Safari can't view .mp4 files?

I have acouple .mp4 files to download on a site, but whenever you click to view/download them, its just a bunch of gibberish (doesn't trigger the download), where as in other browsers (ie firefox) it just goes to the download, like its supposed to.
Quicktime files (.mov) work fine and just go to play/download, but .mp4 files get errors. Is this just a safari problem?
thanks!

Thanks for the info...
is there a way to be able to view in the browser like the quicktime files?
Is there something in the coding of the site that should be added to trigger this effect?
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