Transferring analog audio into the hard drive: Any ideas here?

[Guest]

I have some old audio tapes that I'd put together, as well as some from
friends. Nothing copyrighted, nothing illegal, just some silliness that would
be fun to add to a video of "old days and old friends" but...
I cannot quite figure out how to get the analog tape into the hard drive. I
did hook up an old cassette player, audio out, that splits from a dual
connection down to a single input. When the input (mini jack) is fed into the
signal in on my audio card, I can get stereo feed through my speakers, but I
can't figure out which program will record the signal. The standard Microsoft
sound recorder will, but seems to be limited to a 60 second sound byte, and
some of the audio projects we did as a group run 15 minutes and some of the
solo stuff I did run longer. Any ideas?
Thanks.

 

[decoder]

I have some old audio tapes that I'd put together, as well as some from
friends. Nothing copyrighted, nothing illegal, just some silliness that
would
be fun to add to a video of "old days and old friends" but...
I cannot quite figure out how to get the analog tape into the hard drive.
I
did hook up an old cassette player, audio out, that splits from a dual
connection down to a single input. When the input (mini jack) is fed into
the
signal in on my audio card, I can get stereo feed through my speakers, but
I
can't figure out which program will record the signal. The standard
Microsoft
sound recorder will, but seems to be limited to a 60 second sound byte,
and
some of the audio projects we did as a group run 15 minutes and some of
the
solo stuff I did run longer. Any ideas?
Thanks.

(You have appalling taste in music)

Download harddiskogg 2.5 from this site (It's top of list and will do
exactly
as you require)
http://tinyurl.com/a5o9n

 

[Guest]

--- The only way is to buy Dazzle DC90.....a bit slow unless you have 1GB
RAM... but does brillant recordings

 

[Guest]

Its a very simple task,take youre audio analog hardware and its out put jack
down to a 1/8 plug to plug into audio-in on youre computer (a Y adapter is
usually needed),download WM encoder 9 series from microsoft,in the encoder
select,capture audio/video,once you press start,it captures..Also,R.click the
speaker by the clock,select,options,properties,record,adjust and chk the
line-in,
set it low at first.

 

[katrinalouisiana.us]

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=7130-TV&cat=VID

http://reviews.search.com/search?q=capture+card&tag=srch

 

[decoder]

--- The only way is to buy Dazzle DC90.....a bit slow unless you have 1GB
RAM... but does brillant recordings

Thats an outrageous suggestion!
The poster has a soundcard with a stereo cored single mini-INPUT.
All that is needed is FREE capture software.

harddiskogg 2.5
This will capture your audio's standard 2v stereo output and
capture to any format you require - MP3, org, WMA etc etc etc
http://tinyurl.com/a5o9n
This is download.com, a brilliant site with every type of software
for every occasion.
The list from the specific page in above link has every type
of audio capture and convert software - and they are All FREE!!!

 

[decoder]

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=7130-TV&cat=VID

http://reviews.search.com/search?q=capture+card&tag=srch

The above links are reviews for unnessassary and pricey capture cards,
sigh...............
This is an MS support discussion group for all things video/XP
The original poster April only wants to add 15 mins of vintage
audio to a video production.
The original poster April has a soundcard that has the facilty to
capture a standard 2v stereo output from a standalone cassette
deck.
All that April requires is audio capture software so that she(?)
can produce an audio file that is compatible with splicing into
her(?) video production.
The following is a link to www.download.com
This is an excellent site for all types of software for every
requirement, the link is to a page with freeware audio software
and top of the list is an application which is Ideal for Aprils needs:
harddiskogg.2.5
http://tinyurl.com/a5o9n
And it is FREE.

PS. Note: April, with a posting name like that I assumed you to be
a gentle fem, thats why I questionmark'd my inclusion of "she" and
"her", if however you are male, I apoligise.......................
But if you are male - please adopt a butch posting nic to prevent confusion.
Thanx

 

[Guest]

Sorry, sorry for crap suggestion...but it's what I did...I can't believe I
spend money unecesarily....:-( too late...

 

[Chuck]

Unless MS has screwed things up again, you can use the recorder to make long
recordings. First, you record a 60 second file. Then you add 60 sceonds to
it, etc., until you have a no sound file of the required time length. Then
go to the start of the file, and record the length/time of sound you need.

 

[decoder]

Unless MS has screwed things up again, you can use the recorder to make
long
recordings. First, you record a 60 second file. Then you add 60 sceonds to
it, etc., until you have a no sound file of the required time length. Then
go to the start of the file, and record the length/time of sound you need.

Gobbledoogook, total giberish and too convoluted!

 

[V Green]

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Gobbledoogook, total giberish and too convoluted!