Mixing for suround video

What do you use to mix in surround sound? I have gateway computer with 5.1 surround outputs but I only get two channels. I would like to get the subwoofer to work as well as all speakers with encore and premiere.

Clare,
A couple of questions:
What soundcard are you using? What drivers are installed for it? What video editing program (NLE) are you using? What audio editing program are you using?
Depending on how your audio system is configured, you might have to adjust your settings in the soundcard driver's control panel, accessed from the Windows Control Panel. For instance, my Realtec OB chip uses Creative Soundblaster 24-bit Live drivers and all of my Surround Sound settings are done from its interface.
You will also need to have all the necessary speakers connected, but this is pretty obvious.
For use of Dolby Surround 5.1 Sound in Encore, you then need to take Harm's advice and use the SurCode 5.1 Encoder in your NLE, to export to WMA or AC3 audio. I always Export as primary streams: video to DV-AVI (no Audio) and AC3 (5.1 Surround) for Importing into Encore.
In response to your post in the 5.1 article, as Joe Bowden points out, Encore will only "passthrough" Dobly 5.1 for monitoring purposes, but will handle it well, when you burn to DVD.
If you use Premiere Pro as an NLE, you might want to take a look at:
http://www.adobe.com/ap/tips/prepsurround/page2.html
Even if you use other software, this might be of a big help. Also see the Premiere Pro-wiki: http://ppro.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
and do a search for "Surround Sound." I do not have that particular page bookmarked, but there is good material on production of Dolby 5.1 in the wiki.
Also, there are several good posts on 5.1 Surround Sound in this forum, with some great contributions by Neil Wilkes. Do a search of this forum and read and read. Also, if you are not finding all that you need with your search, find any article by Neil Wilkes, and click on his name. That will reveal his most recent posts.
Let's address your system's setup first, then you can do a bunch of fun reading on going to the next step. See the "questions" at the top of my post.
Hunt

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