SHOUTcast Directory • Listing from your radio panel

SHOUTcast Directory Listing Tutorial

shoutcast.com lists a station only once it has been set up for a listing, and at Primcast you set it up yourself in the radio panel. This guide walks through the order it happens in and how to find your station afterwards.

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4-step guide Set up in your panel No charge for the authhash

What you'll learn

Get listed in the SHOUTcast directory

What a listing on shoutcast.com needs from a Primcast station, and who does each part.

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What the directory is - Where listeners go looking for SHOUTcast stations
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Why nothing is listed at first - New stations are built private, and on Icecast
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What the listing needs - A SHOUTcast server and your authhash
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Finding your station - Searching shoutcast.com once the listing is live

Step-by-step guide

A listing takes four steps, all of them in your Primcast dashboard and your own SHOUTcast account.

What is the SHOUTcast Directory?

shoutcast.com keeps a free, public directory of internet radio that listeners search by station name and browse by genre, from Classical and Country to Jazz, Pop and R&B. Being in it puts your station where people already go looking for something to hear.

The directory only lists SHOUTcast servers that identify themselves to it with an authhash. A Primcast station starts on Icecast and without one, so nothing is listed until you set it up.

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Move the station to SHOUTcast and go on the air

Every new Primcast station starts on Icecast, and an Icecast station cannot be listed on shoutcast.com. In the radio panel, open your station's Overview and, under Streaming server, press Switch to SHOUTcast. It works on any plan, the price stays the same, and your listen links, encoder settings, music and schedule stay exactly as they are.

Connect your encoder with the settings from Go live › Encoder settings, so the directory has a stream to show.

Add your authhash in the panel

Create an authhash for this stream in your own Shoutcast RadioManager account. Then, under Streaming server, press Settings next to SHOUTcast Directory, tick List my station in the SHOUTcast Directory, paste the Stream authhash and press Save. The RadioManager licence and user IDs are optional.

Saving restarts the SHOUTcast server once, and listeners reconnect after a few seconds. SHOUTcast does not charge for an authhash; it works like a password for your listing, so keep it out of forums, social posts and anything else public. You never type it into your encoder.

Find your station in the directory

Once the panel shows Listed, look your station up:

Go to www.shoutcast.com
Type your station name into the search box at the top
Open the result to play it in the SHOUTcast web player

The directory shows stations that are broadcasting, so your listing appears while your stream is up. The directory plays stations over plain http, so a listed station gets an http address of its own for it; your own links stay https. If you are on the air and still cannot find it, tell support what you searched for.

SHOUTcast Directory - Search for your station

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Where your encoder settings are

Log in to your Primcast dashboard, go to Radio, pick your station and open the Go live tab. The Encoder settings block has every value with a copy button; press Show to see the password.

Setting	Straight to your station, every plan	Closest server, Platinum
Server	your station's server, for example `ny1.radio.primcast.com`	`ingest.radio.primcast.com`
Port	your station's port	`14000` (SHOUTcast v1 encoders move to `14001` on their own)
Mount, Icecast	`/stream`	`/station number/stream`
Username, Icecast	`source`	`source`
Password	your source password	the same password; for SHOUTcast v1 type `station number:password`
SHOUTcast 2	use Legacy (v1) mode	Stream ID = your station number
DJ logins	their own settings	their own Nearest server block

Broadcasting to listeners on more than one continent?

On Platinum, your encoder sends to whichever of our five cities is closest, which relays the show to your station's own server. Listeners are matched to their closest city as well, so your station comes on sooner and buffers less in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, North Africa, West Asia and beyond. Your dashboard fills your station number into these values for you. How our radio CDN works

Choose Platinum Upgrade your station

Keep your encoder at or under your plan's bitrate: Free 32 kbps, Premium 128 kbps, Platinum 320 kbps. Starting 20 October 2026, a Free station's encoder that goes over 32 kbps gets disconnected, and the Encoder settings block shows the reason.

FAQ

What people ask about getting a Primcast station onto shoutcast.com.

Is my station listed in the SHOUTcast directory automatically?

No. Every Primcast station starts on Icecast and without an authhash, so shoutcast.com never hears about it. A listing starts when you switch the station to SHOUTcast and add your authhash in the radio panel.

Does a shoutcast.com listing cost anything?

No. SHOUTcast issues authhashes free of charge, and a SHOUTcast station is billed exactly like an Icecast one on the same plan.

Why should my stream be live when I list it?

The directory shows stations while they broadcast, and the server fills in the listing details from what your encoder sends. Connect first, then check the listing.

Can I make my station public or private from my encoder?

No: the public option in your encoder changes nothing. The listing is switched on or off in the radio panel, under Streaming server › SHOUTcast Directory › Settings.

My station is not in the directory - what should I do?

Make sure your encoder is connected and that the panel shows Listed. If it does and the station is still missing, check the authhash in your RadioManager account, then contact support by live chat or a ticket: your server reports what the directory answered, so they can tell you what is holding the listing back.