I would not necessarily count on a cheapo conversion device to use an easy-to-use, industry standard method for transfer. You might just as well record off your computer's line-in by playing the tape back on a quality tape player.
If it were me, I'd just get a converter that puts it on a flash drive or a microSD, especially since I think I read that some of them work faster than real time, and most tapes are no great shakes quality-wise anyways. I'd only go for a non-embedded solution if I had some very specific requirements, like encoding losslessly for a really good recording I couldn't buy in digital format. (I admit, my hacker ethic has dimmed somewhat after family/kids/career invaded my life.) -DMZ -----Original Message----- From: Judah Milgram [mailto:milg...@cgpp.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 7:30 AM To: UM-LINUX@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: [UM-LINUX] Cassette to MP3 converters? A question to liven up the dog days of summer. I'm considering solutions to convert some cassette tapes to MP3. Turns out for not a lot of money you can get something that converts directly, see for example https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018WBUJBS The question is... Linux? Some put the MP3's directly on a flash drive, and I guess that's a good bet. But others seem to require connection to a computer... is it likely that that they send a digital stream over the cable? And if so... is it likely to be set-uppable on Linux? -- Judah Milgram milg...@cgpp.com 301-257-7069
