Rohan Puranik - 2009-12-03

Hi i am working with DESCombine code in Windows 7 and want to render the video
output in MPEG2 format. But the problem is that the GetVideoCompressor method
do not enlist the MPEG 2 encoder in the
VideoCompressor category. Hence i checked the installed codecs on my machine
by clicking on the 'Techinical Information Support' Under the 'About WMP 12'
menu option. It enlisted all the default video codecs
installed but it did not enlist the MPEG2 encoder. However it showed
the MPEG2 decoder under the library msmpeg2vdec.dll. I searched on
MSDN and later found that MPEG 2 encoder is present in C:\WIndows\System32
folder with library name MSMPEG2ENC.DLL on my machine. Hence my question is,
is it due to the fact that Microsoft do not want to expose the MPEG2 encoder
for the use?
If it is so then how can we render video in this format?
If third party encoder/codecs need to be installed then could you please
suggest me some which are stable and able to produce good quality
compressed output video?
Please reply
Thank you