Is your stream up?
Check any radio stream URL.

It connects to the URL the way a player would and reports what came back: whether the server answered, the HTTP or ICY status, the Content-Type, the codec found in the first bytes of audio, the bitrate and sample rate, the station name and genre from the ICY headers, the current track title, the listener count if the server publishes one, and whether the URL is HTTPS. Then it gives a verdict on whether a browser, WordPress site or mobile app will play it.

Almost always one of three things: the stream is plain http and your website is https, so the browser blocks it as mixed content; the server is SHOUTcast v1, which answers with a non-HTTP status line that browsers refuse; or the format is Ogg or Opus, which Safari and iPhones do not play. The checker flags each of these separately. The fix is an https listener URL delivering MP3 or AAC.

The stream URL returns audio bytes; a station page returns HTML with a player on it. Players, apps, directories and this checker need the stream URL. It usually looks like https://host:8000/live or https://host/stream.mp3, and for SHOUTcast often ends in /; or /stream. If the checker says “that is a web page”, look in your hosting dashboard for a direct or listener link.

The Icecast server is running but nothing is connected to that mount point, so it does not exist yet. Either the path is misspelled, or your encoder or AutoDJ is not connected. Start the source, then check again. On Nobex, Cloud AutoDJ keeps the mount alive around the clock so this never happens between shows.

Yes. For an .m3u8 URL it loads the playlist and reports whether it is a master playlist with several quality levels or a media playlist with segments, the segment length, and whether it is live or a finished recording. HLS plays natively in Safari; other browsers need a small player library such as hls.js, which our free radio player includes.

From ICY metadata. When a player asks for it, Icecast and SHOUTcast insert the current track title into the audio stream at a fixed interval. If your stream has no titles, the checker warns you: most encoders and AutoDJ systems have a “send metadata” or “send song titles” setting.

No. The URL is used for one check and the result is shown to you only. Nothing is saved, listed or added to any directory. The check counts as one listener on your server for a couple of seconds.

Yes. Nobex Streaming gives every station an https MP3 or AAC stream on a global CDN with track titles sent for you, live broadcasting from a browser, phone or encoder, and Cloud AutoDJ so the stream is never silent. You can start in free mode without a card and choose a paid plan for ongoing broadcasting.