Pseudo Surround Sound on iTunes?

ok, I have a logitech 5.1 speaker system connected to my macbook. When I play songs it just comes out of the front two speakers and the center speaker. I want to know how or if i can get the music to come out of the back two speakers with out buying some other product. I know that files in .ac3 format can play surround sound but i don't think it is possible to convert an MP3 to an AC-3. Please let me know if have any solution to my problem i have been trying for hours to figure out if its possible. THANKS

I am having the same problem - i have a creative Soundblaster XFi Titanium Sound card and every game i have works brilliantly with it as well as Windows Media Center and but iTunes screws up and gives me no sound at all if i choose souround option in the video audio track selector. I know my videos i brought on itunes have 5.1 because i have been playing them through my apple TV to get the surround and it works fine. so it is not a problem with the computer, the soundcard, the OS (although it is 64 bit) or the file but with iTunes or Quicktime. I have gone into the control panel>Quicktime and chosen the correct suround settings (direct sound, 24bit(the same as my card accepts), 44.1 (once again the soundcard spec), safe mode off(tried having this on - did not work either), 5.1 suround) but this only happens when i select suround, when i play stereo and use the sound card to fill it has no problem (except that is not surround sound for movies).

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