How Do I Add Song Skip or Rewind Functionality to the SoCast Premium Player?
How Do I Add Song Skip or Rewind Functionality to the SoCast Premium Player?
The SoCast Premium Player allows listeners to skip to the next song or rewind the stream, giving them greater control over their listening experience. To enable this feature, your streaming provider must support song skip and rewind functionality (for example, SoCast Streaming powered by StreamGuys).
How to Set Up Song Skip and Rewind
- Log in to the SoCast Admin Panel.
- Navigate to Player > Radio Stream Settings.
- Create a new stream or edit an existing stream.
- Scroll down to the Stream Skip Options section.
- Enter the stream URLs for song skip and rewind, as provided by your streaming provider.
Stream Skip Option Example
SoCast Premium Player Front End Example
Notes
- All stream skip and song rating buttons can be customized to be displayed or hidden.
- For the best user experience, it is recommended to use stream skip buttons in pairs (e.g., rewind + fast forward, previous + next).
SoCast Streaming Powered by StreamGuys
SoCast Streaming powered by StreamGuys offers a feature called SGRewind Timeshift, which allows streaming of recorded content from selected time points.
The common URL format is:
https://your.domain.name/live/music/playlist_dvr_timeshift-<shift>-<depth>.m3u8
Where shift is the time shift in seconds, and depth is an optional parameter that sets the maximum length a listener can rewind.
For example, to set the "Rewind 30 Seconds Stream URL" field, use:
http://your.domain.name/live/music/playlist_dvr_timeshift-30-3600.m3u8
This URL will shift the stream to 30 seconds ago and allow playback for up to 1 hour.
If you prefer to use the fMP4 container, your URL will include "fmp4" as shown below:
http://your.domain.name/live/music/playlist_fmp4_dvr_timeshift-7200-120.m3u8
This will also work with the default MPEG2TS container.
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