Well, It's a permissions problem:

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[will@exile ~]$ xine-list-1.1 | sed 's/;/\n/g' | grep mpeg
video/mpeg                                               
video/x-mpeg                                             
[will@exile ~]$ sudo -s                                  
[root@exile ~]# xine-list-1.1 | sed 's/;/\n/g' | grep mpeg
video/mpeg                                               
video/x-mpeg                                             
audio/mpeg2                                              
audio/x-mpeg2                                            
audio/mpeg3                                              
audio/x-mpeg3                                            
audio/mpeg                                               
audio/x-mpeg                                             
audio/x-mpegurl                                          
audio/mpegurl                        


I ran Amarok as root and mp3s played perfect. So what do I have to do to get this working as myself instead of root?

Googlers can refer to this thread for my solution:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6459894

exile wrote:
I ran Amarok as root and mp3s played perfect. So what do I have to do to get this working as myself instead of root?

You should run 'sudo chown yournick'  for the folder where your collection is located, use the -R option (after chown)  to change the permissions recursively in the subfolders.
Sometimes, especially if your collection is located on an external HD, mounting errors can mount a device root only.