SVCD-DVD Pioneer Trick on any authoring program

[jackacid]

Props to Chrissyboy the man without whom I'd never have known how to play around with these settings. The SVCD2DVDMPG sample for the pioneer I downloaded worked, but I couldn't re-author it to my likings in another program. Also, maybe it was just my player/media, but I couldn't fast forward or rewind. So here's a new method that after 100's of tests, was right under my nose.

I'm no pro btw:

Dvd Authoring Program of your choice (DVDlab highly recommended.)
Restream
IFO-edit

Open authoring program (I use DVDlab)
add the required streams (ES or PS) (DVDlab you can just drag avseq01.mpg off your cd, it will demux and re-encode audio to 48000).
add required 352 patch as authoring program demands (DVDlab doesn't need)

if you use DVDlab, highlight movie, click glasses.
do you see a SDE? if so, click the + and see if it's 480 and 480
if so, move along.

If not (usually not) open elementary stream in Restream
bottom left in the sde make it 480 - choose add
give it your choice of file name and write
add new ES video, make your menus or whatever and compile full D1

open IFO-edit
open first IFO change movie header to 16:9 click automatic pan and scan, and letterboxed. save. (double check it's 720X480 too)
do the same for all IFO (remember to leave the menu header untouched)

burn

set pioneer standalone to pan and scan first please.

What I've noticed is that the Pioneer standalone won't read any SDE changes unless in pan and scan. Theoretically then these settings will work in any dvdplayer seemingly untouched while not in pan and scan mode.

Once again 100% recognition goes out to Chrissyboy or I never would have played with SDE settings, and been doomed to have a 352X480 authored DVD with the sides clipped. If you already have SVCD2DVDMPG and everything already works fine for you. Then I guess this was my little waste. I imagine you can get away without IFO-edit if you set restream to 16:9 the same time you add the 480 SDE, but I'm not sure.

[jackacid]

I almost forgot to mention that if the sides look clipped still, check your original svcd, chances are it looks the same. This is what I had such a problem with, and I believe has to be completely reauthored.