[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 7 2003, 08:01 PM\'] [quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Dec 7 2003, 10:30 AM\'] I have a mic hooked up to my computer, but it doesn't stretch all the way to the TV. The best I can do is:
1. Record the TV to an audio tape recorder.
2. Play back the tape, holding up the mic to the speaker.
3. Save the .wav file.
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Your sound card has a line input. (Trust me on this. If it has a mic in, it should have a line in.) That means if your TV either has a headphone jack or RCA outputs on the back (and find me one that doesn't have one or the other), you are about $10-$15 worth of cabling and adapters, at most, away from running television audio directly into your PC.
It amuses me that I live in a society where complete idiots can rip MP3's but people can't figure out how to run a wire from an "out" to an "in".
As for Sound Recorder, you should be able to find a replacement for that that isn't nearly as crippled with about five minutes worth of work on Google. [/quote]
TVs w/o RCA outputs and inputs made until about 10 years ago aren't that rare. Mine has only coax input, so I just have to use my VCR for RCA outputs.
Anyways, if anybody's looking the right cable to send audio from TV-to-sound card, that wire is an RCA-to-1/8 stereo cable (also called RCA-to-3.5mm stereo cable). These cables are sold at varying lengths. Connect one end to the other, use your favorite audio recording program, and PRESTO!
I shake my head that not only do many people don't get the concept of connecting output to input, but many of these connectors and plugs are color coded to make things more idiot-proof and people are still mystified. Now to find that 50 foot RCA A/V cable...