Handle "moving photo" video files

[michaelkebe]

Just tested gpth with a takeout. I have a Google Pixel 6a. It has a "Top Shot" feature, which records a video instead of making a single photo.

It looks like in the takeout these top shots are stored as follows:

Photos from 2023/PXL_20230205_164128403.MP.jpg.json
Photos from 2023/PXL_20230205_164128403.MP.jpg
Photos from 2023/PXL_20230205_164128403.MP

Currently these .MP files are ignored by gpth and are kept in the input folder.

I have no concrete idea how to deal with these files. Any discussions are welcome.

The .MP file is a MPEG-4. Here is the output of mediainfo:

$ mediainfo PXL_20230205_164128403.MP
General
Complete name                            : PXL_20230205_164128403.MP
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media
Codec ID                                 : isom (isom/iso2/mp41)
File size                                : 4.39 MiB
Duration                                 : 2 s 772 ms
Overall bit rate                         : 13.3 Mb/s
Encoded date                             : UTC 2023-02-05 16:41:28
Tagged date                              : UTC 2023-02-05 16:41:28
FileExtension_Invalid                    : braw mov mp4 m4v m4a m4b m4p m4r 3ga 3gpa 3gpp 3gp 3gpp2 3g2 k3g jpm jpx mqv ismv isma ismt f4a f4b f4v

Video #1
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main@L5.1@Main
Codec ID                                 : hvc1
Codec ID/Info                            : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration                                 : 2 s 772 ms
Bit rate                                 : 12.9 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 440 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Rotation                                 : 180°
Frame rate                               : 27.056 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.306
Stream size                              : 4.26 MiB (97%)
Title                                    : VideoHandle
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2023-02-05 16:41:28
Tagged date                              : UTC 2023-02-05 16:41:28
Color range                              : Full
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709
Codec configuration box                  : hvcC

Video #2
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : HEVC
Format/Info                              : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                           : Main@L5.1@Main
Codec ID                                 : hvc1
Codec ID/Info                            : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration                                 : 747 ms
Bit rate                                 : 1 095 kb/s
Width                                    : 2 048 pixels
Height                                   : 1 536 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Rotation                                 : 180°
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 1.338 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.260
Stream size                              : 99.9 KiB (2%)
Title                                    : VideoHandle
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2023-02-05 16:41:28
Tagged date                              : UTC 2023-02-05 16:41:28
Color range                              : Full
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709
Codec configuration box                  : hvcC

Other #1
Type                                     : meta
Duration                                 : 2 s 772 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant

Other #2
Type                                     : meta
Duration                                 : 1 s 121 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant

More information is available here:
https://support.google.com/googlecamera/answer/9937175?hl=en
https://support.google.com/photos/thread/139943915/open-or-convert-mp-file?hl=en

[TheLastGimbus]

Hm, interesting

but looking into how it's structured, i don't think it will be easy and clean to search for their jsons etc

also, their extension don't point directly to being a video: https://file.org/extension/mp

[michaelkebe]

I should have mentioned that the JSON does not include any information about the .MP file.

[TheLastGimbus]

Soo, you think we can close this for now? Or you think those .mps are valuable?

[michaelkebe]

That's good question.

On the one hand .mp is a non-standard extension and that's a bad thing. One could argue to not support it.

On the other hand they are valuable, since the takeout is a complete backup and gpth should handle it completely. Otherwise potentially data is lost.

Tough call.

[TheLastGimbus]

taking everything into account, i think that it's not worth it :/ 99.99% of people won't care about this (do you?)

but feel free to re-open if anyone really wants this

[TheLastGimbus]

@wicked-head also had a problem with mp4 files from iphone 🤔

altough their case is that it is moved, because its mp4 not .MP, but they have a problem with date detection

[TheLastGimbus]

hey @michaelkebe, i think i know why they are mp not mp4 - the good old #8 :')

[eligibleshield]

Help.

On iOS a photo via Google Photos produces 3 things:

ImageX.HEIC
ImageX.HEIC.json
ImageX.mp4

But the JSON seems to only merge with the HEIC, not the Live Photo mp4

How can I merge it to both the photo and the live photo (video)?

[palijn]

Hi , can you paste here the contents of such a json file ? Thanks ⁣Télécharger TypeApp pour Android ​ Le 8 juin 2023 à 03:32, à 03:32, eligibleshield ***@***.***> a écrit:

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