Media server and anyone got an old video card?

[Feek]

I'm going to build my old SFF Shuttle as some kind of dedicated media server type box. I've not thought it through in detail yet though so any advice would be good as to what I can do with it and how to do it.

But due to the fact it's a small box, and the video card I have doesn't allow me to put the cover on (6600GT), I want to put any old crappy card in there.

Mainly because it'll allow me to put the cover back on but also because it'll generate a lot less heat and means the box will run a bit cooler.

So three things really.

1) Suggestions about what to do with it, whether I should just copy all my audio/video into it and share the folder or somehow make it a real 'media centre', whatever that means!

2) Has anyone got an old video card, it can be AGP or PCI, I don't mind which but it needs to be one without huge coolers on the side. Passive cooling would be even better. It really doesn't matter what it's like as it's going to be headless.

3) Best way to control it remotely, VNC, PCAnywhere, what?