Cool program

Check out this program, called mPlayer. It was originally developed on Linux, but they have a Windows port.

If you add the program directory to your system path, it becomes a very powerful command-line program. It's really slick, and if you are a little familiar with the inner workings of windows then you will enjoy its straightforward implementation.

Remember to grab their zip file of codecs, and you'll have a powerful program that will play most any movie (including those blasted realvideo and quicktime formats!) with very little grief or overhead.

Enjoy