Line in, Microphone recording?

Hi, I have looked for ages to try and find an answer so I hope someone here can help. I have windows xp and basically want to do some line in recording, I want to record from a mini disc player to my computer. It took ages to actually get any sound to be heard on the computer from the mini disc. I have a single cable going from the mini disc headphone jack to the microphone jack (pink) on the front panel of my computer tower. But trying to record is useless nothing is detected.

I also have red and white aux in jacks on the front panel but no sound is heard from the computer when I try to plug the mini disc into that. Incidently I have also been trying to record homevideo using nerovision and the red, white and yellow jacks at the front and while I receive video no audio is recording. There are no exclaimation marks anywhere in device manager. I have two possibilities for sound recording in sound and audio devices in the control panel, Realtek HD audio input, and Medion bda analogue audio capture, and I'm not sure what to be using. I used to be able to record in this way before (not home video) but then my computer broke and I cant remember the settings I was using before. I am pretty sure I used to use the red and white aux in, but not sure. any help would be gratefully appreciated even if it seems obvious, because more than likely I am overlooking something simple.

 

Try Volume Control -> Properties -> Recording -> (OK). Is the 'Aux In' the selected audio source?

 

Thanks for replying, under Realtek hd audio input I have the option for line volume and mic volume, but I also have another mixer device, medion bda analogue audio capture and for that one I only have audio, and analogue volume control. The analogue volume control is partially greyed out though, I can move the switch up and down, but the mute button is greyed out, hope this helps, thanks again

 

This won't help you with your computer problem, but the output of a minidisc should be line level so you should be pluging that into a line-in jack(s) on your computer. The output of the minidisc is too strong for the mic input of your computer. If your minidisc is anything like mine, you can select either line out or headphone for the signal type that comes out of your headphone jack.