MPEG-2 Encoder for VDub

Is there an MPEG-2 encoder available that I can use with VirtualDub or VirtualDubMod? On my XP machine I have 3 different ones available from Microsoft, but none on my Vista machine. I was just wondering if there were any options available to me. Thanks.

None that I'm aware of. VirtualDub uses VfW Codecs and I'm not aware of any MPEG-2 VfW encoder. Also VirtualDub writes to AVI only and MPEG-2 in AVI would be more than unusual. You may want to check out Avidemux, which has a VirtaulDub-like user interface and comes with a built-in MPEG-2 encoder:

Wondering if there is a mpeg 2 muxer haven't dealt a lot with mpeg 2 so I am unsure.

My mistake, the codecs I have on my XP computer are MS MPEG-4 condecs, not MPEG-2 codecs. What would be my best option for converting .avi files (with various compression, mostly Intel Indeo video) to MPEG-2?

Hi! Is it your intention to simply convert to and retain MPEG-2 files, or do you want to create DVDs from them?

ffdshow tryouts VFW config settings under the encode tab seems to reference mpeg2 ?

Thanks. Doesn't it work with audio encoding + video encoding muxed into an AVI ? (I wonder if it also does MP2 or AC3 audio encoding)

Ah. An ignorant follow-up question ... Vdub doesn't support the "mpg container" (I guess that's a program stream, is it ?) ? I wonder if there's any plans, given Vdub plugins now exist to read the things.

here is one...I have tried it...slow... $30...not sure how often it is developed...works in vdub tutorial with pics:

Why that workaround with VfW Codecs which redirect their output to an external file (without audio), when Avidemux can do it naively and for free?