diff --git a/web/apps/cast/package.json b/web/apps/cast/package.json
index ee318ef61..2437c6c14 100644
--- a/web/apps/cast/package.json
+++ b/web/apps/cast/package.json
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
     "version": "0.0.0",
     "private": true,
     "dependencies": {
+        "@/media": "*",
         "@/next": "*",
         "@ente/accounts": "*",
         "@ente/eslint-config": "*",
         "@ente/shared": "*",
-        "jszip": "3.10.1",
         "mime-types": "^2.1.35"
     }
 }
diff --git a/web/apps/cast/src/utils/file/index.ts b/web/apps/cast/src/utils/file/index.ts
index 4f6311cbd..8d724feb5 100644
--- a/web/apps/cast/src/utils/file/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/cast/src/utils/file/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import { decodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import ComlinkCryptoWorker from "@ente/shared/crypto";
 import { FILE_TYPE, RAW_FORMATS } from "constants/file";
 import CastDownloadManager from "services/castDownloadManager";
-import { decodeLivePhoto } from "services/livePhotoService";
 import { getFileType } from "services/typeDetectionService";
 import {
     EncryptedEnteFile,
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@ export function isRawFileFromFileName(fileName: string) {
     return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * [Note: File name for local EnteFile objects]
+ *
+ * The title property in a file's metadata is the original file's name. The
+ * metadata of a file cannot be edited. So if later on the file's name is
+ * changed, then the edit is stored in the `editedName` property of the public
+ * metadata of the file.
+ *
+ * This function merges these edits onto the file object that we use locally.
+ * Effectively, post this step, the file's metadata.title can be used in lieu of
+ * its filename.
+ */
 export function mergeMetadata(files: EnteFile[]): EnteFile[] {
     return files.map((file) => {
         if (file.pubMagicMetadata?.data.editedTime) {
@@ -137,7 +149,10 @@ export const getPreviewableImage = async (
             await CastDownloadManager.downloadFile(castToken, file),
         ).blob();
         if (file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.LIVE_PHOTO) {
-            const livePhoto = await decodeLivePhoto(file, fileBlob);
+            const livePhoto = await decodeLivePhoto(
+                file.metadata.title,
+                fileBlob,
+            );
             fileBlob = new Blob([livePhoto.image]);
         }
         const fileType = await getFileType(
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/package.json b/web/apps/photos/package.json
index 6ae109af1..4ade92263 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/package.json
+++ b/web/apps/photos/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "version": "0.0.0",
     "private": true,
     "dependencies": {
+        "@/media": "*",
         "@/next": "*",
         "@date-io/date-fns": "^2.14.0",
         "@ente/accounts": "*",
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@
         "hdbscan": "0.0.1-alpha.5",
         "heic-convert": "^2.0.0",
         "idb": "^7.1.1",
-        "jszip": "3.10.1",
         "leaflet": "^1.9.4",
         "leaflet-defaulticon-compatibility": "^0.1.1",
         "localforage": "^1.9.0",
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
index 0d38f6190..3deab0ed7 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ export function isDataStream(object: any): object is DataStream {
 export type Logger = (message: string) => void;
 
 export interface Metadata {
+    /**
+     * The file name.
+     *
+     * See: [Note: File name for local EnteFile objects]
+     */
     title: string;
     creationTime: number;
     modificationTime: number;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
index 785921cc9..f954016fb 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { decodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import { convertBytesToHumanReadable } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import type { Electron } from "@/next/types/ipc";
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ import {
     updateFilePublicMagicMetadata,
 } from "services/fileService";
 import heicConversionService from "services/heicConversionService";
-import { decodeLivePhoto } from "services/livePhotoService";
 import { getFileType } from "services/typeDetectionService";
 import { updateFileCreationDateInEXIF } from "services/upload/exifService";
 import {
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ export async function downloadFile(file: EnteFile) {
             await DownloadManager.getFile(file),
         ).blob();
         if (file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.LIVE_PHOTO) {
-            const livePhoto = await decodeLivePhoto(file, fileBlob);
+            const livePhoto = await decodeLivePhoto(
+                file.metadata.title,
+                fileBlob,
+            );
             const image = new File([livePhoto.image], livePhoto.imageNameTitle);
             const imageType = await getFileType(image);
             const tempImageURL = URL.createObjectURL(
@@ -355,7 +358,7 @@ async function getRenderableLivePhotoURL(
     fileBlob: Blob,
     forceConvert: boolean,
 ): Promise<LivePhotoSourceURL> {
-    const livePhoto = await decodeLivePhoto(file, fileBlob);
+    const livePhoto = await decodeLivePhoto(file.metadata.title, fileBlob);
 
     const getRenderableLivePhotoImageURL = async () => {
         try {
@@ -813,7 +816,7 @@ async function downloadFileDesktop(
 
     if (file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.LIVE_PHOTO) {
         const fileBlob = await new Response(updatedStream).blob();
-        const livePhoto = await decodeLivePhoto(file, fileBlob);
+        const livePhoto = await decodeLivePhoto(file.metadata.title, fileBlob);
         const imageExportName = await safeFileName(
             downloadDir,
             livePhoto.imageNameTitle,
diff --git a/web/yarn.lock b/web/yarn.lock
index 8461b3855..61d2cfeae 100644
--- a/web/yarn.lock
+++ b/web/yarn.lock
@@ -3252,7 +3252,7 @@ jssha@~3.3.1:
     object.assign "^4.1.4"
     object.values "^1.1.6"
 
-jszip@3.10.1, jszip@^3.10:
+jszip@^3.10:
   version "3.10.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jszip/-/jszip-3.10.1.tgz#34aee70eb18ea1faec2f589208a157d1feb091c2"
   integrity sha512-xXDvecyTpGLrqFrvkrUSoxxfJI5AH7U8zxxtVclpsUtMCq4JQ290LY8AW5c7Ggnr/Y/oK+bQMbqK2qmtk3pN4g==