nev young wrote:

On 08/08/11 00:54, Anthony Anson wrote:

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(Ted Harding) wrote: I can get one of those USB sound cards (which should be safe).

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In which case: Where's a good place to look, and which are good ones? (Oh, and would Debian readily recognise it?).

First I've heard of them too, but filed in the noddle for future reference.

I have a thingy that works under XP. (and vister and se7en) It has red and white phono sockets for (line level) audio input and a USB2.0 (must be 2.0) connection to the PC. Also has a composite video input.

While I got it to transfer my VHS tapes to the PC it has a audio to mp3(I think) function.

As you're only doing one record you're welcome to borrow it. I've taken a holiday from the VHS transfer just now any way.

Thanks for the offer. I'll probably get by with a cable thobut.