Digital Bits Technology Column QnA

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I have over 1500 (Yes, 1500) 30-minute audio tapes that I want to save and make sortable. How can I covert them to perhaps a MP3 file at high speed rather than real time?

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I have used the instructions provided on your convert-cassette-to-cd pages and have material on my computer but my attempts to transfer to a cd regularly tells me that there is material to write to the cd but refused to do so. I am told that I need to insert a cd although I have a blank, formatted cd in the drive.

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I am converting music (my old “Dixieland” jazz band) from cassette tape to cd using Audacity 1.2.6. It is going well until I burn the exported wav file using Express Burn Plus 4.26.

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I came across your webpage today while net surfing. I am looking to buy a device to convert my numerous VHS tapes to DVDs but am confused.

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I’m 75 and not very computer “clever!” Downloaded audacity from audio cassttes via microphone socket, exported to Windows Media player etc but does not have any tracks. Now got a CD of 78 minutes but only one track,can’t fast forward or anything apart from play. What have I done wrong? I’m on Windows Vista.

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