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2. We suggest listing the genres and artists you play frequently as part of your station description You can change your station description as often as you d like to reflect changes in your broadcast 3 KEYWORDS 128 CHARACTER MAX Keywords are extremely important in search so make sure that you utilize them fully and choose them carefully Adjust your keywords frequently to see how you can affect your search results placement Try using artist names genres buzzwords and your station s location in your keywords D ALTERNATE STATION INFO Your station may be listed on some platforms and partner sites with limited text character support that cannot display certain European or Asian character sets and other special characters Here you can insert alternate text that will be used on those devices 5 GENRES Here you can chose your station s primary genres as well as two secondary genres that your station will be found under e YOUR BROADCAST S FORMAT This is where you can set the format of the audio on your broadcast 128kbps is the highest quality format that is currently available Tracks that you upload must match this format B STATION PAGE LINK From this link you can customize some of the items on your station page that is available to listeners Page 42 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide H CONTACT This is your station s basic contact information Keep in mind this in
3. YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS You can list your favorite artists to be shown on your broadcaster profile You can choose to hide or show this information 5 YOUR FAVORITE ALBUMS You can list your favorite albums to be shown on your broadcasters profile You can choose to hide or show this information 6 YOUR FAVORITE LIVE365 BROADCASTERS You can list your favorite Live365 stations Be sure to use their username These stations will replace the default Also Try stations on your station page and broadcaster profile You can choose to hide or show this information 7 YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITES You can list your favorite websites You can choose to hide or show this information D ADVANCED The advanced link gives you access to extra controls to further fine tune your station and its content 1 PRO POINTS REWARDS PROGRAM PRO ONLY This is Live365 s ad revenue sharing program available to our professional broadcasters You can change your participation in the program here 2 PREMIUM DISTRIBUTION AVAILABILITY This allows you to have your station listed in the full distribution network or to just the main Live365 network Page 44 LIVE XII Broadcasting Reference Guide 3 MAXIMUM LISTENERS You can set the maximum amount of simultaneous listeners that are allowed to connect to your station This is helpful if you are looking to regulate your listening hours for monetary reasons or if
4. Broadcasting Reference Guide This guide is designed for Live365 broadcasters as areference guide only It is not intended for public release and in no way provides legal advice or guidance LIVE k HUME OCCU Le e DE 7 M MSCS Al Ee TRE 7 MEE Ge le ee er 7 lso o E Pm AO 7 Whe Broadcast Status Tab rn M 7 Broadcast Status Pase ne E 8 B Broadcast Status Page Definitions Left Column of Status Page 8 JU e o O SEI A O E oo o A 8 Dig AA 9 SNR cerea aM 9 ae COUETTE ONO E A o t 3 Ss TLA CUO ta Mind QUES MEE UU Um 9 SEE CUNEN PIVS E 9 Ie SPLENA DONA N ME 9 ee 10 AUN ee 10 10 SVEN VW CUS o BE 11 11 o EEN 11 12 MACK POWE ie 11 13 VP REWI O EE 11 14 Pro Points Rewards Program PRO ON 11 15 DEMS AUST PP 11 16 UG 11 17 A A io N E ENER 12 18 Wd 12 19 PAG edi MUTET E 12 20 Elgar Lo e AGE SOON CD 12 21 PRO Custom Player Link Info PRO broadcasters only 12 We Broadcast status SIDES soewersacaupeseumesteneinsesnonepeuieneacteaeeins UERSUM tn cssneanntseduetedeaadanndenagatancessoueacetnbate 12 A Yesterday from top to DOLO entonado idea 12 1 WO C
5. Personal broadcasters login 7 Player Link 13 Playlist Live365 Playlist 32 Playlist is too short 36 Playlists 30 Plays Tracks Like 41 Preferences 33 Pre roll Station IDs 43 Pro broadcasters login 7 Pro Points 12 42 PROMO 22 ProPoints 10 Opt in and out 10 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide PSA 22 R Rating Formula 19 Ratings 11 Relay 11 39 Removing Tracks from Playlist 32 Reward Program 15 S Scheduler 12 33 37 Search Amazon 28 Segue 33 Sorting 19 Soundexchange 14 Soundexchange reports See Soundexchange statement See Billing Profile Station Description 40 Station IDs 42 Station Page Image 41 Station Page Visits 14 Status 9 See Controls Store URL 27 Streams Launched 13 Studio365 29 Studio365 Loader 29 Switch Broadcast Mode 38 SX Member 28 T Tail 33 TALK 22 Title 9 23 39 See My Profile TLH 10 13 15 Page 51 Too many consecutive tracks by the same artist 35 Too many consecutive tracks from same album 35 Too many tracks from a single album 35 Too many tracks from a single artist 35 Total Listening Hours 13 See TLH Total Streams Launched 13 Track 23 Track Info Editor 20 metadata 20 Track Power Ratings 11 14 See Tracks track ratings 17 Track Type Legend 22 Tracks 16 Tracks Legend 16 U Upload 17 usernames See Billing Profile V Violation Messages 35 VIP
6. Name of the label that released the track E HOW TO IDENTIFY MARKETING LABEL The Marketing Label is the name of the company that markets the album which contains the sound recording Sometimes it is difficult to identify the Marketing Label on a CD but here are some examples that should help you correctly identify the Marketing Label Page 23 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Marketing Label on a Promo Single MARKETING LABELS Marketing Label on a Full Length Album MARKETING LABEL CATALOG NUMBER uU O w o o h2 LP m o MN TIT L Page 24 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Marketing Label on a Compilation Album MARKETING LABEL 080 238 AOTIVEM WASTING TIME ree P D WHAT YOU DONT KNOW SAY IT AGAIN ECOSYSTEM GOING NORTH GET ME BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS JUST BREATHE DOUBLE WORK RESULTS TAKE TIME LET ME BE CLEAR PAYCHECK In 19 i Il G COVER This is a thumbnail of the image that will show while the track is playing You can check the No Image Available box to show the default Live365 image H COPYRIGHT This is the copyright owner s of the album or track This can be the same as the label though not always l HOW TO IDENTIFY COPYRIGHT OWNER Copyright Owner on a Full Length Album Copyright Owner information on an individual CD is usually provided in the copyright notice on the retail album This means that the Copyright Owne
7. Track Album or filename 20 PLAY BUTTONS Clicking the play button allows you to listen to a portion of the track 21 RATING FORMULA Page 19 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Buy Wishlist Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Left the station Power Rating BUY 5 Cl while track was playing Sorin Value 10 5 t3 3 0 1 Total 22 BR FR ST Shows you the Bitrate Frequency Stereo Mode of the file 23 ADDED Shows you the date that the track was uploaded 24 LENGTH Shows you the length in minutes and seconds of the uploaded file 25 MONTHLY LOGS LINKS You can generate SoundExchange logs from these links This is especially helpful if you are reporting directly to SoundExchange Vi TRACK INFO EDITOR The Track Info Editor page can be accessed by clicking the image next to the track information from the Tracks page From this page you can edit a track s metadata Page 20 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Track Info Editor Screenshot Track Info Editor o required field File Name Active Child Hanging on www mrtzcmp3 net mp3 Track type MUSIC Musi clother DSRP audio lr Q Shortcuts to Fill in Track Info gt Search Amazon Q Artist Active Child i gt Search Amazon compilations 7 Track Hanging On gt Convert file name using Album You Are All See MP3 file name format x Label Vagrant Records US A Q gt import fro
8. f you change this URL you will need to change the Cover URL Amazon only allows usage of its cover art on tracks that point to the Amazon store O DSRP Digital Sound Recording Performance or SoundExchange status Helpful to broadcasters who report directly to SoundExchange Allows them to tag a track as H SX MEMBER This track s sound recording rights are owned by a member of SoundExchange This will automatically be applied to any Track Type marked as MUSIC but can be changed 2 EXEMPT Marks a track as exempt from sound recording royalties This could be a jingle or segue If you have set the Track Type as anything other than music we will automatically set your DSRP to Exempt 3 WAIVED Reports that the station has received permission from the copyright owner to have the sound recording royalties waived for this particular track No sound recording royalties will be paid on this track Broadcasters are recommended to keep good records of permissions given for waived tracks Broadcasters should keep in mind that many times the artists are not the sound recording copyright holders and cannot waive rights not held Page 28 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide D SHORTCUTS TO FILL IN TRACK INFO i Search Amazon Search Amazon compilations 1 This allows you to search the Amazon database for the proper track metadata D SEARCH AMAZON When you use these options to popul
9. upgrade 1 VIP listeners unlimited G 34 hours in the last 30 days All 15 hours 14 minutes edit analyze Ad Domain Custom What are ad domains Now Playing r Atlas Genius When It Was Now Sass Drum of Desi Get Found 3 05 833 Dont EP Ale Fitzplessure 3 35 An Awesome Wave Why are tracks different Refresh playlist IP Port 216 235 91 31 22194 Current Listeners 0 Standard listeners as of 14 46 03 PT Station Page www live385 com stations earmuse view play edit Broadcaster Profile www live385 com profiles earmuse view edit Tools Cee Wage Basic Broadcast change 0 Overall Favorite Station selections 0 VIP Favorite Station selections 4 Presets nia average 0 votes May 31 13 862 MB used out of 10000 MB update edit Track Power Ratings See how listeners rate your tracks View your track ratings 30 03 based on 8 07 VIP listening hours 0 00 based on 0 One Time Rewards Bounties 9 Your VIP Rewards Detail What are VIP Rewards Broadcaster Rewards Toolkit 1 points this month 11 total rollover points What is the Pro Points Rewards Program Settings earn for ads Pro Points Rewards Detail t Available view edit example instructions Station Image Profile Image 8 edit e edit Beta New Music edit t mccamy stoddard shoegaze edit Standard edit 2 sf See more info on custom players station broadcaster earmuse DJ name station id
10. Check button to save the changes in the current playlist or you can click the Save As amp Check button to save the changes as a new playlist a HEAD TAIL SEGUE BUTTONS The buttons directly below your Locker and selected playlist allow you to listen to different parts of a track or the transition between one track and another This can help you make your track transitions clean To listen to the beginning of a track just highlight the track in your library and click Head To listen to the end of a track just highlight the track in your library and click Tail To listen to the transition from the highlighted to the next track in the playlist just highlight the track and click the Segue button You can change the length of the preview under the Preferences button below 10 ALLOW THE SAME TRACK MULTIPLE TIMES DROPDOWN You can allow or disallow letting the same track appear multiple times in a single playlist For example you may want to have a high rotation track play many times in the same playlist You may also have an ID or sweeper that you would like to appear multiple times in the same playlist 11 MINIMIZE WARNING MESSAGES Minimizes the messages that are displayed to you regarding manipulating your playlist 12 PREFERENCES There are a number of preferences you can set by clicking this button A LOCKER DIMENSIONS You can set the size of the locker and
11. Emm 47 4 Studio365 Loader All Mac Operating Systems 47 Mportant Contact normati eege Een 47 INS Sr Mal OFFICES sorna india 47 k PRC e 47 MEE EE 48 RC ODE m M R P 48 Customer UD C 48 E o 48 Za HE 48 ME unc E 48 Ip 49 Page 6 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide I INTRODUCTION This is a reference guide for the Live365 broadcasting services This guide is organized by the tabs and sub tab links found on the Live365 broadcaster administration area Each main tab and sub tab links are referenced from left to right with their content referenced from top to bottom Note that any references to licensing or other issues are not to be considered legal advice Table of Contents o Topics in the table of contents can be clicked to go directly to that topic Index o An alphabetical list of subjects can be found in the index at the end of the document IP LOGGING IN A PRO BROADCASTERS Pro Broadcasters can login directly from their Partner page at www live365 com partner For quick return access you can check the Remember Me box and bookmark the page in your browser B ALL BROADCASTERS Both Pro and Personal broadcasters can login anywhere on the Live365 website by clicking the Log and click the My Broadcast link at the top of
12. Rewards 12 W Waived 28 web tools 7 Web Upload 30 widget 11 Y Yesterday 13 Your Favorite Albums 42 Your Favorite Artists 42
13. any new VIPs your station drives 14 PRO POINTS REWARDS PROGRAM PRO ONLY This shows you how many points you have earned this month and in total Currently 500 000 points equals a payout of 1 000 You can click on the Settings earn for ads to see an overview of the program You can click on Pro Points Rewards Detail to see detailed statistics on your rewards and Pro Points 15 SCHEDULER This is a link to where you can schedule playlists and shows for your station as well as a link to instructions on using your scheduler 16 GRAPHICS LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide From here you can view your current station image and profile image You can click the edit links to upload new images or to crop existing ones 17 DESCRIPTION This is your station description as it shows up on the Live365 network 18 KEYWORDS This is where you can enter words that will be picked up by our search engine to show your Station in the results when listeners type them into the search box These are not listener facing words but they are picked up by our search engine 19 AD CONTENT From here you can edit the type of advertising content that is allowed on your station There are 3 categories Adult content Hard liquor and Tobacco products You can block them completely or you can allow for your listeners to choose their own settings 20 BROADCAST SERVER This is the two letter identifier of your current broadcast server Th
14. column shows you how many streams were launched by listeners from your chosen geo area TLH column shows the amount of TLH from your chosen geo area 2 REWARD PROGRAM This link takes you to pages that describe the different ways that you can earn money through Live365 It also links to pages that have information on marketing your station to drive higher listenership There are currently 2 types of rewards that are offered to Personal broadcasters and 3 offered to Professional broadcasters See www live365 com bcrewards about live VIP Bounty Rewards 2596 credit for VIP sales attributed to your station a Further information at http www live365 com bcrewards about live VIP Subscription Share Rewards Pool that is divided up to stations based on the stations VIP listenership a Further information at http www live365 com bcrewards about2 live Pro 3 LINKS The Links link is a list of direct links to billing information tools and information V TRACKS TAB Page 15 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide The Tracks tab has tools for anything track related This includes uploading tracks viewing tracks information and ratings viewing how much storage you are using how many files you have uploaded and editing track metadata A TRACKS LEGEND Legend WS track Info Error Alert Track is missing information Please click on track title to open the Track Info Editor and c
15. gives you more real time flexibility with your playlists and going on the mic SR RELAY ADVANCED In this mode you already have your own server running and would like to relay this server s audio through your Live365 server This is useful for established stations to tap into Live365 s distribution network without having to disrupt your current solution XI MY PROFILE TAB From the My Profile tab you can control and edit many of your listener facing pages including your Broadcaster Profile and your Station Page These are public pages that listeners can find when searching via Live365 or the web in general Many times these pages return higher than your actual website so make sure they are filled out and updated A DIRECTORY LINK 1 STATION TITLE 25 CHARACTER MAX Your station title is the way most listeners will identify your station so make it a good one A station s title should be unique so you might want to search Live365 to make sure the title you re choosing hasn t already been taken Page 41 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Your station title is very important in search so take care to choose a title that will help users find your station You can edit your station title but we recommend you do so infrequently so as not to confuse listeners 2 STATION DESCRIPTION 255 CHARACTER MAX The station description is very important in search so craft your description carefully
16. in your Live365 locker D ALL FIELDS DROP DOWN Let s you refine your search to specific categories a GO BUTTON This needs to be clicked to show the results when you change the parameters in the drop down box 10 RESULTS PAGES Shows you your current page as well as how many pages in total You can navigate to specific pages by clicking on the number or the Next link Clicking All will show you all of your track results on a single page The page could take a while to load if you have a lot of tracks 11 UNCHECK ALL Page 18 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Unchecks all of the tracks checkboxes on the page 12 CHECK ALL Checks all of the tracks checkboxes on the page 13 CHECK IMAGE Checks all of the tracks that have the different warning images 14 LOOKUP TRACK INFO BUTTON Makes a best guess on what the proper metadata for the track is This uses Amazon s database 15 APPROVE TRACK INFO LINK Approves auto filled track information 16 DELETE BUTTON Deletes any tracks you have checked 17 GUESS TRACK INFO BUTTON Guesses the track information for any checked tracks based on the file naming convention chosen in the MP3 file name format drop down 18 MP3 FILE NAME FORMAT Allows you to choose the file naming convention for your tracks for the Guess Track Info feature 19 SORTING The list of tracks can be sorted based on Artist
17. listener maximum you may want to consider upgrading your broadcast package by clicking on the upgrade link Personal only Professional broadcasters will need to contact support D TLH TOTAL LISTENING HOURS Shows you the number of hours that your station has been listened to over the last 30 days TLH is calculated as 1 listener tuning in for 1 hour For example if you have 10 listeners that listen for a full hour it would be 10 listening hours ATH Aggregate Tuning Hours is also used to describe this metric 6 CURRENT PLAYLIST This row shows the name of the current playlist in italics followed by the length of that playlist in hours and minutes You can click the edit button to edit the current playlist You can click the analyze button to use the playlist analyzer which is helpful in making sure that the playlist tracks metadata album art artist name track name album name etc is filled out and that your playlist is DMCA compliant See DMCA Rules 7 SELECT AN AD DOMAIN By default your station will be included in the Live365 ad network If you are a Pro station you are enrolled in the Pro Points ad revenue program as well Pro stations may opt in and out of the program by clicking on the My Profile tab at the top of the page and then clicking the Advanced link LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Personal stations receive lower pricing based on being a part of the Live365 ad netwo
18. station page since you started your station E GEO STATISTICS LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide This shows you whether your package comes with Geo Statistics Currently all current broadcast packages come with Geo Statistics Visit your Geo Statistics page by clicking the details link F TRACK POWER RATINGS Click the details link to view your listeners least and favorite tracks G LEAST POPULAR TRACKS Click the details link to view a simple chart showing your least popular tracks You can use the drop down menu to have the chart show your Least Popular Tracks over the last 30 days last 7 days or last day You can check Show mp3 file names to show the track file names instead of the track s metadata information H UNDERSTANDING THE CHART Loss Rate The percentage of listeners who left while the track was playing Tot Listeners Total number of times the track has been listened to Dropped Total number of listeners who left your stream while the track was playing MONTHLY LOGS PRO ONLY Here you can generate Soundexchange reports for different types of licensing arrangements for the last 3 months If you need to generate logs for earlier months please contact Customer Service This may be necessary if you are directly licensed with Soundexchange B THIS MONTH This page shows you detailed day to day statistics for your station for the current month You can a
19. that are already in playlist Your Online MP3 Tracks Crosses The Years Batman Arkham City The Album AWOLNATION Sail Back From Earth Active Child Hanging On You Are All See Active Child Playing House You Are All See Alex Clare Up All Night The Lateness Of The Hour Alpine Hands On Feel Trips Amy Lavere Damn Love Song Stranger Me Anchor and Braille In With the New Quiet Life Arcade Fire The Suburbs The Suburbs Arctic Monkeys Library Pictures Suck It And See Atlas Genius Back Seat When It Was Now Atoms for Peace Ingenue AMOK Bahamas Okay Alright m Alive Barchords Bass Drum of Death Get Found Baby Dont EP Beach Fossils Face lt What a Pleasure EP Beach Fossils What a Pleasure What a Pleasure EP Bear Hands Cant Stick Em Burning Bush Supper Club Lm gt Tracks 236 of 236 shown era Tat GEJA es IA wM J gt LJ an E Up GA a Dow or Vishufie Earlimart 97 Heart Attack System Preferences Escort Cocaine Blues Cocaine Blues Single Fitz and the Tantrums Out of My League More Than Just Jack White Love Interruption Blunderbuss Jack White Sixteen Saltines Blunderbuss Kimbra Plain Gold Ring Vows little hurricane Crocodile Tears homewrecker Mark Lanegan The Gravediggers Song Blues Funeral 2xl Muse Supremacy 2nd Law Santigold Disparate Youth Master of My Make Believe Stars Ba
20. the fields to the values that are currently saved An example would be if you typed something by accident in one of the fields and wanted to have it revert back to what is currently saved Q DETAILED RATINGS SUB LINK The Detailed Ratings link give you more detailed information and statistics than on the Summary page The additional per track statistics available are Buy button clicks Wish list additions Thumbs Up Down votes Plays spins Drops listeners tuning out while the track is playing Loss 96 Percent of listeners that tuned out while the track is playing Vil UPLOAD There are 3 main ways to upload your tracks to your Live365 locker If you are on a windows based computer you can use either Studio365 Loader or Studio365 If you are on a Mac based computer you can use Studio365 Mac Loader You can also use the Simple Web Upload which works well for smaller batch uploads For more advanced users you can directly FTP your tracks to your Live365 locker A STUDIO365 LOADER WINDOWS Very basic batch conversion normalization and upload tool Download at http www live365 com web components content downloads studio365loader win live Tutorial http www youtube com watch v 30bldldSJ U amp featurezyoutu be B STUDIO365 LOADER MAC Very basic batch conversion normalization and upload tool Download and tutorial located at http www live365 com web components content downloads studio36
21. you are looking to drive more subscription VIP sales to generate revenue D STATION IDS There are two types of station IDs Pre roll and In stream Pre roll IDs play every time a listener clicks to play your station In stream IDs play at the beginning or end of a commercial break IDs can be uploaded just like your other tracks but need to be under 30 seconds in length You can also set them as IDs within the track editor A PRE ROLL STATION IDS You can set up to 5 different pre roll station IDs to be played randomly for both regular and VIP listeners when they click to listen to your station BI IN STREAM STATION IDS You can set up to 5 different station IDs to be played randomly for both regular and VIP listeners during a commercial break 5 AUDIO ADVERTISING This area gives you control over whether certain types of ads can be played on your station You can block the different ad types directly or you can give the listeners the option to choose Listeners can block these ads from their settings as well MY ACCOUNT The My Account link at the top right of the broadcaster administration pages allows you to edit your member and billing profile These are your internal Live365 account administration pages for doing things like changing your package updating your email and viewing your billing statement A MEMBER PROFILE LINK From this link you can Change your email address Change your passwor
22. 275476 station numeric ID Check Network Status Orum BROADCAST STATUS PAGE DEFINITIONS LEFT COLUMN OF STATUS This is the title of your station or your station name It is not your username You can call it whatever you would like It can be edited at any time just click the edit link next to your title We do recommend that you check the Live365 directory to make sure that your station name isn t already being used by another See My Profile Page 8 LIVE Page 9 Broadcasting Reference Guide 2 STATUS This is the overall status of your broadcast It can be Off the Air On the Air or Unlisted You can turn your station on and off as well as change broadcast modes by clicking the change link next to your displayed Status If your status is Unlisted you will need to check your playlist for compliance with internet radio broadcast rules See DMCA Rules You can check your playlist by clicking on the Playlists tab and then clicking the Analyzer link 3 DIRECTORY LISTING This lets you know if you are listed on the Live365 network If you are not listed then you will see a details link that you can click to see an explanation D CURRENT LISTENERS Shows you the number of current listeners total as of the time specified as well as standard vs VIP out of your package s total allowed listeners If you are coming close to your package s simultaneous
23. 5loader mac live C STUDIO365 WINDOWS Complete drag and drop management software with batch uploading capabilities Download available at http www live365 com web components content downloads studio365 win live Tutorial http www youtube com watch v HNWYbOKv6kg D DIRECT FTP ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS Page 30 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide For those comfortable using 3 party FTP programs Files need to be converted and at the proper bitrate prior to upload PDF Tutorial http downloads live365 com ftp118 cs FTP 20Upload pdf Video http www youtube com watch v zIBkDoN mobg E WEB UPLOAD ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS Simple web based upload tool which converts to the proper bitrate and normalizes on the server side Good for single file uploads Good for Mac based broadcasters VIII MUSIC LIBRARY The Music Library has tracks that can be used in your playlists These tracks are sideloaded into your locker meaning you do not actually download them The nice part is that they do not take up any of your locker space A USING THE MUSIC LIBRARY The Live365 Music Library is a secure online collection of MP3s made available by artists and labels for Live365 Broadcasters to sideload directly into their broadcasts at no charge There is no need to download the track encode and re upload Simply click the Il button and the track will be instantly available in your station s online MP3 col
24. AN See es LUCA a dista 12 2 AVerage listening TIE Del MISI uste EEA 12 3 Total Listening Hours also known as TLH or ATHEN 13 o SIV LaS telcel airoso odia Copias 13 Br MIS MONTA rr id optan 14 Ui GE 15 Broadcasting Reference Guide LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Za ROW ONG PROS CAIN si iaa 15 E Ser E Le 15 Ve MARS TI E 15 A TACKS LOS e A E ESEA EEE REE 16 B Tracks Derqult Suammary MAK sitas odia iii bou E SUBE 17 T OAT D de EE 17 2 Summary track ratings drop down Don 17 By Snow All Tadi DUO LE 18 de REOS DUO AER 18 de MMP E E 18 e e UE En 18 Ja les E eo e E A 18 e o e A a 18 EE E o WT ee DEE 18 10 RE 18 11 A e EE o E A A A 18 KZ a EA AAPP o oo 19 13 neck VSO Massanassa oleo rates 19 14 Lookup Ui ACK Into BUTTON A P 19 T FADO OVES Traci Ito WE 19 e TT OI AAA A 19 17 Guess Ree ln te DUO EE 19 ts ossia agire dna Tome 19 T9 AAPP 19 20 Beto 19 21 PE EE 19 A A o II 20 E E oo uec 20 E d 20 25 gue LOES ln 20 Ve WC glate a ee 20 Pu A ele TI pe Lead odiosas 22 B A A E o o IIA 23 Ge Ve Le E 23 Ek ug 23 CE E E o E A E E T A N A AEA OEA A A T 23 F How to Identify Marketing Label cccononnnnoncnncnnonnnnncnnncnnnnnnncnnnnconononccnnnnnonncnnnncnnancona cnn cnn nnaca
25. MAIN OFFICES H ADDRESS 950 Tower Lane Suite 1550 Page 47 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Foster City CA 94404 2 MAIN PHONE 650 345 7400 Toll Free US Only 800 294 4777 B FAX 650 345 7497 C CUSTOMER SUPPORT H HELP http www live365 com web components content help index live 2 EMAIL http www live365 com web components content help ticket live Direct email Billing billing live365 com Technical Support Professional Broadcast Packages Only techsupport live365 com 3 PHONE Business Hours Pacific Time Billing 650 345 4777 x116 or 800 294 4777 x116 Technical Support Professional Broadcast Packages Only 650 345 4777 x2 or 800 294 4777 x2 Page 48 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide XV INDEX A About you 41 Ad Domain 10 See Advanced ProPoints 10 Adding Tracks to Playlist 32 ADV 22 Advanced 42 Album 23 Allow the same track multiple times 33 analyze See Analyzer Analyzer 34 Artist 23 ASIN 27 Audio Advertising 43 Average Listening Time 13 Average Listening Time per Launch 13 B Basic 11 39 billing balance See Billing Profile billing date See Billing Profile Billing Profile 43 BR FR ST 20 Broadcast Server 12 Broadcast Status 13 Broadcast Status Page 7 Broadcast Status Page Definitions 9 Broadcast Status Page Example 8 Broadcaster Comments 41 Broadcaster Image 41 Broadca
26. a public service announcement Ea See a red dot This indicates that no cover art has been selected for this track mp3PRO track This track is encoded using the Bits codec Track Power Ratings AkAAAXk Exceptional k Very good xxx Good k So So Poor n a Not rated B TRACKS DEFAULT SUMMARY LINK H UPLOAD BUTTON You can use the Upload button to see the different options for uploading your tracks to your Live365 locker 2 SUMMARY TRACK RATINGS DROP DOWN BOX Page 17 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide You can change the timeframe of the reported Track Ratings but using the drop down box It is set by default at in last 30 days It can also be set to in last 7 days and yesterday 3 SHOW ALL RADIO BUTTON You can check Show All to show track ratings for tracks that are currently in your library as well as tracks that have been deleted as well as tracks that have been played while in Live mode Normally only tracks that are currently in your Live365 locker will show D REFRESH BUTTON After you make any changes you can hit the Refresh button to show your track results with the saved changes 5 MP3 FILES This shows how many files you have stored in your Live365 locker 6 DISK SPACE This shows how much disk space is used out of how much disk space you have in total 7 FIND SEARCH BOX Let s you search for specific tracks
27. adcasters or broadcasters that switch back and forth between Live and Basic Modes Sample one week schedule Schedule Your Playlists event cc the New Event button To eda or delete an ex ting event cack edit re below To create a now scheduled playlist delete assoaeted with th rnctuom che 9 Note Please allow 5 10 minutes for your changes to appear in the directory film Score 1 Mur comedy and more Just what you ve been lirtening for Default program playing in rotation when there are no other scheduled events o O O O O 10 15 AM 7 00 PM 9 90 PM 9 00 PM 09 P 9 00 PM 4 00 P 11 00 AM 2 00 AM 2100 AM 2 00 AM 2108 AM 2 00 AM 2100 AM Listen Not ListenNot Lis tere est Listen Not Listen ot Listen Not Composers Late might with Late night with Late night wth Late might with Late night with Late night with Don on the mic lots of stuff lots of stuff lots of stuff lots of stuff lote of stuff lots of stuff blah blah Capo delete dit X delete ads delete editi delete edit delete da delata 17 09 PM 2 00 AM Listen Not Late reght with lots of stuff edit delete h type ze si The rrbebeief tones above arm adperted te weer nie tona Wed Sep 79 1140071 POT 7004 o peds o d fererk Lecgl Ume rone rele o offrat Gare GMT Oar e e Then adtest all avant to current TZ o d X CONTROLS TAB From the Controls tab you can directly control your sever You can cue a new play
28. ate track info an e commerce window will open and return search results for your track You can then either Page Find the correct track album in the results provided then click the Se button in the e commerce window and respond to the confirmation prompts or Close the e commerce window manually make changes to your artist album info and perform the search again If you choose to edit your track info after you import info from the e commerce window the changes you make will not result in changes to the album cover art or the Buy URL that links to Amazon Use the Search Amazon compilations link when the track comes from a CD comprising the work of multiple artists and you want the Amazon search based solely on the ALBUM name and you want to preserve the existing the ARTIST field value 2 CONVERT FILE NAME USING This drop down allows you to choose to fill out the track metadata based on the file naming convention This is helpful if you have Artist Track and Album information in the actual filename 3 IMPORT FROM ID3 TAGS This link lets you re import your original MP3 metadata that was on the file when it was uploaded D 45 CD SINGLE MP3 DOWNLOAD This link is for tracks that were singles and weren t ripped or downloaded as part of an album Clicking the link replaces the track s Album field with single 5 RESET ALL FORM VALUES LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide This link resets all
29. cklines The North The Ting Tings Hang it Up Sounds From Nowheresville Two Door Cinema Club Can Talk Tourist History Yeah Yeah Yeah s Sacrilege Mosquito Chairlift Sidewalk Safari Something Cults Abducted Cults She Wants Revenge Take the World Valleyheart Tickler Tea amp Magic Fuzz The Shakedown The Shakedow Phoenix Trying To Be Cool Bankrupt a Css Hangover La Liberacion A OoEcG oeOIE gt Total Tracks 236 Guest facu H Allow the same track multiple times No Minimize warning messages H PLAYLIST This dropdown box contains all of your playlists active designates your currently active playlist Page 32 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide passed designates that the playlist has passed the analyzer You can use the Delete and Rename links to delete and rename the selected playlist 2 FORMAT This is the bitrate frequency stereo mode of the selected playlist 3 LENGTH This is the length in hours and minutes of the selected playlist D CUE THE PLAYLIST NOW This will take you to the Controls page where you can cue the playlist for playback 5 SAVE amp CHECK BUTTON This button will save and check your playlist e LIVE365 LOCKER AND PLAYLIST This is your entire Live365 locker By default it shows all files that you have uploaded to your Live365 account If you select the Hide tracks that are already in
30. d Change initial marketing information Subscribe Unsubscribe to the various Live365 Newsletters Subscribe Unsubscribe to Preset and Favorite Recommendation alerts Page 45 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide B BILLING PROFILE From the Billing Profile you can View the usernames associated with your account View your billing balance View the services that you are currently subscribed to Change or cancel these services View a description of the services you are subscribed to View your renewal price View your billing frequency View your next billing date View your current statement Email your current statement XIII BROADCAST SOFTWARE A MOBILE Te STUDIO365 MOBILE ANDROID AND IOS Basic management of your Live365 station including Shout Outs More information at http www live365 com web components content downloads studio365 live B DESKTOP H WINDOWS ZQ RRRERRRARRRRREARRRSREEERSSRSAERRRRSARRRSRSARRRRRSARERRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRRRRRRRRARRRRRRRRRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRRRRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARERRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRRREERRRREREERRRRREERRRRREEERRRE A STUDIO365 WINDOWS Full management of your Live365 station More information at http www live365 com web components content downloads studio365 win live B STUDIO365 LIVE WINDOWS Broadcast directly from your computer including live voiceovers and on the fly playlist changes More in
31. de K ASIN Amazon Standard Identification Number Having the correct ASIN helps with displaying the correct cover art as well as good results on Amazon via the Buy button lE COVER URL The web address where the cover art image is located The default is to use an Amazon cover image but you can insert a different URL for tracks that aren t available on Amazon or if you are linking to a different store M COVER ART REQUIREMENTS Because our player applications will be linking directly to the cover art URLs specified on this form images should meet the following requirements The URL must be a valid web address e g start with http Page 27 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Local image files e g C My Pictures must first be uploaded to a web server that can support simultaneous substantial web traffic remember that every time your track plays every one of your listeners will request its cover art image The preferred image format is 125x125 JPEG although other sizes will work as well try to find an image with a 1 1 aspect ratio or it will be stretched upon display Files larger than 100K will be rejected if you have an image larger than this consider downsizing it first then uploading it to a web server and pointing to the smaller version Images must not violate our Community Guidelines N STORE URL Website where the track can be purchased This defaults to Amazon
32. ermission of the copyright owner to mark a track under this category DJ Patter Other spoken word This is typically the DJ you talking between tracks Track Introduction A more specific example of HOST an INTRO introduces the audience to the track immediately following it in the playlist You will want to keep INTROs together with their associated tracks when preparing playlists Track Backsell Similar to INTRO an OUTRO tells the audience about the track immediately preceding it in the playlist You will want to keep OUTROS together with their associated tracks when preparing playlists A station ID These very short tracks can be used during the preroll when a listener first connects to your station or whenever an in stream ad block is inserted into your stream by Live365 IDs typically range from 1 8 seconds A station promotion Similar to an ID a PROMO is typically a bit longer and is placed manually within a playlist by the DJ LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide PSA A Public Service Announcement A PSA or non paying advertisement can help you promote worthy not for profit causes and organizations ADV An audio advertisement Only Professional stations are allowed to place their own advertisements in their playlists B ARTIST Name of the track s artist C TRACK Title of the song D ALBUM Name of the album the track is from You can put Single if the track is not from a specific album E LABEL
33. formation at http www live365 com web components content downloads studio365live win live Page 46 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide IQ RRRRRRARRRSREARRRSRREERSSRSAERRSRSARRRSRSARRRRRSARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRRRRRRRRARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRARRRRRRRERRRRRRRRRRRRZRERRRRRERERRRRREEERRRREEERRRREEERRRE C STUDIO365 LOADER WINDOWS A simple tool to upload your tracks to your Live365 locker More information at http www live365 com web components content downloads studio365loader win live D LIVETALK365 WITH SKYPE Broadcast a live talk show directly from your computer More information at http www live365 com web components content downloads livetalk365 live z MAC SNOW LEOPARD AND EARLIER ONLY A STUDIO365 Full management of your Live365 station More information at http www live365 com web components content downloads studio365 mac live 3 STUDIO365 LIVE Broadcast directly from your computer including live voiceovers and on the fly playlist changes More information at http www live365 com web components content downloads studio365live mac live 4 STUDIO365 LOADER ALL MAC OPERATING SYSTEMS A simple tool to upload your tracks to your Live365 locker More information at http www live365 com web components content downloads studio365loader mac live XIV IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION A LIVE365
34. formation will be publicly available from your station page 2 STATION PAGE IMAGE This is the image that will show up next to your station s listing on the Live365 distribution network Photos have a max size limit of 8MB Make sure to not upload any content for which you do not own or license the copyright 3 NOW PLAYING OPTIONS You can specify how you would like the Now Playing section to appear on your station page The most graphically appealing setting is generally All entries with images 4 BROADCASTER COMMENTS FACEBOOK COMMENTS AND PLAYS TRACKS LIKE A PLAYS TRACKS LIKE You can hide or show a sample of the tracks that your station plays a B FACEBOOK COMMENTS You can hide or show a Facebook comments box for listeners to leave you comments a BROADCASTER COMMENTS You can hide or show up to 4000 characters of text or HTML on your station page C BROADCASTER PROFILE This is a public facing profile You can enter your DJ or Contact name you can write up to 4 000 characters about yourself H DJ NAME Enter what your DJ or contact name If you leave this box blank your Live365 member name will be displayed 2 ABOUT YOU Page 43 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide You have 4 000 characters to describe yourself to your listeners 3 BROADCASTER IMAGE You can upload an image to represent you on your Broadcaster Profile 8MB maximum D
35. g Shoutcast compatible server via the Live365 system This mode is useful if you already have a server running a RATINGS Overall Favorite Station selections Tells you how many Live365 listeners have set your station as their favorite station on Live365 VIP Favorite Station Selections Tells you how many Live365 VIPs have set your station as their favorite station on Live365 Presets Page 10 LIVE Page Broadcasting Reference Guide Tells you how many times Live365 listeners have set your station as one of their presets Stars Tells you the number of stars out of 5 that your station has earned and how many votes your station has received This is a running 30 day tally 10 STATION UPDATED This is the last time you have updated your station 11 MP3 LIBRARY This shows you how much space you have used out of your broadcast package s total amount 12 TRACK POWER RATINGS This link takes you to your Tracks page just like clicking on the Tracks tab at the top Track Power ratings is an algorithm that rates your tracks based on a number of factors like number of thumbs up and how many listeners drop from your station while the track is playing 13 VIP REWARDS This shows the amount of money you have earned based on VIP listening hours This also shows how many bounties you have received for VIPs signing up from your station Live365 currently pays out 2596 of the initial sign up fee for
36. is is usually only needed if you are having some type of Server issues Z1 PRO CUSTOM PLAYER LINK INFO PRO BROADCASTERS ONLY This provides you with information that you may need to use some of our custom player templates The more info link takes you to a custom player template page that has pre made templates and code to launch the player directly from your website There is also a flash based widget player that is available at http www live365 com widgets BROADCAST STATUS SUB TABS A YESTERDAY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM H TOTAL STREAMS LAUNCHED Total number of times a listener has clicked to listen to your station 2 AVERAGE LISTENING TIME PER VISIT Page 12 LIVE Page Broadcasting Reference Guide Average time a listener listens after they launch your station 2 TOTAL LISTENING HOURS ALSO KNOWN AS TLH OR ATH The total aggregated time listeners have listened to your station Some broadcasters may be on TLH based packages so this number may affect your package pricing D LISTENER STATISTICS A STREAMS LAUNCHED Yesterday s Date This shows the number of stream launches from the previous day Current Month to date This shows the number of streams launched in the current month Last Month This shows the number of streams launched the previous month Since Inception This shows the number of streams launched since your station began B AVERAGE LISTENING TIME PER LAUNCH Yesterda
37. lection ready for you to add to any Playlist Free Once sideloaded you may go to the Playlist Page and add the track to your playlist s The sideloaded track will appear in your list of MP3s along with your other uploaded tracks You may manage it the same as any other track that you have uploaded Tracks from the Music Library don t count against your station s storage quota You can search for music in the search box or you can browse specific genres for music to add to your station Your Station s MP3 format Your station s default format should already be populated in the dropdown You can click M to sideload a track into your locker IX PLAYLISTS TAB This top level tab is where all the web based playlist management tools live You can build analyze schedule and manage your playlists from here A EDIT PLAYLISTS LINK Page 31 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide The Edit Playlists link is your main playlist creation page You can view your Locker tracks as well as all the tracks in any specific playlist You can add subtract and rearrange playlists tracks ICH Create and Edit Your Playlists Playlist All active passed Delete Rename Format 128 kbps 44 kHz jst mp3 Length 15 hours 14 minutes Station WILL be listed in directory if this playlistis activated Cue the playlist now Q CX Live365 Locker a a c Find jin allFields le 7 Hide tracks
38. list You can restart your broadcast server you can stop your broadcast server and you can switch your broadcast mode Page 39 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Controls Did you remember to check your stream for legal compliance If not please carefully review the Rules before you launch your broadcast Playlist All active passed E Show all playlists Format 128 44 jst mp3 Start stop or select when you would like your Playlist to begin playing Note Please allow 5 10 minutes for this change to appear in the directory j Stop Broadcast Di After Current Playlist em ta Bestart Broadcast EE After Current track Stop Broadcast This stops your broadcast altogether and drops all your current listeners A CUEING A PLAYLIST A First select the playlist that you would like to cue from the Playlist drop down Next choose the After Current Playlist or After Current Track to either have the playlist play after the current playlist is over or after the current track is over B SWITCH BROADCAST MODE Live365 has three different broadcast modes available to broadcasters Basic Live and Relay You can switch between these modes whenever you would like Switching between Basic and Live modes does not drop listeners Page 40 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Select a Broadcast Mode Choose the broadcast mode that best fits your broadcasting needs Which one
39. lso access your previous month s statistics by clicking the Previous Month button You can view graphs of the specific statistic types by click the graph icon in the statistics column Date Date that the statistics in the row refer to Streams Number of streams listener launched on that specific date TLH Total Listening Hours for that specific date Standard LH Total listening hours by non VIP listeners for that specific date VIP LH Total listening hours by VIPs paying subscribers for that specific date Avg Time Average time spent listening for each stream launch on that specific date Station Page Number of visits to your station page on that specific date Page 14 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Station Presets Number of times your station was preset by listeners on that specific date Genre Rank Your station s rank in its primary 1 genre Overall Rank Your station s rank against all Live365 stations H GEO This link takes you to your station s geo statistics page This page gives you geographic listening statistics By clicking the first dropdown you can view statistics from the last 30 days or from the previous day By clicking on the second dropdown you can view listening statistics by country U S region or U S metro area The first column will show you the names of the Country U S region or U S metro area depending on what is selected in the second drop down Streams
40. lter It will tell you what tracks are in violation and why You will then need to edit the playlist to correct the issues The analyzer also has many of the features that are found under Tracks and Track Details including editing metadata looking up missing album art and viewing ratings C DMCA RULES This section does not constitute legal advice in anyway and Live365 cannot be held responsible for broadcaster compliance Individual broadcaster compliance questions should be answered by a qualified attorney The following is a partial list of the rules with which Live365 s Internet broadcasters must comply under portions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 17 U S C B 114 given the nature of the licenses Live365 has obtained from the owners of the copyrights in sound recordings Page 35 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Please note these licenses only cover personal broadcasters and do not necessarily cover PRO broadcasters on Live365 We outline only some rules that may be relevant given the manner in which you are able to use the Live365 system Rules which you should carefully review are as follows Your program must not be part of an interactive service For your purposes this means that you cannot perform sound recordings within one hour of a request by a listener or at a time designated by the listener In any three hour period you should not intentionally program more than three songs a
41. m ID3 Tags EJ Cover gt 45 CD Single mp3 download E No Image Available 9 gt 8 Reset all form values Update image and track info Save Changes b Hide Advanced Fields c e WT Copyright plic 201 1 Vagrant Records 1 ISRO o ASIN B005IBCJTO 0 Cover URL http llecx images amazon com im 2 store URL http viwww amazon comlexeciobic Visit DSRP SoundExchange Member Lel BUY Active Child Hanging On 5 26 You Are All See Atthe bottom of this window you can see what your metadata will look like when displayed in player windows File Name This is the actual name of the file that was uploaded to your Live365 locker Track Type dropdown From this drop down you can mark the track as a specific type Page 21 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide A TRACK TYPE LEGEND Select a track type that identifies the role that this track plays in your playlist Taking the time to clearly identify your different types of tracks now can save you a lot of time later on and improve your audience s listening experience Track Type Music Talk Host Intro Outro Promo Page 22 Description Music or other royalty bearing audio Most audio content on Live365 qualifies as music or other royalty bearing audio Talk Show Radio Play Sermon Lecture These types of non music audio content do not typically incur royalties Usually you need the p
42. n anno 23 ED e E UU O O E n 25 Page 3 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide He el E ra cet 25 L How to Identify Copyright OWN T sssssdcccacssessssteaceccvesscstsancnsessscaveaaassasuatassaacdecoedeceecnstasasssescendbuaeaaaeseas 25 EE on II A A II 27 Ge WE 27 Be e E C 27 M CoVer EECHER 27 AA a PSU Ro A 28 s E 28 Wes INU OS AA E Penn A en a 28 BS ee 28 VE A E o O e EE A 28 Ps Smortcues tol A Wit AMMO E 29 Me E 2 OM DE 29 Za Converse name USINE ee 29 S sora E E 29 dh ACDSee MDS GOWO O esas oir 29 Be o A Eo A 29 O Detaled Rabie S SUMAR tooo tail 30 As En O e o A 30 A Studio365 Loader WINDOWS EE 30 B ICG SG UW lee e 30 C Direct PIP All Oberdtinp SV E EE 30 D Web Upload All Operating Systems 31 VU MUST EID Te EE EN As USINE Me MUSIC HD E EN es VAISS SO E 31 Beg EAE PI SCS A o e st 31 la PAS E 32 PED o0 M M 33 de UEM EE 33 Be CUTS TS IA AAPP 33 NCIC keete 33 O Live369 L cker anad Ic E 33 Ta AGANE Wan SCC Pla Iori 33 5 Removing Tracks trom EE eebe 33 9 egg Tall 89060 BD UOS asse umist ined A E EEEE EEEE EEE 34 10 Allow the same track multiple times dropdown ssssssssssssseesessssssssssesereeeessssssssseeeeeesessssssses 34 11 Minimize Warning TINGS SAO EG siii 34 Page 4 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Xl B C D E 12 EE eege 34 El M
43. nd not more than two songs in a row from the same recording you should not intentionally program more than four songs and not more than three songs in a row from the same recording artist or anthology box set Continuous looped programs may not be less than three hours long Rebroadcasts of programs may be performed at scheduled times as follows Programs of less than one hour no more than three times in a two week period Programs longer than one hour no more than four times in any two week period You should not publish advance program guides or use other means to pre announce when particular sound recordings will be played You should only broadcast sound recordings that are authorized for performance in the United States You should pass through and not disable or remove identification or technological protection information included in the sound recording if any D BUILDING A LEGAL BROADCAST Your broadcast is required to comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA and the Live365 Broadcaster Agreement If your broadcast does not comply we may remove your Station s listing in the Live365 directory and you may see a message indicating that your Station is NOT LISTED on your Broadcasting home page In order to be listed in our directory you need to make sure that Your station does not violate the Rules http www live365 com info rules html Your station does have complete ID3 tag informati
44. o Live for Mac SAM and Winamp with the Shoutcast plugin If you choose to use a different broadcasting tool you can attempt to enable metadata streaming with this tool written by one of our broadcasters For more information on enabling metadata streaming see this document We reserve the right to remove LIVE or RELAY stations from the Live365 station directory if those stations are not providing track metadata 3 ISSUES AND EXEMPTIONS If you still do not appear in the search listing once you have completed revisions to your tags you may submit your station for manual review at searchreview live365 com f you are an Independent or Official Artist station or there is some other reason that you feel these rules do not apply to you please submit your reasons along with your broadcast station name for review to searchreview live365 com E SCHEDULER Page 38 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide The Broadcast Scheduler will let you automatically change your programming during the week providing a greater range of content for your audience and in turn a more interesting Station Your listeners can also see what your broadcast will be doing be it a playlist rotation or an upcoming Live show for up to a week in advance using the new schedule calendar feature accessible from the station page You will find your schedule status and edit links on your Broadcast Status The Broadcast Scheduler is primarily for Basic Mode bro
45. on If your station is broadcasting LIVE or RELAY you are providing track metadata with your stream Page 36 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide If your station is in violation of the above we ve displayed the reason for the violation on your Broadcast home page Please check your playlist correct any violations and cue your playlist Once all violations have been corrected your station should re appear in our station directory within a one to six hour period Additionally we reserve the right to take other steps to limit the listenership of Stations in violation H VIOLATION MESSAGES These are the reasons that could appear on your broadcast home page in the event that your playlist is in violation Too many tracks from a single artist Too many consecutive tracks by the same artist For each three hours of length your playlist should include no more than four songs and not more than three songs in a row from the same recording artist Please either a check your playlist and replace or remove some of the tracks from the artist s named in the message or b add more tracks to your playlist to make it longer If you need additional material to lengthen your playlist check out our Music Library Too many tracks from a single album Too many consecutive tracks from same album For each three hours of length your playlist should not intentionally include more than three songs and not more than two songs in a ro
46. orrect the omission Without complete track information your broadcast may not be available to listeners Track Error Warning There is an error with the MP3 file The track length is too long or too short or its bitrate frequency or stereo mode is inconsistent with other tracks in this playlist This file will be skipped during playback Please delete re digitize and re upload the problem file Album Art Shown Thanks for making sure album art is associated with this entry Your listeners appreciate it J Auto Filled Data Based on the file you uploaded we made our best guess on album art and track info We strongly advise that you open the Track Info Editor and make sure all the info is correct Missing Data Album Art Please take steps to associate correct ecommerce info with this track by opening the Track Info Editor and filling in ecommerce data EY ip This track has been tagged as an ID O ADV This track has been tagged as an advertisement Single This track has been tagged as a DSRP music single r3 lad Talk This track has been tagged as a speech sermon lecture ki Host This track has been tagged as DJ patter other spoken word Intro This track has been tagged as a track introduction Outro This track has been tagged as a track backsell Page 16 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Lal Promo This track has been tagged as a longer station promotion al PSA This track has been tagged as
47. playlist then only tracks that are not in the selected playlist will be shown You can use the Find search box to find particular tracks in your locker The All Fields drop down helps you refine your locker search which is especially helpful for stations that have a lot of tracks uploaded The Green and Red Arrow buttons can be used to add and subtract tracks from your playlist 7 ADDING TRACKS TO PLAYLIST Select the playlist you would like to edit from the Playlist dropdown Single click on the track in your Live365 Locker that you would like to add and click the green arrow button To add multiple tracks just single click a track and hold the Ctrl button while clicking the other tracks that you would like to add then click the green right arrow button You can now click the Save amp Check button to save the changes in the current playlist or you can click the Save As amp Check button to save the changes as a new playlist D REMOVING TRACKS FROM PLAYLIST Select the playlist you would like to edit from the Playlist dropdown Page 33 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide Single click the track in the playlist that you would like to remove and then click the red left arrow button To remove multiple tracks just single click a track and hold the Ctrl button while clicking the other tracks that you would like to add then click the red left arrow button You can now click the Save amp
48. playlist columns above to suit your needs B LENGTH OF PREVIEW AUDIO SAMPLE This drop down lets you set the length of time an audio file will play when you use the Head Tail and Segue buttons Page 34 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide C AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE SCHEDULER WHEN DELETING PLAYLISTS This will automatically update the scheduler to compensate for deleted playlists D HIDE TRACKS ON THE LEFT THAT DON T MATCH This dropdown lets you filter the tracks that show in your Live365 Locker by a specific bitrate This is helpful if you broadcast playlists that are at different bitrates E HIDE TRACKS ON THE LEFT THAT ARE TOO LONG OR SHORT This allows you to filter out tracks that are too short or too long to schedule in your playlist F LAYOUT These drop downs allow you to customize the view of your locker and playlist tracks B ANALYZER The Analyzer link helps analyze your playlists for any errors or problems One of the main things the analyzer can help with is making sure your station is DMCA compliant The DMCA enacted by congress in 1998 sets certain rules with regards to how many artists and tracks can be played via internet radio within a certain time period among other regulations The analyzer will help you fix DMCA issues as well as bitrate mismatches track length issues and metadata issues If you have a DMCA issue you will see the warning under the Directory Listing Fi
49. r is identified in the information that follows the symbol P in the fine print on the back Page 25 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide of the CD In many cases the information following the P contains a date and one or several label names COPYRIGHT 2013 BMG Inc All hts reserved Manutactured and marketed by RCA OWNER INFO 625 Eight Avenue Now York New York 10019 Unauthorized copying reproduction hiring lending public performance and broadoasting prohibited Printed in U S A Copyright Owner on a Compilation Album In many cases the tracks on a compilation aloum have different Copyright Owners so identifying the proper Copyright owner of an individual track may take some additional work For example on the sound track to Monster in Law you can find a track list inside the CD booklet that specifies Copyright Owner for each track Page 26 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide STURGEON written by Nancy Kaye and Darryl Swann performed by Rosey courtesy of Island Det Jam Music Group under license from Universal Music Enters COPYRIGHT D 2002 The island Def Jam Murio Groug OWNER INFO GET ME BACK TO THE M written by Tony Daik performed by r J ISRC International Standard Recording Code A unique code for identifying sound recording Not generally available via online databases so difficult to find More information at http en wikipedia org wiki International Standard Recording Co
50. rk so they cannot currently opt out of Live365 advertising Your station s Now Playing information may be different when listened to on different Live365 ad domains By clicking the different ad domains you can see Now Playing information for that specific ad domain Your assigned IP PORT information The number of current listeners The link to your listener facing Station Page on that network The link to your listener facing Broadcaster Profile page on that network Alink to build a custom easy to share player widget of your station for that network if available D MODE You can broadcast in three different modes via your Live365 account You may switch modes at any time by clicking the change link The three broadcast modes explained Basic The easiest and most popular way to broadcast All server space and bandwidth are provided by Live365 You upload and manage your audio via the free Studio365 Studio365 Loader or the web uploader Create a playlist and it runs directly from your Live365 server There is no always on connection needed for this mode This mode streams directly from your computer to your Live365 server You can use Studio365 Live or many good 27 party tools like SAM broadcaster Nicecast and others This mode allows for more immediate playlist control and also allows you to go live on the mic Relay Advanced Users This mode is to be used to relay an existin
51. should you choose A Changing mode requires a reset of your broadcast and will drop all your current listeners Basic Broadcast Its the easiest and most popular way to broadcast on the internet All server space and bandwidth are provided by Live365 Use our free Studio365 software or web interface to manage and broadcast from the Live365 servers 24 7 e All mp3s reside on the broadcasters computer but listeners bandwidth is still provided by Live365 Live made allows broadcasters to change their Live Broadcast playlist on the fly add live voice between tracks from a microphone hosttalk shows and broadcast live performances from a sound board or computer via Studio365 Live or any Live365 or Shoutcast enabled encoder Relay a Shoutcast compatible streaming mp3 broadcast hosted by a non Live365 server The relayed stream is re routed through Live365 servers to Relay Broadcast NAS z listeners using Live365 provided bandwidth If you want us to relay a current broadcast where can we find it Web address e g http www xyz com 8000xstream OR IP Address e g 216 32 199 32 Port Number e g 8000 H BASIC The most commonly used mode for Live365 broadcasters In this mode you upload your files to Live365 and your playlist streams directly from your Live365 server This mode gives you the most reliable broadcast 2 LIVE n this mode you stream to your Live365 server from software on a computer on your end This mode
52. ster Profile 41 C cancel See Billing Profile Controls tab 37 Copyright 25 Page 49 Copyright Owner How to Identify 25 Cover 25 Cover Art 27 Cover URL 27 Cue 32 Playlist 32 Cueing a Playlist 38 current listeners 10 Current Listeners 10 Current Playlist See Edit Playlist D Description 12 Detailed Ratings 29 Direct FTP FTP 29 Direct Links 15 Directory 39 Directory Listing 10 Disk Space 18 DJ Name 41 DMCA Rules 34 DSRP 27 E Edit Playlists 30 Exempt 28 F Facebook Comments 41 Fewer albums than permitted 36 Fewer artists than permitted 35 Format 32 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide G Genres 40 geo statistics 15 Geo Statistics 14 Geo Stats 15 Guess Track Info 19 H Head 33 home administration page See HOST 22 How to Identify Label 23 ID 22 INTRO 22 IP PORT information 10 ISRC 26 K Keywords 12 40 Label 23 Least Popular Tracks 14 Legal Broadcast 35 Length 32 Listener Statistics 13 See Stats Live 11 39 Live and Relay Stations metadata 36 Live365 Locker 32 Logging In 7 Page 50 M Maximum Listeners 42 Member Profile 43 Mode See Basic Live Relay Monthly Logs 14 See SoundExchange MP3 Files 18 MP3 Library 11 MUSIC 22 My Account 4 3 My Profile 10 39 N Now Playing 1 O Now Playing Options 41 O OUTRO 22 P
53. tag editor window It s also possible that you are receiving this message because you are broadcasting in LIVE or RELAY mode and you are not providing track metadata with your stream See below for instructions on how to make sure you are transmitting metadata with your LIVE or RELAY stream Playlist is too short Your playlist must be at least one hour long However we strongly recommend that your playlist be at least three hours in length generally there are 42 to 50 songs in a three hour playlist To correct this error add tracks to the playlist to ensure it is at least one hour long If you need more material for your playlist consider making use of our extensive Music Library If your station is marked not listed and none of the above reasons is given it may be that your ID3 tags are not properly completed Complete your ID3 tags then cue your playlist It will be resubmitted to the search database and reappear in the directory in a one to six hour window 2 LIVE AND RELAY STATIONS f you are broadcasting in LIVE or RELAY mode your broadcasting tool must send track metadata to Live365 s servers Most broadcasting tools will handle this for you automatically after some set up For non playlist based live programming you can send updates manually via the playlist updater The broadcasting tools we recommend are equipped to send LIVE and RELAY metadata that s compatible with Live365 They are Studio Live for Windows Studi
54. the page to go to their broadcast administration pages Shop Community LIVE 365 GENRES Y PRESETS Y Bbeo VIP LISTEN AD FREE MY BROADCAST TIR BROADCAST STATUS TAB This is the home administration page for your Live365 station You can view high level information for your station directly from this page Also from this page most of your web tools are just a click or two away o From within any of the broadcast admin pages you can go back to this page by clicking on the Broadcast Status tab in the top left corner of the broadcaster admin pages o If you are outside of your broadcaster administration pages on the Live365 website you can click the My Broadcast button at the top of the pages Page 7 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide A BROADCAST STATUS PAGE EXAMPLE LIVE 365 Broadcasting Community Software Help My Account Broadcast Status T Playlists No Controls a My Proflfe Today Yesterday This Month Geo Rewards Program Links Billing Software Analyzer Help Member earmuse Log Out Station Summary for sarmuse Title Status Di Listing Current Listeners TLH Current Playlist Select an Ad Domain Athens366 MyGen385 vip Station Updated MP3 Library VIP Rewards Program Pro Points Rewards Program B PAGE H TITLE ay Earmuse Radio Beta edit 3 On The Air change E Listed Q 1 Total as of 14 46 03 PT 0 Standard listeners out of 500 max Q
55. w from the same recording Please check your playlist and either a replace or remove some of the songs from the album s named in the message or b add more tracks to your playlist to make it longer Again our Music Library can be a great source of material for a longer playlist Fewer artists than permitted This message means either a your playlist includes high concentrations of the same artists b your ID3 tags aren t filled in properly It S important that your ID3 tags be correct so please use the ID3 Tag Editor on the Tracks page or Playlist Analyzer to input ID3 Artist Track and Album information for each track in your broadcast On either page you can click the track title to open the ID3 tag editor window It s also possible that you are receiving this message because you are broadcasting in LIVE or RELAY mode and you are not providing track metadata with your stream See below for instructions on how to make sure you are transmitting metadata with your LIVE or RELAY stream Fewer albums than permitted This message means either a your playlist includes high concentrations of tracks from the same album s or b your ID3 tags aren t filled in properly Again use the Page 37 LIVE Broadcasting Reference Guide ID3 Tag Editor on the Tracks page or Playlist Analyzer to input ID3 Artist Track and Album information for each track in your broadcast On either page you can click the track title to open the ID3
56. y s Date This shows the average listening time per launch from the previous day Current Month to date This shows the average listening time per launch for the month Last Month This shows the average listening time per launch for the previous month Since Inception This shows the average listening time per launch since your station began a C TOTAL LISTENING HOURS Yesterday s date This shows the total listening hours from the previous day Current month to date This shows the total listening hours in the current month Last Month This shows the total listening time for the previous month Since Inception This shows the total listening hours for your station since it was started I RRRRRRRRRRSREERRSSRERERRRRSRRRSSRSARRRSRSAERRRRSARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRRRRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARRRRRRARERRRRRRRRRRRRRERRRRRRRRRRRRRRERRRRRRRRRRRREERRRRREERRRRREEERRRE D STATION PAGE VISITS Your station page is located at www live365 com stations username where username is your Live365 username Yesterday s date This shows the number of people that visited your station page yesterday Current month to date This shows the number of people that visited your station page in the current month Last Month This shows the number of people that visited your station page last month Since Inception This shows the number of people that have visited your

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