Optical input?

Never tried this before, never used iTunes for anything before.
Have iTunes 10.5.1
Have a CD collection
Have a CD player with optical out
Have the TOSlink cable
Plugged into the right ports
The Sound control panel "level' meter indicates the audio is indeed being detected by the Mac Mini.
Now. Where are the directions for turning that audio input into iTunes?
Do I need a sound recording program to record the CD to the hard drive?

Try QuickTime, SoundRecorder 1.0 or any of the great Audio Recording Apps at the App Store, that allow exporting into iTunes. The only downside in doing it this way, is that it is a lot of extra work to organize, label and add artwork into iTunes.
See > Recording Audio on Your Mac
If you have a lot of CDs to import, it would be a lot faster, better and easier to just pick up an External DVD Drive and import the CDs directly into iTunes.
See > Adding music and other content to iTunes
I'm using a USB LG GE24LU20 Optical Drive and it is actually way faster at importing and burning than my iMac or Mac Mini SuperDrive.
LG GE24LU20 Optical Drives - 24x External Super-Multi DVD Rewriter - LG Electronics US
A couple of other highly recomended Optical Drive options are the Lacie's and OWC's Optical Drive Solutions.
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