Mini-itx and DVD streaming

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is anyone using a mini-itx based PC for streaming video?  I'm considering
it, but having read a few articles it's not clear whether the Epia boards
have enough CPU power to do it.

I'm looking to retain the 5:1 sound, and would prefer to store the movies
in
a compressed format such as divx or xvid rather than as full dvd isos (just
for disk-space reasons).  I assume that Windows Media Center will be too
much overhead, but is there a standalone solution I could use instead?  If
not, would streaming DVD iso images reduce the CPU load (no need for the
CPU
to decompress?)

Mal