A movie is an electronic signal of moving graphics, pictures, or text used to combine a steady stream of images used for entertainment, education, or other uses. This term describes content that’s longer than ten minutes, or something you would watch on your TV or at the theater. Whereas video describes short clips or files on the Internet, see the video definition for further information and online example.

To play a movie file on your computer, you must have a movie player program that supports the video file you’re trying to play. For example, movie players that work with Windows are Windows Media Player (included with Windows) and VLC (that also works on other platforms).

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  • How to play a movie file in Windows.
  • How to insert a movie or video in an HTML document.
  • How to find what time a movie starts and get reviews.