Samsung Motion Photos

Started by pmakulski, July 04, 2024, 10:06:40 PM

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pmakulski

So, I just came back from a vacation and almost all of my photos were taken with the Motion Photo option on.
And most of the motion captured is the useless stuff showing the phone being moved into position.
I'd like to get rid of the motion and convert the photos into simple stills.

I've looked around here, and have tried getting advice from chatGPT.
But so far I have not found the magic incantation that strips out the motion tag.

(Samsung S24, Windows 11).
I have the photos on OneDrive, and I have made a one drive album.  I have told the phone to NOT automatically play motion photos, but the OneDrive app on the phone does not honour this setting.

I've tried the 2019 suggestion in Link but it did not change the photo.

StarGeek

I think the video part is in the trailer.  Try this command
exiftool -Trailer:all= /path/to/files/

This command creates backup files.  Add -Overwrite_Original to suppress the creation of backup files.  Add -r to recurse into subdirectories.
"It didn't work" isn't helpful. What was the exact command used and the output.
Read FAQ #3 and use that cmd
Please use the Code button for exiftool output

Please include your OS/Exiftool version/filetype

pmakulski

A touch of success.
C:\Users\m>exiftool -Overwrite_Original -Trailer:all= "C:\Users\m\OneDrive\Pictures\AllOtherPics\2024_Italy\Fixing"
    1 directories scanned
    1 image files updated

The jpg size was reduced from 6.5M to 3.2M. The image displays with out the motion.
But the Motion button is still present. And worse, if you hit the Motion button, it plays a black screen and does not return to the picture. Looks like there is more hiding in there that needs to be washed.

StarGeek

Have you tried turning it off and on agai... I mean, remove it from OneDrive, wait a minute, and then re-add it.

I uploaded your image to my OneDrive and don't see anything that indicates it's motion, but then I'm using the web interface through the desk top.
"It didn't work" isn't helpful. What was the exact command used and the output.
Read FAQ #3 and use that cmd
Please use the Code button for exiftool output

Please include your OS/Exiftool version/filetype