UPDATE: This article is not actual any more. Please go to http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/SHOUTcast_Authhash_Management to get more information. Thanks!
After waiting several months for the SHOUTcast Authentication Key (SHOUTcast Auth Hash) it has finally been approved for everybody. Everyone of you is now able to register an to create his/her own Authentication Key.
But what is the function of it?
Several weeks ago, the YP, which had an age of more than 10 years, had been programmed completely new. The intention of that was to ensure that the new register cannot list radio stations which manipulated or changed their figures all the time. Moreover the problem of losing the ID while disconnecting from the server caused that the saving of the listen.pls data of SHOUTcast was useless. In future every web radio and all of its servers need an Authentication Key to be listed in the register. Using an Authentication Key makes it possible to pool MP3 and ACC+ streams with a different bitrate. Now you can find web radios right away with several bitrates and that allows you to decide which bitrate you would like to use. (e.g. 128kbps generates to much traffic).
And how do I get the SHOUTcast Authentication Key?
At first you need to click here to create your own account. You get the opportunity to enter with your Google, Facebook, Yahoo or AOL account. If you do not own an account of one of the four platforms, you have to create one. After that you can apply one or more web radios. For each channel you need just one Authentication Key and you are able to use them for all of your relay servers. I illustrated for you, what it can look like:
I would like to recommend to you to activate “Make my primary server private” for do not having your relay server listed in the register and not having it public because otherwise listeners are able to connect to it. Now you just need to fill the Captcha out and then you get your Authentication Key which you can use for your sc_serv 2 server in future.
Much fun with creating your SHOUTcast account!
By the way: Based on several difficulties for broadcaster with using sc_trans 2 and sc_serv 2 , I decided to get together with the team of SHOUTcast and one of my acquaintances to create a tool for broadcaster, which shall help them to work with the latest attainments. The tool named SHOUTcast Interface DNAS 2.0 is going to be available in a few days. Stay tuned!
Evtl. auch ein interessanter Beitrag?
März 29th, 2011 at 13:22
Hy. I like to registrate a new station for Authentication Key but the link is not good? How can i registrate new station? Or someone can add for me a Authentication Key? Thanks reply!
April 16th, 2011 at 20:41
Yeah there is no “register” in the Shoutcast website.. What happened?
Mai 25th, 2011 at 17:41
Please, inform us how to register. The link does not work.
Kask
Juni 13th, 2011 at 20:16
I need to create an account and get get the SHOUTcast Authentication Key. Please send me the auto hash key. Here is my information you required:
Station Name: Somali Music Radio
Description: Somali Music Radio
Primary Genre: African – Somali
Secondary Genre: Worldbeat
Station Keywords / Tags: Somali; Heeso; Kaban; Qaaci; Xamari; African; Kacaan; Wadani;Dhaanto;
Station Website: Waberi.com
Country: Sweden
Language: Somali
Make my primary server private: Yes
Regards Kaskey
Juni 13th, 2011 at 20:18
Please remove the above not intended to post here. I thought it was mail.
Regards Kaskey.
August 15th, 2011 at 13:02
Greeting,
when will be registration site opened? Im still receiving migration error (http://www.shoutcast.com/user/profile/ – We’re Sorry. The SHOUTcast member profiles and DNAS 2.0 station registration forms are temporarily down due to a server migration.)?
I want to generate auth. code and start broadcasting as public one. Thanks
August 17th, 2011 at 10:11
Actually you have to create your own dnas server first before you can create your own hash.. Check this link it might help you.. http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/SHOUTcast_Authhash_Management#Creating
September 15th, 2011 at 19:16
same ol’ same ol’. shoutcast has to be one of the most confusing and complex systems out there. the upgrades are always a mess, explanations can only be deciphered by software programmers/engineers, and promises of improvements are always empty. this ‘profile creation’ program has been discussed forever now and even after this post goes up saying that it’s all good to go, it still doesn’t work. shoutcast thanks for providing the platform to broadcast from my computer, but for absolutely nothing else. i can’t even get your DSP plugin to operate correctly. what a joke.
September 17th, 2011 at 19:01
It’s good to know that people still aren’t looking at the official documentation and rather at a non-affiliated site which is reporting deprecated information.
so for those not paying attention to the official site / forums, authhash registration was changed to be in-DNAS rather than via the option which was shown in this post (which is over a year old and 6months out of date). this change has been in effect since July 2011 (despite a 3month down time due to imposed changes which killed the method this post described).
if 3rd party sites aren’t providing valid information then that is not SHOUTcast’s fault. maybe it’s not as simple to setup as it could be but if people don’t bother to download the current v2 DNAS (which is no longer in beta) then that’s not SHOUTcast’s problem.
audi: if you have constructive criticism on how the tools could be improved then please do post them on the official forums (where i can then answer them in an official capacity).
Juli 27th, 2012 at 06:06
So, when will shoutcast resume registration for auth hash – anytime soon you think?
Juni 29th, 2013 at 10:43
Hey! This post couldn’t be written any better! Reading this post reminds me of my good old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this post to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Many thanks for sharing!
Juli 6th, 2013 at 06:39
shoes News Channels Obtain The Up-grades Straightaway
August 4th, 2013 at 13:12
Normallу I don’t read article on blogs, however I would like to say that this write-up very pressured me to take a look at and do it! Your writing taste has been surprised me. Thanks, very great post.
August 7th, 2013 at 08:43
人気海外