AppleTV HomeSharing Movie Sound Keeps Dropping

Starting about a month or so ago, movie files which stream from my Mac to my AppleTV keep dropping sound periodically (every 2-3 minutes, sometimes as short as 10 seconds). I can pause the movie and then press play and the sound comes back - although sometimes it emits a loud "pop" noise before it drops, but not always.
This only happens on some of my movies, but not all (all are encoded the same way, using Handbrake to rip my DVDs & BluRays). My setup is AppleTV to Vizio TV with HDMI and Vizio TV to Bose CineMate Series II with optical.
The same movies that are doing this, if I put the movie on a flash drive and plug it straight into the TV play with no issue.
I've done a lot of searching, but can't find any real answers.
So far I've tried rebooting my Mac, rebooting the AppleTV, doing a factory restore on the AppleTV, updating iTunes, and all so far to no luck. Has anyone had any experience with something like this?

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