How to transfer pictures, video, & ringtones for Motorola RAZR V3

Is this the best way to transfer JPG pictures, MP4 videos, and MP3
ringtones back and forth between my new Motorola RAZR V3 cellphone and my
Windows XP computer?

After much googling, I came up with the following procedure which worked
for me (and which I'd like you to help us improve).

0. Obtain & install Motorola Phone Tools v4.3.6
http://direct.motorola.com/ens/MPT/MPT_FullSpecs.asp
1. Connect your Motorola phone via a standard USB cable
to the Windows XP computer (bluetooth would be better)
2. In MPT "Multimedia Tools", bring up the "File Transfer Studio"
to transfer pics & videos back & forth between the telephone
& the Windows XP computer
3. In MPT "Multimedia Tools", bring up the "Melody Studio"
to create, edit, & transfer ringtones & music back & forth
between the telephone and the PC
4. In "Multimedia Tools", bring up the "Video Studio"
to edit & transfer videos back & forth between the telephone
and the WinXP computer

Is this the best way to transfer your pictures, videos, and ringtones back
and forth between the Motorola RAZR V3 cell phone and the WinXP computer?

Or do you have a better way to transfer files back and forth?

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One problem I had was that every audio ringtone I created by singing into
the microphone using Motorola Phone Tools had an audible annoying whine.

After googling for a while, I found out about the wondrous
alt.comp.freeware Audacity and Lame programs which instantly eliminated
that whine using the exact same equipment.

If you have a BETTER method of creating ringtones of your own singing
voice, then please post the better solution here!

CREATE YOUR OWN RINGTONE:
0. Install Audacity sound recording & editing freeware
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
1. Download & unpack Lame MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder freeware
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~raa110/audacity/lame.html
2. Start Audacity & tell it to point to lame for MP3 encoding
Edit > Preferences > File Formats > 'Find Library'
After you select the LAME "lame_enc.dll" file you unpacked,
MP3 exporting will then be available.
3. Start a new project to create .mp3 ringtones by pressing
the RECORD & STOP buttons in Audacity.
4. In Audacity, "File > Export as MP3" or "File > Export as WAV"
to save your ringtone to the WinXP computer disk.

TRANSFER YOUR NEW RINGTONE TO YOUR MOTOROLA RAZR V3 CELLPHONE:
0. Obtain & install Motorola Phone Tools v4.3.6
http://direct.motorola.com/ens/MPT/MPT_FullSpecs.asp
1. Connect your Motorola phone via a standard USB cable
to the Windows XP computer (bluetooth would be better)
2. In MPT "Multimedia Tools", bring up the "File Transfer Studio"
to transfer pics & videos back & forth between the telephone
& the Windows XP computer
3. In MPT "Multimedia Tools", bring up the "Melody Studio"
to create, edit, & transfer ringtones & music back & forth
between the telephone and the PC
4. In "Multimedia Tools", bring up the "Video Studio"
to edit & transfer videos back & forth between the telephone
and the WinXP computer

Being brand new to the Motorola RAZR V3, I ask if there is a
better way to create, and transfer JPG pictures, MP4 videos,
and WAV/MP3 ringtones back and forth between the Motorola
RAZR V3 cell phone and the WinXP computer?

My first ringtones were distorted and almost blew the speakers so here's
what I found out that I WISHED I had known when I created my first set of
ringtones.

Hints on creating Motorola RAZR V3 ringtones.
- Create a 21 to 25 second WAV file using Audacity freeware on WinXP
- Don't go any higher than a sampling rate of 22.05 Khz
- Effect Fade In at about 2% and Effect Fade Out at around 19%
- Make sure you "Split Stereo Track" into a single track
- Then, close one of the two tracks
- Ctrl+A, Quick Mix,
- Increase volume with Ctrl+A, Effect, Equalize to +9 db at 1000 Hz
- Remove base with Ctrl+A, Effect, High Pass Filter, 150 Hz
- Compress to MP3 with RazorLame freeware
- Set constant bitrate by unchecking the variable bit rate (VBR)
- Set bitrate 32 kbps mono, set sampling rate to 22.05 kHz
- The final ringtone file size should be less than 120 kb on disk

Transfer the ringtone to your Motorola RAZR V3 using Motorola Phone Tools
or P2KTools.

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:05:42 GMT, Robin Colleen Moore <[email protected]>
wrote this with the utmost thought:

>My first ringtones were distorted and almost blew the speakers so here's
>what I found out that I WISHED I had known when I created my first set of
>ringtones.
>
>Hints on creating Motorola RAZR V3 ringtones.
>- Create a 21 to 25 second WAV file using Audacity freeware on WinXP
>- Don't go any higher than a sampling rate of 22.05 Khz
>- Effect Fade In at about 2% and Effect Fade Out at around 19%
>- Make sure you "Split Stereo Track" into a single track
>- Then, close one of the two tracks
>- Ctrl+A, Quick Mix,
>- Increase volume with Ctrl+A, Effect, Equalize to +9 db at 1000 Hz
>- Remove base with Ctrl+A, Effect, High Pass Filter, 150 Hz
>- Compress to MP3 with RazorLame freeware
>- Set constant bitrate by unchecking the variable bit rate (VBR)
>- Set bitrate 32 kbps mono, set sampling rate to 22.05 kHz
>- The final ringtone file size should be less than 120 kb on disk
>
>Transfer the ringtone to your Motorola RAZR V3 using Motorola Phone Tools
>or P2KTools.

Just my bit, I have ~30 second files in stereo on my V3 and V3i and around
160 - 180Kb. Both tracks kept separate, 32 Kbps stereo, 22.05kHz with
everything else left at the program default. I transfer with Bluetooth and
OBEX transfers.

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:43:38 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
> Just my bit, I have ~30 second files in stereo on my V3 and V3i and around
> 160 - 180Kb. Both tracks kept separate, 32 Kbps stereo,

According to NineToez at
http://www.ninetoez.net/moto/maketones.html
"The Vxxx series is incapable of telling the difference between
stereo or mono, but the purpose for splitting the track here
is for saving file size. You will need to make the single track
a mono track as well...The software will recognize a soliatary
track and mix to mono automatically"

However, the date of this otherwise excellent ringtone-creation tutorial is
Sept. 23, 2004 - so maybe the Motorola RAZR V3 made later can actually play
stereo ringtones. I don't know. If the Motorola RAZR V3 can't play stereo
ringtones, then we're wasting space giving it stereo if it can't handle it.

Does anyone know if the Motorola RAZR V3 can actually play stereo files?

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:43:38 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
> I transfer [ringtones from pc to phone] with Bluetooth & OBEX transfers.

What is OBEX & how can I tell if my WinXP computer has bluetooth?

Is this OBEX Bluetooth method BETTER than the USB cable method I use today
to transfer files back and forth between the Motorola RAZR V3 and my
Windows XP computer?

Do I use the same software (Motorola Phone Tools)?

I'm close to figuring out how to CREATE ringtones.
My main problem now is I haven't figured out how to set it to "mono".
Here is what I have so far for creating a ringtone from an MP3.

1. Start Audacity 1.2.6 freeware
2. Project > Import Audio (browse to select the desired MP3 file)
3. Hit the PLAY button & LMB to the desired ringtone start point
Note: The STOP button will reset to that selected point
4. Hold & sweep your LMB to where you want the ringtone to end
Note: View > Zoom In as needed.
5. Hit STOP & PLAY repeatedly as you adjust the swept-out ringtone area
Select a ringtone length of about 21 to 25 seconds maximum.
6. Press Edit > Cut to delete all but the swept-selection area
7. Find the arrowed pulldown near the "X" and select "Split Stereo Track"
Note: This is hard to find so don't use any of the pulldown menus!
8. Hit the "X" for one of the now-split tracks to delete that one track
9. Select the one track (ctrl+A) and press Project > Quick Mix
Note: That will create an empty second track.
10. Sweep-select the last two seconds and hit Effect > Fade Out
11. Ctrl+A, choose Effect > High Pass Filter > 150 Hz
12. Set the "Project rate:" at the bottom left to 22050 Hz (22.05 kHz)
13. Edit > Preferences > File Formats > Bit Rate: 32 kbps
Note: I'm not sure where to set this to "mono"
14. File > Export selection as MP3

Then, use the previously noted instructions to download the new ringtone to
your Motorola RAZR V3 cellphone.

On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:07:46 GMT, Robin Colleen Moore <[email protected]>
wrote this with the utmost thought:

>On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:43:38 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
>> I transfer [ringtones from pc to phone] with Bluetooth & OBEX transfers.
>
>What is OBEX & how can I tell if my WinXP computer has bluetooth?

OBject EXchange, performed through Bluetooth in my case. If you installed a
Bluetooth dongle then you have it, otherwise you don't.

>Is this OBEX Bluetooth method BETTER than the USB cable method I use today
>to transfer files back and forth between the Motorola RAZR V3 and my
>Windows XP computer?

Well you don't need to install anything other than the adapter software and
then you just copy to/from each device with no need to keep plugging a cable
in and subsequently removing it.

>Do I use the same software (Motorola Phone Tools)?

You can but you don't need it. I've got a cheap Chinese Blutooth dongle and
the supplied installation disk did everything I expected and seamlessly. I
only installed MPT as several CDs were supplied with my V3i, a packing cock
up perhaps.

On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:00:18 GMT, Robin Colleen Moore <[email protected]>
wrote this with the utmost thought:

>On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:43:38 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
>> Just my bit, I have ~30 second files in stereo on my V3 and V3i and around
>> 160 - 180Kb. Both tracks kept separate, 32 Kbps stereo,
>
>According to NineToez at
>http://www.ninetoez.net/moto/maketones.html
> "The Vxxx series is incapable of telling the difference between
> stereo or mono, but the purpose for splitting the track here
> is for saving file size. You will need to make the single track
> a mono track as well...The software will recognize a soliatary
> track and mix to mono automatically"
>
>However, the date of this otherwise excellent ringtone-creation tutorial is
>Sept. 23, 2004 - so maybe the Motorola RAZR V3 made later can actually play
>stereo ringtones. I don't know. If the Motorola RAZR V3 can't play stereo
>ringtones, then we're wasting space giving it stereo if it can't handle it.
>
>Does anyone know if the Motorola RAZR V3 can actually play stereo files?

When you get your software set and working, take a tone and copy it to the
'phone as a mono and stereo file and then listen to them playing. There is
a noticeable difference on my V3i with stereo encoded .mp3 files. There's
not an awful lot of file size difference on some of the tones I compared and
as I use my 256MB memory card for 'photos/videos, I don't mind sacrificing a
few MB of 'phone memory for ring tones.

MY HANDSET IS NEW.. MOTOROLA V3i..

HOW TO ENHANCE MY V3i?

ANY TIPS?

Lot's you can do. See these sites:
www.motomodders.net
www.motox.info
www.howardforums.com


wer wrote:
> MY HANDSET IS NEW.. MOTOROLA V3i..
>
> HOW TO ENHANCE MY V3i?
>
> ANY TIPS?

On 6 Jan 2007 09:34:39 -0800, "wer" <[email protected]> wrote:

>MY HANDSET IS NEW.. MOTOROLA V3i..
>
>HOW TO ENHANCE MY V3i?
>
>ANY TIPS?

Stick pretty flower stickers over it?