Transferring music from LP/cassette to PC

[Mr-H]

With previous PC I was able to use a program by Roxio called Easy CD creator, which allowed me to upload vinyl music to the PC and then create a CD. However, this worked in XP and is not compatible with Vista. Does anyone know of something similar which would do the same? Have I overlooked something actually built-in to Vista? I don't really want to pay for the privilege of transferring my own music to CD, so .....

[MarkRae]

http://www.google.co....qi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

[Mr-H]

Sorry, but this means nothing to me. I clicked on your link and arrived at 'roxio easy creator 2010 Vista' within Google, but could not identify anything which recorded someone asking for (and receiving) help in getting ECDC5 onto Vista - is this what I am supposed to be looking for?

[MarkRae]

Er, you wanted something similar to Roxio Easy CD creator which works on Vista. So I gave you a Google search for the latest version of the Roxio software, which does work on Vista.

In what way could that possibly mean nothing to you...?

[Mr-H]

OK, I accept that. What I thought I might find there was something from Roxio which would allow me to replace what I bought and paid for some years ago but which does not work on a recent replacement machine. Perhaps I am wrong in wanting something for nothing? Surely there is something out there?

[MarkRae]

What did Roxio say when you asked them about their upgrade policy?

And, on the other subject, I'd really like a Bentley, but I can't afford one. What should I do?

[ChuckFickens]

There are several ways to do what you want for free (record the LPs that is, not get a Bentley)

But to do it for free is not going to be a simple load one program, click here type operation, it would involve at least two separate programs, one to record the LP and another to burn it back to CD

audacity will let you record from the line inputs on your soundcard and save the result as a MP3 for free.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

And windows media player will let you burn the MP3s back to a CD (you already have media player)

These are only suggestions of two programs that will do what you want, there are many others. but if you want a simple load one program click go type answer then you will probably have to pay for it.

[Mr-H]

This is really for Chuck - thanks for the info. I actually bought something called Audio Grabber from Amazon, cos I downloaded Audacity but could not really make out the manual. Same software came with this little gadget which plugs into line out (source) and USB2 (PC). All now works brilliantly. However, a supplementary question please - although the music is saved in a music folder (as is all my other music) I am getting difficulty in getting them listed in Media Player library. Should I be doing something specific?