I have been successfully copying music tapes to my HP Media Center computer,
using a cable from the tape player headphones socket to the blue 'LINE-IN'
connection on the back of my HP Media Center.

I use Goldwave to record the music and had no problems for the first 50 or
so tapes, recording the tunes (as recorded) in stereo. I burned CDs without
problem, and they play back ok in stereo on the computer and other equipment.
(I clear all recordings once the CD has been written to clear space for
future stuff).

In the last few days I have encountered a problem whereby the recording to
the computer appears to be happening in mono instead of stereo. It's not the
tape or tape player because the sound on that still comes from both speakers.

I have also plugged headphones into the speaker connection on the computer
and the output to the headphones/speakers is way down on one side.

Is my problem with the LINE-IN connection, a sound setting (although I don't
remember changing any settings), maybe sound card related, or what?

Any ideas gratefully received to help this older person copy the remaining
25ish tapes to complete the job!!
   
Mike S.