Setting Default Audio Channels on a multi-channel interface

Does anyone know how to set the default output channels for QT to anything other than the first 2 channels on a multi-channel interface (in my case a MOTU 828mkII)? I use the digital outputs on my interface, and this works fine wih every other app apart from QT (I select the motu in Audiomidi Setup, and then use the device driver to set the appropriate default output channels). I can do it in QT on a movie by movie basis using the Movie Properties pane, but this is irritating, and I want to set digital outputs as the default so QT sound files in a browser play back through the correct channels of the interface.
Thanks if you can help,
Rob
Dual 2.5 G5

The mic is mono. It only records on one channel. Rather than double the sound you can center it. Edit into the timeline only the track of audio with the mic. Select the audio in the timeline and press Control-period to center pan the sound.

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