Hero – ShoutCast and IceCast Radio Player

FEATURES:

• Shoutcast and 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 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.

VIDEO TUTORIAL:

• You’ll find detailed video tutorials, in the help documentation

Note for IOS & Android (restrictions imposed by Apple & Google): – The autoplay will not work because IOS (and Android) has disabled autoplay feature and it can’t be controlled from JS.

UPDATES / RELEASE LOG

• 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 2.0 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 1.6.4 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 1.4.3 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