Best setting for surround sound using apple tv

[Noek]

I don't know if I should be using direct, dolby digital, dts, surround....this is very new and confusing to me. All i know is that I get full sound using stereo and it sounds cool but when I use direct surround, i barely get anything coming out of the surround sound speakers.

any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[fokakis1]

Without knowing anything about your equipment it's hard to say. In general, keeping your receiver's surround mode set to Dolby Pro Logic II (for a 5.1 channel setup), or Pro Logic IIx (for a 7.1 setup) will yield good results. Some content playing on your Apple TV may be 2.0 ch., and other content may be 5.1. Regardless, Pro Logic II will upmix/overlay to always give you surround sound no matter what you're watching or listening to.