[CLUE-Tech] RealPLayer versus MP3, WAV or others

[Joe Brockmeier]

Kevin Cullis wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I was wondering who knows how best to "record" off of cassette tape (or
> record ONTO a CD) and trasfer onto a hard drive to be convert the file
> to MP3s or WAVs?  How difficult and how much time would it take to hook
> this thing up?  Is there free software available?

Well... if you have a CD of whatever you're trying to convert, you can 
use Grip to
rip the CD to WAV and/or MP3. If you are using cassette you'll need to 
be able to connect the cassette deck to your sound card and use 
something like Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) to record the 
sound input to WAV, then convert to MP3. Depending on which distro you 
have, you might have something that can take input from the sound card 
and convert to WAV already installed. I really haven't had any need to 
do this myself, but I'm sure there are a half-dozen or more programs 
that can do this.

Z
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