Media Encoder PCM or Dolby Digital Settings change preset????

I am about to Encode a 2 and a half hour project from PPRO 5.5 into Media Encoder.
If I set my format to H.264 Blu-Ray and my Pre set to 1440 x 1080i 29.97 High Quality, My audio automatically sets to PCM Audio? Why?
When I use the H.264 Blu-Ray with my Pre set to 1440 x 1080i 29.97 High Quality, and I Press the Dolby Digital as my audio instead of PCM, my Preset changes to Custom. (1440 x 1080i goes away)
Why is this? Is that what is supposed to happen?
I had read that Dolby takes up less space without losing that much quality.
I'm trying to encode this file to about 15GB with keeping the best quality Audio and Video I can.
PPro CS 5.5
Media Encoder 5

SAFEHARBOR11 wrote:
Jim,
In case you missed it, his program is 2hours 40 minutes, so in that case, space is at a premium and I would go for the Dolby.
It is normal for Media Encoder to create PCM audio, that is OK, Encore will TRANSCODE it to Dolby later and shrink it down.
Edwurd, please see you other posting for more info about encoding size
Thanks
Jeff
Jeff is right.
Let Media Encoder make the .264 and .wav files and have Encore automatically transcode the pcm to ac-3 (since it's licensed to do so and AME is not). Don't multiplex them into a mp4 or mov container; it'll make it blu-ray illegal (even though Encore will allow you to import it).

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