Turn an ordinary video into an Apple Live Photo — without re-encoding the video. The output bitstream is byte-for-byte identical to the source.
A Live Photo is a pair of files linked by a shared identifier: a still image and a short video. Revive produces that pair and keeps the video lossless.
The project ships in two independent versions:
| Version | For | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Revive App | end users | native macOS app, pure AVFoundation |
| Revive CLI | command line / cross-platform | Python + ffmpeg, runs on macOS and Linux |
How the lossless pipeline and metadata pairing work is documented in the CLI Technical notes.
Get the macOS app from the latest release: unzip it and drag Revive.app to your Applications folder. The app isn't notarized yet, so allow the first launch by running xattr -cr /Applications/Revive.app once in Terminal. Requires macOS 14+.
Prefer to build from source, or want the CLI? See the version READMEs above.
- Dark mode
- More interface languages
- Android Motion Photo (different format, not a port)
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