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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
5.1 surround from Mac Mini
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<blockquote data-quote="aeiou" data-source="post: 733104" data-attributes="member: 12382"><p>Its the hardware, and I'm not aware of any way to do it using the optical out. The point of having the optical out is that you get the raw data coming out of the mini so that it can be processed outside of the computer. There are a few sound cards on the pc side that can do what you want over a digital connection, but not many. I you were using analog out of the mini (you would have to use something like the firewave) it would probably work as you describe, but not with digital, and that would not be practical in your case.</p><p></p><p>Look for dolby prologic on your receiver and you should be able to get it to work with all channels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeiou, post: 733104, member: 12382"] Its the hardware, and I'm not aware of any way to do it using the optical out. The point of having the optical out is that you get the raw data coming out of the mini so that it can be processed outside of the computer. There are a few sound cards on the pc side that can do what you want over a digital connection, but not many. I you were using analog out of the mini (you would have to use something like the firewave) it would probably work as you describe, but not with digital, and that would not be practical in your case. Look for dolby prologic on your receiver and you should be able to get it to work with all channels. [/QUOTE]
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