Ways to output 5.1 audio to an OPPO 105 from the Mac

I'm downloading high resolution music which is sometimes in a 5.1 surround format. Once the music is downloaded to the Mac (mid 2011) I want to send it to my OPPO blu ray machine because it has excellent DACs. The OPPO essentially takes the digital output of the computer and translates it for the rest of the analog music chain. The least amount of processing of the signals is preferable so I'm looking at options for how to get the digital audio files from the Mac to the OPPO. Thanks.

So far what have you tested for 5. output?
From what I tried to check, this two Knowledge Base articles relates closely to what you are encountering.
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Pardon me if it doesn't work, because I don't have a Platinium dri've myself so I'm not sure of the software settings and stuff. But here goes.
If you said you are able to hear sound from your Home Theatre System, that I suppose the settings to output through Optical Output is successful. You should then turn OFF AC3/DTS Decode, if I'm not mistaken, you should enable AC3/DTS passthrough option instead, so the signal will be decoded with your HTS.
Also, speaker tests won't work from Creative's mixer settings as PCM signals will only output stereo.
Alright, I've tried to help. To summarise
. Set to Optical Output
2. Set to AC3/DTS Passthrough
I hope it works.
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