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  1. Movie Playback on Useful Apps for First-Time Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    If you're planning to watch any sort of movies on Windows, there are a few useful programs (some of which are cross-platform):

    • VLC media player - a nice all-purpose media player that works with DVDs in addition to many other formats.
    • QuickTime Alternative and Real Alternative - free versions of the QT & Real codecs that allow you to play those formats without the need for a separate movie player for each. Also includes browser plugins and Media Player Classic, another free media player similar in appearance to old versions of Windows Media Player.
    • ffdshow - a codec that allows Windows Media Player to play videos encoded with divx, xvid, and a bunch of other stuff.
    • MPlayer, of course, also exists; I haven't tried it on Windows myself, though, so I can't say how well it works compared to its incarnations on other OSes.