Sony mini disc to garage band

I have a sony mini disc and have downloaded the digital audio to my powerbook g4 garage band in the past by cable - sony md headphone to powerbook optical line in.
However --- for some reason (I wonder if it's because I accepted a garage band upgrade), I am unable to record to garage band....??
I fear that it is user error somehow.
Any help???
thanks!
Laura

Hi Laura
I use a Sony mini disc to record audio and I connect it's line out (my has
both optical and electrical out in the same connector) to the mic in on my
Mac. This work's nicely in iMovie at least.
(One can import the audio in iMovie and then save as QT (expert setting) and
as .aiff sound only to be used in eg. iTunes or Garageband.)
This might need QT-pro upgrade.
Yours Bengt W

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