Connecting home theater projector and monitor in kitchen

I just ordered a refurbished 2.0Ghz mac mini so I can use it as my home theater computer. I would like to connect it to my receiver's HDMI input so I can display the video on my projector. I also want to connect it to a monitor in my kitchen so I can use it on a daily basis for basic emailing, surfing, etc. It appears that I can connect the mini's mini DVI port with the included mini DVI port to DVI adapter and then attach a DVI to HDMI adapter which will in turn connect to my receiver's HDMI input. Another option is that I can purchase a mini DVI to HDMI cable and avoid the DVI to HDMI connector. Audio would be fed to the receiver from the optical digital output jack to the receiver's optical input.
In order to connect it to the monitor in my kitchen which has a DVI and VGA input, can I use the mini Display Port? I believe I can just attach a mini display port to DVI cable and attach to my monitor's DVI input? The run is about 25 feet. Will the mini mirror to my projector and monitor this way? Also how can I send the audio to both the receiver and the monitor in the second room. The monitor has a regular mini Jack audio input. Thank you.

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I use the enclosed mini-DVI to DVI (D) adapter with a DVI (D) to HDMI cable and it works just fine. There is no DVI to HDMI converting the signals are compatible. And I am using an analog patch cable for the audio as you propose with the digital.
On the kitchen monitor, Apple makes both a mini-DisplayPort to DVI (D) adapter and a mini-DisplayPort to VGA adapter. But you need to know what DVI input the monitor requires, the mini is DVI (D) only. If the monitor uses DVI (D) then you can use a DVI (D) to DVI (D) cable with the mini-DisplayPort to DVI (D) adapter. If you go with VGA, then a VGA to VGA cable with the mini-DisplayPort to VGA adapter.
Audio for the kitchen is another story. The mini's audio port is either analog or digital. It cannot do both at once. There are USB audio dongles, but I do not think that the Mac is capable of doing both digital and analog audio at the same time, even out of different ports, but I do not know for sure.
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