.mov file will play in browser, but not in native MediaPlayer app
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I am launching the MediaPlayer to play a .mov file that is being passed into the MediaPlayer as a Uri (which is standard).  However, it is telling me that it cannot play the file.  However, if I put this same link on the web, and the click the link to launch the movie (while in my Android browser) the video plays no problem.  However, I can't get the WebView to play it with the Video tag despite all my efforts.

So here is my question, what magic is taking place that allows an android browser app to take a .html url which contains a link to play a video and play it?  If I load the same url in a WebView, or try to pass the video url into the mediaplayer, it is a no go.  The format of the video is .mov.

Thanks in advance to everyone.