Audio codec in premiere CS4

Hi Guys,
I have a Client requirement to use 'Fraunhofer MP3' audio codec for audio encoding. While in Premiere there is only one audio codec that is too 'MPEG Layer III (mp3)'.
Can anyone let me know please that is there any possibility to install this (Fraunhofer MP3) codec for premiere or premiere gives only one audio codec feature which is its default (MPEG Layer III).
Please do assist me ASAP.
Thanks
Ravi

Instead of installing it in PR, with who knows what consequences, I suggest you use a separate program to convert to Fraunhofer MP3.
A good program for that is Easy CD-DA extractor from http://www.poikosoft.com/ It will give you a lot of conversion capabilities and you can be sure it will not mess up PR.
Alternatively, Google for audio converters.

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PrPro can work with so very many, but certainly not all. Some, like DivX will work for Export, but I have never gotten good Import of that material - always something wrong somewhere.
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