Encore CS3 Does it do popup menus and accept surround LPCM?

If it does not I might as well stay with DVDIT Pro HD.
Cheers
Mike

I would imagine that now that it has been announced, that the NDA does not apply, I mean, they list all the specs, we know what it can doif it has a certain feature, why would they not want there faithful customers to know, seeing as it has already been announced and there are articles covering the review of the products.
Mike

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    > Where the y in time stands for the length of the timeline minus 2 frames.
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