Plug-ins and components????? What does it mean?

Hi All,
Over the last few weeks I have been trying to download and burn movies, so I have downloaded loads and loads of codecs and plug-ins and all sorts trying to fix little problems. My question is what should I have just to play different types of movies and for burning dvds. I downloaded a new Quicktime so do I have all I need now or what do I require. Also I can never seem to download Windows Media Player, when it downloads and goes onto the desktop, I open it and an e-mail opens? What is that all about? Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you

Some history of QuickTime:
Not long ago we all connected to the Internet using phone lines and software was much smaller in file size. QuickTime still uses a "component" download option even though it is now 100 times larger in file size than its ancestors.
When you come upon a QuickTime file via the Web the QuickTime browser plug-in "reads" the file to see if your machine has the required "parts". The plug-in redirects (automatically) to the component download page where a user can download can view a list of "suggested" components.
The browser plug-in isn't smart enough to point to the exact thing that is missing.
You don't want to willy-nilly download all of them. Some third party ones (not those offered by Apple) conflict with one another and cause further problems.
Two for us Mac users that help view most common formats are http://flip4mac.com (allows Windows Media Player formats to be viewed via QuickTime) and http://perian.org (for playing most AVI files).
You'll also need Real Player and Flash Player for those Web based formats. They are separate from QuickTime.

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