So here's the story: I thought I would explore further features of the ezstream, including its ability to reencode various input types (e.g. ogg, mp3, flac) on the fly into one type of stream (ezstream_reencode_mp3.xml config). It works wonderfully except for one problem: the decoding of mp3s results in a steady stream of noise (i.e. the source is not distinguishable among the noise). Using the the standard config (ezstream_mp3.xml), everything works fine. So I think I can conclude it is not a problem with my build of ezstream, but it may have something to do with either the madplay build or the madplay settings. Sadly, I have little experience with encoding/decoding and/or the settings involved but wading through the man page, they seem to be appropriate: madplay -b 16 -R 44100 -S -o raw:- "@T@" Is there anyone that can shed any light on this?