Windows media plays instead of Quicktime

I'm currently running 10.4.8 and both my internet browsers Safari and Firefox used to play video files in quicktime format. I did an update in firefox an all of a sudden the default player is windows media in which i dont like. I did have Flip for mac on my desktop but have since deleted it. i have also went through the preferences in both safari and firefox and selected quicktime as the default player but still no luck. I do not like the windows media player at all. any suggestions?
Thanks

try the following:
open quicktime.
from the menu select "quick time preferences"
this will bring up a new window.
click on the "Advanced" tab
once there, click on "MIME settings" (bottom left button)
Thta should open a new window "Select the MIME types that...."
There you should be able to select and deselect your preferences and "MPEG" should be ALL ticked (so the initial view is a tick" the other one to lock for is
"Video". now that's likely to havea "-" in there. It all depends on your system setup.
good luck

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