Transfer of cassette tapes to CD

Snowflake · 10-11-2006, 03:28 PM

Okay, I have about a million bootleg opera cassettes I want to transfer to CD.
Anyone know the best way I can do this. I'm assuming running a cassette deck through my PC? Or is there a better way?

Likewise I have a few which are on VHS (recorded from radio broadcasts) and I've tried playing the VHS in to the DVD-R and all I get with that is a big fat black screen with nothing. I would have thought doing this one would have been simple, but I'm too simple minded to figure it out.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-11-2006, 03:40 PM

The easiest would be if you have an audio input port on your PC. But don't use the microphone jack as that's mono.

DreadPirateRoberts · 10-11-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

The easiest would be if you have an audio input port on your PC. But don't use the microphone jack as that's mono.

GD is correct (as usual), you will want to use Line-In, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Once you have recorded the data on your pc, you will need to convert it to a convenient format for your purposes. Do you intend to make audio cds that can play on most cd players? or MP3 cds?

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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Transfer of cassette tapes to CD Okay, I have about a million bootleg opera cassettes I want to transfer to CD. Anyone know the best way I can do this. I'm assuming running a cassette deck through my PC? Or is there a better way? Likewise I have a few which are on VHS (recorded from radio broadcasts) and I've tried playing the VHS in to the DVD-R and all I get with that is a big fat black screen with nothing. I would have thought doing this one would have been simple, but I'm too simple minded to figure it out. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The easiest would be if you have an audio input port on your PC. But don't use the microphone jack as that's mono. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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