MIXXX Setup

Prefer video? Watch the MIXXX tutorial on YouTube.

Before you start

You'll need your Stream Info notecard, delivered in-world when you rented your plan. The fields you'll copy from it are HOST/IP, PORT, and PASSWORD. (If you're a live DJ connecting to someone else's AUTO-DJ station, use the credentials they gave you instead.)

Three things go wrong more often than anything else:

1. Extra spaces from copy/paste. Double-click the value to select it cleanly. If you drag to select, you can grab a leading or trailing space without seeing it, and the connection silently fails.
2. HOST/IP format. Use the address exactly as written, just live.xxx.lightmanstreams.com. Don't add http:// in front, don't add :PORT at the end (the port goes in its own field), and don't paste the in-world Land URL.
3. Password length. S Plan and M Plan passwords are always 6 characters. L Plan passwords are always 8 characters. AUTO-DJ live DJ passwords have no fixed length. If your S or L Plan password doesn't match the expected length, you grabbed the wrong line from the notecard.

⚠️ S Plan users: Set bitrate to 192 kbps. Anything higher will fail to connect.

⚠️ Stream Name is required. SHOUTcast rejects connections that don't send a name. In MIXXX, this is the Stream Name field. Set it now and you avoid the most common cause of "won't connect".

1. Open Preferences

In MIXXX, open the Options menu in the top bar and click Preferences.

2. Configure Live Broadcasting

In the Preferences window, select Live Broadcasting in the left column.

Fill in the fields as follows:

• Type: Shoutcast 1
• Host: paste the HOST/IP from your notecard
• Port: paste the PORT from your notecard
• Password: paste the PASSWORD from your notecard (passwords are case-sensitive)

Under Encoding:

• Bitrate: 320 kbps (or 192 kbps for S Plan)
• Format: MP3
• Channels: Stereo

Under Stream Info:

• Tick Public Stream (or leave it unticked, see Listing Status: Private for the difference)
• Stream Name: type any name (required, see warning above)

Click Apply, then OK.

3. Start broadcasting

In the top-right of MIXXX, click the ON AIR button to start broadcasting.

Common issues

• Connection rejected? See SHOUTcast Connection Issues.
• Audio stuttering on Windows 11? See MIXXX Stuttering on Windows 11.
• Stream drops mid-broadcast? See Stream Cuts Out.
• Mic sounds crackly? See Audio Sounds Bad for the Audio Buffer fix.
• Status page says "requires registration"? See Listing Status: Private.