Dolby 5.1 - Blu-ray with CS4?

Hello,
A question for anyone with experience working with 5.1 audio, Blu-ray, and Adobe Encore
I have an MPEG-2 file (25 Mbps) and a 5.1 AC3 file that I would like to author into a Blu-ray disc. Is there anything special that I have to do to make this possible, or if I simply import the assets should Encore make the disk with Dolby 5.1?
Thanks,
MBS

I've tried this myself and have had no luck with the resulting blu-ray 5.1 mix. When I import a 5.1 AC3 file into Encore as an asset and create a new Audio track, or when I open a Premiere CS5 project with a 5.1 master audio track and use dynamic link to send it to Encore, it always mixes it down as a stereo blu-ray.
I have the SurCode plug in activated as well. The blu ray file folder "STREAM" contains a file that I've tried importing into Premiere and when you look at the audio track it's always stereo, never 5.1

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