The Neyrinck SoundCode For Dolby Digital and SoundCode For DTS plug-ins are fully compatible with Pro Tools LE.  This means you can offload surround DVD encodes to a smaller room while keeping your main Pro Tools HD room system for mixing.  This post goes over a few details to keep in mind when encoding and decoding with Pro Tools LE.

Any LE system can encode surround DVD’s because the encoding is performed as an Audiosuite plug-in.  Simply place the 6-channel mix in six mono tracks ordered from top-to-bottom L, C, R, Ls, Rs, Lfe.  Then select the SoundCode Dolby Digital or DTS plug-in from the Audiosuite menu and encode.

Decoding operates as an Audiosuite or RTAS plug-in so it works with Pro Tools LE.  But a standard Pro Tools LE system is stereo only and so the RTAS decoder will be limited to stereo.  But now that the Complete Production Toolkit (CPT) option is available, Pro Tools LE can support 5.1 tracks.  If you have the CPT, then you can easily use the 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS decoder plug-ins.