Hero – Shoutcast and Icecast Radio Player With History – WordPress Plugin

The ultimate radio player with history support which will play the following streams:
– ShoutCast
– IceCast
– AzuraCast
– RadioJar

IF YOU NEED ONLY THE JQUERY PLUGIN FOR THIS PRODUCT , YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT FROM HERE : https://codecanyon.net/item/hero-shoutcast-and-icecast-radio-player-with-history/19325462

How to install and use the plugin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIQGk1EcMhg

FEATURES:

Shoutcast & Icecast Support

It supports Shoutcast and Icecast radio streaming. The radio stream should be MP3 type. It will also play AAC streams but only on browsers which support AAC

Only Radio Stream Needed

Just add the radio stream and the player will get the current playing song and artist photo.

Responsive Design

The radio player can be used in websites which are responsive. Optional parameter to disable responsive behavior in order to integrate it in non-responsive websites.

Mobile Compatible

It is compatible with IOS and Android operating systems.

Artist Image

The player will display the photo of the current playing singer, if it is present in the database.

Highly Customizable

You can choose from the 2 available skins: back & white. Also, from parameters you can create any color scheme, having the possibility to integrate it in any design.

Sticky Version

Parameter to set the radio player in sticky version. Additional parameter to only show the play button.

History

It will automatically get the history for ShoutCast streams. For IceCast streams it will generate the history as the radio plays.

Show/Hide History

Button to show or hide the history. Also option to start the player with the history hidden.

Share

You can share the radio player on Facebook and Twitter. Parameters to customize the share title and description.

Multiple Instances

You can insert multiple radio players on your website or on the same page (maximum 2 on the same page). Only one can be set as ‘sticky’.

Show/Hide Buttons

You can set as visible or set as hidden: playlist, volume, share buttons

Multiple Parameters

Over 30 options from where you can customize your player, including: width, autoplay, colors and other parameters.

Notes for IOS/Android (restrictions imposed by Apple/Google):
1. The autoplay will not work because IOS/Android disables autoplay feature and it can’t be controlled from JS
2. Volume controllers will not work on IOS/Android. You’ll have to adjust the volume with physical buttons of the mobile device.
3. ShoutCast version below 2.0 doesn’t function on iOS 11. Please update ShoutCast server to at least v2.0
4. Icecast 2.4 kh4/kh5 do not function on iOS 11. Older versions (2.3.3 KH11) and standard Icecast 2.4.1 do function correctly. Please update IceCast server to latest version.

Note for Safari, Chrome & Firefox (restrictions imposed by Apple & Google):
1. Starting with Safari 11, Chrome 66 and Firefox 66 the autoplay will not work because Apple & Google disabled autoplay feature and it can’t be controlled from JS.
2. Chrome no longer accepts mixed requests. Please check this link: https://blog.chromium.org/2019/10/no-more-mixed-messages-about-https.html. In case you have a HTTPS website you’ll need to use a HTTPS radio link.

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If you need additional information don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. We’ll try to answer you as quickly as possible.

Enjoy!

UPDATES / RELEASE LOG

***Version 4.5 Release Date: February 02, 2024
- images fixes

***Version 4.4.2 Release Date: May 22, 2023
- bug fix for image upload on settings page

***Version 4.4.1 Release Date: January 07, 2023
- removed the '/;' added automatically to the end of stream which made special IceCast streams not play

***Version 4.4.0 Release Date: October 23, 2022
- updated the help documentation    

***Version 4.4 Release Date: January 09, 2022
- added the option to display the current listeners for the standard radio streams
- added the option to set the maximum number of songs in the history

***Version 4.3 Release Date: October 28, 2021
- bug fix

***Version 4.2.0 Release Date: October 26, 2021
- css improvements

***Version 4.2 Release Date: September 22, 2021
- if you'll use the parameter 'optional_images_path' and the image is not there, it will search the artist image in the default database, too.

***Version 4.1.3.0 Release Date: August 04, 2021
- code improvements

***Version 4.1.3 Release Date: April 17, 2021
- updated the plugin to respect the latest Envato WordPress Plugin Requirements  

***Version 4.1.2 Release Date: February 12, 2021
- code improvements

***Version 4.1.1 Release Date: February 11, 2021
- bug fix

***Version 4.1 Release Date: February 09, 2021
- replaced musicbrainz api with audiodb api

***Version 4.0 Release Date: January 15, 2021
- moved html5 audio tag inside the script so that it will not be affected by the incorrect usage of mediaelement library

***Version 3.8 Release Date: December 15, 2020
- radioJar bug fix for history

***Version 3.7 Release Date: November 10, 2020
- code improvements for IceCast streams

***Version 3.6 Release Date: October 24, 2020
- new parameter added 'mscp_pro_api_url' which can be used if you want to display the song cover image from MSCP PRO radio server

***Version 3.5.2 Release Date: September 29, 2020
- sessions improvements

***Version 3.5.1 Release Date: September 18, 2020
- option to display the artist image from the AzuraCast metadata api
- modification to compensate the Firefox autoplay blocking

***Version 3.5 Release Date: September 01, 2020
- session_start with 'read_and_close'

***Version 3.4 Release Date: July 15, 2020
- bug fix when the grab artist image parameter was set to false

***Version 3.3 Release Date: June 04, 2020
- js & css improvements

***Version 3.2 Release Date: June 02, 2020
- new optional parameters added: Url custom metadata file, Metadata File Type, Check IceCast Metadata File First, Path to the artist images/album covers folder

***Version 3.1.0 Release Date: May 22, 2020
- css modifications

***Version 3.1 Release Date: May 05, 2020
- "use strict" mode on

***Version 3.0 Release Date: March 20, 2020
- AzuraCast support added
- removed Flash fallback

***Version 2.4 Release Date: March 12, 2020
- new optional parameter 'optional_images_path'

***Version 2.3 Release Date: March 04, 2020
- new optional parameters for the shortcode added: 'url_custom_metdata_file' and 'metadata_file_type'    

***Version 2.2.1.2 Release Date: February 04, 2020
- updates for 2020

***Version 2.2.1.1 Release Date: August 24, 2019
- replaced die() function with wp_die()

***Version 2.2.1 Release Date: June 27, 2019
- removed error suppression   

***Version 2.2 Release Date: June 07, 2019
- updated the plugin to respect the latest Envato WordPress Plugin Requirements

***Version 2.1.1 Release Date: May 21, 2019
- code improvements

***Version 2.1 Release Date: May 14, 2019
- code improvements for artist image

***Version 2.0 Release Date: May 09, 2019
- replaced the LastFM API

***Version 1.7.1 Release Date: March 27, 2019
- updated the FaceBook API to the latest version 3.2
- updated the help information regarding FaceBook Share

***Version 1.7 Release Date: February 26, 2019
- code modifications for the display of the artist image

***Version 1.6.9.0 Release Date: January 21, 2019
- code updates

***Version 1.6.9 Release Date: November 29, 2018
- increased the history scroll when using mouse wheel

***Version 1.6.8 Release Date: November 15, 2018
- code improvements

***Version 1.6.7 Release Date: November 01, 2018
- code improvements

***Version 1.6.6.1 Release Date: October 27, 2018
- cors update

***Version 1.6.6 Release Date: October 03, 2018
- updated the FaceBook API to the latest version 3.1
- added FaceBook share parameters

***Version 1.6.5.2 Release Date: August 15, 2018
- multiple code improvements

***Version 1.6.5.1 Release Date: July 12, 2018
- code improvements

***Version 1.6.5 Release Date: June 20, 2018
- Chrome auto-play restriction for HTML5 audio & video tags fix
- Safari 11 on Mac auto-play restriction for HTML5 audio & video tags fix
- code improvements for website navigation
- new parameter for delay player loading

***Version 1.6.4 Release Date: May 08, 2018
- code improvements for reading the metadata file of the HTTPS radio streams

***Version 1.6.3 Release Date: April 17, 2018
- new parameter added 'Use The Original Upper&LowerCase for Song & Author As It Is In the Radio Metadata file' - the current playing song title and author letters will be displayed as they come from the metadata file or the song title will have text-transform:uppercase and author will have text-transform:capitalize

***Version 1.6.2 Release Date: April 10, 2018
- IOS 11 current playing song refresh problem fix

***Version 1.6.1.1 Release Date: February 25, 2018
- bug fix

***Version 1.6.1 Release Date: February 23, 2018
- bug fix which appeared on IOS when the playlist had not scroll

***Version 1.6 Release Date: February 14, 2018
- code improvements

***Version 1.5 Release Date: January 04, 2018
- RadioJar support was added
- code improvements for touch navigation feature

***Version 1.4.4 Release Date: November 28, 2017
- code improvements for 'current playing song' feature

***Version 1.4.3 Release Date: September 29, 2017
- code improvements for responsive behavior

***Version 1.4.2.0 Release Date: August 21, 2017
- code improvements

***Version 1.4.2 Release Date: June 17, 2017
- code improvements

***Version 1.4.1 Release Date: June 09, 2017
- code improvements for 'current playing song' feature

***Version 1.4 Release Date: May 16, 2017
- bug fix: fixed a bug which appeared when the player was set to start minified and there was an IceCast stream playing

***Version 1.3 Release Date: April 05, 2017
- the last.fm api will display the image on websites which use HTTPS
- code improvements when 'showOnlyPlayButton' option is set

***Version 1.2 Release Date: March 03, 2017
- code improvements for 'current playing song' feature
- code improvements for FaceBook share

***Version 1.1 Release Date: February 10, 2017
- code improvements for history reading
- it automatically adds '/;' at the end of the stream which requires these characters

***Version 1.0 Release Date: January 28, 2017