Apple TV 2 and Airport Express question?

Hi, so I am new with all these apple tv and aiport express thing. I recently bought an apple tv and I wanted to out the audio to my 5.1 speakers in the room. Question. If the speakers in my room are connected on an airport express, then I play a video or movie (not just music, as i know music would work) will the sound stream thru my room speakers (connected to airport express) whilst the movie plays in the living room tv. Does it work that way? Video on my tv and sound streaming thru airport express connected speakers. I hope someone can help me.
NOTE: I am just about to purchase the airport express, but before I do I have to make sure it works.

You can't send video to one Airplay device and audio to a different one. Multiple Airplay devices used simultaneously for the same stream only works with audio. You can't do it with video nor can you split up the video and audio. You can connect the Apple TV to your 5.1 speakers if your receiver has HDMI or an optical input.
It is possible to use an iOS device to watch video and send the audio to the Airport Express or Apple TV but this only works for all the 3rd Party apps since they support Audio Airplay but not Video Airplay.

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