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title: "Can I Encode Dolby Digital or PLII into a Dolby E Stream?"
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# Can I Encode Dolby Digital or PLII into a Dolby E Stream?

An AC-3 file (Dolby Digital) will not be recognized by a Dolby E encoder as the specification calls for PCM audio; that said, AC-3 metadata can be transferred in the Dolby E stream. Because Pro Logic II files are stereo PCM files, they can be encoded and transmitted using Dolby E.