(audio) Mirroring from Mini to Apple TV

Why am I losing audio when mirroring to my apple TV from my computer?
I can get a great image on both, but drop sound on my desktop as soon as I connect and can't even pull up audio on the TV. Then when I switch to multiple in iTunes, I drop mirroring.
I would prfer to keep audio at the desktop.
Thanks!

Apple TV only supports Airplay Mirroring with 2 iOS devices: iPad 2 and iPhone 4S
Unfortunately the iMac is not supported

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