Hi Everyone,

I hope that the link below works, usually whenever I try links they become
disjointed.

My question is this. I want to put my records onto my computer then transfer
them onto CD's as a backup.

I don't want to go to the expense of purchasing a USB Record Deck so I was
thinking that one of the following items may do the job.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-VIDEO-...QQcmdZViewItem

Has anyone every used one of these...? and if so, what format will it save
audio files into please.

Kindest regards,

James

"the_constructor" wrote in message
...

Hi Everyone,

I hope that the link below works, usually whenever I try links they become
disjointed.

My question is this. I want to put my records onto my computer then
transfer them onto CD's as a backup.

I don't want to go to the expense of purchasing a USB Record Deck so I was
thinking that one of the following items may do the job.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-VIDEO-...QQcmdZViewItem

Has anyone every used one of these...? and if so, what format will it save
audio files into please.



See:

http://gadizmo.com/easycap-usb-review.php


But also see:

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic331168.html


£16.99 new from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyCap-USB2...506 95&sr=8-1

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"the_constructor" wrote in message
...

Hi Everyone,

I hope that the link below works, usually whenever I try links they
become disjointed.

My question is this. I want to put my records onto my computer then
transfer them onto CD's as a backup.

I don't want to go to the expense of purchasing a USB Record Deck so
I was thinking that one of the following items may do the job.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-2-0-VIDEO-...QQcmdZViewItem

Has anyone every used one of these...? and if so, what format will it
save audio files into please.




I got the VideoXpress similar unit by ADSTech from Expensive World -
think it was £17.99 - and I've done five of the six Michael Wood - Story
of India progs from my PVR with no problem.

Like anything else much of it is down to the quality of the software
that comes with it. The package that came with this one is not the most
obviously easy prog to use (I have a suspicion the original was French)
but it does the job.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

"the_constructor" wrote in message
...

Hi Everyone,

I hope that the link below works, usually whenever I try links they become
disjointed.

My question is this. I want to put my records onto my computer then
transfer them onto CD's as a backup.

I don't want to go to the expense of purchasing a USB Record Deck so I was
thinking that one of the following items may do the job.

If you've got a normal sound card or intgrated audio on your computer (as
almost all do these days) and you have a record player and amplifier that
you can play your records on, then all the hardware you need is a phono to
3.5mm stero jack lead.

Connect the signal from the "tape out" sockets on your amp to the "line in"
socket on your computer via this lead and you are away. You will need some
software, Audacity does the job, and it's free.

David.

"Woody" wrote in message
...

I got the VideoXpress similar unit by ADSTech from Expensive World - think
it was £17.99 - and I've done five of the six Michael Wood - Story of
India progs from my PVR with no problem.

If you've got it already captured on your PVR, why not just burn a DVD-RW
and rip that with your DVD drive and appropriate software on your PC?

In article ,
says...
Hi Everyone,

I hope that the link below works, usually whenever I try links they become
disjointed.

It's probably easier just to post the item number, that can be copy and pasted
into Ebay.
--

Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk
/* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor)
/* 1136 DVDs, 362 games, 338 CDs, 110 cinema films, 51 concerts, videos & news
/* half life 2 episode 2, beatles: help, spiderman x360, russell brand, kylie
New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml
Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=DVDdom

In article ,
says...
See:

http://gadizmo.com/easycap-usb-review.php

On a different note, I'm trying to find something that will convert 60Hz
footage to 50Hz on the fly, since at the moment I can put clips online of 50Hz
games, but not 60Hz ones as the DVD recorder just says 'NTSC' and goes green,
and the TiVo just ignores it, as if there's no source.

This is a 50Hz clip, btw (which amused me, the way things turned out)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=10cETWcDSoQ
--

Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk
/* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor)
/* 1136 DVDs, 362 games, 338 CDs, 110 cinema films, 51 concerts, videos & news
/* half life 2 episode 2, beatles: help, spiderman x360, russell brand, kylie
New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml
Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=DVDdom

In article ,
says...
"the_constructor" wrote in message
...

Hi Everyone,

I hope that the link below works, usually whenever I try links they become
disjointed.

My question is this. I want to put my records onto my computer then
transfer them onto CD's as a backup.

I don't want to go to the expense of purchasing a USB Record Deck so I was
thinking that one of the following items may do the job.

If you've got a normal sound card or intgrated audio on your computer (as
almost all do these days) and you have a record player and amplifier that
you can play your records on, then all the hardware you need is a phono to
3.5mm stero jack lead.

Connect the signal from the "tape out" sockets on your amp to the "line in"
socket on your computer via this lead and you are away. You will need some
software, Audacity does the job, and it's free.

I could do this with Total Recorder, but only have the one problem of needing
to actually get round to doing it. What software will help me do that?
--

Dom Robinson Gamertag: DVDfever email: dom at dvdfever dot co dot uk
/* http://DVDfever.co.uk (editor)
/* 1136 DVDs, 362 games, 338 CDs, 110 cinema films, 51 concerts, videos & news
/* half life 2 episode 2, beatles: help, spiderman x360, russell brand, kylie
New music charts - http://dvdfever.co.uk/music.shtml
Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=DVDdom

In article ,
says...
On a different note, I'm trying to find something that will convert 60Hz
footage to 50Hz on the fly

uk.tech.broadcast is that way-------------------------

Be rich.
--
SAm.

David Looser wrote:

Connect the signal from the "tape out" sockets on your amp to the "line in"
socket on your computer via this lead and you are away. You will need some
software, Audacity does the job, and it's free.

Agreed. That's the way I've transferred some of my tapes. As someone
else said though, it's a time-consuming process.

Audacity is good for the money (none whatsoever), but there are programs
out there which will automatically split recordings into tracks by
"listening" for silence between songs. This will result in "proper" CDs
which allow you to skip from track to track. Steinberg produce a program
which will do the above and will also remove clicks and pops (and up to
a point hiss) before generating the CD.

All the above can be done in Audacity - possibly better, but it's a
manual process which takes some time and knowledge to achieve.

Adrian