# Cassette to DVD (link please?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassette-to-dvd-link-please/283777 "2005-01-08T19:46:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassette-to-dvd-link-please/283777/1 "2005-01-08T19:46:26Z")
SOrry, i know this has been posted here before but I can’t find it to save my life! I want to use my tape deck to make DVD’s through my computer’s CDRW, and need your advice on the type oc cord and anything else you think I might need. I want to use Media Player to do this, and basically just need a short course. Thanks! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassette-to-dvd-link-please/283777/2 "2005-05-26T02:23:26Z")
I have about 200 cassettes which are about to wear out and the music on which I could never replace. Thanks! Q ---
**Author:** ![PurpleHaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@PurpleHaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleHaid)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassette-to-dvd-link-please/283777/3 "2005-05-26T05:59:43Z")
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**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassette-to-dvd-link-please/283777/4 "2005-05-26T06:51:44Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > SOrry, i know this has been posted here before but I can’t find it to save my life! > > I want to use my tape deck to make DVD’s through my computer’s CDRW, and need your advice on the type oc cord and anything else you think I might need. > > I want to use Media Player to do this, and basically just need a short course. > > Thanks! > > Quasi Perhaps I should point out you can’t make DVD’s with a CDRW. Are you looking to capture the music from the tapes and burn them to a CD? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassette-to-dvd-link-please/283777/5 "2005-05-27T00:03:05Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > Perhaps I should point out you can’t make DVD’s with a CDRW. > > Are you looking to capture the music from the tapes and burn them to a CD? Sorry! Of **course** that is what I meant. :o :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassette-to-dvd-link-please/283777/6 "2005-05-27T04:31:18Z")
I’ve done quite a bit of this! You will need…[ul] [li]a tape deck/player (which you apparently already have)[/li][li]some kind of cord to connect the tape deck to the Line In jack on your computer (it’d probably look something like [this](http://www.audioshowcase.com/popupspecs/2rca-ste-12.htm); if I remember right I bought mine at Best Buy)[/li][li]a program for taking the sound input, splitting it into separate tracks, and saving it as sound files (MP3 or WMA or WAV or whatever). I use Microsoft’s _Plus! Audio Recorder_, which is part of their [Plus! Digital Media Edition](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/dme/Music.asp) pack for Windows XP; I’ve found it gives good results and is extremely easy to use. But there are other programs out there.[/li][li]And then once you have the music files on your computer, you can burn them to a CD, either using Media Player or another CD-burning program.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassette-to-dvd-link-please/283777/7 "2005-05-27T12:50:40Z")
As far as cords, you have to know what type of output options your tape deck has, and what type of input options your sound card has. The simplest one that any system will give you is the headphone output from the cassette player into the Line In/Microphone input on your computer. Make sure the cable you use for this is a stereo cable, usually indicated by having two stripes on the actual plug tip. If you have the option of an RCA output on your cassette player, you may find you get a better signal that way. I know I do on my system. If you don’t have RCA input on your sound card, you can get a cable that is RCA at one end and a regular headphone jack on the other. As for the software… I don’t use Windows Media player for these kind of things, so I can’t really help you with that. however, I will mention the programs I do use. Adobe Adition is an easy-to-use but extrememly versatile sound recording, mixing and editing program. there are built-in features that will help you clean up your cassette recordings, for example by eliminating tape hiss. For burning to CD, I use nero. Easy, fast, and has bulit in cover designers for printing labels and disc booklets. Best o luck. Thwartme ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cassette-to-dvd-link-please/283777/8 "2005-06-03T08:14:01Z")
I am currently a happy boy transferring my cassettes to CD and cleaning them up in the process! It’s going to take me quitye a while to finish, but it sure is nice hearing those old songs again which I have been afraid to play for fear of deteriorating them even further! Thank you all so MUCH! Quasi