2020 Issue-1
I have some legacy recordings on DAT I’d like to re-edit as my skills have improved, but my DAT recorder has only a SPDIF digital output. My old XP box had this on the mother board, and all I needed was the back plate with the RCA jack and the cable to the pins on the board. Adobe Audition recognized it immediately.
Newer computers do not have SPDIF inputs. I would think converting the SPDIF serial stream to serial USB would be simple enough as far as circuitry goes, a lot simpler than an analog composite video (and S-video) plus audio to a USB device I can get for $30 with software. Perhaps a Windows 10 driver is is needed and is a challenge?
Every search only returns a flood of USB to SPDIF dongles, which is the wrong direction, and a few very expensive sound cards with many other unneeded functions. Is there a simple/inexpensive solution?
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Searching for "spdif input" under "Computers, Tablets, and Networking" seems to show a number of things like what you want. Here's the list: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=spdif+input&_sacat=0 And here's one that looks useful: https://www.ebay.com/itm/184216799887?hash=item2ae42d4a8f:g:6jMAAOSwJ81gZjs1 They're in the $20-$40 range, which doesn't seem too bad.
I did a quick Google and found this in my second hit: www.amazon.com/Ebetter-External-Surround-Recording-Compatible/dp/B07BT6CM6Q Says it does SPDIF to USB when set for digital input. And it's under $20. I'm lucky, I still have a few SPDIF compatible sound cards from the late 90's/early 2000's that are PCI based, and PCs with PCI cards.
