Why does the DVD-Player integrated in FrontRow not play DolbyDigital?

Hy there,
I have a problem, When I'm using the normal DVD-Player of MacOsX to play a DVD with DolbyDigital 5.1, my Macbook is sending via optical out a 5.1 Stream to the receiver. But when I'm using FrontRow, unfortunately there's only pcm put out to my receiver. Will this be changed in a future version of FrontRow? Perhaps in Leopard? The problem is, that the sound is much better putting out 5.1 than pcm. Or is there acutally any solution available to make FrontRow play DVDs like the original DVD-Player?
Thanks so far.
Best regards
CubaMAN
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I'm usually using my Core Duo iMac now. I haven't used Front Row to play a DVD for a little while, as now I've plugged the iMac into the HDTV and you can't play Front Row on a second display, only the main display. So, for the past couple of months I've been using the DVD Player program. It's possible a system update or QuickTime update has changed the way it works. I'll have to try an experiment when I'm home later.
-Doug

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