RE: Mini-itx and DVD streaming

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Greenwood [mailto:greengreengreen@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 November 2004 11:31
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Mini-itx and DVD streaming



Mal,

I'm running PowerDVD on windows XP. I'm not a windows fan, but the=20
myHTPC app sits on top and it runs and runs...and you never see the os=20
underneath..
Kids use it to play ripped dvd's and it has been 100% reliable.

I use another windows app (which name I've forgotten at moment) to trim=20
and mildly recompress, still as VOB. It's a very good free PC app (I=20
would prefer to do this on Mac OSX but haven't found a program as good)=20
and it allows you to remove whole bits like extras, but also trim off=20
credits etc.

Martin

On 16 Nov 2004, at 17:18, Mal Lansell wrote:

> Thats handy to know.=A0 What OS are you running, and what DVD
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> software?
>  Have you ever tried any compressed formats?
>
>  Mal
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Martin Greenwood" <greengreengreen@xxxxxxx>
>  To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>  Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 5:11 PM
>  Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Mini-itx and DVD streaming
>
>
>
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>  I have been using a VIA EPIA M10000 Mainboard for over a year playing
>  back ripped DVD's. over a network from a server. I run myHTPC as a
>  front end.
>  (Uncompressed DVD VOB) It works very well.
>
>  Martin
>
>  On 16 Nov 2004, at 15:38, Mal Lansell wrote:
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>  > Is anyone using a mini-itx based PC for streaming video? I'm
>  > considering
>  >=A0 it, but having read a few articles it's not clear whether the
Epia
>  > boards
>  >=A0 have enough CPU power to do it.
>  >
>  >=A0 I'm looking to retain the 5:1 sound, and would prefer to
store the
>  > movies in
>  >=A0 a compressed format such as divx or xvid rather than as full
dvd=20
> isos
>  > (just
>  >=A0 for disk-space reasons). I assume that Windows Media Center
will be
>  > too
>  >=A0 much overhead, but is there a standalone solution I could use
>  > instead? If
>  >=A0 not, would streaming DVD iso images reduce the CPU load (no
need=20
> for
>  > the CPU
>  >=A0 to decompress?)
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