Dolby digital pass-through via digital input - static

anybody try to hook up a dolby digital 5.1 source (i'm using a dish network vip622 dvr receiver) into the mac mini's digital input and pass the signal through to the speakers connected to the mini? i'm doing this but all i get is static - presumably because there is no decoder inside the mini.

forgot to say - i'm also using linein from rogue amoeba
http://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/
sj

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Ok, for those who also wanted to know the outcome, I though I'd post.
I was told that the dongle cannot decode 5. to analog, but the Dri've Upgrade and the Console Upgrade could (at $80/$80 vs. $5).
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