First, I have no idea what version of Audacity I have. Not sure how to identify.
Most important for me:
I purchased a DIGITNOW USB AUDIO CAPTURE device from Amazon to get my cassette tapes into an Mp3 format so I can then use the music for exercise. Works great:
= cassette deck output feeds into the Digitnow
= the Digitnow feeds the music to my computer
= once inside the computer, the music is processed by Audacity into an Mp3 forat
My question is this. I would like to get some You Tube music into an Mp3 format via the above instead of downloading onto my computer. Downloading, I learned the hard way, can load your computer with bad stuff. I am hoping that by just “playing back” on You Tube (and not downloading) will avoid the bad stuff getting onto my computer.
My USB audio capture device, Digitnow, has 3 inputs: RCA left; RCA right; standard headphone phone jack. I plugged the headphone jack into the computer; played a You Tube selection, and hoped to record it. Zero signal appears on my Audacity program…which makes my capturing of You Tube music unsuccessful.
Wondering if anyone can tell me what I am doing incorrectly or how to accomplish what I am trying to do?
Many, many thanks