Re: Mini-itx and DVD streaming

[Martin Greenwood <greengreengreen@xxxxxxx>]

I have been using a VIA EPIA M10000 Mainboard for over a year playing=20
back ripped DVD's. over a network from a server. I run myHTPC as a=20
front end.
(Uncompressed DVD VOB) It works very well.

Martin

On 16 Nov 2004, at 15:38, Mal Lansell wrote:

> Is anyone using a mini-itx based PC for streaming video?=A0 I'm=20
> considering
>  it, but having read a few articles it's not clear whether the Epia=20
> boards
>  have enough CPU power to do it.
>
>  I'm looking to retain the 5:1 sound, and would prefer to store the=20
> movies in
>  a compressed format such as divx or xvid rather than as full dvd
isos=20
> (just
>  for disk-space reasons).=A0 I assume that Windows Media Center will
be=20
> too
>  much overhead, but is there a standalone solution I could use=20
> instead?=A0 If
>  not, would streaming DVD iso images reduce the CPU load (no need
for=20
> the CPU
>  to decompress?)