ezstream/madplay: problem with decoding

[bikefridaywalter]

I requested the ezstream port which quickly came, much to my delight. I have a
bit of a problem with it, so I thought I would check here in addition to the
icecast list which may or may not provide any useful input (as ezstream is sort
of an afterthought to icecast..). 

So here's the story: I thought I would explore further features of the program,
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?