Mini as media server question

i want to set up my mini as both an audio server and a video server. is it possible to have it set up so that when i click on an audio track it outputs the sound through the USB output and when i click on the video it outputs video/5.1 audio through the HDMI output? i do not want to have to go into the mini and change settings each time to do this. do-able?

got the answer on computer audiophile:
Yes, you can.
You do have to change interfaces.
However, what I do is this:
I play movies via iTunes or Front Row, and have them use my "default" audio out, which I set to HDMI.
Then I play music via Audirvana or Decibel or BitPerfect, and set their preferred audio out to the USB (in my case Halide Bridge).  Then it is fairly seamless.
If you option-click the little speaker icon thingie in the menu bar, you can easily toggle between audio output interfaces that way.

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