Pioneer DV-444/440/343/434 SVCD Playback 4:3 cropping???

[JoeB]

Anybody noticed that when they encode a 4:3 video (SVCD) and try to play it back on the 440/444 you never get the full picture??

If I tell the DVD the TV is 4:3 and I want it normal, it adds black lines! (even when Bitrate is reporting the source is 480x480 at 4:3 NTSC!) So when I say the source is 16x9 and I want to crop, it shows full screen, but the video is not complete (about 10 lines on each side are missing).

Anybody else got this?? How do I fix it?? The source is record as 4x3 from TV.. I use virtual dub with the only filter being to convert to 480x480, leave interlaced, and use precise bicubic.. and I then use CCE 2.50 to convert it to MPEG2 file (min 1900, avg 2300, max 2520). I then use TMPEG to create the 192mbps audio stereo file, and lastly TMPEG to combine the audio/video and nero to burn (SVCD compliant).

HELP!

JoeB

P.S. When I play the video in WinDVD or PowerDVD, it shows the full video.. and it reports the file type is SVCD 4:3 NTSC video.

P.P.S. I burn with the latest Nero version, and it tested the MPEG2 and said it's compliant!

[adamv]

Yes I have the same problem. Would love to fix it as well.

Adam V