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| Thread ID: 29553 | 2003-01-24 08:13:00 | Dictaphone to mp3...is it possible? | tones_malones (611) | Press F1 |
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| 116348 | 2003-01-24 08:13:00 | hey wisdomfilled pressf1-ers, i have a friend who (since english is her second language) is able to record lectures using her dictaphone thingy. She recalled one of her friends was able to use a cable, connect it to her pc (thru the line in of her sound card?), use a program (unsure) and be able to play the lectures thru her laptop. Presuming the file format would be in .wav, but it would be simple once it got to that stage to change it to .mp3. OS: Windows 98 I do not know the specs of her laptop or the dictaphone. Any suggestions would be muchly appreciated :) Thankies in advance... TonesMalones Back to watchin 2001:Space Oddesey (man it rocks on dvd!) |
tones_malones (611) | ||
| 116349 | 2003-01-24 08:51:00 | The output of the recorder is juat a simple analogue signal. Record it on your PC, by feeding it into the Line Input socket on the sound card from the headphone socket (has it got one?) on the recorder. It would be better to use a Line Output on the recorder but its unlikely to have one. Windows 98 has probably got a built in recorder, so it will record in .wav format I imagine. Any standard program will convert to MP3, but you can playback the .wav anyway. I have recorded from tape, to a .wav file and burnt that to a standard audio CD before, so it should work. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 116350 | 2003-01-24 09:23:00 | what sort of cord would you need, and where could it be purchased from? ty godfather |
tones_malones (611) | ||
| 116351 | 2003-01-24 09:40:00 | A standard 1.5mm audio cable I believe. Or is it 3mm? Can't remember. Ask at Dicksmith, they'll have the cable that your friend needs. As for a sound recorder, Windows Sound Recorder only records for 40 seconds then stops. I'd suggest downloading a program like Total Recorder (http://www.totalrecorder.com) and finding an *ahem* registration for it. A simple Google search will do that. You can then set it to record from the Line In and save the file as an MP3. Note: without *registering* Total Recorder, it too only records for 40 seconds. I am really dissatisfied with Windows Sound Recorder, as it is a nice simple (and more over, free) sound recorder with basic effects. There should be a decent free sound editor with no time limit on recording, that also has chopping, mixing, inverting, reversing, normalising, and other nice effects. |
agent (30) | ||
| 116352 | 2003-01-24 10:08:00 | Thx Agent, ill look into it :) ooh i found a good way to get around that 40 sec thing on sound recorder...if you have an mp3, change it to wav, open it in sound recorder, record over it, chop it to desired length and presto, longer recording time :) TonesMalones |
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