SSL radio streaming
SSL radio streaming with one link that plays on every secure page
SSL radio streaming comes with every Primcast station, the free one included. Your listeners get an https:// link and a player that work inside secure websites, phone apps and radio directories, with nothing extra to buy or set up.
The link you share starts with https://, so a browser has no reason to block your stream on a secure page. For a player too old to open https://, your panel also lists a plain http:// copy of the same link.
Why it matters
A secure website cannot play an insecure stream
Browsers treat an http:// stream on an https:// page as mixed content. Depending on the browser, the player stays silent, shows a warning, or the stream simply never loads. Most station websites, website builders and directories are https:// today, so an http:// stream is a stream fewer people can hear.
- Embed your player on a secure site and it just plays
- Paste the link into apps and directories that only accept https://
- Share it in a message and nobody sees a "not secure" warning
What stays the same
Your encoder does not change
Only listening is https. Your encoder keeps connecting with the server, port and password in your panel, whether it speaks Icecast or SHOUTcast, so moving to secure streaming takes no new settings on your side.
Share tab
Three ways to hand out your secure stream
The Share tab in your radio panel keeps everything you give to listeners in one place: the https:// listen link to paste anywhere, a player you can drop into a web page, and your station's own public page.
Your station page shows your show line-up too, and once we approve it, your station appears in Primcast Tune In. All three are on every plan.
Plans
Secure streaming on all three plans
https:// is never the thing you pay more for. The plans differ in how many people can listen at once, how good your stream sounds, and whether Auto DJ keeps it going when you are not live.
$0 a month
Setup $5, paid once. Up to 1,000 listeners at 32 Kbps, live only.
Closest-server delivery is on Platinum
Start free$39 a month
Up to 2,500 listeners at 128 Kbps, with Auto DJ and 20 GB for music. Includes podcasting. Or $390 a year.
Free for 14 days Card or PayPal at checkout, first charge on day 15
Closest-server delivery is on Platinum
Choose PremiumGlobal radio CDN: listeners and your encoder on the closest of five cities.
$79 a month
Up to 5,000 listeners at 320 Kbps, 3 streams and 100 GB for music. Podcasts of your shows are part of it. Or $790 a year.
Free for 14 days Card or PayPal at checkout, first charge on day 15
Choose Platinum| On air | Free | Premium | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radio CDN · Platinum only | |||
| Listeners hear you from the closest of five cities | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Your encoder connects to the closest city | Not included | Not included | Included |
| If a server fails, the next closest city takes over | Not included | Not included | Included |
| On air | |||
| People listening at the same time | 1,000 | 2,500 | 5,000 |
| Monthly allowance of listener hours | No monthly allowance | 500,000 | 1.5 million |
| Best sound quality you can send | 32 Kbps | 128 Kbps | 320 Kbps |
| Streams (extras are lighter copies for phones) | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Secure https:// link and a player that works in any browser | Included | Included | Included |
| Connect an Icecast or a SHOUTcast encoder | Included | Included | Included |
| Free trial | |||
| Try it before the first charge | Not included | 14-day trial | 14-day trial |
Every other feature, plan by plan, is on our radio hosting page.
New AI Production · Premium and Platinum
Empty playlist? Type what you need and press make.
Ads for your sponsors, station IDs, the weather, a news bulletin, a talk show, even original songs: written for you, recorded with the voice you pick and dropped straight into your Auto DJ library. No studio, no voice actors, no radio experience needed.
- Uses your own OpenAI or ElevenLabs account for voices and music
- Lands in your playlists by itself, ready to air
- Platinum adds an AI DJ that talks between your songs
Try Premium or Platinum free for 14 days
Add a card or PayPal when you sign up and nothing is charged before day 15. Cancel before then and you pay nothing at all. One trial per new customer, and one more when you move up from Free or Premium.
Radio CDN, on Platinum
Your listeners hear you from the server closest to them
Your station lives in New York or Bucharest. On Platinum, each listener connects to the closest of our five cities instead, and so does your encoder. Every one of those servers pulls a single copy of your stream, however many people are listening there.
One link for every listener
Share your station's CDN link. Whoever opens it is answered by our server closest to where they are, and everybody listening through that city shares a single copy of your stream.
Your encoder stops at the closest server
Use the Nearest server settings and that server relays your show to your station's own server. Your password, your DJs' hours and your show all work exactly as they do now.
A server that goes quiet is skipped
We check every server every 10 seconds. One that misses 2 checks in a row is taken out, and anyone who reconnects is sent to the next closest city.
An audience on several continents? Platinum puts a server near each of them
Nobody has to reach across an ocean to hear you: each listener, and your encoder, connects in or near their own region. When we measured it, sound started 0.25–0.7 seconds after the player connected.
- North America
- New York
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Miami
- Western Europe
- Amsterdam
- Eastern Europe
- Bucharest
- North Africa, and Africa beyond it
- Amsterdam
- The Middle East
- Bucharest
- West Asia: Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
- Bucharest
- South and Central Asia
- Bucharest
- Asia-Pacific
- San Francisco
On Platinum, your dashboard's Radio section adds your CDN link and your Nearest server details. Free and Premium stations are reached directly, on the server they live on. Every plan keeps the links and settings you have now. How our radio CDN works
Questions
Secure radio stream questions, answered
Is SSL radio streaming free?
Yes. The https:// link and the player come with every station, including the free plan, which costs $0 a month after a one-time $5 setup fee. Premium and Platinum use exactly the same secure link.
What does my https:// stream link look like?
It is https://ny1.radio.primcast.com/port/stream, with your station's own port in the middle. You do not have to build it: the radio panel prints the full link on the Overview and Share tabs, ready to copy.
Can listeners still use an http:// link?
Yes, for players that need it. The link to share is https://, and the panel also lists a plain http:// copy of it under For older players, for Winamp, hardware radios and old software that cannot open https://. On Platinum the CDN link has a plain http:// copy too. Typing http:// with your station's IP address and port straight into a player is still refused.
Do I need to buy or install a certificate?
No. The stream runs on our radio domain, and the certificate that secures it is ours to look after. There is nothing for you to buy, upload or renew.
Do my encoder settings change for SSL streaming?
No. Only the listening side is https. Your encoder connects with the server, port and password shown in the Go live tab, the same way it always has, and Icecast and SHOUTcast encoders both work.
How do I put the secure player on my website?
Copy the player from the Share tab and paste it into your page. Because the stream is https://, it plays on a secure site without any warnings. If you have no website, your station page already has the player on it.
Does the link change if I move to Premium or Platinum?
No. Your link stays the same when you change plans, so nobody has to update a bookmark or an app. What changes is how many people can listen at once and the quality you can send.
Give your listeners a link that just plays
Open a free station and copy your https:// link from the panel a few minutes later. When you want Auto DJ or a bigger audience, Premium and Platinum keep the same link.