Thing is, you DON'T NEED an mp3 player to eliminate playing cds in
your van. Just get a head unit for your van that has a usb adapter.
Make a small hole in your ashtray and run the usb through this. On you
home pc, you can transfer music onto a flashdrive, then just plug in
the flashdrive to the usb on your head unit. You can then control the
content of the flashdrive with the normal controls on your head unit.
You also don't need to replace your music, just download your cds into
itunes, or some such, then transfer them onto the flashdrive.
Miguel

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
  - Thomas A. Edison

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:54 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >   Can you buy software to convert recorded music to MP 3 playable format?
>> > Is there a good site anyone can suggest that would be worthwhile for me
>> to
>> > learn this stuff from?
>>
>
> Google 'rip vinyl' and you will find a bunch of options if you are loking to
> convert old records (78s, 45s or 33 1/3) to digital formats.  Right now
> Costco has one full setup complete with turntable for $90 shipped.  There
> are other options.  I've used a couple of the software packages that can be
> downloaded, don't remember which was the best right now.  Similar software
> is available for existing music on tape also.
>