Linux Media Codecs?

[Zofc]

I'm using Crunchbang Linux which is an unnoficial version of Ubuntu.

I can't quite get videos to work correctly. Let me back up first: My machine is extremely old. It was running Windows 98 when I got it from a garage sale (my good computer the motherboard fried). I could watch movies on it just fine, I mean yeah it was slow but it still watched them.

And I put Linux on it make to make better use of the slow system (it's got a 333Mhz processor and only 182 MB of ram). But when I try to play videos on it now, everything lags. The video looks garbled, pixelated most of the time. And audio is not caught up. It's just unwatchable.

I was wondering if maybe I should try a different codec? I'm already running VLC.

[canu]

You try updating VLC...too many codecs conflict with each other...I would try plain old windows media or BS player....hell I might go as
far as maybe buying a new PC.

[Zofc]

Originally Posted by canu

You try updating VLC...too many codecs conflict with each other...I would try plain old windows media or BS player....hell I might go as
far as maybe buying a new PC.

VLC is updated. I'm going to go through some of the system files to see what codecs I have. I think your right with the conflicting errors.

I can't use Windows Media as I'm on Linux and don't feel like hassling with WINE.

However, I am getting a laptop, it's on it's way. I'm going to just turn this piece of shit into a server. I still need to figure this out though. I plan on using this box for a number of server uses, one of them being a media server for my PS3 and laptop. If the video is going to stream, it needs to have the right codecs for encryption.