Will Adobe PP automatically take a sterio and make it 5.1 DD?

[RB4580]

Quick question.

We use Adobe Premier Pro for editing. I bought the Surcode Dolby Digital plug in for 300$ that does 5.1 surround. We decided NOT to do 5.1 surround sound but when we export in Premier Pro, we pick the export setting with 5.1 surround.

My question is, will it take my wifes 2 track sterio file and FORCE it so be 5.1 surround in Premier when we export even though the source is just 2 tracks?

[guns1inger]

If you tell it to encode the audio as 5.1 AC3 it will, so you should make sure you set an appropriate bitrate. However encoding stereo audio as 5.1 without actually spending time creating a surround mix means you will just get the audio sitting in the middle of the field, not dynamically bouncing around. You would be better of just encoding to 2.0 and letting Dolby PL II do the work at playback.