Viewing WP 8.1 Living Images on a PC?

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hey guys, is there any way to play those living images (lumia 1520) on a windows 7 PC ????
 
Connect your phone to your PC via USB cable.

Navigate to the pictures with File explorer. Note that there are 4 copies of every file by date/time stamp such as
  1. WP_20141107_14_02_27_Pro.jpg
  2. WP_20141107_14_02_27_Pro.mp4.thm
  3. WP_20141107_14_02_27_Pro.mp4.tnl
  4. WP_20141107_14_02_27_Pro_highres.jpg

This is assuming you are set to capture JPEG (5MP + 16MP)...

WP = Windows Phone, 20141107 = 2014/Nov/07th, 14_02_27 = 2PM/02min/27sec

Pro.jpg = the 5MP image for sharing ease
Pro_highres.jpg = the high quality 16MP image
Pro.mp4.tnl = the thumbnail of the image file (smaller than 5MP even)

Pro.mp4.thm is the actual living image (motion capture) in a reduced format. Note the file size is smaller than the 5MP image!!!

Copy the appropriate Pro.mp4.thm file(s) to your computer. Right click the file(s) > Properties > and in the file name, edit off the .thm so it says ​WP_20141107_14_02_27_Pro.mp4 and it will now be playable as a Media Player file (or whatever default player you have for mp4 video.
 
Connect your phone to your PC via USB cable.

Navigate to the pictures with File explorer. Note that there are 4 copies of every file by date/time stamp such as
  1. WP_20141107_14_02_27_Pro.jpg
  2. WP_20141107_14_02_27_Pro.mp4.thm
  3. WP_20141107_14_02_27_Pro.mp4.tnl
  4. WP_20141107_14_02_27_Pro_highres.jpg

This is assuming you are set to capture JPEG (5MP + 16MP)...

WP = Windows Phone, 20141107 = 2014/Nov/07th, 14_02_27 = 2PM/02min/27sec

Pro.jpg = the 5MP image for sharing ease
Pro_highres.jpg = the high quality 16MP image
Pro.mp4.tnl = the thumbnail of the image file (smaller than 5MP even)

Pro.mp4.thm is the actual living image (motion capture) in a reduced format. Note the file size is smaller than the 5MP image!!!

Copy the appropriate Pro.mp4.thm file(s) to your computer. Right click the file(s) > Properties > and in the file name, edit off the .thm so it says ​WP_20141107_14_02_27_Pro.mp4 and it will now be playable as a Media Player file (or whatever default player you have for mp4 video.

This is exactly the info I was looking for. Thank you very much!
Those living images are very useful. It's a shame there is no built in export yet.
 

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