RE: Mini itx in a HTPC?

["Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Be cautious too if you are using LAME to do audio transcoding - (for
example
as the SlimServer doe The Via Epia boards I tried a while back (800Mhz)
were
not up to the job hitting 100% cpu and giving audio glitches. This was the
Windoze SlimServer though.  The newer motherboards are faster though (1Ghz
1.2Ghz )so I would love to hear of anyones experience playing a reasonable
bitrate WMA stream/file onto a Slim player.

K

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Shore [mailto:nick.shore@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 June 2004 11:33
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Mini itx in a HTPC?
>
>
>
> > Has anyone here use a mini itx motherboard (fanless one)
> in a HTPC setup?
> >
> > How does it perform? is it powerful enough?
> >
>
> playback of dvd should be fine as the onboard mpeg2
> decoder will handle that, divx can be a bit more
> challenging - you really need something like the MII 1200o
> to be totally capable.
>
> This can be run fanless in the e-otonashi case which we
> demonstrated at
> ukha2004
>
> > Also is one able to put in an additional sound card like
> a creative live!
> > so that I can get digital out?
> >
> the epia boards have digital audio out onboard.
>