VLC shoutcast --sout-shout-url , what does it do?

[Kanonskall]

I'm streaming to an icecast server, and i'm wondering if anyone could explain to me what the --sout-shout-url parameter does exactly?

Can it be set to let's say a flash player i've set up myself on a website, og does it have to be the direct address to the stream (ports and all) ?

I would like the stream to be correctly submitted to the "YellowPages" of stream, and i'm not sure how to use this parameter.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

The url is the output url, not the yellow pages.