Yes it does have a player,you need to update your NERO software you can do that by going to NERO website and clicking on Downloads.There is 4 different downloads there.They tell you all about it in the website.You want to update to the 6.0 version so that the player will load in your nero so you will need to download all 4 files ,the older versions did not have the player.They also have a upgrade as well for 19.99 I think, it is for the Nero Showtime software that will play movies as well,but that is a paid upgrade it's a plugin,I have it and it is cool.It works great when you burn a video you can play it back in that nero showtime player,instead of having to open it elswhere to view it.