY metadata. &nbsp; Once added the MP3\/AAC stream URL and selected the Metadata option for the titles, the titles should appear instantly. More info and troubleshooting This uses a server side connection, which means that your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[5],"class_list":["post-90","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/90"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/90\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erplayer.pro.radio\/manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}