Dolby Digital 5.1 pass-through and Quicktime

All,
I have found a perplexing issue and I'm not sure what to make of it. I have some movies which, if played through my AppleTV and receiver, outputs Dolby Digital 5.1 quite nicely. If i take the same exact movie file and play it through Quicktime or iTunes (my computer is connected to my receiver via the optical cable), I don't get Dolby Digital.
Anyone have any ideas why this is?
Carlos

Quicktime does not support AC-3 passthrough (DD 5.1) which is what iTunes uses as framework. It does support AAC 5.1

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