Shoutcast servers

I am running 1 test shoutcast streaming server. Anyone running one, too?

I notice the CPU usage to broadcast the mp3 is a little high (10% on a P4 2.4Ghz chip). The server uses very little CPU but the scripts to "play" (broadcast) the mp3s to the server is just too high.
Now should I broadcast (play mp3) from my home machine to the server and then the server will stream to listeners? or just broadcasting off the same machine with the server taking the CPU usage is common?

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