The input of the direct stream URL becomes relevant if you need to configure your own web player or an app or for manually entering of the stream address into a media player or when saving the URL to favorite stations list.
Basically a web radio stream URL consists of:
and results in the following URL-structure:
http(s)://server-host:server-port/stream-name
Example: http://rs16.stream24.net:8000/horeb.mp3
If your stream server is running on HTTP standard port 80 or HTTPS standard port 443, the colon and port number can be omitted:
http://rs16.stream24.net/horeb.mp3
https://rs16.stream24.net/horeb.mp3
As a stream24-customer you will find your individual stream URL in the login area under Server Administration.
Similar to .pdf-files which are opened with Acrobat Reader or .docx-documents opened by Word, there are a lot of software players or apps available for the playback of Internet radios in addition to the classic browser-based web players.
By clicking on a so-called playlist start file (PLS / M3U / ASX), the player is automatically started on visitor's device and the radio streams starts playing.
The most popular media players are:
The following explanations will help you to create your own startup files in order to display them additionally as "tune-in links" on your website.
PLS Link file creation [PLS Demo]
1. Prepare locally a new file with suffix .pls (e.g. stream24.pls)
2. Open this file with a text-editor (e.g. notepad, wordpad)
3. Copy the following content into:
4. Replace only the placeholder {STREAM-URL} with your own Stream-URL (details about Stream-URL see above)
5. Save the file, transfer it to your web server and link to it per text or icon image
M3U Link file creation [M3U Demo]
1. Create locally a new file with suffix .m3u (e.g. stream24.m3u)
2. Open this file with a text-editor (e.g. notepad, wordpad)
3. Copy the following content into:
4. Replace only the placeholder {STREAM-URL} with your own Stream-URL (details about Stream-URL see above)
5. Save the file, transfer it to your web server and link to it per text or icon image
ASX Link file creation [ASX Demo]
1. Create locally a new file with suffix .asx (e.g. stream24.asx)
2. Open this file with a text-editor (e.g. notepad, wordpad)
3. Copy the following content into:
4. Replace only the placeholder {STREAM-URL} with your own Stream-URL (details about Stream-URL see above)
5. Save the file, transfer it to your web server and link to it per text or icon image