Automator only playing .mov files

I am working with Automator trying to create a simple video scheduling app. I created a workflow that ...
1. Gets a specific movie
2. Plays the movie full screen.
Everything is tied into iCal and seems to work well except that I can only play .mov files. mp4 files and .avi files will play in Quicktime Player but will not when called through this workscript/app.
Any thoughts?

I'm not sure if this is even the right forum so I apologize if it's not. Just trying to get an aswer about playing my .mov files.
I have the new Ipad and I have been recording videos. I'm looking to get these videos online on my website.
What is the best way to put this on my website so there is a video player and all.
Right now I just added the videos online but there are no play, pause and rewind options and its just 1 big page of video.
Your question is somewhat ambiguous. How you place the files on your web site will depend on how you are creating/managing the web site and how you plan for viewers to watch them. This can range from simply loading the files to an online server and accessing the content directly by its URL in a compatible browser app like Safari or dedicated players like QT 7, QT X, MPEG Streamclip, VLC, or devices like the iPad, iPhone, etc. to embedding/calling specialized "viwers/players" from within the programmed web page.
Not being a web site programmer myself, I normally just transfer the content to my system and either copy the files directly to my server or use iWeb to publish the files to my server for more generic web site viewing.

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