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Music not playing in 5.1

Can anyone help me understand what might be causing my Apple TV to be ok playing 5.1 output when watching movies but when listening to music I can only get it to

play from front speakers… I have Apple TV going into my Samsung TV and then optical out going into Bose system… as said movies is all good and plays in 5.1 but would like to know if it’s even possible to play music 5.1

Apple TV 4K, tvOS 14

Posted on Sep 23, 2021 3:08 PM

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Do you have music that is 5.1 in its source?

Much of the music is stereo, so that would be directed to your front left and front right speakers. Unless your audio system has some kind of virtualization option (unrelated to Apple TV) to redirect it to all speakers.

Posted on Sep 23, 2021 8:53 PM

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Music not playing in 5.1

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