How to copy Audio Cassettes to MP3 EFFICIENTLY ???
I have a collection of good 400 C-60 audio cassettes (music, but also courses). I would like to copy these cassettes to mp3 files on my SuSE machine. (I am just thinking of moving my house: compare the size / weight of 400 cassettes to a few DVDs ;-) ) Problems I would like to solve automagically: 1. Maximal length of recording should be the length of the cassette I am not planning to sit in front of the computer and listen all cassettes. To put a cassette into the player and record and after the expected recording time, I will come back to put in a new cassette. The recording should end after the length of the cassette automatically 2. Silent detection at the end It can happen that the tape is not full recorded. The silent end of the tape should be cut off automatically! (Only the end, not if in a course a silent time happened) Is there any good way available? BTW, I am looking for the same for (30 only!) VHS (PAL system) to transfer to DVD. bye Ronald
On Sun October 31 2004 8:26 pm, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
I have a collection of good 400 C-60 audio cassettes (music, but also courses).
I would like to copy these cassettes to mp3 files on my SuSE machine. (I am just thinking of moving my house: compare the size / weight of 400 cassettes to a few DVDs ;-) )
Problems I would like to solve automagically:
1. Maximal length of recording should be the length of the cassette I am not planning to sit in front of the computer and listen all cassettes. To put a cassette into the player and record and after the expected recording time, I will come back to put in a new cassette. The recording should end after the length of the cassette automatically
2. Silent detection at the end It can happen that the tape is not full recorded. The silent end of the tape should be cut off automatically! (Only the end, not if in a course a silent time happened)
Is there any good way available?
BTW, I am looking for the same for (30 only!) VHS (PAL system) to transfer to DVD.
bye
Ronald
Audacity will record to mp3, wav and ogg. It has the configuration parameters you are looking for but I had mixed results using them. It would sometimes stop at the end of the tape, sometimes not. It is very easy to snip the silence at the beginning and end of the recording via the graphical output. I didn't mind doing that for about 40 tapes. 400 is another story. Stan
On Sunday 31 October 2004 22:21, SRGlasoe wrote:
On Sun October 31 2004 8:26 pm, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
I have a collection of good 400 C-60 audio cassettes (music, but also courses).
I would like to copy these cassettes to mp3 files on my SuSE machine. (I am just thinking of moving my house: compare the size / weight of 400 cassettes to a few DVDs ;-) )
bye
Hi,
Just this week I saw a H/W Casette player for PCs. It was at Tiger Direct or Microcenter I think. It came with software specifically for xfering the tapes to MP3 format. I'll post back here if I can find it. PeterB -- Using SUSE since 5.2 Loving SUSE 9.1 Pro My Blog: http://vancampen.org/blog --
On Monday 01 November 2004 05:47, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
On Sunday 31 October 2004 22:21, SRGlasoe wrote:
On Sun October 31 2004 8:26 pm, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
I have a collection of good 400 C-60 audio cassettes (music, but also courses).
I would like to copy these cassettes to mp3 files on my SuSE machine. (I am just thinking of moving my house: compare the size / weight of 400 cassettes to a few DVDs ;-) )
bye
Hi,
Just this week I saw a H/W Casette player for PCs. It was at Tiger Direct or Microcenter I think. It came with software specifically for xfering the tapes to MP3 format. I'll post back here if I can find it.
PeterB --
Using SUSE since 5.2 Loving SUSE 9.1 Pro
My Blog: http://vancampen.org/blog
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This might be useful.. http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/index.html There is supposed to be some LP-rippng software out there, but i cant remember the name or location right now.. If i do, ill get back... -- /Rikard --------------------------------------------------------------- Rikard Johnels email : rikjoh@norweb.se Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 735 05 51 01 PGP : 0x461CEE56 ---------------------------------------------------------------
Rikard Johnels writes:
This might be useful.. http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/index.html
There is supposed to be some LP-rippng software out there, but i cant remem= ber=20 the name or location right now.. If i do, ill get back...
SuSE comes with a program called "gramofile" which is a non-graphical LP-ripping program with user-configrable surface noise reduction filters, and other nifty features. I use this, along with "sweep" (very good wave editor program) to convert LPs to CDs and MP3s. I think gramofile should also be perfectly usable for cassette tape ripping. -Ti -- Ti Kan http://www.amb.org/ti Vorsprung durch Technik
Peter B Van Campen wrote:
On Sunday 31 October 2004 22:21, SRGlasoe wrote:
On Sun October 31 2004 8:26 pm, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
I have a collection of good 400 C-60 audio cassettes (music, but also courses).
I would like to copy these cassettes to mp3 files on my SuSE machine. (I am just thinking of moving my house: compare the size / weight of 400 cassettes to a few DVDs ;-) )
bye
Hi,
Just this week I saw a H/W Casette player for PCs. It was at Tiger Direct or Microcenter I think. It came with software specifically for xfering the tapes to MP3 format. I'll post back here if I can find it.
Years ago, I had two cassette recorders connected to my IMSAI 8080 computer. That's how I had to store programs and data, back in those days.
On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:10:00 -0500
James Knott
Years ago, I had two cassette recorders connected to my IMSAI 8080 computer. That's how I had to store programs and data, back in those days.
You lucky B----- (fill in as appropriate)! I only had one cassette recorder..... Terence
On 01/11/04 08:56 PM, Terence McCarthy
You lucky B----- (fill in as appropriate)!
I only had one cassette recorder.....
A tape recorder!!! sheer unadulterated luxury. Why when I was a lad I had to remember and whistle the output of my Acorn Electron's inbuilt speaker into a microphone attached to a tape recorder in another room :) Regards, Ben (who thinks this thread is about to get a little silly)
Peter wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] How to copy Audio Cassettes to MP3 EFFICIENTLY ???' on Sun, Oct 31 at 22:48:
On Sunday 31 October 2004 22:21, SRGlasoe wrote:
On Sun October 31 2004 8:26 pm, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
I have a collection of good 400 C-60 audio cassettes (music, but also courses).
I would like to copy these cassettes to mp3 files on my SuSE machine. (I am just thinking of moving my house: compare the size / weight of 400 cassettes to a few DVDs ;-) )
bye
Hi,
Just this week I saw a H/W Casette player for PCs. It was at Tiger Direct or Microcenter I think. It came with software specifically for xfering the tapes to MP3 format. I'll post back here if I can find it.
As usual, ThinkGeek has one. http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/6908/ The official site's http://plusdeckonline.com/ As fas as how well it works under Linux, well, that's an excercise for google. --Danny
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