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More => Old Versions => Media Jukebox => Topic started by: grshakes on September 15, 2003, 05:21:10 pm
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Before I trawl through hours of help files etc. can anyone help me find the easy way out and just tell me how easy it is to convert a video to mp3 that I can play on MJ?
I have a song track on a vhs video I would like to convert to mp3 to play on my pc.
I need the music track only (not the picture) for a five minute cabaret spot that I will never use again and really don't want the hassle of hours and hours of learning to something I will probably never need to do again! I know it's really lazy of me but any help or advice would be hugely appreciated.
I have MJ 8 Plus, but assume I will need leads/plug ins etc. to enable me to do this?
Thanks a million to anyone who can help.
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what your asking is " How do I Steal Copyrighted Songs"
you may not have thought you asked that but you did.
how ever this is not just an Mjb feature and it is known how to do very easlie by most because fair use does allow you to make a copy for your self.
so i will tell you.
you will need to play the video on the tv and have the tv sound hooked up through a vcr. but since it is on a vhs tape you already have that. just run the patch cord from the vcr to the home stereo aux rca jacks. then record the sound on to a cassette tape. when doing that make sure you use the equlizer on the stereo to adjust the sound to the best you can get.
now take that same cassette tape and play it in a boom box a good one not a little pocket tape player. the bigger ones have more features some have better sound chips in also.
now the head phone jack on the boom box is used with a patch cord to take it to the line in jack on the computer's sound card. ( if you dont have a line in jack then you are in a not able to do situation)
once you have the line in jack connected you then play the tape in the boom box you need to keep the sound level on the boom box to a fairly low volume. and now you should hear sound through the computer speakers. if not you need to right click on the speaker icon and open the mixers then on the options for the mixers chose recording and then on the list make sure you have the line in mixer selected to show.
make sure it is selected to be the one used for recording.
now if you hear the tape good.
if not there is something wrong in your computer.
but once you get the mixer for the line to be used. open the mjb and then on the menu for it you find the record option click record its panel will show up.
now you can add in the name of the tracks you want. and adjust the options for the recorder. make sure you use the line in for recording, and adjust the volume for the mjb and pick the format you want it to save in. and your ready.
enjoy
roving cowboy
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Just run a line from the audio outs on the vcr or the receiver (if you have the vcr audio patched thru your receiver) into the line-in on your sound card. You should be able to use the recorder in MJ to record from your soundcards line-in.
Rob
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Thanks very much for the suggestions. I will give it a go. Thanks for taking the time to answer.
Regards