Preferences

Nicecast's preferences are accessible from the Nicecast menu or by pressing Command-, on the keyboard. These preferences are fairly simple, and explained below:

### General

Start broadcast on launch - This option causes Nicecast to attempt to automatically begin a broadcast on launch, using the settings from its last launch. Great once you've got your system setup as desired.
Display Listener Badge - This option places a small badge over the Nicecast Dock Icon showing the current listener count.
Animated - This causes the rings of the Nicecast Dock Signal to pulsate, indicating a broadcast is in progress. Great for wasting spare CPU cycles.
Check Automatically - This option causes Nicecast to periodically check for newer versions of itself, prompting you to update when one becomes available.

### Built-In Server

Listener Connected - Nicecast plays the specified sound when a listener tunes in.
Listener Disconnected - Nicecast plays the specified sound when a listener tunes out.
Broadcaster Password: - This password is automatically set by the application, allowing Nicecast's broadcast portion to communicate with its built-in server. Beyond this, it enables you to broadcast to Nicecast from another application, such as a remote copy of Nicecast. You may change it for these uses.

### Advanced

Recent Tracks Log - Provide a path, and Nicecast will save a log showing the past 20 items played by Nicecast. This is useful for generating a Now Playing or Recently Played list for a website. To turn this off, click the None button.
MacStreams.com Logo URL - Give the URL of your 50x50 image file (in the form http://www.example.com/image.jpg) and it will appear next to your listing on the Nicecast Stream Tracker.