Capturing Internet Audio

[electra225]

After many fits and starts trying to be able to process audio off the Internet, I have found another possible option. I use a 2015 non-smart RCA 32" flat panel TV set for a computer monitor. The advantage to this setup, other than size, is that it has internal speakers. It also has RCA audio output jacks. Why can't I feed this audio to a tape input on the Pioneer SX-1050? Then just process the audio with my conversion software like any other audio source?

[TC Chris]

Ought to work. Run the audio out into your receiver see if you get sound on YouTube. Of course, there's a question of underlying audio quality (GIGO, right?).

Chris Campbell

[electra225]

If you get on YouTube Music, the audio is not bad. I can clean up as necessary with my conversion software. I haven't used it in about three years, but, if it still works, it is amazing what it will do. It's best feature is speed correction. I can play a tape that is dragging, not running at the right speed or with huge wow and flutter and it will pretty much fix it. Certainly enough to make it usable. I can also play 78's at 45 rpm and it will correct the speed.

[hermitcrab]

I cheat and use the YT down loader for music ... trouble is all the compression they do to the wave and MP3 files , everyone seems to be downloading the FLAC file format as they claim it is lossless ... I cant really tell the older I get ...

[electra225]

If I can grab the audio off the TV, that will save me a step versus using the YouTube audio conversion. I can put it right to Spin-It-Again and not have to download it to my computer then move it to Media Player, then put it on SIG, then back to the computer. I found the slickest conversion software, had it for years. It cost $40 in 2011. They still sell it, but they don't support it anymore. Simple and effective. LOTS simpler than some of the more exotic programs/apps made for music conversion. I even converted about two dozen cylinder records to digital and put them on CD. I've done eight tracks, 78's, 45's, LP's, and all manner of tape with this program. I had a program for YouTube video audio, but when our old computer crashed, I lost it and they don't offer it anymore.