This page contains information on installing, setting up and configuring MetaRadio. If you need help with something not contained in these articles, please contact us directly with your query.
This page is currently a work-in-progress, and articles are being added progressively.
General
- Installing MetaRadio Standalone
- Installing and Configuring the MetaRadio WordPress Plugin
- Datetime Formatting String Setup
- RDS Formatting Strings
- Debug Logfiles
Automation/Playout System Setup
- ACR Cloud (Standalone or WordPress Direct)
- Dalet 5.1e
- Dalet Galaxy
- iAutomate
- iMediaTouch
- Jazler RadioStar 2
- mAirList
- PlayIt Live
- Configure your automation system to use this template, and use the GenericIP or GenericFile Station input in MetaRadio.
- PlayoutONE
- ProppFrexx OnAir
- RadioBOSS
- RadioDJ
- RCS Zetta
- RCS NexGen
- Rivendell 3
- Connect MetaRadio to Port 34289 on your Rivendell 3 server
- SAM Broadcaster
- Simian Pro 2.3
- Scott Studio SS32
- StationPlaylist Studio Pro
- WideOrbit Radio Automation
- Create a ‘Now Playing Event Driver’ to save the standard XML file, and then point MetaRadio to this file on your PC
- ZaraRadio 1.6.2
- Generic Automation Systems
- Configure your automation system to use this template, and either make it save to a file on disk, or send to a TCP socket. When you configure MetaRadio, select ‘GenericFile’ or ‘GenericIP’. You can configure the port number in MetaRadio when you select ‘GenericIP’.
RDS Encoder Configuration
- UECP
- 2wcom C02 & C04
- Audemat FMB80 & FMB50
- Audessence
- BreakawayOne
- Deva SmartGen
- Inovonics
- Pira RDS
- StereoTool
- Nautel
- Omnia 7
- Omnia 9sg
- Omnia 9XE
Other Outputs
- WordPress
- WordPress API Documentation
- HTML-only Song Finder
- Icecast
- Shoutcast
- TuneIn Radio
- Radioplayer
- Telos Z/IP Stream
- Use this LUA template in the Telos Z/IP Stream
- iBiquity HD Radio
- Generic HTTP GET & POST endpoints
- Generic JSON files
- Custom TCP Output
- Custom Text File Output
- FTP Uploaded Text Files
- Orban Opticodec
- All In Media Radio App API
- Streamguys Icecast
- Use the ‘IcecastStreamguys’ output to send album art along with title/artist to Streamguys Web Player v3.
- SiriusXM
- Fraunhofer ContentServer
- Configure a JSON RPC endpoint on your ContentServer, and direct MetaRadio to this endpoint
- Paneda DAB
- On the Paneda website, obtain a token for the virtual provider in question. The token need the permission ‘upload Pad‘. Add this to the ‘Password’ field in MetaRadio. After creating the PAD source under input sources, you will find the POST URL to use at the bottom of the page. (e.g. https://lab-1.paneda.tech/api/pad/test-source). Enter this URL into MetaRadio.
- Onair2 WordPress Theme:
- Use this URL (http://example.com/metaradiofeed/station-name) to connect into Onair2 – it contains the now playing data
Debug Log Files
MetaRadio contains detailed debug, info and error logging. These files are saved in C:\ProgramData\Media Realm\MetaRadio\. C:\ProgramData is a hidden folder in Windows, so you may need to enable viewing hidden files before you can navigate to this directory.
The latest log file is always called “MetaRadio.log”. At midnight, this file is renamed to contain yesterday’s date. Log files are kept for 14 days before being deleted.
These log files are often needed by our support team when we are trying to debug issues with different third-party systems. If we request these log files, please send them via email.
RDS Formatting Strings
When configuring a RDS Output, you can enter a ‘Format String’ – this is a special field that allows you to define what text displays in the RDS RadioText field whenever a song is playing. You can enter any text into this field, but there are also two special ‘merge codes’ (think of these like placeholders in a Mail Merge).
Generic RDS Merge Codes:
- {TITLE}
- {ARTIST}
Audemat RDS Merge Codes:
- <ITEM.TITLE>
- <ITEM.ARTIST>
2wcom RDS Merge Codes:
- TITLE
- ARTIST
- STRING1
- STRING2
- STRING3
With 2wcom, separate each of these five strings with a “+” symbol. You can enter arbitrary text into the ‘String 1’, ‘String 2’, and ‘String 3’ fields.
Custom Text File Merge Fields
When using the Custom Text File output, you may use any of the following merge fields:
- {TITLE}
- {ARTIST}
- {ALBUM}
- {DURATIONSECS}
- {STARTTIMELOCAL}
- {PLAYOUTID}
- {ITEMCODE}
- {ISRC} – Currently only supported by Rivendell 3, and ZaraRadio in ID3 mode
Unicode Character Substitution
RDS does not support Unicode, so if your automation system contains non-latin characters, you may ordinarily have trouble showing this on your RDS encoder.
MetaRadio now has a solution to this – we have a special conversion table which allows conversion of unusual unicode characters to plain ol’ ASCII characters.
This translation table is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Media Realm\MetaRadio\rds_unicode_replacement.txt
Each line indicates a Unicode decimal value, and the corresponding replacement ASCII character. You can edit this yourself to add extra characters, or contact us for assistance with your language.
Future releases will update this file with a more comprehensive list of characters. If you edit this file yourself, please keep a backup copy.
