newbie question - digital jukebox from vinyl recordings

["andyb505" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Any help appreciated folks:

I have a large number of 7" vinyl singles (500+) and LPs (350+)
that
I would like to convert into a "digital jukebox". By this I
mean I
would like to record the records as MP3 (or some other digital
format) onto some form of storage device (big PC, MP3 server etc)
which I can then link to some form of distribution system to play
around the house.

Being new to all this digital technology I do not know where to start
looking for advice/guidance on how to approach this (I have looked at
some of the home automation web sites to get some ideas, but so far
have not found one that can get me started sensibly).

My first step would I imagine to identify how to convert and store
the music and to be able to play them back in one place. Distributing
the sound around the rest of the house would wait until later.

>From what I have read I am assuming that a PC based control system of
some form would be required. Apart from this it seems that there are
a number of options for storage of the music (dedicated digital music
storage such as Imerge, MP3 servers, PC based storage, etc.)

I am not a complete techniphobe and can cope with PCs, even a bit of
home networking would not be beyond me, but I am not electronically
minded so I am not looking to build my own system, but would not be
averse to trying to put together a PC based solution.

Hope the above makes sense and I would be grateful for any advice on
where to start looking for advice/help.

Andrew