Well, I the Windows Media version doesn't work for me, either! If they're going to use a proprietary format, the least they could do is make it work, or for the love of God, let us download the damn clip! I don't care what format it's in, all embedded video sucks.
Too true. If you could just download the thing and watch it when it's done, you wouldn't have all that herky-jerky video. Which is not to say that streaming doesn't have its place (real-time stuff, for instance), but it's not used as a convienience; it's used to prevent you from downloading it. Why they want to prevent that, I don't know, really.