Audio and video files dont play on wiki only a qicktime icon with a question mark appears

I have many users on my server who upload podcasts, but the problem is that the audio file they upload doesnt always play. Only a quicktime icon with a question mark appears. What is also very strange is when you refresh the page usually the file will play and it will work on a Mac but then sometimes not on a PC, and the files always play without a problem on iPads and iPhones.
The icon looks something like this. PLEASE HELP!

    The same thing happened to me last night, except for with video.  Playing videos used to work fine on all operating systems.  Now it will work on Windows and iPhone/iPad but only some videos work on my Macs.  After searching for hours here is what I found:
1. Go to Safari preferences, Security Tab and uncheck "Enable Plug-ins".  When I tried to play video after doing this the Quicktime question mark went away but the video didn't play, it just turned into background color and I can't even right click on it.
2. Run Safari in 32-bit mode.  Locate the Safari file in your Applications folder.  Right click it and click Get Info.  Check the "Run in 32-bit Mode" box.  Restart safari.  This did nothing for me.
3. Try a different web browser.  I tried Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Opera.  They all do the same thing.
4. As for codecs, I updated then reinstalled Flash, DivX and Flip4Mac.  Still doesn't work on Macs.
I know it's not a problem with the server because it works on Windows and mobile devices.  Another weird thing is certain .mp4 videos work fine but some won't.  I re-uploaded them and made sure the video worked on the server and the file is fine.  All regular websites work fine: Youtube, Apple, etc.
My only guess, since this suddenly happened on all my Macs, is that there was some update that caused this.  All help is appreciated.

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