I thought I would post this here since I failed to discover any information with helped beyond my own "intuition". I had previously installed for an unrelated reason blueman. At a later date I attempted to use my new bluetooth headphones. Once connected they prevented any media from playing. This included online videos, music, and local music or video. But, I found that removing blueman via
Code:
sudo apt-get remove blueman
resolved the issue entirely. I am not experienced enough to understand why this issue arose as a result of blueman's installation, but it did. I only hope that this saves someone the trouble it cost me.