Optical & Analog Audio Same Time?

[xfiring]

Is it possible to have the analog audio and optical audio active at the same time for an AppleTV?

I guess the same question would be for HDMI and analog audio too?

Thanks.

[phormality]

What kind of Mac do you have? Most have the optical and analog audio going through the same port so you kind of have to pick.

There are USB audio adaptors that will let you do some additional things, you might want to look into going that route

[xfiring]

Sorry, it is an aTV

[spice weasel]

I never tried it, but I do know that audio will carry through HDMI and optical at the same time on the ATV. I'm assuming it will work for analog as well.

[phormality]

Sorry, it is an aTV

I’m pretty sure you either use HDMI or you use the Component, you can’t mix and match

[Alrescha]

Is it possible to have the analog audio and optical audio active at the same time for an AppleTV?

All audio outputs of the Apple TV operate at the same time.

The exception would be when you have created a movie with only an AC3 audio track, you will not get any audio at the analog outputs.

A.

[xfiring]

Thanks

[KevinC867]

All audio outputs of the Apple TV operate at the same time.

The exception would be when you have created a movie with only an AC3 audio track, you will not get any audio at the analog outputs.

A.

Right. I use this feature all the time. My receiver requires an analog signal for the "Zone 2" speakers and I use the digital HDMI output for everything else.

[mchalebk]

Right. I use this feature all the time. My receiver requires an analog signal for the "Zone 2" speakers and I use the digital HDMI output for everything else.

I have the same setup. I use HDMI for zone 1 and analog for zone 2. Before I bought my new receiver, I used optical for zone 1 and analog for zone 2. Works great either way.