StevenQBosell Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Greetings, thank God this place exist, MD still rocks... anyways... My Hi-MD should be here tomorrow, can't wait to mess w/ that, but before I shelled out the cash for that, I needed a way to put my old MD's on my PC. Only thing is, these new laptops do not CARRY THE LINE IN JACK ANYMORE. Had to figure something out... have a DVD recorder, can do up to six hour on that, so it was MD Audio out - DVD rec in, plus the vid sig form a portable DVD player. Finalize, back into PC, rip the audio with DVDFAB via .wav or 192 KBPS mp3 depending on the material. Not nearly as good as that option, I actually got a little iriver E100, with line in. Highest quality is 192 kbps WMA+ via line in, down to 96 kbps. For stuff like old talk radio, 128 kpbs is perfect, and you get like 68 hours on the devices built in 4 gb hd. 192 I think gives you 45 hours or so. Problem with the iriver is that there is a slight squeal when you put it on line in rec, no matter what the source... a little disappointing, but once I uplaoded them back into the PC, I didn't hear anything... doesn't mean it's not there, although I did put the file in Audution and didn't see any anomolies, but w/e... Any other methods to transfer MD to PC with no line in? Until I purchased my hi-md, I was seriously considering a stand alone CD recorder... but couldn't find ANYTHING at a reasonable price point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azureal Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 I have cool little Creative Labs external Sound Blaster device which provides far superior sound via USB connection to the laptop. The model I have has optical line in/out as well as analog. To XP it looks like any other sound card. I don't think they are manufactured any longer, but there are some on eBay: Creative Labs External SB - USB I am sure there are other manufacturers as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Yeah I have one of these REAL cheapies and it works like a charm. http://cgi.ebay.com/External-7-1-USB-Sound-Card-Optical-Audio-Adapter-Cable-/170490529523 Mine actually is orange and came from China but it's the same device, I am sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 What model Hi MD do you have, if is the RH1 just use it to digitally upload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenQBosell Posted September 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 What model Hi MD do you have, if is the RH1 just use it to digitally upload MZ-RH 910 - any issues with this device? I don't think I can upload my lagacy disc with this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenQBosell Posted September 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Yeah I have one of these REAL cheapies and it works like a charm. http://cgi.ebay.com/...e-/170490529523 Mine actually is orange and came from China but it's the same device, I am sure. Thanks for the info, will most def have to acquire one of these, and they're pretty inexpensive aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Thanks for the info, will most def have to acquire one of these, and they're pretty inexpensive aswell I honestly don't know if I would trust the ANALOG input on this. So what you now need (to do really good A->D) is a nice Sony MD deck with digital out. Put it into A-to-D mode by pressing Record and feed the output of the deck to the little device that goes to your USB on the laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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