Wow, Pendlewitch you are right. Soundtrack to movies are working perfectly. Can you please explain what 5.1 Audio is and what I am missing out by not being able to decode it.
Will this have any effect on the sound quality of the music.
Thanks a mill.
Antony
Yay..that's great news.
Well it could take me a long time for that but in a nutshell, your speaker box (which I'm assuming is a standard Zeppelin has 3 speakers in it... 1 left channel, 1 right channel and one for Bass. It is standard stereo output with extra Bass basically and the speakers and ports are arranged to give the effect of a more enveloping sound rather than just straight forward stereo L & R because you can't get the defined separation that you would in a standard 2 speaker audio set-up, where you would have a normal listening position and the speakers arranged up front.
5.1 is pretty much synonymous with Ray Dolby of Dolby Labs who pioneered first Dolby Noise Reduction and then moved onto develop surround sound for movies. In this set-up (and there are others) there are 6 speakers: Front L&R , a centre (speech), 2 Sides or surrounds and one sub-woofer (Bass, ground shaking and rumbling etc).
Although your ATV can stream the 5.1 signal on your soundtracks, the equipment that you have is not capable of decoding it into anything meaningful, hence the SSSSSSS. It won't have any effect on the sound quality as such, it's just that you won't get the surround separation and enhanced listening.
Hope that helps. I've not gone over-technical because I'd probably confuse myself!
Hope this helps.