Using DVD's for audio only.

[victoriabears]

I have large collection of audio tapes and wondered what you guys would suggest as the best way to get them over to digital and nicely presented,catelogued,indexed and tracked.

I wondered , rather than using a computer a dvd recorder but setting it to 8 hour time mode getting a great deal on.

I do not have a cd player really , as dvd players will play cd's but not vice versa.

Your thought gentlemen as always invaluable.

[Noahtuck]

You could try something like this to get the cassettes to wav/mp3

Plusdeck2
http://cgi.ebay.com/Plusdeck2-PC-Cassette-Deck-Tape-to-MP3-Plusdeck2c_W0QQitemZ5862351...QQcmdZViewItem

Then i have used this to pack a TON of music onto a dvdr, Audio DVD Creator

I'm not sure but i would think even without a video signal going into a dvd recorder you would waste alot of space with blank/empty video.
You would prob. get alot more music and better quality doing it with tools like i listed.

[victoriabears]

Using that ebay item,was it the benfit from hitching up a cassette deck to the sound card, or even video capturedevice.

Thanks

[mikiem]

There's all sorts of alternatives for indexing, so IMO more of a matter of what GUI you like, though I'd lean towards software that's more open -- not something based purely on one company's product.

For recording I'd suggest a mixer as almost mandatory, followed by a decent sound card & audio software to get rid of artifacts and perhaps model the sound a bit (the overal tonal range of cassette for example might seem a little too bright by today's standards?). You'd want a decent deck for playback, or at least make sure the belts and such in your current deck aren't stretched or worn.

FWIW, have seen the same device (posted) or very similar at geeks.com. If it works, cool. Personally I like to keep audio stuff as far from the PC (& it's noise) as practical. Video recording stuff can work, but it's focus is not on audio quality.