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.
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 ...
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Implement an advanced "Sort By" search option
Recommending a "sort by" or an additional "filter"feature in the "Tracks" section to easily find an item as follows:
Sort By:
+ Artist ...
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Social Media Sharing
It would be super nice if the content providers on Live 365 were able to allow their users to share their listening experience with friends on social media. ...
Under consideration
Directory/Listeners
Activate 'Connect with DJ' on mobile app
Still 'Coming Soon' - how difficult is this to connect to our email. Such a service and important for our listeners to give us feedback easily. :)
Paid listener/listener suscription
Some current listeners and broadcasters have requested that we bring back this feature of the old Live365.
Listeners who pay might have an ad free experience, hear ...
Under consideration
Directory/Listeners
Twitter Playlist/Now Playing Integration
Which allows us to set and show our listeners what's playing now that posts on our twitter feed.... with a link to our station so that potential listeners can tune ...
Under consideration
History Report for Specific Location by Time of Day and Date for Use in Increasing # of Listeners
I know that expanded reports are planned, but I wanted to shed light on one way they could be used. All over the Internet, radio stations have polls, especially for ...
Enable API for broadcaster external use
I would like the ability to fetch "current song" title to enable the ability to discuss or add fun factoids about the track at a glance on my website
Under consideration
Widgets and Players
more options to customized station page.
I would like to see more options to customized station page. the option of having background images or layout options and color scheme.
Planned
Ability to import M3U playlists
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Auto DJ Option to Pick Categories
Auto DJ currently lets you choose which track types it will choose from.
I would love to see it also include the option to choose from select categories.
This way I ...
Planned
Tools for Broadcasters
AutoDJ Separation Rules
Increase the maximum duration for separation rules from the current 240 minutes in AutoDJ.
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Block metadata for Ads, IDs, Sweepers etc.
It would be great if there were a way to filter or block certain metadata from being sent to the player/app as well as the recently played list. I happen to run ...
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Customized widget
Either the ability to customize the size of the now playing widget or have additional sizes available. As some websites have set sizes for different things, and with ...
Sort Feature for Playlist / ClockWheel and Categories page
Provide a Sort or Search feature for the Playlist, ClockWheel, and Categories pages. Similar to the Tracks page.
Done
Cue markers/points for tracks
Essentially, be able to set fade and mix times, or stop a track earlier than the length of the MP3.
Under consideration
Gap Killer / Silence Detection
Will Live365 be incorporating a "Gap Killer" anytime soon... those couple seconds of dead air can really hurt a station's listening viewer count as listeners may log ...
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Chart Reporting
Many stations have "Top x Songs" charts that they use in their promotion (social media, etc.). This can also be used to be part of groups such as Radio Indie ...
Under consideration
Reporting and Analytics
Batch edit multiple tracks at once
A way to edit multiple tracks at once, such as an album with the same name, or artist etc, instead of having to do each track individually.
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Use Embedded Cover Art
Live365 needs to be able to grab and push out cover art embedded in mp3's. The choices made in both the Live365 widget and on our Live365 pages are often abysmal if ...
Under consideration
Reports of listeners by the hour
You had these on the last platform. It is important that we get to see and report the amount of listeners by the hour, that way we know the audience that each show ...
Under consideration
Live DJ interface
Having a live DJ interface on Live365 instead of a second or third party.
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Show "Do Not Play" status using a badge or icon on each track
In order to quickly see which tracks have the "Do Not Play" flag turned on, an indicator of this flag in the media management view would be very useful. Otherwise, ...
Replace/overwrite existing files on upload
Make it possible to overwrite existing files.
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Music Library
A library of music that broadcasters can use on their stations. Preferably major label tracks, but anything would be great.
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Ability to remove listeners immediately
Add the ability to remove listeners immediately instead of banning them and waiting for the ban to take effect. Makes it easier to fight suspected stream rippers.
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Track count
A track count would be useful in multiple places, mainly for the entire library, and then for existing playlists.
Under consideration
Transition management between AutoDJ and LiveDJ
If possible, I would like to see auto fade added when a DJ goes live, and also have the stream auto fade in when they disconnect. Currently the song playing just ...
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Sleep Timer for LIVE365 app
Add a sleep timer feature to the app. The iHeart Radio app has this and it's very useful for when you want to listen to your station at night when going to bed. Drift ...
Done
Mobile App
Additional Genre Suggestions
I play a lot of rock with female vocalists and all-girl groups, but currently there's no "Female Vocalists" or "Girl Groups" genre available. I recommend adding some ...
Under consideration
genre
Copy/Duplicate/Save As for ClockWheel templates
Ability to duplicate a ClockWheel instead of having to recreate it.
Under consideration
Hide the hashed IP's
The hashed IP's serve a very limited purpose. We'd like to see State and Country information. Maybe abbreviate the IP's to 5 characters or hide them and make them ...
Under consideration
Reporting and Analytics
Alphabetized Playlists
We work with over 300 playlists and not seeing them alphabetized when creating a new event.
Under consideration
Directory Improvements
There are several improvements we are looking to make for the Directory to help better drive traffic to our many unique stations. We'll collect general feedback here.
Under consideration
ClockWheel advance tools
Thanks for the introduction of the Clockwheel; it added some important control on AutoDJ. However, I will like to see some more advance features added to creating ...
Under consideration
Alexa enhancements/improvements
#1 - My station is Rock on Neon and that can cause an issue when trying to get to my station. How about some kind of prompt or command to separate music genre and a ...
Under consideration
Integrations
Station ID's after ad breaks in AutoDJ
My jingles are playing and going into the commercial break, can there be a setting where the jingle will play coming out of a commercial break?
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Go LIVE from your phone or tablet
Do a live broadcast from your cell phone or iPad. Go on location, mix music, talk live.
Under consideration
Mobile App
Editing Events without Deleting Event
To be able to edit a scheduled event without having to delete the event and re-enter the info.
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Drag and Drop scheduling
a way to be able to move the bubbles (events) day to day instead of going in and doing the whole drop-down steps just to move it to another date and time. It will ...
Under consideration
Report showing listener drops by Song Played
I'd like to have a report that tells you how many disconnects a song has when it has played. This would allow the programming people to consider removing a "lemon" ...
Under consideration
Reporting and Analytics
Make IP address of listeners easier to see
The IP addresses of current listeners is several click layers down at present. I'd like to see this more easily and also be able click to update it without losing the ...
Under consideration
Ability to Edit Clockwheel track "Selection Algorithm"
End user desires the ability to change a track option from (for example) "Random" to "Least Recently Played" without creating an entirely new clockwheel.
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Listeners map
A map with online listeners could also be made available as a widget to put on a website.
Done
Bulk Edit album artwork
The ability of changing a number of tracks to use the same cover photo. Although there is a bulk option for metadata, this didn't include a bulk photo change option.
Under consideration
Media Management
ClockWheel Tweaks
I would love to be able to:
1. copy a clock wheel to use as a template for a new one
2. add specific promos and not necessarily "random, least played, etc."
Under consideration
Tools for Broadcasters
Listener Count Widget
I would like a widget that I could embed on a page on my site to monitor listener count without having to log into Live365.
Under consideration
Manage Multiple Accounts with 1 Login
Users would like to be able to manage multiple stations with just one login.
Under consideration