Long Video or Long Audio??

I'm setting up my home theater and am putting much of the equipment in an adjacent room, leaving mainly the TV and speakers in the viewing/listening room. I can accomodate a few pieces in the viewing room, if I choose to. If I do, this could shorten the video connections to the TV, but lengthen the audio cables to the amp. OR I could put the DSS receiver, DVD, etc in the other room and have short audio runs to the amp, but long video runs to the TV. Which is preferable? FYI - I will be running s-Video cables from the DSS to the TV and either S-Video or Component video cables from the DVD to the TV. I'm not sure on the audio cables yet.

Chris