have seen some post where someone talked about a library for decoding the format used to store information on VHS and audio tapes.
Even though it is kinda interesting that someone wrote a library for that. I can't stop but wonder HOW do you even rip these WITHOUT playing and recording them?!?
Just missing one piece of info, the release of #CDRW (and affordable #CDR) in the late 90s.
Then we see that the market is pretty constant overall, with variations when the industry is abusing of its possibility to set prices, and the down-regulation brought by illegal copies whenever technology allows them (#cassette, CD-R, #MP3 storage, #P2P), but the market never goes too low either.
Just recording a tape from that discs 
So I have come to the decision that I am ready to part with my 1200 Grateful Dead cassettes compiled from over the decades of listening and loving that band. Many wonderful covers and too many great shows to mention. They take up over 9 files boxes so someone coming to Santa Cruz has the best chance of getting it. No charge and lots of love. Is anyone out there looking for these?
#Deadheads #gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #cassette #livemusic #livetapes #cassettecollector @bourgwick @livetapes
Faux contact dans une vieille prise HiFi
Souvent, le problème d'un ancien appareil est beaucoup plus rapide et facile à régler qu'on pourrait le croire ! 
Recuperant cassets de casa, avui tenim els Platters amb una sel·lecció de clàssics oer a una nit romanticona #music #nowplaying #cassette #k7 @cassettes
https://youtu.be/rAUJSc6unAg?feature=shared
Une "nouvelle" platine cassette Sony TC-K1A vient d'arriver pour remplacer la TC-K2A dont le mécanisme a un problème qui semble irrémédiable.
Bien évidement, je garde la TC-K2A pour pièces.
C'est la malédiction des amateurs d'appareils anciens : tout va finir par casser d'une manière ou d'une autre. Parfois ça se répare, parfois pas.
Attroce réparation d'une mini boombox
And finally a little bit of info on what format this #cassette player records. First off, I tried mpg123 and it barfed. Audacity has no trouble, and VLC has no trouble. I can't figure out how to get Audacity to show me the track format/info.
VLC says:
Codec: MPEG Audio layer 1/2 (mpga)
Mono! (not stereo!)
Sample rate: 32000 Hz
Bits per sample: 32
Bitrate: 128 kb/s
A cassette file that is 48:08 in duration created a 46Mb file. Basically 1Mb per minute.
Since I am digitizing an audio book, this is fine. But if I was digitizing stereo music, this would be pretty crappy.
Here's what mpg123 has to say:
MPEG 1.0 L II cbr128 32000 mono
> 77840+02402 46:42.24+01:26.46 --- 100=100 128 kb/s 576 B acc 0 clip p+0.000
Note: Illegal Audio-MPEG-Header 0x00000000 at offset 44839872.
Note: Trying to resync...
Note: Skipped 1024 bytes in input.
[src/libmpg123/parse.c:wetwork():1406] error: Giving up resync after 1024 bytes - your stream is not nice... (maybe increasing resync limit could help).
main: [src/mpg123.c:play_frame():861] error: ...in decoding next frame: Failed to find valid MPEG data within limit on resync. (code 28)
> 77847+02395 46:42.49+01:26.21 --- 100=100 128 kb/s 576 B acc 0 clip p+0.000
The instructions for this #cassette drive are awesome too.
“The tape player comes with a USB cable with two Type-C connectors, one for powering the product, named Charging Cable, and one for data transmission, named Data Cable.
Note:
USB function is not able to transfer data with computer via data cable.
If you want USB functionality, please use a charging cable.
Do not use a data cable.
@sudaksis@furry.engineer#AlbumOfTheDay 904: TAKAAT - Is Noise, Vol 1 by TAKAAT
https://purplishrecords.bandcamp.com/album/takaat-is-noise-vol-1