


USING MIXXX DOWNLOAD
If you want to test the server functionality, open a browser and type your SHOUTcast server IP Address or domain name with its port number on URL and the live stream should be available for download by clicking on Listen. That’s all! Hit the Play button from Mixxx console and your audio should be now transmitted to the server which it will broadcast live on your networks or Internet.Ħ. After you finish hit on OK button to apply settings and a new pop-up should appear if the connection to SHOTcast server was successfully established.
USING MIXXX PASSWORD
On Password filed Enter your streampassword_1 configured in SHOUTcast server ( sc_nf file ).Enter admin on Login fileld (default user for SHOUTcast server).Enter your SHOUTcast server Port number (by default is 8000 if not changed ).Enter your SHOUTcast server IP Address or DNS name on Host filed.On Preferences menu navigate to bottom on Live Broadcasting and use the following settings (check the screenshot below as an example).

Load your music samples to Mixxx consoles, then go to Options menu -> Preferences. Open Mixxx and add aįolder that contains audio samples in order to test configuration.

After Mixxx is installed on your system, you need to configure in order to be able to live broadcast audio to SHOUTcast server.
USING MIXXX INSTALL
Open an Terminal and type the following command to install Mixxx software. As an alternative to minimize time, you can use the command line to install Mixxx.
USING MIXXX SOFTWARE
Software Manager Search Mixxx Software Install Mixxx SoftwareĢ. If you’re not an advanced Linux user and the command line sounds scary, you can install Mixxx program from a Graphical User Interface, by opening Linux Mint Software Manager.Ĭlick on Linux Mint Menu, go to Software Manager, search for Mixxx software and install it on your system, as presented in the screenshots below. Step 1: Install and Configure Mixxx to Stream Audio Files to SHOUTcast Serverġ. Important: As I said, the following instructions are practically tested on Linux Mint 17, but the same instructions can also works on all other major Linux distributions, the only difference is Mixxx installation part, that too you can get it by doing yum or apt. While Mixxx is available on all major Linux distributions, this guide will only cover Mixxx installation and configuration on Linux Mint 17, which is the best-suited platform for beginners who only need a free open source platform, with just few simple clicks or commands distance to install and configure all the pre-build debian packages for Mixxx player to stream their mixes over Internet.
