Cannot open url in quicktime

You must open the URL to the file not the Web page that holds it.
http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/G5Pie/G5Pie2.mov
Copy (don't click on) the URL above and paste into the Open URL dialog of QuickTime Player.

I have the same problem & am simply clicking on a 'watch video' link that has the following behind it:

javascript:ChangeTab(document.frmTabs,'WATCHVIDEO'). It then comes up with (Quicktime) - Alert - the URL is not valid.

In terms of QT preferences, I have tried to enable all the MIME options (have no idea what these are!), but they seem to revert back. I have everything ticked apart from: AVI (under Video) and PDF under still images.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do? I've tried copying & pasting the link, but it doesn't seem right to me, but I'm a relatively new Mac user!

Thanks!

vaticsol, please post the url/link of the video you are trying to view for other users to test for you.

This is an example of a URL - I click on the 'Watch video' and then select on air replay & get the message from Quicktime 'URL not valid'. It happens on other web sites...

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.aspx/app.detail/walk.yah.UKEL~UK21

Thanks for your help...

That is a Windows Media Player format (not QuickTime) and in order to play it via QuickTime requires Flip4Mac be installed.
I Flip4Mac reports the URL as "invalid" it is there software (not QuickTime) that needs fixing.
You don't open a URL in QuickTime with a mouse click. You must always "paste" the complete URL in the Open URL menu option of the QuickTime Player.

If the video link on a web page points to a .mov. You can right click (or click option) on that link and pick either Quicktime player or open in a new web page.