Can an external video camera connect through a Mac to Apple TV?

The business has a conference room that they would like use for video conferencing. They have a flat screen TV and asked if they could mount a video camera above the TV, that is connected to a MacBook Pro or MacMini, and use the external camera for video conferencing. They wouldn't be using it with FaceTime, it's a third party video conferencing program. They just want to know if they could mirror the video conference call through Apple TV when using an external camera?

Hi,
Thanks for your assistance, but I spent quite some time researching this before posting, and the post you link to (which I've already read) doesn't actually answer my question, that person is asking about his wireless speakers receiving individual sound channels through airplay. Other discussions, which I've also looked at, seem inconclusive.
I was really posting in the hopes of finding anyone who had personal experience of trying to play a fullscreen, 5.1 surround video file using airplay mirroring from their mac to their Apple TV, and if they received 5.1 sound.
Thanks again for your help though.

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