ATV3 6.1.1 Home Sharing M4V AAC/AC3 dual audio stream

Guys I have a brand new ATV3 on 6.1.1
Home Sharing enabled
iTunes Library with x264 m4v's with 2 audio streams -> AAC/AC3
On ATV2 Home Sharing defaults to the AC3 Dolby stream and 5.1 is enabled for home sharing
ATV3 I have to toggle from AC3 to AAC and back to get it to work....
The AC3 stream is active when launching the film, but there is no sound unless i toggle to AAC then back to AC3
I have tried HDMI as well as optical audio.
Dolby in settings is set to on.
Anyone run into this?

Edit...
ATV2 Works.. Home Sharing connecting to the M4Vs in iTunes that have the dual audio streams (AAC/AC3) automatically detects the AC3 stream and it plays fine wit Dolby 5.1
ATV3 Home sharing connections to the M4Vs in iTunes with the same dual streams. It detects the AC3, but does NOT play it. SILENCE. BUT, if I toggle the stream in ATV with the remote and select the AAC, I get PCM and it works. Toggle back to AC3, I get Dolby and it works.
Does anyone know why it doesnt work from the beginning and why I have to toggle this?

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