I have been following the instructions for coverting old tapes to mp3 files, but I have not had quite the success I wanted. Here's my problem: Everything records fine except instead of just the "Line In " transfer, I also get what the recorder picks up, such as my talking. Moreover, there is no "line in" only recording source as indicated in the intructions. You get choices, such as "what U hear," "microphone," "mp3/wav," and "analog mix" (line in, CD, etc). I have tried all these. No matter what I try to do, I still hear the outside sounds in my recording. I even took out the microphone from the jack, and I made sure I had the tape player connected to the "line-in" jack.
I think I figured out the problem. I also have a Logitech camera attached to of my computer's usb2 ports. My guess is that it was the culprit responsible for recording the other sounds. I disconnected the camera. Now Creative MediaSource seems to be working when I use the analog mix option.
The Logitech Quickcam software could be in conflict with Creative. I recall from a similar thread
here that a poster named
woolybear was able to hear sounds but not record. During my research at Creative's website, I uncovered several references to the Logitech camera, and to disabling your USB connections in order to recover your Creative Recorder. Most of those mentions were just in small print and not official troubleshooting references. Eventually I stumbled upon
a solution at Creative's UK website by a bloke named
Wrenhal.
When I read your post, I thought that I would jot this note down to you since your solution seems to confirm
woolybear's problem,
Wrenhal's solution, and the relationship between Logitech and Creative.
Thanks for pointing out that I am not alone in this problem between Logitech (I have the Quickcam Pro). The key question is which company should take responsibility for correcting this incompatibility or letting us know a more satisfactory solution than pulling the camera cord out of its USB port.
From what I uncovered at Creative, Creative is touting a hardline.
You might check your README.tx for the Logitech cam. I remember my Logitech Mouse README.tx contained a reference to Windows power management freezes. Perhaps Logitech is aware of something similar with Creative.
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Posted February 28th, 2005 20:00
Message Edited by emprof on 02-28-2005 04:14 PM