Flash targeting external .mov to open in QT Player

I have an all flash website (www.thesoundword.com). We are an internet radio station, and I would like to get flash to open our stream (.mov) in a QT player as opposed to a new webpage as it does now when a listener clicks "listen now". This seems to be pretty complicated, and I am out of ideas. Thanks for any help!
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2gb Ram

Since your Flash file determines how the link will open it makes a very big difference.
Most users (default) have QuickTime Player set to handle any rtsp protocols.
Your current Flash file directs to your poster .mov file. Since this happens via a Web browser (over http) the browser settings would then try to load the "linked" file in a new window.
Directly linking to the rstp "feed" through your Flash file would vary based on the end users settings. But most would have QuickTime Player (or maybe Real Player) open the rtsp link in the default they've set for playback of rstp feeds.
Even Real Player can open most QuickTime formats.

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movie to fit in a
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> size.
>
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>
> //load Movie Behavior
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>
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