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I have an Elgato Video Capture device, which does an analog to digital conversion, and I thought might work for transferring disks. I hooked the audio leads to a tape output on my preamp and everything was going well until it decided to stop recording about 25 minutes in. On the second try it locked up the computer.

Maybe it doesn't like doing things without an accompanying video source.

Anyway, I started looking for a task-specific tool and saw the Griffin iMic. The big appeal is that you can go straight from turntable to computer (I always like a short route). You then pop in the RIAA curve and Bob's Yer Uncle.

It seems to do a lot for a device that's not very expensive, so I wonder if there's a downside. What are other folks doing to get vinyl digitized?

ryck