This article will guide you through the different sections of your station in Revma.com
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Under Listeners, you are able to view the listener stats regarding based on the average connections and the average listening time hourly connected sessions for pre-defined time-frames. Click on the drop-down menu and select between : today, last 7 days yesterday and same day last 30 daysweek.
If you have already broadcasted content with meta-datametadata, the Last played tracks info will be visible rendering the last 5 tracks that aired through your station.
Lastly, under Stream URLs you can locate the links that direct to your station’s stream. More information on the Stream Url’s will be found in the corresponding section bellow
Analytics
A Station owner will have the option to get analytics reports through the Analytics section. To get a report, you will first need to choose the period of time for which you wish this report to be generated. Under the “period” section, first choose between the ones given (if you choose “custom”, you will need to also specify the dates) and click on “get analytics”. This will take time according to how large the report is.
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This is where you can locate the links that direct to your station’s stream.
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For the HLS stream URL to work, the media format of a stream must be AAC.
Relays
This is where you can create relay stations that rebroadcast your main station and view or delete already existing ones. Upon clicking on Create Relay, you can either set up a simple relay that mirrors the settings of the main station or choose to create a transcoding relay, in which case you can choose among more options to edit.
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More For more information on relays, please check: https://rcsworks.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RSP/pages/93225359/Revma+Station+Types#Relay-Stations |
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Here is where you can find your station’s Stream Name (useful for Radiojar’s API system), as well as an IFrame based player, players solutions provided:
API-based player: to get one of these portal based API players in your website, click on the option to “Get the API widget” and follow the instructions (some developing skills will be required). There are three versions of the player: The minimal player which only provides a play button, the minimal player with a mute/unmute option and the full player which displays the artist/track name & station logo as well as the option to adjust the volume.
IFrame-based player: a simpler widget which you can use in your website by copying and pasting the embedded code. You will also be able to configure the player to render the song that is now playing, as well as disable the autoplay functionality of the player.
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Playlist
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This feature is only available in Loop channel Stations |
The playlist feature, allows you to upload a number of tracks to your Loop channel station, that will air whenever an encoder is not connected at least one listener is connected to the stream and/or another source is not being relayed. If, for any reason, the connection of the encoder(s) to the server is lost, the playlist will take over and air the content you have uploaded, either in the order you have set, or shuffled.
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In case no listeners are connected, the stream will remain idle and will spawn when at least one listener connects
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The first step is to upload content. After clicking on the “Upload Audio” option, you can either drag & drop, browse from your computer or Add a Media URL to a static mp3 file.
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Under Broadcast, the first table is the Master link. This is where you will find the broadcasting and server credentials that will allow you to stream via your station using any Icecast V2 compatible encoder.
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. The “Server Address” is to be used in the primary source and the “Failover Server Address” in the optional secondary source.
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If two sources are being used on a station (Primary & Secondary/Failover) the audio settings [audio format (for example mp3), bitrate (for example 128kbps) and samplerate (for example 44.100)] need to be the same for both. |
The Master link credentials are only available in Streaming only stations.
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You are also able to restart or shutdown the station. Restarting will cause a momentary silence on the stream, whereas shutdown will cause the station to remain off air.
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The “serve over HTTPS” feature, allows your station’s stream to be served as a secure url. By default, it is set to active, as many modern browsers and players have this requirement.
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Due to the Fact that Loop channel Stations have an “auto-start” and “auto-shutdown” function enhanced, there is no Shut Down option in Settings>Advanced.
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Following, the Stream Configuration settings allow you to tailor the timings of your stream in various aspects. More information on the specifics here: Stream Configuration Settings
In this section one can also find the option to have the stream serve under the HTTPS protocol as well as to enable fragmented MP4 delivery method, which will work only if the stream has AAC encoding. Click on the “Update settings” option for any changes made to be saved.
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There are some players (eg. VLC) that will not display metadata when the stream is set to serve under the HTTPS protocol. |
The Output media format and the Output bit rate options, are only available in Loop channel stations. For more information on the differences between the station types, have a look here: https://rcsworks.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RSP/pages/edit-v2/93225359
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This option is only available in Streaming only station that contain no relay
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In Delete Station is where the station can be permanently deleted. Before you proceed in deleting a station, the service will request the re-typing of the station’s name.
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Only an owner of the station (account admin) can perform this action |
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People
In the people section is where you can invite staff to be able to manage the station. The invitations are sent via email.
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Events
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The event logs that can be viewed in this page represent specific actions that take place in regards to a station (eg. encoder connection, metadata triggers). For a more detailed description of the events, have a look here: Revma Events