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 more control over their listening experience. To use this feature, your streaming provider must support song skip and rewind (for example, SoCast Streaming powered by StreamGuys).

How to Set Up Song Skip and Rewind

1. Log in to the SoCast Admin Panel.
2. Go to Player > Radio Stream Settings.
3. Create a new stream or edit an existing stream.
4. Scroll to the Stream Skip Options section.
5. Enter the stream URLs for skip and rewind, as provided by your streaming provider.
6. Save your changes.

Stream Skip Option Example

SoCast Premium Player Front-End Example

Notes

• All stream skip and song rating buttons can be customized to show or hide.
• For the best user experience, use stream skip buttons in pairs (for example, Rewind + Fast Forward or Previous + Next).

SoCast Streaming Powered by StreamGuys

SoCast Streaming powered by StreamGuys offers a feature called SGRewind Timeshift, which lets you stream 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 shifts the stream to 30 seconds ago and allows 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 URL format also works with the default MPEG-2 TS container.