Playout, also known as Playout.co, is a browser-based live radio production desk by Radio.co. It lets you create professional live shows - including ordering & playing audio, firing carts, talking on mic and editing transitions - and stream them to your online station.
Playout works with all radio hosting platforms, including RadioKing.
How To Connect Playout To Your RadioKing Station
To connect Playout to your RadioKing station, you'll need to copy your connection details from RadioKing and paste them into Playout.
This lets Playout connect to your radio server, and ensures the live show you create, including music, microphone, audio and carts, is sent to your station for your listeners to hear.
1) Log into both your RadioKing Dashboard and Playout.co
2) Within your RadioKing dashboard, navigate to the Live tab from the left-hand side menu. Here, you'll find your connection details (known in RadioKing as Live connection information) in the panel on the right-hand side.
3) Within Playout, open settings by clicking the cog wheel in the top right of the screen. Then choose Station Settings from the tab on the left-hand side.
4) Select Relay to your server, and choose Icecast for the Protocol.
5) Now copy and paste your connection details from RadioKing into Playout:
Paste the Icecast Server field (e.g. live.radioking.com) from RadioKing into the Server Host field in Playout.
Enter the same Port number from RadioKing, into Playout.
Paste your Username from RadioKing.
For the password, this is the same as your RadioKing password.
Enter the Mount point.
Select the same Bitrate as your RadioKing stream settings.
(This depends on the RadioKing plan you're on. RadioKing Start plan: 128kbps
RadioKing Pro plan: 192kbps & RadioKing Business Plan: 320 kbps)Save your stream settings in Playout.
Playout is ready to connect to your RadioKing station. For a full guide on how to use Playout.co, check out this article.
Having issues? Contact us at help@radio.co and we'll get you up and running.