shoutcast items get deleted on play workaround --playlist-tree
NB vlc-0.9.0-test2-20080702-1913-win32.zip. Shoutcast discovery of TV or radio listing fills the playlist but selecting Play will result in Deleting the item since it cannot be played. It will automatically skip to the next and repeat this Delete for every entry.
Workaround is to use --playlist-tree option.