Actually, Robin, you can get 5.1 channel sound out of your Mac book Pro; at least, I can. The thing of it is to connect the output usually marked as the ear phone jack directly in to your AV receiver. Do this using a toss link connector which has at one end the usual toss link connector and at the other end, the mini 3.5MM plug. IF you don't have one of those, you can get it from Amazon. Now, go in to what ever player you want to hear 5.1 channel sound out of, and select digital as your playback option. Note, you will lose the speech from Voice OVer during actual playback of 5.1 channel sound; so, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with your favorite controls and where they are and how to adjust them before hand. I never even got that far with a computer in my Windows days. HTH. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a Mac user!!! e-mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net Skype: barefootedray On Mar 6, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Robin Kipp wrote: > Hi Ray, > Thanks for the clarification! I'll have to use a recording program then and > see how it'll work, but I'm kind of disappointed with the sound card in the > Mac Pro - it can't even do 5.1 surround sound, stereo mix recording's also > impossible. And unfortunately, there are no Mac compatible Sound cards out > there... > Robin> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >