The restricted Multimedia formats like WMV, MPEG-4 and encrypted DVDs cannot have native support in any Linux disto. I have just installed OpenSUSE 11.1 and once again I have to manually install these codecs, and as usual the Linux community has been very helpfull.
You only need to click on a simple wizard which will guide you through the installation process of some additional multimedia codecs. Just go to http://opensuse-community.org/Multimedia. The .ymp ( a Yast Meta Package Handler file) will add the repositories and automatically install all needed codecs, painless. After that just select your prefered video player and enjoy your movies.
I did have a problem with the Flash player plugin for Firefox after installing OpenSUSE 11.1, the version downloaded directly from Adobe crashed and did not reinstall, a quick solution was to install it with zypper $ sudo zypper install flash-player
