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 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