Streaming movie clips without downloading/saving

Helo,

I hope I have the right forum for this. Whenever I click on a movie clip, the clip starts downloading, not playing. How can I just watch the clip without downloading/saving it? I have Quicktime installed but can't seem to figure out how to tell it to play the clip.

I didn't have this problem when I was using a PC, I had QT and Windows Media Player and could specify which program played which clip...without downloading.

Thank you for any help.

More detail please, which browser etc, even the website if you're agreeable. See if you have Perian installed (SysPrefs), although it shouldn't be related to auto-download.

Using Safari 4.0.4. Where in sys pref would I find this Perian?

If there, it'll be down the bottom of the Prefs window in 'Other'.

That Safari behaviour is strange. I'm using v 4.0.3, and there's nothing there to either enable or stop auto-download.

Try another browser, something like Camino (light and fast) or Firefox, to see if the behaviour replicates.