Basic audio export settings questions ...

I did some searching, but still confused.   My footage is 1080i, 29.97 captured on a consumer camcorder with a 5.1 channel microphone.   When I drop the clips in PP I see the audio track labeled as 5.1 and can expand to see the various channels.   I have a number of sequences in my project, all of which were created by dragging a source clip to the New Item icon.
On export for say H.264 Blu-ray or H.264/.mp4 should I pick PCM or Dolby in this case?   From reading it looks like PCM is uncompressed, so in theory higher quality. I didn't know if the 5.1 stuff has implications here.
Drilling down into the Audio tab and Basic Audio Settings on the H.264 Blu-ray export, I only see Stereo listed to the side of Channels for either audio format.   I'm confused as I would have expected to see 5.1 or some option for it. Well, I think ...

You'll have to pay to get 5.1 Dolby export out of PP. Only stereo is included for free.
http://www.minnetonkaaudio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:surcode-for -dolby-digital-51-encoder-for-adobe-products&catid=34:surcode&Itemid=98

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I'll send my thanks over here, too, Shane. Posting on multiple sites because project is due today.
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You can't create something that is not in the file.
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larger and can't improve the audio.
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I have several hours of video shot with 32 kHz audio settings that I'd prefer to have stored on disk with 48 kHz audio, because (a) some applications like iMovie have demonstrated problems with 32 kHz audio in the past, and (b) the majority of my video is shot with 48 kHz audio, so my 32 kHz video will eventually end up in a 48 kHz project, leaving the upsampling to Final Cut. Yes, I do eventually plan to burn my projects to DVD as well, but this isn't an immediate concern.
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I'm using Quicktime to convert audio from 32 kHz to 48 kHz, for use in FCE/FCP. Quicktime gives me several options for export settings. I want to make the conversion lossless, without increasing the size of the audio file too much.
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Sample Rate Converter Settings: Faster, Fast, Normal, Better, Best
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The file size grows quickly as you increase the Linear PCM bit settings.

You can't create something that is not in the file.
Moving from 32kHz to 48 will only make the file size
larger and can't improve the audio.
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I have several hours of video shot with 32 kHz audio settings that I'd prefer to have stored on disk with 48 kHz audio, because (a) some applications like iMovie have demonstrated problems with 32 kHz audio in the past, and (b) the majority of my video is shot with 48 kHz audio, so my 32 kHz video will eventually end up in a 48 kHz project, leaving the upsampling to Final Cut. Yes, I do eventually plan to burn my projects to DVD as well, but this isn't an immediate concern.
The problem with doing the conversion in Final Cut is this: Some of the people knowledgeable about Final Cut Pro and Express recommend doing the upsampling using Quicktime or another application, instead of using Final Cut, because Final Cut may not do as good a job as Quicktime. So my intention is to upsample the audio now in preparation for later projects. I don't completely understand why Final Cut wouldn't do as good of a job at upsampling, but a couple of experienced users in the FCP and FCE forums have independently corroborrated this.
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