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I have a home theater, Projector, macbook Pro and a ROOFULL converter connected. I am trying to play Music and hear it in all the speakers (5.1). So far I read about VLC, but I will need to convert specifically from youtube and pandora.

This is how I have everything connected. MACBOOK is connected with HDMI to ROOFULL. ROOFULL is connected to projector through HDMI. ROOFULL is connected to home theather trough IR.

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  • You won't get surround sound from most internet sources. The best you can do is to use surround processing in your home theatre amplifier. – AFH Jan 25 '17 at 15:33
  • @AFH I don't mind the surround, I would like to have music coming out from the 5 speakers instead of only 2. is it possible? – jcho360 Jan 25 '17 at 16:07
  • My surround amplifier has various surround modes for 2-channel input: I mostly use one labelled "All Channel Stereo". – AFH Jan 25 '17 at 18:38
  • The easiest, platform-independent way would be to just use audio output splitter and connect front and back channel together, then, thought one way audio mixer connect center and subwoofer together. – Hex Feb 01 '17 at 18:08
  • In Windows there is "Speaker Fill" (http://imgur.com/a/gyzWl) option which does exactly that, but it requires #try-supported-channel-layouts in chrome://flags enabled in order to work with for example Youtube videos. – Hex Feb 01 '17 at 18:12
  • Did you tried: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181929-stereo-upmix-speaker-fill-stereo-to-51-how-to-on-a-mac/ – Hex Feb 01 '17 at 18:15
  • @hex I tried and Jack is not compatible with the latest OSx – jcho360 Feb 01 '17 at 18:23

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the reason you don't get the 5.1 option with your converter is because its not rated for 5.1. see this post here for more answers:

How to get optical 5.1 surround audio output Retina MacBook Pro from Logic Pro X

this is how your audio devices should look like if your converter is working properly:

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Here is the tutorial to get the soundcard working on a MAC: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3622064?tstart=0

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