# Station won't go on air

**URL:** <https://discourse.libretime.org/t/station-wont-go-on-air/1018>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [September 18, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/station-wont-go-on-air/1018 "2021-09-18T22:38:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![electrex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/electrex/32/526_2.png) [@electrex](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/electrex)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/station-wont-go-on-air/1018/1 "2021-09-18T22:38:36Z")

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Hi all, just installed LibreTime for the first time in an Ubuntu 18.04, trying to get familiar with the software. For some reason, I cannot get the station to go ‘on air’. I have created shows and uploaded tracks, which show as playing. However, the on air light in the top-right corner only stays on for 5-10 seconds, before going off again. There is no sound from the stream regardless. Icecast does seem to be up and running, I can connect to the stream with VLC, but it’s just dead air.

My issue is very similar [this](https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime/issues/1172) one on the LibreTime GitHub, however it was closed last month quoting an issue with ‘long tracks’, which does not apply to me.

I have attached a copy of my log file [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sT82BgMgqHp2bIhIiqQR5VfTiRBj5CyI/view?usp=sharing), which may be helpful to those more experienced than me. Doing a quick Google search on most of the lines with ‘error’ all just seem to lead back to that GitHub page, so I’m a bit lost.

I’m not sure if I have done the setup wrong (followed both the text guide and YouTube videos), but hopefully someone can shed some light on this. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![sugonjakas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.libretime.org/sugonjakas/32/433_2.png) [@sugonjakas](https://discourse.libretime.org/u/sugonjakas)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.libretime.org/t/station-wont-go-on-air/1018/2 "2021-09-21T03:11:46Z")

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There was the same parsley when I updated Libretime this summer six months later from the February version from Git. I was on vacation, so I experimented with different versions, but the same story was with the playback. I returned to the February version, it turned out to be the most stable on Ubuntu 18.04. Try to put it. Working version: git checkout 6494680