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I want to transfer a voice recording from an SD card to a CD.

I have a Scanner/Printer with card slots &, of course, the PC.

Ideas please??

If you go to computor,chose scanner, then chose 'sd card',which might come up as bulk storage device you should be able to highlight the card, right click and a drop down menu will give you options, chose 'send to' cd and this should open a menu of what type of recording you want on the cd. ie. data, picture,sound etc.

Good start - thanks!

But..............

vm1 files are a proprietary format unique to panasonic, your voice recorder should of come with a piece of software called either 'Voice Studio' or 'Voice Editor' or 'Voice Editing Ver. 1.0' which will convert the file to a wav format which you can then record onto a cd.

Panasonics VM1 converter is available here

http://www.smartergeek.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=400&get=last

Once you've converted the file to wav you will be able to burn it to CVD.

I've met the Geek some years ago!

I'm going to disappoint you all. Spent several hours on this this pm. After trying the Geek, thought to look in the bin of bits & pieces. Yes - the Panasonic software which I thought I would never use.

SO? I'm further up the creek without a paddle! Every whichway I go I meet a block of some sort. Can't explain enough to get help - will try again tomorrow.

Right - we're actually getting somewhere. Well, we were until the stupid machine started knowing best!!

I have the WAV file ready to burn - selected D with CD in it - BURN - insert blank CD & try again.

And try & try again. I'm trying to keep my patience!!

I am Naff at computers but can one of the two options work
1, Put the CD into the computer drive  D then right click and send them to MY DOCUMENTS The bring them out of there by writing to disc
2, Can it not be ripped in Windows Media Player.

What to you use to burn to CD Tim and can you play the recording on your OC?

Tim, Have you got Windows Media Player, if not its a free download.  I was thinking that if it played in there then you should also be able to burn it to disc also using that programme.

If all else fails, why not try this.

Download Audacity (it can record in .wav/.mp3/.ogg vorbis) (FREE download)

Assuming your voice recorder has an earphone socket, connect to the computer (mike socket) with a cable with 3.5mm jack at each end. Load Audacity, switch on the VR and press <play>. Set Audacity to record. Switch off when recording is finished. You can edit out any blank leader or trailer with Audacity leaving you with just the audio file you want.

I'll be back when I've had time to digest all that!!

Why don't you drag a boy in off the street, Give him a quid and it will all be done in an instant. ;D

Well, right or wrong, nothing seemed to be working through the SD Editor, so tried Back up to CD.

OK, we now have the clip on CD, but it will only play on the PC ( I Tunes or Windows Media Player) not through the Hi-Fi or in the car.

So what next??

Keeps me out of the Pub!!

A backup doesn't change the file to a format that's readable by a CD player. You need to use music burning software such as Windows Media Player or Nero.

Make sure the track is now a wav file and is on your hard drive. Import it into your media library in WMP. If you haven't changed the file to wav, download the converter I linked to earlier.

   1. Open Windows Media Player. The icon can commonly be found by clicking the "START" button, then "Program Files" then "Accessories" then "Entertainment." There you should find the icon for Windows Media Player.
   2. Click on the "Media Library" button located on the left side of the window.
   3. Select the music you want burned to a CD. Click on the "All Music" tab located in the left window. The right window should now display all the songs you have saved on your hard drive.
   4. Select the songs you want to copy to a CD. This is can be done a couple different ways. You can right click a song, choose "Copy to CD or device", then go back to the "Media Library" and pick more songs this way. You can also select multiple songs at once by holding down your keyboards CTRL key while you click on songs. This lets you highlight many songs. You can also pick the first song in the list, then while hold down your keyboards SHIFT key, click on the last song. This highlights every track from the first song you click to the last song you clicked.
   5. Once you have the songs you want selected, right click on one of the selected songs and choose "Copy to CD or device." This brings you to the "Copy to CD or Device" menu. On the left side window, you will see all the song tracks you have chosen to burn, and on the right hand side, a blank window that says "Insert a blank CD into the drive." In the left hand window, you will see little check boxes next to the tracks. You can check and uncheck songs that you want or don't want burned to the CD. You can also change the order the songs will be played by clicking on a track, and while holding down the mouse button, dragging the song up or down the playlist.
   6. Click the "Copy" button in the upper right hand corner of Windows Media Player. A window will pop up letting you know you need to insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW into your CD drive. Place a blank CD-R into the computer's CD-R drive, and click the retry button. At this point, Windows Media Player should start burning the CD. You should see progress bars scrolling next to each track on the left hand side. Media Player is converting the tracks to a special CD format. Don't worry, it's not doing anything to your original files. Once all the tracks have been converted, progress bars will start to scroll next to each track that says "Copying to CD." The right window should say "Copy in progress".
   7. And that's it, you're done! Windows should automatically eject the newly created music CD once it has finished burning. If the CD isn't automatically ejected, you can eject it yourself, but only after you are sure the burning process is complete

And he also grows Garlic?

Thanks to all for encouragement - finally made it!!

Eventually saw the tiny file no. in the top right hand corner.

Some 4 hours of slog.  Press this button  - & that one. But good for the mind?

Thanks for all the expertise. Great forum?

PS Why did it come out as a MUSIC file when I asked for Audio?

Glad you got it working :)

I think windows makes an assumptuion that audio = music.
It's basicaly making a distinction between file types and can't really tell if the file has music, talking or whatever inside it.

Thanks.

I hope that this wealth of information has helped others.