Live365 Broadcaster Feature Requests
Welcome to the Live365 Broadcasters Feature Requests log!
Our goal is to build the best platform possible to help all our broadcasters. To help make sure we are building the features you specifically want to see, we opened up this public feature requests log. This gives you, the user, the ultimate power because you now decide what we build next!
Please submit any features you'd like to see built in this channel and be sure to vote on the ones that are most important to you. The features that get the most votes will become priorities for our development team during the next sprint.
Ability to play "blocks" (or mixes) of music and stay in compliance.
Various users are requesting a way to play a block of music as in a mixshow or similar/identical to a "top 20 countdown" in a scheduled show (Prerecorded). ...
Audio normalization, gain and EQ on the station dashboard.
The new versions of the server streaming software support enhanced normalization on the back end. Some broadcasters have requests audio tools on the dashboard to ...
Track and Playlist Statistical Reports
Ability to pull statistics on Tracks and Playlists especially number of disconnects when track/playlist played, number of spins/listens, Date Added, Playlists the ...
Under consideration
Last played widget
This would allow their listeners who are visiting the website to see a list of the last played tracks on the station before tuning in. The goal is to show what type ...
listeners can Like/Love songs
listeners via mobile or web can like current track playing, broadcasters receive stats/metrics on what tracks are liked.
Under consideration
Option to stream at a different bitrate than 128kbps
At least up to 192 kbps bitrate
Under consideration
More Cross-Fade Control
Some have suggested cross-fading during playlists and I know cross is an option now, however the following would be suggested:
1. Intersect the cross at a ...
Affiliate Links for Amazon/Apple Music purchases
Some have requested that we allow them to participate in the affiliate programs that music providers offer. The listeners can click on links which take them to ...
Admin and DJ accounts hierarchy/permissions
Allow station owners to setup DJ, user or guest accounts with configurable permissions. This will allow the Admin user to control what aspects of the station the ...
Show Station Icon When Ad is Playing or no Album cover is available
More so, allow us to upload a specific Station Icon for ads. Example: Our Station Logo with "some words from our sponsors" or "we will return in 2 minutes with some ...
Under consideration
Live365 Dashboard - Mobile station management
I don't necessarily need to control the entire station from a mobile app, although that would be great too. However, the ability to see statistics and anything else ...
Listening to own station does not count against TLH
Broadcasters should be permitted to listen (monitor) to their stream on a private link that does not count against the TLH. I monitor my steam very frequently for ...
Under consideration
Historical Analytics - show cities and states
I would like to see more specific historical report data from the U.S. cities and states.
AutoDJ: Queue up songs in real time, take requests
I would like to see the Auto DJ have a playlist area where you can drop a random song in.
For example:
I get a Facebook message from a listener who wants to hear ...
Embedded player for Broadcasters website.
We occasionally get this request. Although I understand that it is mainly a licensing issue for the website that desires an embedded player - we have had broadcasters ...
Export track library to Excel/CSV file
would be great if i could export my track library to XLS format so i can easily look to see what i have loaded up vs search song by song. if it could include play ...
Under consideration
Sort Tracks by Date Added
Ability to sort Tracks by the date that you uploaded them. This would be on the Media > Tracks page and also the Filter. Add ability to show/hide "Upload Date" column.
App Appearance
Requesting updated appearance of the LIVE365 app. Would like the option to display or not display album cover image. When album cover IS displayed, it should be a ...
iOS and Android App Download Widgets for Station Websites
Please create download widgets for the iOS and Android apps so that those of us who have websites for our stations can give our listeners an easy way to find and ...
Rotation/Separation Logic Options
An option that would allow you to select rotation logic for the playlist. Specifically by "Least recently played". in conjunction with the ability to adjust ...
Planned
Skill for Amazon Alexa
listening to live365 on the amazon echo is listening with live365 app through Bluetooth. it would be nice down the road for listening to live365 via Alexa skill
Request/Contact DJ
Ability for listeners via Mobile app or Webpage to click a button and send a quick message/request to station. This message can be sent to the stations email.
Under consideration
"weighting" a track in AutoDj
i'd like to be able to tag the media as something like: low rotation; medium rotation; high rotation. the end goal would be i want a "classic" rock song not played so ...
Under consideration
Premium Option for Station Listing
This was brought up for years at the old Live365 especially in the old forums. A premium listing option for the top position in the genre page and /or station page ...
Playlist duplicate track warning
While we allow tracks to be played more than once, it might be a good feature to have a pop-up error display when a user adds a track that is already in the playlist.
Under consideration
Copy/duplicate playlist
being able to make a copy of a playlist so that it can be edited into a different program with similar material
Under consideration
Reporting to show what songs had high bounce/drop rate, as well as songs with most listeners
The old Live365 had this reporting feature which was great for helping to decide which songs to drop out of rotation. This report also worked in telling us which ...
Provide more stream encoding formats: AAC, HLS
Provide a separate link for AAC broadcasting, as some directories require AAC and will not work with MP3.
Or maybe even allowing users to select if they want their ...
Under consideration
Social media integration
The ability to promote songs, playlist, etc directly from the back end of the software would be extremely helpful. Added bonus: the ability to schedule posts to some ...
Under consideration
Option to trigger TOH Station ID
An option in AutoDj > Station ID's
Station IDs per hour
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Play this many station IDs per hour when on Auto DJ. Make sure you categorize your Station ...
Under consideration
Ability to see in REALTIME what city, state, country listeners are tuning in from
There was a time in previous versions of Live 365 that we were able to see specifically what city and state the listeners came from. However in the newer version I ...
Chromecast, Google Cast, or Android TV Integration
It would be great to be able to push Live365 streams, to chromecast or android devices that support Google Cast.
https://developers.google.com/cast/
Under consideration
Mobile app support for Android Auto and Apple Carplay
Car stereos are beginning to use Android Auto and Apple Carplay where you plug in your mobile phone through the USB port or through bluetooth and be able to access ...
Song requests from library list
display a list of songs "in rotation" and then let the listener submit a request for a song to be played by clicking on the song
Under consideration
Bulk Update "Do Not Play Flag"
Provide bulk update of "Do Not Play Flag" from media list. At present, we can only mark the Do Not Play Flag on an individual track. This should work the same as ...
Opening Greeting When Stream is Accessed
When listeners first connect it would be nice to have a station greeting/announcement that could maybe be pulled as an ID?
Under consideration
Sonos Intgration
I would like to see integration with Sonos so that I can listen to my fav stations on Live365 via my Sonos system.
Ability to turn off the station stream
Currently turning off Auto DJ does not actually stop the stream. If a station is silent and a listener tunes in they will still consume TLH mins.
Broadcasters ...
Re-work Live365 Home Page To Match App
There has been discussion among broadcasters that would like to see additional options for visitors/listeners when they visit the Live365 home page. A good example is ...
Planned
Message for listeners on player/directory/app for Live365 outages
When a station is down due to a Live365 issue (like mine in now); how about having an automated message on the player web page saying that the station is down ...
Ability to "Kick" Live DJ streams, manage encoder password.
Broadcaster's that have remote DJ doing shows request the ability to remotely stop the stream if the remote DJ forgets to turn off the encoder or run over their ...
Under consideration
Take songs out of Rotation/Finer control over AutoDJ mode
It would be useful to have the ability to take songs/genres/categories out of rotation while in Auto DJ mode. However, the broadcaster should still have the ability ...
Publish the stations "Upcoming Schedule" on the Live365 Directory profile page
A fantastic feature would be a daily or weekly schedule for listeners to see when their favorite DJ or special scheduled events were coming up. If this was posted to ...
Bring back Studio365
Would love to have a broadcasting app like Studio365 since I had surgery and can’t come into the studio to make announcements, please bring it back ASAP!
Up-vote of songs in the player
It would be nice to have folks vote on songs they like and a report for the broadcasters to see what works and what songs dont
Under consideration
Top of hour function - News Feed, ID's, station updates
I would like to see a feature where all we have to do is provide a newsfeed URL and Live365 automatically inserts it and plays the news every hour at the top of the ...
Stats - Bring back "Past Listeners" graph on station dashboard
We used to be able to see at what times we had listeners each day. Now all that is posted is LISTENERS TODAY and there is no graph to indicate when people were ...
Cross-fading during playlists/clock wheels
The tracks fade during AutoDJ mode, but not in Playlist/Scheduled Events.
Email Notifications on Disconnected Stream
I would like to see a notification when stream disconnects so that way I know to look at my broadcasting software and see what happened or I would know if my systems ...