My sound recorder records for 1 minute only. Is 2 minutes possible?

[URBAN]

Hello Basic Expert,
I have a good radio with a circular stereo jack hole in the back. I
can join the radio to my Windows XP computer using a cable with 2
stereo jacks, the other jack going in the audio "line-in(?)" circular
hole on the PC. I can start recording to my "sound recorder" perfectly
well in WAV format but only for 1 minute. All I need is recording for
2 minutes . I'll be very happy with 2 minutes. Can a brainy expert
suggest what to do?
Thanking you in advance,
Regards,
URBAN
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[Don Phillipson]

I have a good radio with a circular stereo jack hole in the back. I
can join the radio to my Windows XP computer using a cable with 2
stereo jacks, the other jack going in the audio "line-in(?)" circular
hole on the PC. I can start recording to my "sound recorder" perfectly
well in WAV format but only for 1 minute. All I need is recording for
2 minutes . I'll be very happy with 2 minutes. Can a brainy expert
suggest what to do?

This is intentional i.e. the audio recording module included
free as part of Windows is limited to 1 minute. MS did this
by design (in 1998) so as not to alienate vendors of audio
software. You can probably find by now public domain
software for this function, e.g. http://www.audacitypro.com/

 

[LVTravel]

Hello Basic Expert,
I have a good radio with a circular stereo jack hole in the back. I
can join the radio to my Windows XP computer using a cable with 2
stereo jacks, the other jack going in the audio "line-in(?)" circular
hole on the PC. I can start recording to my "sound recorder" perfectly
well in WAV format but only for 1 minute. All I need is recording for
2 minutes . I'll be very happy with 2 minutes. Can a brainy expert
suggest what to do?
Thanking you in advance,
Regards,
URBAN
*********************************************

http://www.dak.com/reviews/t_LP_SR.cfm shows one method of doing this or

Allow it to record silence for 60 seconds. Then, click Edit, Copy, and click
Edit, Paste Insert. This will add 60 more seconds. Click Edit, Paste Insert
again as many times as you need. Save as a "template file" (name it
something like long record.wav.) Then, when you want to record something
longer than 60 seconds, open the long record.wave file and record over the
top of the existing (blank) recording. Make sure you save the new recording
with a new filename.

 

[Big_Al]

Hello Basic Expert,
I have a good radio with a circular stereo jack hole in the back. I
can join the radio to my Windows XP computer using a cable with 2
stereo jacks, the other jack going in the audio "line-in(?)" circular
hole on the PC. I can start recording to my "sound recorder" perfectly
well in WAV format but only for 1 minute. All I need is recording for
2 minutes . I'll be very happy with 2 minutes. Can a brainy expert
suggest what to do?
Thanking you in advance,
Regards,
URBAN
*********************************************

Look at Audacity.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

[Twayne]

Look at Audacity.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

I second that. It's free, fantastic and works great, and usually the
learning curve is short. Even has a "what u hear" feature: If you can
hear it, you can record it.

Twayne

 

[Daave]

Hello Basic Expert,
I have a good radio with a circular stereo jack hole in the back. I
can join the radio to my Windows XP computer using a cable with 2
stereo jacks, the other jack going in the audio "line-in(?)" circular
hole on the PC. I can start recording to my "sound recorder" perfectly
well in WAV format but only for 1 minute. All I need is recording for
2 minutes . I'll be very happy with 2 minutes. Can a brainy expert
suggest what to do?

Here's HOPING you choose AUDACITY 1.2.6:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

[Olórin]

http://www.dak.com/reviews/t_LP_SR.cfm shows one method of doing this or

Allow it to record silence for 60 seconds. Then, click Edit, Copy, and
click Edit, Paste Insert. This will add 60 more seconds. Click Edit, Paste
Insert again as many times as you need. Save as a "template file" (name it
something like long record.wav.) Then, when you want to record something
longer than 60 seconds, open the long record.wave file and record over the
top of the existing (blank) recording. Make sure you save the new
recording with a new filename.

Top tip!