Some videos and video podcasts wont play on my iphone 4

hey guys... as the title says, some movies wont play on my iphone 4 and i just downloaded the new apple key notes podcast to watch and my iphone says the video cant be played.
i understand that some movies may be wrong file formats and so forth, but i thought that a podcast direct from apple should play?
any help would be great!
thanks

Yes!!!! I encounter the same problem too!!! Anyone knows what happens??
The video or music clip could be played for the first time on safari ,, however, it could not be played again!!
What happens??

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