WORKING WITH DOLBY E IN FCP

Hi there
I am new at this, and i would like to ask if thee is anybody that can help me understand DOLBY E and also how to work with it in FCP. I need to print these movies to HDCAM and at the same time submit DOLBY E as well.
Many Thanx Andre

You've posted this in the *"Using iPhone > Mail"* forum. You'd be better off asking in the FCP forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=939

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