SHOUTcast Source connecting/disconnecting error

[phazei]

In the winamp Shoutcast DSP plugin on the output tab it says:
Status:
Not Connected

If I click connect it says
Status:
Disconnecting

for like 1/10th of a sec along with 'Kill' where it said connect, then goes back to sitting on 'Not Connected'

In address I tried my ip, localhost, 127.0.0.1 All nogo. I tried changing the port the server runs on, nogo. I can connect to
http://localhost:8000/ just fine.
It says "Server Status: Server is currently down."

This is all it says in the monitor window:

===================================

*******************************************************************************
** SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server
** Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Nullsoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
** Use "sc_serv filename.ini" to specify an ini file.
*******************************************************************************

Event log:
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/win32 v1.9.4 (Mar 17 2004) starting up...
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [main] loaded config from C:\Program Files\SHOUTcast\sc_serv.ini
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [main] initializing (usermax:3 portbase:8000)...
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [main] No ban file found (sc_serv.ban)
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [main] No rip file found (sc_serv.rip)
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [main] opening source socket
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [main] source thread starting
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [main] opening client socket
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [main] Client Stream thread [0] starting
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [source] listening for connection on port 8001
<12/13/04@17:46:12> [main] client main thread starting

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My firewall is disabled, so is the winxp firewall... so...
help... please :)

-me

[NJK]

have you made your choise in which encoder you are using and have the bitrate set?

usualy this occurs when your dsp isn't configured correctly. ( means you forgot some settings)