diff --git a/apps/photos/src/components/LivePhotoBtn.tsx b/apps/photos/src/components/LivePhotoBtn.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index bb1976db9..000000000
--- a/apps/photos/src/components/LivePhotoBtn.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-
-export const livePhotoBtnHTML = (
-    <svg
-        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-        height="25px"
-        width="25px"
-        fill="currentColor">
-        <path d="M0 0h24v24H0V0z" fill="none" />
-        <path d="M6.76 4.84l-1.8-1.79-1.41 1.41 1.79 1.79zM1 10.5h3v2H1zM11 .55h2V3.5h-2zm8.04 2.495l1.408 1.407-1.79 1.79-1.407-1.408zm-1.8 15.115l1.79 1.8 1.41-1.41-1.8-1.79zM20 10.5h3v2h-3zm-8-5c-3.31 0-6 2.69-6 6s2.69 6 6 6 6-2.69 6-6-2.69-6-6-6zm0 10c-2.21 0-4-1.79-4-4s1.79-4 4-4 4 1.79 4 4-1.79 4-4 4zm-1 4h2v2.95h-2zm-7.45-.96l1.41 1.41 1.79-1.8-1.41-1.41z" />
-    </svg>
-);
diff --git a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx
index 838db20b3..0459b3dfc 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx
+++ b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoFrame.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { MergedSourceURL, SelectedState } from 'types/gallery';
 import PublicCollectionDownloadManager from 'services/publicCollectionDownloadManager';
 import { PublicCollectionGalleryContext } from 'utils/publicCollectionGallery';
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
-import { AppContext } from 'pages/_app';
 import { logError } from 'utils/sentry';
 import { addLogLine } from 'utils/logging';
 import PhotoSwipe from 'photoswipe';
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ const PhotoFrame = ({
     const [currentIndex, setCurrentIndex] = useState<number>(0);
     const [fetching, setFetching] = useState<{ [k: number]: boolean }>({});
     const galleryContext = useContext(GalleryContext);
-    const appContext = useContext(AppContext);
     const publicCollectionGalleryContext = useContext(
         PublicCollectionGalleryContext
     );
@@ -468,7 +466,6 @@ const PhotoFrame = ({
                 addLogLine(
                     `[${item.id}] gallery context cache miss, calling downloadManager to get file`
                 );
-                appContext.startLoading();
                 let downloadedURL: {
                     original: string[];
                     converted: string[];
@@ -484,7 +481,6 @@ const PhotoFrame = ({
                 } else {
                     downloadedURL = await DownloadManager.getFile(item, true);
                 }
-                appContext.finishLoading();
                 const mergedURL: MergedSourceURL = {
                     original: downloadedURL.original.join(','),
                     converted: downloadedURL.converted.join(','),
diff --git a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
index 580e69c16..6278f9d88 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/index.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
     getFileExtension,
     getFileFromURL,
 } from 'utils/file';
-import { livePhotoBtnHTML } from 'components/LivePhotoBtn';
 import { logError } from 'utils/sentry';
 
 import { FILE_TYPE } from 'constants/file';
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ import {
     defaultLivePhotoDefaultOptions,
     photoSwipeV4Events,
 } from 'constants/photoViewer';
-import { LivePhotoBtn } from './styledComponents/LivePhotoBtn';
+import { LivePhotoBtnContainer } from './styledComponents/LivePhotoBtn';
 import DownloadIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Download';
 import InfoIcon from '@mui/icons-material/InfoOutlined';
 import FavoriteIcon from '@mui/icons-material/FavoriteRounded';
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ import ChevronRight from '@mui/icons-material/ChevronRight';
 import DeleteIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Delete';
 import { trashFiles } from 'services/fileService';
 import { getTrashFileMessage } from 'utils/ui';
-import { styled } from '@mui/material';
+import { Box, Button, styled } from '@mui/material';
 import { addLocalLog } from 'utils/logging';
 import ContentCopy from '@mui/icons-material/ContentCopy';
 import ChevronLeft from '@mui/icons-material/ChevronLeft';
@@ -44,7 +43,13 @@ import { getParsedExifData } from 'services/upload/exifService';
 import { getFileType } from 'services/typeDetectionService';
 import { ConversionFailedNotification } from './styledComponents/ConversionFailedNotification';
 import { GalleryContext } from 'pages/gallery';
-import { ConvertBtn } from './styledComponents/ConvertBtn';
+import { ConvertBtnContainer } from './styledComponents/ConvertBtn';
+import downloadManager from 'services/downloadManager';
+import publicCollectionDownloadManager from 'services/publicCollectionDownloadManager';
+import CircularProgressWithLabel from './styledComponents/CircularProgressWithLabel';
+import EnteSpinner from 'components/EnteSpinner';
+import AlbumOutlined from '@mui/icons-material/AlbumOutlined';
+import { FlexWrapper } from 'components/Container';
 
 interface PhotoswipeFullscreenAPI {
     enter: () => void;
@@ -117,6 +122,20 @@ function PhotoViewer(props: Iprops) {
         setConversionFailedNotificationOpen,
     ] = useState(false);
 
+    const [fileDownloadProgress, setFileDownloadProgress] = useState<
+        Map<number, number>
+    >(new Map());
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (publicCollectionGalleryContext.accessedThroughSharedURL) {
+            publicCollectionDownloadManager.setProgressUpdater(
+                setFileDownloadProgress
+            );
+        } else {
+            downloadManager.setProgressUpdater(setFileDownloadProgress);
+        }
+    }, []);
+
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!pswpElement) return;
         if (isOpen) {
@@ -599,13 +618,18 @@ function PhotoViewer(props: Iprops) {
                 <div className="pswp__bg" />
                 <div className="pswp__scroll-wrap">
                     {livePhotoBtnOptions.visible && (
-                        <LivePhotoBtn
-                            onClick={livePhotoBtnOptions.click}
-                            onMouseEnter={livePhotoBtnOptions.show}
-                            onMouseLeave={livePhotoBtnOptions.hide}
-                            disabled={livePhotoBtnOptions.loading}>
-                            {livePhotoBtnHTML} {t('LIVE')}
-                        </LivePhotoBtn>
+                        <LivePhotoBtnContainer>
+                            <Button
+                                color="secondary"
+                                onClick={livePhotoBtnOptions.click}
+                                onMouseEnter={livePhotoBtnOptions.show}
+                                onMouseLeave={livePhotoBtnOptions.hide}
+                                disabled={livePhotoBtnOptions.loading}>
+                                <FlexWrapper gap={'4px'}>
+                                    {<AlbumOutlined />} {t('LIVE')}
+                                </FlexWrapper>
+                            </Button>
+                        </LivePhotoBtnContainer>
                     )}
                     <ConversionFailedNotification
                         open={conversionFailedNotificationOpen}
@@ -615,11 +639,35 @@ function PhotoViewer(props: Iprops) {
                         onClick={() => downloadFileHelper(photoSwipe.currItem)}
                     />
                     {showConvertBtn && (
-                        <ConvertBtn onClick={triggerManualConvert}>
-                            {t('CONVERT')}
-                        </ConvertBtn>
+                        <ConvertBtnContainer>
+                            <Button
+                                color="secondary"
+                                onClick={triggerManualConvert}>
+                                {t('CONVERT')}
+                            </Button>
+                        </ConvertBtnContainer>
                     )}
 
+                    <Box
+                        sx={{
+                            position: 'absolute',
+                            top: '10vh',
+                            right: '2vh',
+                            zIndex: 10,
+                        }}>
+                        {fileDownloadProgress.has(
+                            (photoSwipe?.currItem as EnteFile)?.id
+                        ) ? (
+                            <CircularProgressWithLabel
+                                value={fileDownloadProgress.get(
+                                    (photoSwipe.currItem as EnteFile)?.id
+                                )}
+                            />
+                        ) : (
+                            !isSourceLoaded && <EnteSpinner />
+                        )}
+                    </Box>
+
                     <div className="pswp__container">
                         <div className="pswp__item" />
                         <div className="pswp__item" />
diff --git a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/CircularProgressWithLabel.tsx b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/CircularProgressWithLabel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b47f1101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/CircularProgressWithLabel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import {
+    CircularProgressProps,
+    CircularProgress,
+    Typography,
+} from '@mui/material';
+import { Overlay } from 'components/Container';
+
+function CircularProgressWithLabel(
+    props: CircularProgressProps & { value: number }
+) {
+    return (
+        <>
+            <CircularProgress variant="determinate" {...props} color="accent" />
+            <Overlay
+                sx={{
+                    display: 'flex',
+                    alignItems: 'center',
+                    justifyContent: 'center',
+                    height: '40px',
+                }}>
+                <Typography
+                    variant="mini"
+                    component="div"
+                    color="text.secondary">{`${Math.round(
+                    props.value
+                )}%`}</Typography>
+            </Overlay>
+        </>
+    );
+}
+
+export default CircularProgressWithLabel;
diff --git a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/ConvertBtn.tsx b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/ConvertBtn.tsx
index ca31c3058..ce078919c 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/ConvertBtn.tsx
+++ b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/ConvertBtn.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-import { Button, ButtonProps, styled } from '@mui/material';
-export const ConvertBtn = styled((props: ButtonProps) => (
-    <Button color="secondary" {...props} />
-))`
+import { Paper, styled } from '@mui/material';
+
+export const ConvertBtnContainer = styled(Paper)`
+    border-radius: 4px;
     position: absolute;
     bottom: 10vh;
     left: 2vh;
-    outline: none;
-    border: none;
-    border-radius: 10%;
     z-index: 10;
-    cursor: ${(props) => (props.disabled ? 'not-allowed' : 'pointer')};
-    }
 `;
diff --git a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/LivePhotoBtn.tsx b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/LivePhotoBtn.tsx
index 88637e93b..c8624ee97 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/LivePhotoBtn.tsx
+++ b/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoViewer/styledComponents/LivePhotoBtn.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-import { Button, ButtonProps, styled } from '@mui/material';
-export const LivePhotoBtn = styled((props: ButtonProps) => (
-    <Button color="secondary" {...props} />
-))`
+import { Paper } from '@mui/material';
+import { styled } from '@mui/material/styles';
+
+export const LivePhotoBtnContainer = styled(Paper)`
+    border-radius: 4px;
     position: absolute;
-    bottom: 6vh;
+    bottom: 10vh;
     right: 6vh;
-    outline: none;
-    border: none;
-    border-radius: 10%;
     z-index: 10;
-    cursor: ${(props) => (props.disabled ? 'not-allowed' : 'pointer')};
-    }
 `;
diff --git a/apps/photos/src/services/downloadManager.ts b/apps/photos/src/services/downloadManager.ts
index 405be64f5..1c9441903 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/services/downloadManager.ts
+++ b/apps/photos/src/services/downloadManager.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ class DownloadManager {
     >();
     private thumbnailObjectURLPromise = new Map<number, Promise<string>>();
 
+    private fileDownloadProgress = new Map<number, number>();
+
+    private progressUpdater: (value: Map<number, number>) => void;
+
+    setProgressUpdater(progressUpdater: (value: Map<number, number>) => void) {
+        this.progressUpdater = progressUpdater;
+    }
+
     private async getThumbnailCache() {
         try {
             const thumbnailCache = await CacheStorageService.open(
@@ -180,6 +188,7 @@ class DownloadManager {
             if (!token) {
                 return null;
             }
+            const onDownloadProgress = this.trackDownloadProgress(file.id);
             if (
                 file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.IMAGE ||
                 file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.LIVE_PHOTO
@@ -189,7 +198,11 @@ class DownloadManager {
                         getFileURL(file.id),
                         null,
                         { 'X-Auth-Token': token },
-                        { responseType: 'arraybuffer', timeout }
+                        {
+                            responseType: 'arraybuffer',
+                            timeout,
+                            onDownloadProgress,
+                        }
                     )
                 );
                 if (typeof resp.data === 'undefined') {
@@ -226,6 +239,10 @@ class DownloadManager {
                 })
             );
             const reader = resp.body.getReader();
+
+            const contentLength = +resp.headers.get('Content-Length');
+            let downloadedBytes = 0;
+
             const stream = new ReadableStream({
                 async start(controller) {
                     try {
@@ -246,6 +263,11 @@ class DownloadManager {
                                 try {
                                     // Is there more data to read?
                                     if (!done) {
+                                        downloadedBytes += value.byteLength;
+                                        onDownloadProgress({
+                                            loaded: downloadedBytes,
+                                            total: contentLength,
+                                        });
                                         const buffer = new Uint8Array(
                                             data.byteLength + value.byteLength
                                         );
@@ -363,6 +385,20 @@ class DownloadManager {
             throw e;
         }
     }
+
+    trackDownloadProgress = (fileID: number) => {
+        return (event: { loaded: number; total: number }) => {
+            if (event.loaded === event.total) {
+                this.fileDownloadProgress.delete(fileID);
+            } else {
+                this.fileDownloadProgress.set(
+                    fileID,
+                    Math.round((event.loaded * 100) / event.total)
+                );
+            }
+            this.progressUpdater(new Map(this.fileDownloadProgress));
+        };
+    };
 }
 
 export default new DownloadManager();
diff --git a/apps/photos/src/services/publicCollectionDownloadManager.ts b/apps/photos/src/services/publicCollectionDownloadManager.ts
index 569bb8a53..a5a19082c 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/services/publicCollectionDownloadManager.ts
+++ b/apps/photos/src/services/publicCollectionDownloadManager.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ class PublicCollectionDownloadManager {
     >();
     private thumbnailObjectURLPromise = new Map<number, Promise<string>>();
 
+    private fileDownloadProgress = new Map<number, number>();
+
+    private progressUpdater: (value: Map<number, number>) => void;
+
+    setProgressUpdater(progressUpdater: (value: Map<number, number>) => void) {
+        this.progressUpdater = progressUpdater;
+    }
+
     private async getThumbnailCache() {
         try {
             const thumbnailCache = await CacheStorageService.open(
@@ -182,6 +190,8 @@ class PublicCollectionDownloadManager {
         if (!token) {
             return null;
         }
+        const onDownloadProgress = this.trackDownloadProgress(file.id);
+
         if (
             file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.IMAGE ||
             file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.LIVE_PHOTO
@@ -193,6 +203,7 @@ class PublicCollectionDownloadManager {
                     'X-Auth-Access-Token': token,
                     ...(passwordToken && {
                         'X-Auth-Access-Token-JWT': passwordToken,
+                        onDownloadProgress,
                     }),
                 },
                 { responseType: 'arraybuffer' }
@@ -216,6 +227,10 @@ class PublicCollectionDownloadManager {
             },
         });
         const reader = resp.body.getReader();
+
+        const contentLength = +resp.headers.get('Content-Length');
+        let downloadedBytes = 0;
+
         const stream = new ReadableStream({
             async start(controller) {
                 const decryptionHeader = await cryptoWorker.fromB64(
@@ -234,6 +249,11 @@ class PublicCollectionDownloadManager {
                     reader.read().then(async ({ done, value }) => {
                         // Is there more data to read?
                         if (!done) {
+                            downloadedBytes += value.byteLength;
+                            onDownloadProgress({
+                                loaded: downloadedBytes,
+                                total: contentLength,
+                            });
                             const buffer = new Uint8Array(
                                 data.byteLength + value.byteLength
                             );
@@ -275,6 +295,20 @@ class PublicCollectionDownloadManager {
         });
         return stream;
     }
+
+    trackDownloadProgress = (fileID: number) => {
+        return (event: { loaded: number; total: number }) => {
+            if (event.loaded === event.total) {
+                this.fileDownloadProgress.delete(fileID);
+            } else {
+                this.fileDownloadProgress.set(
+                    fileID,
+                    Math.round((event.loaded * 100) / event.total)
+                );
+            }
+            this.progressUpdater(new Map(this.fileDownloadProgress));
+        };
+    };
 }
 
 export default new PublicCollectionDownloadManager();
diff --git a/apps/photos/src/utils/photoFrame/index.ts b/apps/photos/src/utils/photoFrame/index.ts
index 59bdd8cb5..3010104a2 100644
--- a/apps/photos/src/utils/photoFrame/index.ts
+++ b/apps/photos/src/utils/photoFrame/index.ts
@@ -43,32 +43,16 @@ export function updateFileMsrcProps(file: EnteFile, url: string) {
     file.isSourceLoaded = false;
     file.conversionFailed = false;
     file.isConverted = false;
-    if (file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.VIDEO) {
-        file.html = `
-                <div class="pswp-item-container">
-                    <img src="${url}" onContextMenu="return false;"/>
-                    <div class="spinner-border text-light" role="status">
-                        <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            `;
-    } else if (file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.LIVE_PHOTO) {
-        file.html = `
-                <div class="pswp-item-container">
-                    <img src="${url}" onContextMenu="return false;"/>
-                    <div class="spinner-border text-light" role="status">
-                        <span class="sr-only">Loading...</span>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            `;
-    } else if (file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.IMAGE) {
+    file.src = null;
+    file.html = null;
+    if (file.metadata.fileType === FILE_TYPE.IMAGE) {
         file.src = url;
     } else {
-        logError(
-            Error(`unknown file type - ${file.metadata.fileType}`),
-            'Unknown file type'
-        );
-        file.src = url;
+        file.html = `
+            <div class = 'pswp-item-container'>
+                <img src="${url}"/>
+            </div>
+            `;
     }
 }
 
@@ -119,9 +103,9 @@ export async function updateFileSrcProps(
     file.originalVideoURL = originalVideoURL;
     file.isConverted = isConverted;
     file.conversionFailed = conversionFailed;
+    file.src = null;
 
     if (!isPlayable) {
-        file.src = file.msrc;
         return;
     }