Cannot play videos received from emails or dvds

I downloaded the most recent version of Quick Time player, but I still can't seem to watch many videos. If someone sends me something by email, I usually cannot open it on my iMac. I have to go to my wife's PC to open and watch it. The same thing applies for DVDs. I'm a fairly new Mac user and there may be a simple answer. I hate having to use 2 computers just to open files.

well, im not sure what was wrong, but I did this from another discussion
Use 'EasyFind' to locate all Safari's files and folders.
<http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11076/easyfind>
and then downloaded the most recent version of Safari from Apple.com, now my videos work fine!

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