5.1 on IMac

[emax303]

hi all, i'm trying to get surround sound out of an Imac using the Apple DVD Player but with little success.
i've got a Mackie Onyx firewire audio interface (8 ins and 8 outs) and all the relevant speakers hooked up to the outputs.
I've also adjusted the outputs in the Audio Midi Setup and selected 5.1 playback in the DVD.
I now tend to believe that the Apple DVD Player pipes out the audio just in stereo.
Does anybody know if there is a software, such as VLC for example, that would allow me to play back DVD's in surround through the output of my sound card?
thank you kindly for your help

 

[sycho]

VLC will allow for multichannel output. DVD Player only outputs 2channel and SPDIF.

Check out the link in my signature for more info.

 

[autechre]

So, unless I missed something, you can't just use a mini to toslink setup for 5.1 surround?

 

[jesteraver]

So, unless I missed something, you can't just use a mini to toslink setup for 5.1 surround?

Thats what I did. You have too check it to a A/V Receiver though. Thing is you can only control the sound from the receiver after.

 

[sycho]

So, unless I missed something, you can't just use a mini to toslink setup for 5.1 surround?

Thats what I did. You have too check it to a A/V Receiver though. Thing is you can only control the sound from the receiver after.

You should really read what the original posted said.

i've got a Mackie Onyx firewire audio interface (8 ins and 8 outs) and all the relevant speakers hooked up to the outputs.

 

[speakerwizard]

griffin firewave is meant to be good

 

[sycho]

griffin firewave is meant to be good

The original poster already has an interface, the question was weather DVD Player would decode AC3 or not. As I stated above, DVD Player will only output stereo or SPDIF, nothing else.

Doesn't anyone read the posts anymore?