Strange sound problem in kaffeine

I have been trying to run avi's with kaffeine. Everything seems to work great, picutre, music. But then when someone starts talking, it is muffled, and distorted. Any idea how to fix it. I have tried several avi's, and they all do it.
Thanks
David

I am not sure. I think I have both installed. How do I tell which one I am using?
also, here is something else that is strange. When I try running them in mplayer, it gives me this error.
Error opening/initiating the selected video_out (-vo) device
But when I open a movie in epiphany, it used mplayer, and plays just fine. I don't know if it is related or not.

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