The Fraunhofer MPEG codec is one that is needed when wanting to listen to MP3 files. The codec is norammly misisng when you get one of 2 messages : Tag 55 which means the codec is missing or Tag 85 which means the decoder is missing. This is a very popular codec as it is one of the most used audio codecs on the internet.

The sound quality from the Fraunhofer Decoder codec is very good and is used extensively by people in the know. This is one of the most downloaded codecs on the internet next to the K-Lite Codec Pack which is also very popular. Any of these errors tells you that you need to install the Fraunhofer MPEG codec to listen to your music.

[DefaultInstall]
SmartReboot =I
CopyFiles            = MP3.CopyCodec, MP3.CopyRegTool
AddReg               = MP3.RegNetShowCodecTable
RunPostSetupCommands = MP3.Register
EndPrompt            = MP3.EndPrompt

[DefaultInstall.NT]
SmartReboot =I
CheckAdminRights=1
CopyFiles            = MP3.CopyCodec, MP3.CopyRegTool
AddReg               = MP3.RegNetShowCodecTable
RunPostSetupCommands = MP3.Register
EndPrompt            = MP3.EndPrompt

[DestinationDirs]
MP3.CopyCodec   = 11 ; System directory
MP3.CopyRegTool = 17 ; INF Directory

[MP3.CopyCodec]
l3codecx.acm,,,0

[MP3.CopyRegTool]
regl3acm.exe,,,6 ; flag=2: no skip allowed
; flag=4: no version check

[MP3.RegNetShowCodecTable]
HKLM,”Software\Microsoft\NetShow\Player\Codecs\%CODEC_DISPLAYNAME%”,”URL”,,”%CODEC_URL%”

[MP3.EndPrompt]
Prompt=”%PROMPT_DONE%”

[MP3.Register]
%17%\regl3acm.exe l3codecx.acm

[SourceDisksNames]
1=”FHG Codec Install”,L3CODEC,

[SourceDisksFiles]
l3codecx.acm  = 1
regl3acm.exe  = 1

[Strings]
PROMPT_DONE                 = “MPEG Layer-3 audio codec installation is complete.”
ERROR_WRONG_ADVPACK_VERSION = “You need a newer version of Advpack.dll”

CODEC_DISPLAYNAME           = “MPEG Layer-3″

Fraunhofer MPEG Layer-3 Audio Decoder