No "line-in" option in sounds & audio devices

Open the "miser" for the sound card, e.g. double click on the volume icon in
your taskbar. That should bring up a dialog box with the various
input/output' connections the sound card has. Note - diff cards have
slightly different options.

Check under "Recording" controls and indicate it's the Line In you want to
use. Under "Playback" also select the line in. Note their sense of
"Use/Don't Use" may be reversed in the two dialogs. That should route line
in as you want. Use the slider in the sound control dialog to adjust levels
to more or less 0db, e.g. play a small sample and check recording level in
same manner might have done with a tape deck years ago.

Also note (not sure with XP and later) that Recorder comes with Windows is
very limited. Nopt sure now but at one time would only record a minute at a
time so might need some other software which I'm sure witrh Google one can
find for free.

Also note - on my motherboard's sound card, there's only three connections
and if I set card to 5.1 speaker setup, the Mic and Line In connections
become instead additional outputs and there is no mic or Line In options
available then. Hence I disabled onboard sound and bought another card to
use instead.
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"sheana" wrote in message
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Hi,

I am trying to use Windows Movie Maker to convert analog cassettes to .mp3
format. I have WindowsXP, and I need to have the "line in" option enabled
in "Sounds & Audio Devices", under the audio tab. The only option I have
is my default sound card...a SoundMax Digital Audio. Can you please tell
me how to enable the "line in" option? Thanks in advance.