Or is there a better way?

Roy Hammond wrote:
Or is there a better way?

I've done this for my fiancée using HiMD, but there's a whole raft of
hassles about the implementation of this technology. Sonys half-baked
copyright protection, and the woeful Sonic Stage software make what should
be a simple product to use into a bit of a nightmare.

If it's just voice quality recording you're after there's plenty of small
and cheap mp3 players that'll do the trick.

High quality recorders are out there, but they're kinda pricey still. They
can either record full CD quality or selected mp3 bit rates. You only then
have to transfer the files using your PC from the (usually large)
recorders to a compact player for your wife. You might be lucky and find
both a recorder and a player that use SD cards and a compatible file
format, then you could just transplant the card.

niftydog

For many years now my wife has recorded onto cassette tape, from her hifi
unit using its programming facilities, the daily radio BBC R4 plays, talks,
and
the Archers, and then listens to them on her walkman while doing housework,
gardening, and so on.

She's gone through many walkmans - the cassette deck mechanisms eventually
wear out. As an old telecoms/electronics engineer, I've enjoyed myself
keeping them going until they get beyond economic repair.

So, it occurs to me why not change to an MP3 player? Possibly longer term
viability and better reliability? And use SD/MMC cards to record onto and
playback from.

Problem I'd like help with...

Is there a kit or design, than I can buy and/or put together or build, that
will take the audio line output from the hifi unit and record onto a SD/MMC
card?

Or is there a better way?


--
Roy
[Surrey, England]


Hi Roy,

Problem I'd like help with...

Is there a kit or design, than I can buy and/or put together or build, that
will take the audio line output from the hifi unit and record onto a SD/MMC
card?

For many years now my wife has recorded onto cassette tape, from her hifi
unit using its programming facilities, the daily radio BBC R4 plays, talks,
and
the Archers, and then listens to them on her walkman while doing housework,
gardening, and so on.

She's gone through many walkmans - the cassette deck mechanisms eventually
wear out. As an old telecoms/electronics engineer, I've enjoyed myself
keeping them going until they get beyond economic repair.

So, it occurs to me why not change to an MP3 player? Possibly longer term
viability and better reliability? And use SD/MMC cards to record onto and
playback from.

Problem I'd like help with...

Is there a kit or design, than I can buy and/or put together or build, that
will take the audio line output from the hifi unit and record onto a SD/MMC
card?

Or is there a better way?


--
Roy
[Surrey, England]

Problem I'd like help with...

Is there a kit or design, than I can buy and/or put together or build, that
will take the audio line output from the hifi unit and record onto a SD/MMC
card?

Or is there a better way?

Probably you can't do better than your computer, likely the one you typed