Study Google Motion Photo file format
an invention by tjyrinki_suse
Updated about 4 years ago. 1 hackers ♥️. 2 followers.

Project Description

Study Google Motion Photo file format, which records a short video clip in addition to actual photo in the same jpeg file.

Goal for this Hackweek

Study the format, there seems to be both old and new format. Old format has someone who has documented it, new format does not seem to be anywhere.

Resources

Results

Posted information about the formats in my blog post at https://timojyrinki.gitlab.io/hugo/post/2021-03-30-pixel-motionphoto-microvideo-file-formats/ and the Shotwell ticket linked to from there.

Looking for hackers with the skills:

fileformat jpeg motionphoto shotwell images photography gnome

This project is part of:

Hack Week 20

Activity

  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse added keyword "shotwell" to this project.
  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse added keyword "images" to this project.
  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse added keyword "photography" to this project.
  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse added keyword "gnome" to this project.
  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse added keyword "fileformat" to this project.
  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse added keyword "jpeg" to this project.
  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse added keyword "motionphoto" to this project.
  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse added keyword "shotwell" to this project.
  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse started this project.
  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse liked this project.
  • about 4 years ago: tjyrinki_suse originated this project.


    • Comments

    • tjyrinki_suse
      about 4 years ago by tjyrinki_suse | Reply

      Posted information on both formats on my blog post: https://timojyrinki.gitlab.io/hugo/post/2021-03-30-pixel-motionphoto-microvideo-file-formats/

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