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.
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 ...
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 ...
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
Better Error Handling / Helpful Errors
Mistakes happen. Sometimes a music track inadvertently gets assigned as Talk or other kind of media type and if scheduled as an Event can cause issues with the Event ...
Fetch Cover / Album art from a priority list (for live broadcasts as well)
Users should be able to create a priority list for where they would like covers to be fetched from.
For example, no 1 priority could be the one embedded in the ...
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 ...
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.
Sort Playlists in Event Editor
We work with over 300 playlists and not seeing them alphabetized when creating a new event.
Editing Events without Deleting Event
To be able to edit a scheduled event without having to delete the event and re-enter the info.
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.
Customizable Overview screen
Broadcasters should have the option of viewing 'LISTENERS NOW' via a 'drop-drown' menu.
Not 'in your face' as soon as you enter the new-look dashboard.
Sorry, but ...
Making the new Live365 embeddable players mobile responsive
We'd like to have the Live365 embeddable players responsive for the mobile screen resolutions and automatically adjust their sizes.
Display "Off Air" stations in separate Directory view
Some stations go off of the air intentionally, but would like to retain their profile page. This way, their community would still be able to see the profile page and ...
Implement clicking on a time slot in the Scheduler to create a new event
The new dashboard does not allow clicking on a time slot to the new events creation window. This previous version of the Dashboard made programming easier than the ...
Ability to Show Artwork for Individual Shows on Your Station
We are in the process of launching a new station that will include a mix of shows - we would like to be able to upload artwork for the individual shows in addition to ...
Add "Seconds" to duration in Schedule Events
I would like to play a Station ID / Jingle at the Top of Every hour which is possible to schedule however, I can only schedule the event in minutes and hours so it ...
Add Timestamp for Notifications
When I click the bell at the top of the page, I see a bunch of notifications with no way to know how old or recent they are.
Sort category names in all drop-down selections
Sort category names by "alphabetical" and "date created" in all drop-down selections.
- Schedule - Edit Playlist
- Schedule - Edit ClockWheels
- Media - Edit ...
Realtime Analytics - ability to set table view by default
Some broadcasters prefer to see the table view by default. They enjoy the map view but would prefer if they could toggle a setting so the table view shows up ...
Accessibility - Screen reader compatibility
It would be nice and hopeful, if you can improve the platform with more accessibility features we use two different screen readers, and within the combo boxes of the ...
Category Tagging Editor
It would be great to have a "Forward/Back" arrow and "Apply" button to use when tagging tracks so that you can tag newly loaded tracks and update information ...
Dark Mode in Dashboard
So it's not the end of the world - also it's not a must have feature - but surely would be nice! After marathon stretches between work and school (such as today), I ...
CONSIDER putting the station name on the top of the dashboard. Just in case someone wants to launch
CONSIDER putting the station name on the top of the dashboard. Just in case someone wants to launch multi stations, like us! :)
A Real-Time Clock for AutoDJ
It would be great to have an actual clock display of when Auto DJ anticipates playing the next track. This would help when transitioning to Live broadcast. The ...
Search within dropdown lists
I would like to suggest adding a search field at the top of the dropdown lists like "Categories" within the Tracks section, or "Playlists"/"ClockWheels" when you ...
Tracks library page selection - expand next 10 pages when clicking ellipsis (...)
In the new dashboard at the bottom of the tracks library there is an ellipsis symbol. Allow user to click on the ellipsis to show the next 10 pages rather than ...
Display the song length decreasing as you are listening to it
I'd like to see the track length decrease as you listen to it (which it now doesn't). Then you'd be able to see how much of the track is left and if there was any ...
Scheduler blocks aren't easy to see
There's no visible space between the scheduled event blocks.
Please see attached image for further clarification
On the new scheduler, there is no visible space ...
More visible scroll bars for easier Dashboard navigation
Is there a way for the page where we compile playlists to have a darker scroll bar? It seems difficult to find sometimes, which is frustrating and time-consuming. ...
Display album covers showing on the playlist and events module.
The album covers show in the tracks section, but not in the playlist building section. It would make it more efficient to have these available.
Move the yellow station mode indicator to the left sidebar near "On Air"
This would make it easier to see what mode the station is currently running in, right alongside the On Air indicator and listener count.
Freeze top menu in Media
When I need to edit multiple tracks, you have to scroll to the top and choose what you need to do, then scroll all the way back. This uses too much time.
The event window obscures scheduling slate calendar
' . . . unfortunately the Event window does not move, nor can it be re-sized. You are still able to see the time slots off to the sides of the Event window, but it ...
Clear events calendar
Sometimes you may want to start fresh and easily clear all the events, instead of having to delete them one by one.
While preparing a playlist, it would be nice to be able to sort the list by the year of release.
This would come in handy when preparing a playlist and be able to play the latest music by each artist.
Logo Artwork Multi-track
In Multi-Track, I used to be able to see the album artwork when on the place marker page. Now I have to hover the mouse click over the logo before it shows up. Can ...
Mobile App Station Logo linked to Station Website
It would be great for those who have a website to promote for the logo displayed on the app be linked to a website. Currently the only way to find out more ...
Dashboard Overview View
There needs to be a better portrayal or representation of the tracks being broadcasted with the relationship between Auto DJ & LIVE. The current mode or view is ...
Upload tracks in the order they were loaded
It would be nice to have the tracks uploaded in the same order they are loaded in the upload media dropbox for bulk uploads. This would make it easier to categorize ...
Playlists - Ability to edit tracks from the Playlist editor
When viewing a playlist, it's aggravating to need to back out and go to Media → Tracks → Edit track. It would be nice to edit tracks wherever I'm working.
Larger "Now Playing" Text on Dashboard
Can you make the Now Playing text on the dashboard bigger like last played?
Scheduler: Show Event Start and Stop times
On the old SCHEDULE you had the FROM and TO times of that PLAYLIST, a visual guide, now you have a Roll Over aid which is a backward step IMHO.
Add BPM Column in Media Library
Add a column for beats per minute , either automatic or manually
Expanding the view
Before a recent "upgrade" you would be able to stretch the web page of the Edit Playlist screen to see more of the metadata of a song. Now all it does it expose more ...
Color Code media types within clockwheels
When programming it can be hard to differentiate between media types such as ID, Music, Promo, etc. If these were color-coded it would improve readability.
Newline and Spacing capabilities on the station description
All the text that is currently added in the station description only has one line and it's not customizable. We would like to have a text editor for the station ...
Mobile Web - Make the billing section usable on any mobile web browser
Recently I needed to change my credit card on file for payment of my monthly fees. My station runs on AutoDJ, and my laptop was having some work done on it at the ...