recording radio

[milt]

is there any way to hook a radio to my pc and record
to my hard drive or to a disc.
thanks milt

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

milt wrote:
> is there any way to hook a radio to my pc and record
> to my hard drive or to a disc.
> thanks milt
Yes, it's possible assuming your soundcard has audio imputs. You would need
the proper cabling, any Radio Shack should have it and they can guide you.
You really shouldn't connect the radio directly to the PC, rather it should
go through an amplifier and connect the amp to the PC through the soundcard.

In order to record to your hard drive or CD, you will need software to
accomodate that. Most CD writing software can implement that function. I
don't know about Nero but Easy CD Creator can and there are even free
applications such as MusicMatch that can enable that function.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

[Peter T]

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" > wrote in
message ...
> milt wrote:
> > is there any way to hook a radio to my pc and record
> > to my hard drive or to a disc.
> > thanks milt
> Yes, it's possible assuming your soundcard has audio imputs. You would
need
> the proper cabling, any Radio Shack should have it and they can guide you.
> You really shouldn't connect the radio directly to the PC, rather it
should
> go through an amplifier and connect the amp to the PC through the
soundcard.
>
> In order to record to your hard drive or CD, you will need software to
> accomodate that. Most CD writing software can implement that function. I
> don't know about Nero but Easy CD Creator can and there are even free
> applications such as MusicMatch that can enable that function.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
>

The other way around the software issue is to save it as a .wav file, which
can be treated like any other data file and will play on a 'normal' CD
player. I believe it's also possible with .mp3 format, though I've never
tried it.

Peter