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Radio Tutorials

Getting Started

Create a radio


ARCbot.com members have the ability to take advantage of our radio hosting service UTuneIn directly from their ARCbot control panel account. This allows you to start and stop your radio stream from the ARCbots panel, and links your radio to your ARCBot account. To take advantage of this offer login to your account and look for "Create a Radio Station" and choose the plan and option you desire. Pay attention to the price rates, you will be making a payment soon for your selection. When you have made your decision, click 'Create radio account'.


After clicking 'Create radio account' you will be presented with a notification displaying important information. Do not forget it!

New radio information
ARCbot username & ID



The information contains the login link and information you will use to access your radio dashboard. (https://s2.utune.in/) All radio accounts are managed via this link. Keep your login information private and do not share it with anyone! Support staff do not need it and will never request it. If they do, report it!

Your username and admin password will be used to login to the radio manager.
Your Source/Broadcast password will be used to stream music from third party DJ software.

From this point, your radio is ACTIVE and will be SUSPENDED in 30 minutes if a payment is not made.

Paying radio



To make a payment, go to our chatroom and look for the ARCbot in the room. You will be transferring the amount of xats that correspond to the radio hosting plan you previously selected. In the transfer message, put your radio username and in the xats section put the number of xats you are sending. Enter you your xat password and click transfer. Your radio will then be paid and will not be suspended.

Your radio manager will display the date the radio is set to expire, and will allow you to add available time to the radio in the same location. Additionally, you can also start, stop, or delete your radio stream and can also skip the current song. For additional features, you will need to login to the radio server.

Radio Information



Radio Settings

File Manager Link

To edit your radio settings, you will need the link your ARCbot panel provided to you earlier (https://s2.utune.in) and the username and admin password.
Note:This is not the source/broadcast password. Click here for additional information.

Adding Files
Add Files

After logging into the radio panel you will see your stream status page. This page contains the tools necessary to start, stop, restart, and pause your stream as well as the additional settings available for you to modify. To add music to your radio, you will need to go to the file manager. The file manager is the starting point for any music file you wish to add to your radio.

It's important to remember that you will need to have the media file for the songs you wish to upload to your radio on your computer to upload them to the radio server. Once at the file manager, you will see all the files listed on your account. To upload new files, look for the Upload button on the bottom of the screen. Search for your file on your hard disk, and upload it to the server.


Creating Playlists
Playlists

UtuneIn allows you to create playlists to store different music files. By default, one of these playlists are automatically set to load for auto DJ, so pay attention to what playlist you are creating or editing.

Create and save new playlist


Near the file manager link, look for the "Playlists" link. This will bring you to the playlist manager where you will see all the playlists you have created on your account. To create a new playlist, click "Create playlist".
You will need to name your playlist, and click save. Unless you wish to modify your playlist settings, the default settings should be fine.



Media Library

The Media Library allows you to place media files inside playlists very easily. You can simply click on a file name (or album name) and drag it to the corresponding playlist that you wish. Make sure to save your settings before leaving the media library!

Media Library



Chat Radio Configuration

Finding your Stream URL
Quick Links


Your stream url is the URL used to access your stream. It is also what you will need to get your radio station on your xat chat group. After logging into your radio account, look for the Quick Links link on the navigation bar.
On the quick links page look for the section titled "Your streaming server index page". The link here is your streaming link.
Note: Remove index.html/ and use: /; (example: http://154.16.113.20:8744/;)

Putting the radio on Xat
Edit your chat

To put your new radio in your xat chat, you will need to first click 'edit your chat' on the bottom right of the chat (above sign out). On the Edit Your Chat page look for radio station textfield. If you see group powers, you have scrolled too far!

Update



Enter your stream URL and click "Update these options". Thats it! Your radio will now work in your chat! If your stream is started, you should hear music.

Placing an order on UTUNE.IN

Please visit our radio website at the https://utunein.net/ address and scroll down a bit until you can see "Radio hosting plans". You can choose either "Single plans" or "Reseller plans". For personal use, please choose "Single plan". You can then choose the CPanel you desire, between CentovaCast and SonicPanel. After choosing the desired panel, please click on "Start trial" button, on its right side.

Radio Plans


Next, you will have to configure the radio and input the personal details for the utune account. You can choose as much space for AutoDJ as you need, up to 100GB. Also, you will get one free month for your server, meaning you don't have to pay immediately! Choose the payment method, fill in the order details and click "Create account" at the bottom of the page.
Your utune account has been created and you can login using the email address and the password used for account creation. You should also receive an email confirmation that the account has been created. You should now wait until your radio gets activated. It shouldn't take long and you will receive an email confirmation once it is activated.

Creating an UTUNE.IN Invoice and paying for radio server

Paying for the radio server is simple. We're gonna start by going to https://utune.in/ then find on the menu above and click "BILLING LOGIN".

Utune Navbar

Input the email and the password used when created the utune.in account and login.
On https://billing.utune.in/client/, under the "Invoices" tab, click the "+Make a payment" button.

Utune Payment

Input the amount of xats you need to pay and then click "Continue"

Utune Payment Amount

Under "Payment" tab, please check "Xats Payment (arcbots)" and click "Review and Confirm" button.

Utune Payment Review

After that, click the orange "Pay now" button

Utune Payment Confirmation

In the next page that is going to appear, you will see two usernames. You have to copy the first username which starts with "blesta..." and says "Transfer to ARCbot with the following message:" and transfer to the bot in xat.com/arcbot using that username as a transfer message.

Utune Payment