Audio Output while using Airplay

I have a rather unique requirement that has me stumped. We have an Apple TV driving a projector that does not have audio output so when we mirror the display from the iMac using airplay we want the audio output device to be "Internal Speakers" but that can not be selected in System preferences. Does anyone know a work around for this configuration or will I have to get seperate amplifier and attach it to the optic audio output from the Apple TV?
Thanks
Brian

Well, since I can't imagine this being a feature of Airplay I assume we're either hitting the limitations of the technology, or it's a bug. Knowing Apple I suspect it's a limitation of Airplay, perhaps because audio and video are sent out as an integrated stream?
I agree, this does suck, since all I have to use as audio is the tiny 1 watt speaker on my Epson projector! I can't even use audio out from the Apple TV, since all it has is that useless optical port. Very frustrating indeed.

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