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Mac Mini doesn't support 5.1 output?
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Toronto, Canada
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I'm having a major issue with my new Intel Mac Mini. I'm using it as a DVD player, and have purchased the right cables and adapters to connect it to my home theatre receiver via Toslink Optical. iTunes plays fine. However, I cannot get my Mini to send the right audio stream out to the amplifier: it comes out as stereo. All five speakers play, but not as discrete channels. I fiddled around in Audio Midi setup, but no help there, as when I selected Encoded Digital, it doesn't want to play at all.
Any ideas? Or have I just wasted a pile of cash buying a Mac Mini to stand in as an HTPC when it can't even do 5.1 audio out?
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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Did you tell the mini to output through optical rather than stereo? System Prefs:Sound:Output, and fiddle around in there
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Midshipman 3/C, USNR
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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There's nothing to fiddle with. It just says digital out and there's no options to change anything . . . not even volume level. There's a lot to fiddle with in Audio Midi setup, but I just screwed things up when I did that. This is an annoyance . . .
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|Desktop:|Abit NFS7 Athlon 3200+, 1GIG RAM, DVD-R (A05) CDRW (52x), 1X200GIG, 1X160GIG, 2X120GIG, ATI Radeon 9800Pro, Samsung 172x Win XP Pro SP2
|Laptop:| Powerbook G4 12" 1.33ghz AE BT 768MB 10.3
|Laptop 2:| Compaq 1050CA 1.4ghz Centrino 512MB Win XP Home
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Join Date: May 2004
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I'm interested in hearing how this is resolved. Can someone please definitely say that they are getting 5.1 from their DVDs from the Mini?
-S
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Colorado
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Well you should be able to get 5.1 from DVDs when it is working correctly. And you use a Toslink cable.
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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Resolved in DVD Players preferences. The original menu was greyed out because I was playing the DVD; had to stop the DVD to change audio output settings. All fine and dandy now.
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|Desktop:|Abit NFS7 Athlon 3200+, 1GIG RAM, DVD-R (A05) CDRW (52x), 1X200GIG, 1X160GIG, 2X120GIG, ATI Radeon 9800Pro, Samsung 172x Win XP Pro SP2
|Laptop:| Powerbook G4 12" 1.33ghz AE BT 768MB 10.3
|Laptop 2:| Compaq 1050CA 1.4ghz Centrino 512MB Win XP Home
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