Apple TV optical out to DAC plus HDMI to receiver?

I currently have my Apple TV connected to my Denon AV receiver via HDMI which then outputs 5.1 audio and video to the TV.
My hope is to also stream my lossless iTunes music library to Apple TV (from my Mac Mini) which would take the audio from the ATV's optical out to my Peachtree Nova DAC, also connected to my AV receiver.
Is this possible? Or would the HDMI out from the ATV supersede the ATV's optical audio out?

Hey guys, I know this is an old thread but...
Try running your ATV to both sources. In my setup I have it running to a Yamaha Rx - V373 via HDMI for movies and tv. I also have the optical output from the ATV running to a Rotel preamplifier, which is connected to a pair of speakers that are great for music.
If I don't want the music to come out of the 5.1 receiver, I simple turn of the 5.1 receiver. Same way for movies, I will turn off the Rotel amp so the sound only comes out of the receiver.
By doing this you will take advantage of whichever component you need when you need it, reaping the advantages that it provides.
And Peachtree stuff is highly thought of in many audio circles. Very affordable for what it can provide. Can sometimes be found a little cheaters in eBay so try their first.

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Thank you!

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Feature     Summary
Netflix     Added support for Netflix in Mexico.
Audio output        Addresses an issue in which audio may not play through the optical port when the TV is turned off.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4448

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George,
Check the optical audio lead is working properly. I have a Samsung sound bar working with my 2nd Gen Apple TV.

Is there a "splitter" for the optical out - I need to send the digital to my receiver AND need an analog out for a speaker?

I'm trying to optical out from the TV to my receiver and then need an analog to go to a speaker. My audio visual guy says there isn't one.
Thank you for any assistance.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2605624?start=0&tstart=0
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5.1 to home theater receiver thru Optical Out not working; Fatality Platinum

I tried connecting the Optical Out on the front to my receiver's optical in. Made sure everything was set to 5. in both the Creative and receiver settings, and the receiver gets optical 5. just fine with my Play Station version 3 and X-box version 360 gaming computers. Please help, I have tried reboot, messing with settings, Google, I cannot fix this.
Jinwoo from great korea!

Hi I have the same probleme, exept that I have succesfuly pluged my home theater receiver and the 5.1 works. Just my subwoofer seems not to work properly. Like when I plug it into a digital dvd player it works very nicely. but when pluged into the sound card it seems that it dosnt have any signal for it.
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I set up my power mac g5 with an optical out cable to a surround sound receiver but no noise at all is coming out. The receiver is set up right, I changed the settings to optical out and nothing is happening. Anything this could be? Thanks

Hi,
Actually, they do make optical cables like that.
Many of the old mini-disk players from the mid-to-late 90's used them for recording. For those who may not know or remember (of have purposefully forgotten) mini-disk was supposed to be the next big thing in a small portable "walkman-style" cd player/recorder. This was obviously before MP3 players took over and became so huge.
They used this mini-jack digital cable that had an optical mini-jack connector on one end and a regular optical connector on the other. With this cable you could record a digital signal from a standard CD player to the mini-disk player.
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I have just installed my Apple TV 2 to my Panasonic TV which works well. However I have also connected the optical out from the ATV2 to my Sony Surround Amp, and cannot get any sound out by this method. It works with SKY so I know the amp is OK.....I have just upgraded the firmware to 4.4.4. Is there anything I am doing wrong or is there a fault with th ATV2 box. I have unplugged the end of the optical cable to the amp and it glows red....so am really confused. Does this only output with dolby digital from films or will it output the audio in stereo from the likes of Itunes as well?
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Audio over HDMI and optical should be active simultaneously.
If a movie has a Dolby Digital soundtrack this will get output over optical, if not or if a TV Show or music track/video it outputs stereo linear PCM 16 bit and supposedly 48 kHz not 44.1 kHz having decoded any compressed audio track such as AAC or MP3 first.
Check the amp input setting - if set to 5.1 and getting a stereo feed it may not register - maybe try an auto type setting. Odd though as it's working from Sky - same input?
AC

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Have some sync problems with ATV (actual), TV is connected via HDMI, sound goes over optical cable into DAC (Rega) and then to the amplifier, when using only TV-sound everything is fine, switching to the external speakers brings up a little delay, around 1/10 second. Any chance to fix this?
Yogi

Welcome to the Apple Community.
I believe this delay is caused by the DAC, I don't think there is anything you can do about this.

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Hello all, just bought a new atv2. Thought I'd stress the difficulty i had in getting it to stream from the main Mac in the house. What a pain. Silly home sharing, why it couldn't be as simple as atv1!
Anyway it's working now. My issue is this; I want to use the atv2 as a music streaming device and not attach it to a screen. I will control it from my iPhone remote.
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krenten wrote:
Just a small update to all of you. Apple's engineering department just contacted me and we went through the procedure I do to play a movie (without sound) while it records this action as a profile then sent to apple. This is a good thing I guess cause it means Apple is very much aware and actively pursuing a solution.
So anyone reading this, create your own discussion or take an active part in one so that apple can contact you too to gather data and get this sorted ASAP!
I have a hunch this to some extent stems from AppleTV automatically configuring optical output to match the capability of the device connected over HDMI which will give AppleTv a 'list' of audio and video modes.
If for example a TV can only handle stereo digital audio over HDMI this then forces the same over optical when DD set to Auto. So in my case, here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3822239?tstart=0
...setting DD to On forces audio out to DD over HDMI and optical so I get DD on the amp but no audio on the non-DD capable TV over HDMI.
I wonder with some of these projector setups if the device is returning no audio capability at all when handshaking, maybe in some cases if connected via an HDMI to DVI adapter/cable, or if the device simply has no audio capability at all.
AC

HDMI Out @ Optical Out at the same time?

I need to install an ATV 2 in my old home theater system. The reciver does not accept HDMI inputs but does accept optical inputs. Can I run HDMI to the TV and use the optical out port on the ATV 2 to direct the audio to the receiver for decoding and presentation?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Yes indeed that's how many of us do it. It also helps eliminate potential HDMI issues by connecting the Apple TV and TV by HDMI directly.

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My suggestion to work around this problem would be to hook up an Airport Express. The AE also has an optical out the same as your iMac. As long as your wireless connection is robust enough you should be able to stream from your iMac to your AE and then have the optical cable connect between your AE and your DAC, which then connects to your Integrated Amp/Receiver/Pre-Amp (depending on your system configuration).
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Hi all, I just bought an Apple TV for myself for the holidays. I have the optical out going to a DAC then to my stereo, and it works fine for music, Netflix, and iTunes Radio. However, when I rented a movie via iTunes (The Wolverine), optical out no longer worked. I did get sound through HDMI (and thus through my TV--not great, but usable).
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Turning Dolby Digital off shouldn't mean not getting any signal out of optical out. I turned it off when I had problems with Netflix movies, but now Netflix movies are fine. I'm getting sound out of optical out with them, which means that something is converting the sound signal to PCM.
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Apple TV optical out to DAC plus HDMI to receiver?

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