timepiececlock | Computer software confuses me

So, in a brief flicker of creative problem-solving genius, I tried opening up my Witch Hunter Robin avi file in MediaPlayer instead of Real One Player. Now remember, for me MediaPlayer still has this bizarre tonal distortion thing going on with the sound, so I didn't expect it to work anyway. But it opened, and asked if I wanted to download a plug-in that would fix the problem. I said yes. Then I tried opening the file up again in RealPlayer.

Now, I get sound. Mediaplayer is stil distorted, but it's present. RealPlayer sounds fine.

This was all very confusing. But it works now, so.... that's it for tonight.