S/VCD to DVD+R on stand-alone instead of PC??

[Froggie]

Hi everyone,
I am a confused newbie! I have been told that stand-alone DVD recorders for the tv will record from any signal, so if you connect up a DVD player to it, then you can copy a homemade S/VCD or DVD to a DVD+R disc. I have the Philips DVDR75 stand-alone recorder, which does transfer VHS tapes to DVD if you connect up a VCR player to it, but I am not sure about transfering S/VCDs.

But I just read the sticky thread at the top of this particular forum and it has lots of posts in it talking about how the S/VCD and DVD formats are completely different. So does that sticky thread only refer to doing it with computer DVD burners?

Has anyone actually copied a S/VCD to a DVD disc using a stand-alone recorder and does it play in various DVD players okay? Are the titles and chapters still intact?

Thanks for any clarity on this,
Debbie

[RabidDog]

No-one lese has replied to this so I will. You should have no problem recording an svcd to a dvd-r using the std aerial input etc. It s just being treated as another input signal. Obviosly the quality will not improve but it is the simplest way of doing what you want. Unless of course it is a pressed commercial svcd with macrovision on it...(almost zero chance of that!). Chpaters and menus howver will be lost and need to recreated on the recorder.

[Froggie]

Thanks so much RabidDog! I understand a lot better now

Debbie

[akbor75]

you should always use SCART input if possible (or red/white/yellow connectors), cos the quality is better (less signal loss) than aereal.

[Froggie]

Thanks! What does SCART mean? Do the letters stand for something?

Also, if I connect a VCR player to my DVD recorder to transfer VHS tapes, what inputs/outputs should I use to get the best quality?

[akbor75]

scart means Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils
Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs. i didn't know that ofcourse, a search engine told me within 1 second or so.

i think yout vcr and dvd recorder both have a scart input/output, so... use a scart cable.