Internet radio glossary
Short explanations of the terms you'll meet when running a station.
- AutoDJ
- Plays your uploaded music automatically when nobody is live.
- Bitrate
- How much data per second the stream uses. Higher means better sound and more data. We use 128 kbps.
- Encoder
- Software that turns your microphone or mixer into a stream and sends it to the server, for example BUTT.
- Icecast / SHOUTcast
- The two most common stream servers.
- Jingle
- A short audio clip with your station name.
- Listener slot
- One person listening at the same time. A 100-listener plan allows 100 at once.
- Live DJ
- A presenter broadcasting live from their own computer.
- Metadata
- Artist and title information sent with the stream.
- Mountpoint
- A path that identifies a stream on Icecast servers. You don't need one to go live with us.
- Stream URL
- The link players use to play your station.
- TTS
- Text to speech: turning written text into spoken audio, used for AI announcements and news.
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