A simply Python script to extract iPhone Live photo which is .livp format into photo only, the .heic format. There is also a .mov file for live photo which I did not extract.

main.py

import os
import zipfile


def extract_heic_from_livp(root_dir):
    processed_files = 0
    error_count = 0

    for foldername, subfolders, filenames in os.walk(root_dir):
        for filename in filenames:
            if filename.lower().endswith('.livp'):
                livp_path = str(os.path.join(foldername, filename))
                zip_path = livp_path.replace('.livp', '.zip')

                print(f"Processing file: {livp_path}")

                try:
                    os.rename(livp_path, zip_path)

                    live_photos_dir = str(os.path.join(root_dir, 'LivePhotos'))
                    if not os.path.exists(live_photos_dir):
                        os.makedirs(live_photos_dir)

                    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, 'r') as zip_ref:
                        for file in zip_ref.namelist():
                            if file.lower().endswith('.heic'):
                                base_name = os.path.splitext(file)[0]
                                new_file_name = base_name
                                zip_ref.extract(file, live_photos_dir)
                                os.rename(os.path.join(live_photos_dir, file), os.path.join(live_photos_dir, new_file_name))

                    os.rename(zip_path, livp_path)
                    processed_files += 1

                except Exception as e:
                    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
                    error_count += 1

    print(f"Processed files: {processed_files}")
    print(f"Errors: {error_count}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    root_directory = input("Enter the root directory path: ")
    extract_heic_from_livp(root_directory)