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RE: Mini itx in a HTPC?



Ahhh this is exactly what I shall be using it for most of the time!

Ho Yin

At 11:45 29/06/2004, you wrote:
>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?
>    >
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>    > > 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.
>    >
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