hi,
First : we get a lot of cliking where do you think it come from [lame ?]
first, i suspect some bandwidth problems. lame is not that CPU-intensive but you can check this with a 'top' command ( check CPU status ).
to find the bottleneck, several actions might be taken :
a/ emit your stream towards a machine on your LAN, do clicks still happen ??
b/ lower mpeg quality until clicks disappear. especially, lower bitrate and increase quality factor ( higher quality parameters are LOWER quality in fact ). let's try : "mpeg 8000 8 2 9" which is the lowest quality.
also, check that pd is running with the -rt flag.
let me know the results of all these actions.
Yves/
PS : i've never tested shoutcast on the net, only on a LAN. no noticeable clicks.