Audio through mini displayport

I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2009 with Mini Displayport.  I want to use this to play Hi-def video and surround sound audio on my HDTV.  Can this be done and if so, how?

Apple's Mini DisplayPort only started supporting audio out on the 2010 machines. So yours won't push audio.

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