Question by upgrade123: PC upgrading options to do analog to digital Audio/Video conversion?
My HP Pavilion PC(bought in 1999) was upgraded in 2003, motherboard included. It has the original HP CD RW drive which is currently not working. This PC seems to have built in sound (not sure, one of my questions is how to find that out?)

I want to be able to do the following
1. convert my audio cassettes to CDs
2. convert my VCR tapes and Camcorder tapes to CD/DVD
3. Edit video recorded on tapes / camcorder (I saw good reviews for Dazzle Video Creator Platinum )

What are the best options (hardware and software) to achieve the above?

For the CD/DVD burning part I saw the Pioneer DVR-710B5PK 16x Internal Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive on sale in bestbuy, but this needs ATAPI drive and graphics card with 30MB RAM, how do I know whether my PC has this already? How do I know what drive is compatible with my PC?

Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Best answer:

Answer by carguy3095@sbcglobal.net
thares some things that will help you do that but they are VERRY COSTLY!!!!!! or you can take the sets ti a media shop and they have the device thare(most of the time it gives you better quality than the one you buy). some computer shops have this too.it usaly takes about 30 minuits per tape.most shops charege about 3-5 dollars per tape.

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