Step 6 - Confirmation & Tuning

1) Confim that you radio works by:

a) playing some music

b) Open the winamp (5.x or higher) and Add URL http://111.222.033.044:8000 (replace 111.222.033.044 with you real external ip and don't forget to add ":8000" after)
Now you know that your radio works just in your nework (LAN).

c) Ask a friend (that acces internet from other internet provider) to listen your broadcast by adding the same url in his winamp.

d) Go to www.Shoutcast.com and search "your station name". If you see that you are listed there, then means that you are now for sure a radio broadcaster.

2) Make you station more accessible

a) Go to FREE HOSTING Directory

b) Select yourself a free hosting provider with instant sign up and with a ftp acount.

c) In your internet browser open http://111.222.033.044:8000/ (you know to replce the ip) and you will se your station details. Click right to "listen" link and select "save target as" and save listen.pls file on the desktop.

d) Connect to your ftp server and upload listen.pls file.

e) Now people can acces your broadcast by going to http://yourfreeacount.freehostprovider.com/listen.pls instead of http://111.222.033.044:8000/ .

That's all the basic tips to broadcast online your own radio.

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