Viewing different video types on websites with Safari

I've been having this problem for a while and am finally looking to do something about it. I' pretty sure that I have Windows Media Player, Real Player, and Flash Player plug-ins installed on my Mac, but Safari never seems able to use them when certain webpages require them for media content. Sometimes I get a message from Safari asking if it should try Windows Media player, and then it plays fine. Are all types of video on different websites supposed to just play as long as I have the plug-ins? Or am I wrong about that? What do I need to do so that each player will be used when needed? Should I uninstall everything and reinstall clean? Are there other steps I need to take like changing preferences or something?

OK, sorry, the Save As Web Application option (under save as) is perhaps not available in Safari 3.1.2.
I forgot that I was using the developers version of Safari 4. Ooops!
(No, I don't know when the final version will be released.)

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