Streaming a DEVA Broadcast encoder: the plan it needs, the five values, and what to check

It depends on the bitrate you set in the box. HE-AAC at 24 kbps fits the Free plan's 32 kbps ceiling. MP3 at 64, 96 or 128 kbps needs Premium ($39 a month, 128 kbps). MP3 at 192, 256 or 320 kbps needs Platinum ($79 a month, 320 kbps). The plan finder above does this sum for you; the full plan ladder is on radio hosting.

No. DEVA's own FAQ says these two models work as an Icecast source and not as a SHOUTcast source. Every new Primcast station runs Icecast, so they connect as they are. The one thing to avoid: do not flip a station fed by a DB90-TX or DB9000-TX to SHOUTcast in the panel, because the box will no longer be able to log in. The newer DB91-TX and DB9009-TX add a SHOUTcast v1 source mode, which sends to the server's port plus one.

Five fields, all printed with copy buttons on the Go live tab of your station: the server address without http://, the port, the mount point written as stream with no leading slash (DEVA's manuals ask for it that way), the username source, and your source password. The menu is Configuration, IP Audio, Icecast Source Client Settings on the DB90-TX and DB9000-TX, and Settings, IP Audio, IP Audio Sender on the DB91-TX and DB9009-TX.

Three causes cover nearly every case. The stream is over the plan's bitrate ceiling: a Free station's encoder that sends more than 32 kbps is disconnected, and the Encoder settings block shows the reason. The mount point was typed with a slash: the box adds its own, so a typed /stream arrives as //stream and is refused. Or the password: the DB9000-TX ships with pass, which is not your station's password, and a Primcast password is 16 characters long, which one DB9000-TX would not take until our team set a 15-character one; the chat does that on request.

On these units HE-AAC stops at 88 kbps, so it is the codec for the Free plan and for a thin line. For Premium and Platinum choose MP3: it is the only codec that reaches 128 and 320 kbps on a DEVA, and it plays in every browser and every car and phone app without a caveat. On Platinum send one MP3 stream at your best quality; the two lighter copies for phones are made on our side from it.

Yes. Your encoder sends plain HTTP to our server, the way every DEVA encoder does, and your listeners get an https:// link that plays inside any secure page, app or directory. The panel also prints a plain http:// copy of the link for old players and for IP audio decoders such as the DB91-RX, which mention no HTTPS. See SSL radio streaming.

Not from the encoder: none of the four DEVA models has a title field, and their manuals carry no now-playing setting. Titles reach the stream through Icecast's metadata update, which your playout software can send to your station with the source password, the standard Icecast way. When Auto DJ plays on Premium or Platinum, it sends every title itself.

On Premium and Platinum, Auto DJ takes the air the moment your encoder drops and hands it back when the box reconnects, so listeners hear music instead of silence. Platinum also keeps a standby slot for a backup encoder. The DB91-TX and DB9009-TX add their own main and backup audio input, switching when the main one goes silent, which covers a dead console before the stream is affected. A Free station has no Auto DJ, so it goes quiet with the studio.

Yes. A DB91-RX, DB9009-RX or DB9000-RX is an Icecast client, so it pulls your station's stream like any listener, with the plain http:// link, and counts as one listener. That turns the hosted server into the hub DEVA's own setup guides call an Icecast distribution server: studio encoder in, public listeners and the transmitter decoder out. Keep the decoder on the main MP3 stream.

Stations live on our own servers in New York or Bucharest, and the box sends straight to the station's server on every plan. On Platinum the encoder can send instead to ingest.radio.primcast.com on port 14000, which is answered by the closest of five cities (New York, Miami, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Bucharest) and relays the show to your station; listeners are matched to their closest city the same way. See how the radio CDN works.

Usually not by itself: a broadcast licence and the rights to stream the same music over the internet are granted separately, and arranging them stays with the station. What the panel does on every plan is keep the records: a full airplay log sealed day by day, and royalty reports in the layouts ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, SOCAN, PRS, GEMA, SACEM and UCMR-ADA use. Our royalty fees guide explains where to start.

Yes. On 22 October 2026, DEVA boxes were the most common named encoder connected to our radio servers: 5 of the 38 live external sources identified themselves as a DEVA source client, on Free, Premium and partner-brand stations, sending MP3 at 64 and 128 kbps and HE-AAC at 32 kbps. Every one of them connected as an Icecast source with the username source.

No. Buy the box from DEVA Broadcast or one of its dealers, and we run the server it talks to. If you are choosing a model, the hardware encoder guide compares the kinds of box; on this page the comparison table shows what each DEVA model sends.

Premium and Platinum are free for 14 days: add a card or PayPal when you sign up and nothing is charged before day 15. The Free plan has no monthly charge and a one-time setup fee of $5. On a paid plan you can also write to us within three days of activation for a refund, pro-rated at the monthly price minus a 15% admin fee.