Hero – ShoutCast and IceCast Radio Player GPL

99.00

The ultimate radio player WordPress plugin with ShoutCast, IceCast, RadioJar, and AzuraCast support.

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 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.

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 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 25, 2020
    • new parameter added ‘The MSCP PRO json Api URL ( OPTIONAL )’ 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 2.1.1.2 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 2.0 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
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