Cassette tips?

[+PasadenaBrad]

I am new to Ti-99, am trying to learn the ropes.

 

I bought a portable cassette player, and fabricated a cable myself, and it works with my Ti-99/4A.

 

I am able to CSAVE CS1 a simple program, then power off the machine, then OLD CS1 the program back in, and it works.

 

I am now trying to get fancier.  I went to https://ftp.whtech.com/#Cassettes and downloaded "BlackBeards_Treasure_Copy1.wav".  On my Windows PC, I played it back to the headphone jack and recorded it on the cassette.  I listened to the cassette afterwards and verified that a recording had taken place.

 

I then moved the cassette player to my TI-99/4A system and tried to "OLD CS1" the file.  It fails with "NO DATA FOUND".

 

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,
Brad

 

[HOME AUTOMATION]

Digital reproduction is generally quite accurate, but too many analog to digital conversions is asking for trouble. That file may have been made from a tape. That's 1. recording back to tape again, that's 2.🚫

 

Best to make tapes directly from a TI-99/4A.

Best to play those digital files directly back to the TI-99/4A.

 

IMNSHO.

[+PasadenaBrad]

4 minutes ago, HOME AUTOMATION said:

Digital reproduction is generally quite accurate, but too many analog to digital conversions is asking for trouble. That file may have been made from a tape. That's 1. recording back to tape again, that's 2.🚫

 

Best to make tapes directly from a TI-99/4A.

Best to play those digital files directly back to the TI-99/4A.

 

IMNSHO.

Thanks, I appreciate the advice.  Does that mean that these online cassette archives are best ignored?  Or is there a way to take advantage of them?

[HOME AUTOMATION]

Usually, users connect CS1's white line, to the computer's speaker jack.🔊

Edited March 29 by HOME AUTOMATION

[Gary from OPA]

Some good tips in this thread: