Does anyone know how to load and play movie files? Is there tutorials on the net on how to do it in c++, direct x ?

Hi!

DirectShow will do exactly that, although it can be a bit tedious to get the DirectShow output into a DX surface. Anyways, the basics are covered very well in these 3 tutorials:

http://www.flipcode.com/tutorials/tut_dshow01.shtml
http://www.flipcode.com/tutorials/tut_dshow02.shtml
http://www.flipcode.com/tutorials/tut_dshow03.shtml

Enjoy,

MK42