Separate director commentary audio track?

Hi All,
I'm trying to get a second audio track on my How to Train Your Dragon DVD rip. I'm using Handbrake and I'm ripping the two normal tracks it creates for the AppleTV profile: AAC (CoreAudio) and AC3 passthru. I've also added the extra track for the commentary.
When I rip the movie I do get all the tracks. If I import it into iTunes I can play it through there and select the commentary track. However, once the file syncs to the AppleTV the audio track is visible (to switch to) but selecting it produces no audio at all.
Does anyone know what settings I can use to achieve what I'm trying to do?
Thanks in advance,
Dan.

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