Video experience for Windows Media (Player 10) etc..

[Ted Gervais]

Was wondering if there is anything that will take the place of the 
'Windows Media Player'  which wants to be used when trying to view videos 
while in www.cnn.com .

I occasionally like to look at the various video clips that come with the news 
website and it asks me to 'GET PLAYER' when I click on these videos.

Am I out of luck when trying to view these news videos when I am running 
Linux?  Or is there a way around this obstacle??