how to convert audio/video cassetts into CDs?

Question

I want to copy my audio/video cassets into CDs. can any one may kindly help me how to do it? what device/converter is needed for this and wherefrom can it be downloaded?

Answer 1

I'm Glad you asked!

Equipment needed!
1. A cassete player with an audio-out jack!
2. A computer with and audio-in jack or a line-in jack. Even a microphone -in jack would work.
3. An audio video cable which would connect you audio-out jack to your audio-in jack. Consult your local electricals vendor for the right kind of wire.

Software.
1. A music editing software. Download this one
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Procedure. (I'll try my best to be understood)
1. Hook up the audio cable.
2. Switch on the player, Computer.
3. Open Audacity (By this point, i hope you have installed it :-) and gone through the tutorial, just to get to know the basic functions)
4. Pop-in the cassette of course!
5. Now just play the cassette. If you see some activity on the microphone monitor on your screen. That means the computer is receiving the sound. IF NOT, then you must go to your sound control and UNMUTE your, line-in or microphone volume. (whichever you are using)
6. Now if you get the input in the monitor. Rewind the cassette to the beginning of the song you want to record.
6. First hit the record button in audocity. It looks like a solid red sphere.
7. Then quickly hit the play button.
8. Now don't click anywhere else as you might have click sounds activated, which may get recorded alongwith the song, which you obviously don't want!
9. After the song is over. Click on stop (it looks like a solid black square).
10. Now its time to export the song (I mean to save the song as MP3 or whatever you want it to be)
11. You can go to file>export as Mp3. or file>export as wav.

Ab yaar! Cd Burn to karni aati hi hogi!
VOILA!! Your job is done.
Don't forget to clean up the mess if you dont want your mom/wife to get mad at you!

Its been fun helping you!
Hope you get you song!
Peace out!

Answer 2

I to discover that the only time i'm able to somewhat pay attention the adaptation is with an on the spot assessment. Like taking part in a song to your place stereo then the subsequent song on your computing gadget. notwithstanding if then i'm able to additionally tell while there's a severe technology mp3. that's same to dubbing tapes as a newborn. the 1st duplicate sounds attractive mind-blowing, notwithstanding if then you truly dub that replica and then dub the 2d and a variety of of others at last it sounds suitable susceptible. I actual have been in a position to realize each and every so often a metamorphosis on my computing gadget between the severe severe and low mp3 bitrates or some element. i'm particularly a CD guy too and that i will never stop buying discs; I actual have over 1500 titles on 3 cabinets in 2 rooms in my apartment so at this ingredient logical or not i'm dedicated. yet notwithstanding in case you have an ipod or something or purely burning understanding discs with a bands finished catalog to your vehicle the mp3 is handy as hell.

Answer 3

Many CD burning software these days come with some sort of audio editor, where you can input audio from your tapes source (deck tape player for example) so you input the audio into your PC using the "Line" input on your audio card, and capturing the audio, then saving it to .wav or any kind of audio files, and finally taking those audio files (.wav, .mp3, etc.) and burn to a CD with your CD burning software.

Some MP3 players nicely have a line input, like my Creative ZEN Nano Plus, where I directly hook up my deck tape player to the MP3 player, and record directly to .mp3 on the fly, then copy those files to the PC from my MP3 player (using simple drag-n-drop) or leave them on the MP3 player and burn them directly to CD with Nero, or Easy DVD & CD Creator, or any burning software.

As for the videos, it depends if you meant to CD or to DVD. You can copy a video to a regular 700 MB CD creating what's called a VCD (Video CD which means 320 X 240 pixels) that doesn't have the quality of a DVD, there are many programs that would let you create a VCD (again Nero, for instance). But if you meant DVD, then DVD-Shrink 3.2 is probably the best software out there to copy your DVD, and it's free, and it lets you make a 1-to-1 copy of an entire DVD, or just copy the main movie, delete subtitles, audio streams, etc. - There are several programs out there to copy video to CD or DVD, some are paid commercial applications, some are free.

Just make copies of what you own as backups for yourself, and don't distribute what you copy.

Answer 4

I use Jet audio to record from Player to my PC
Hardware connections have been answered already
The initial recording on to the PC would have to be processed to remove noise and other distortions'
For this I play the audio recorded through a "Gold wave" and finally convert to MP3.
You can convert to any other format also using Gold-eave.
The converted record is saved and then burnt on a CD.

Warning- Make sure your PC has at least 1GB RAM and 100GB HDD

Answer 5

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