Connect apple tv to stereo without optical or hdmi connection

Is there any way to connect apple tv to old model stereo amp without optical or hdmi connection inputs? Right now can only have itunes through tv speakers. Any help would be appreciated, cheers.

Newer MBPs have HDMI ports.
What ATV generation do you have? What MBP do you have (year/model)? ATVs support Airplay, so using the ATV as an Airplay sink and MBP as Airplay client is still possible.
There are display port-ot-HDMI adapters as well.
Alley_Cat has covered iTunes DRM content, but you can still play non-DRM content via Airplay and HDMI/Component (depending on ATV model).
MBPs  usually have a combo analog/Digital Optical connection that can be hooked up to  a stereo for sound.

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