Ichat theater - no audio ?

today i watched a movie using ichat theater.
it is .avi and works on my laptop and it worked on the app, too.
but when it started, i unplugged my headphones, and the audio stopped.
then i closed it, and shared the file again. this time, the audio didn't work at all.
i re-lauched our AV conversation and shaered the file once more. i plugged in my headphones. audio, then no audio.
i tried a third time, keeping the headphones in and it worked fine.
why was this happening?
also, the other person and i could hear each other talk through all of this and the video quality was good as well as audio (when it did work).
and i just now did some software updates, but are there ones for ichat that going to apple>software updates won't bring up?

Hi,
My Headphones have a 3.5mm jack that cuts the Audio Line Out circuit when the jack is inserted.
Do you have a 3.5mm headset or are we talking about a USB connection ?
If USB it will show up in System Preferences > Sound > Output as a separate item and also in iChat in the Video Section.
If you are then "changing" outputs you need to change the choice in both places.
The other possible is that it is a protection factor as you insert or remove the Headphones if a 3.5mm jack
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