SVCD to DVD Issue(s): Need a bit of feedback!

[DeleriumMDK]

Mods: I was kind of confused by each sub-forum's rules and I wasn't sure if it belonged here or not, apologies in advance if I was incorrect on where to post this.

Ok well I have some SVCD's and I finally felt bored and daring enough to attempt to convert one to a DVD-RW. Today I started with a One Disc movie and I followed two guides. One simply using IFOEdit 95, and one using SVCD2DVDMPG, I followed each guides directions to a T, and no dice on any standalone player really. The following are my results, burned on a Pioneer DVR-104 at 1X on an OptoDisc 2X/1X RW included with my drive:

Shinsonic 100A: Played back Audio, no Video
Toshiba SD1800: No audio, video was ok for 2/3rds of the screen, last 1/3rd on the right was cut off
Playstation 2 Version 7 US NTSC: Identical to Toshiba SD1800's results.
DVD-RW drive: Played back perfectly through WinDVD

Now I was under the impression that any VCD or SVCD file can be converted and then authored for a recordable DVD disc and played back on any DVD player, was I wrong? It seems odd that it plays back perfectly on my PC but on nothing else, and this is the only logical answer I can arrive at as I know my Toshiba and PS2 can't play SVCD's and my Shinsonic 100A sometimes has some issues/problems with SVCD playback. Would converting my SVCD's files to VCD compliant files, THEN converting again to DVD files make any sort of difference or should I just perhaps invest in (yet another...) DVD Player? Any feedback, or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Rick

[iooi]

Sounds like your players dont like RW disks.
Were you using the free version of svcd2dvdmpg or the plus version?

[DeleriumMDK]

Free

Heres the kicker though, the RW disc DOES work in the Toshiba and PS2 normally if I do a 1:1 copy of a movie to it....but the Shinsonic doesn't read it then...but it did with the SVCD converted and burnt to the DVD-RW. I really don't think its a media issue as two players produced identical results, and these 2 players normally play back most any burnt DVD I put into them.

[yf2001usa]

Now I was under the impression that any VCD or SVCD file can be converted and then authored for a recordable DVD disc and played back on any DVD player, was I wrong?

There are a few things you need to play vcd or svcd on dvd.
1. your player needs to play regular vcd or svcd
2. your player needs to play dvd+r, dvd-r, dvd+rw or dvd-rw
3. and your player needs to beable to play svcd-dvd or vcd-dvd cause vcd and svcd on dvd aren't exactly the same as vcd or dvd

Greatings,
Yf