diff --git a/__tests__/component/media.spec.ts b/__tests__/component/media.spec.ts
index 426ce1e..4f41ff1 100644
--- a/__tests__/component/media.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/component/media.spec.ts
@@ -613,8 +613,8 @@ describe('a video that has played to the end', () => {
 	// What a user puts beside a film to show before and after it plays:
 	// a picture of the same name in the same folder
 	async function mountWithPoster() {
-		const movie = makeFile({ basename: 'trailer.webm', mime: 'video/webm' })
-		const poster = makeFile({ basename: 'trailer.jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg' })
+		const movie = makeFile({ id: 10, basename: 'trailer.webm', mime: 'video/webm', attributes: { 'metadata-files-live-photo': 11 } })
+		const poster = makeFile({ id: 11, basename: 'trailer.jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg', attributes: { 'metadata-files-live-photo': 10 } })
 		const wrapper = mount(Videos, { props: makeProps({ file: movie, files: [movie, poster] }) })
 		await flushPromises()
 		const video = wrapper.find('video').element as HTMLVideoElement
@@ -628,6 +628,49 @@ describe('a video that has played to the end', () => {
 		expect(wrapper.find('video').attributes('poster')).toBe(poster.encodedSource)
 	})
 
+	// The dav metadata links the halves by file id, so a renamed half keeps
+	// its partner while a name that merely looks alike is not one.
+	it('keeps the poster of a live photo whose picture was renamed', async () => {
+		const movie = makeFile({ id: 20, basename: 'trailer.webm', mime: 'video/webm', attributes: { 'metadata-files-live-photo': 21 } })
+		const renamed = makeFile({ id: 21, basename: 'holidays.jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg', attributes: { 'metadata-files-live-photo': 20 } })
+		const wrapper = mount(Videos, { props: makeProps({ file: movie, files: [movie, renamed] }) })
+		await flushPromises()
+
+		expect(wrapper.find('video').attributes('poster')).toBe(renamed.encodedSource)
+	})
+
+	it('ignores a picture of the same name that is not its live photo peer', async () => {
+		// The metadata points at a file that is not in the list: falling back
+		// to the name would show a picture that is not its peer.
+		const movie = makeFile({ id: 30, basename: 'trailer.webm', mime: 'video/webm', attributes: { 'metadata-files-live-photo': 32 } })
+		const other = makeFile({ id: 31, basename: 'trailer.jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg' })
+		const wrapper = mount(Videos, { props: makeProps({ file: movie, files: [movie, other] }) })
+		await flushPromises()
+
+		expect(wrapper.find('video').attributes('poster')).not.toBe(other.encodedSource)
+	})
+
+	// A camera saves the poster beside the video, without live photo metadata
+	it('shows the picture of the same name for a video without metadata', async () => {
+		const movie = makeFile({ id: 50, basename: 'camera.webm', mime: 'video/webm' })
+		const picture = makeFile({ id: 51, basename: 'camera.jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg' })
+		const wrapper = mount(Videos, { props: makeProps({ file: movie, files: [movie, picture] }) })
+		await flushPromises()
+
+		expect(wrapper.find('video').attributes('poster')).toBe(picture.encodedSource)
+	})
+
+	// The picture of a live photo belongs with its own video, so it cannot
+	// serve as the poster of a video that merely shares its name
+	it('does not show a picture of the same name that is another live photo', async () => {
+		const movie = makeFile({ id: 60, basename: 'camera.webm', mime: 'video/webm' })
+		const picture = makeFile({ id: 61, basename: 'camera.jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg', attributes: { 'metadata-files-live-photo': 99 } })
+		const wrapper = mount(Videos, { props: makeProps({ file: movie, files: [movie, picture] }) })
+		await flushPromises()
+
+		expect(wrapper.find('video').attributes('poster')).not.toBe(picture.encodedSource)
+	})
+
 	it('goes back to its poster without downloading the video again', async () => {
 		const { wrapper, video, store, poster } = await mountWithPoster()
 
@@ -706,9 +749,11 @@ describe('a video before it can play', () => {
 		expect(wrapper.find('video').attributes('poster')).toContain('/core/preview')
 	})
 
-	it('shows the picture of the same name rather than its preview', async () => {
-		const picture = makeFile({ basename: 'clip.jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg' })
-		const wrapper = await mountVideo({ beside: [picture] })
+	it('shows the picture of its live photo rather than its preview', async () => {
+		const picture = makeFile({ id: 41, basename: 'clip.jpg', mime: 'image/jpeg' })
+		const movie = makeFile({ id: 40, basename: 'clip.mp4', mime: 'video/mp4', attributes: { hasPreview: true, 'metadata-files-live-photo': 41 } })
+		const wrapper = mount(Videos, { props: makeProps({ file: movie, files: [movie, picture] }) })
+		await flushPromises()
 
 		expect(wrapper.find('video').attributes('poster')).toBe(picture.encodedSource)
 	})
diff --git a/__tests__/utils.spec.ts b/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
index b9c4fcc..025b65b 100644
--- a/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
@@ -342,6 +342,14 @@ describe('livePhotoUtils.findLivePhotoPeerFromName', () => {
 		expect(findLivePhotoPeerFromName(photo, [photo, peer])).toBe(peer)
 	})
 
+	// The picture of a live photo is the moving video's other half, so a
+	// video must not borrow it as its poster just because the names match
+	it('does not pair a video with the picture of another live photo', () => {
+		const video = makeFile({ id: 1, basename: 'IMG_1234.mov', mime: 'video/quicktime' })
+		const otherLivePhoto = makeFile({ id: 2, basename: 'IMG_1234.jpg', attributes: { 'metadata-files-live-photo': 99 } })
+		expect(findLivePhotoPeerFromName(video, [video, otherLivePhoto])).toBeUndefined()
+	})
+
 	it('reads the whole name of a file that has no extension', () => {
 		const video = makeFile({ id: 1, basename: 'clip', mime: 'video/quicktime' })
 		const longer = makeFile({ id: 2, basename: 'clips.jpg' })
diff --git a/lib/components/Videos.vue b/lib/components/Videos.vue
index d7eb31f..b2910b1 100644
--- a/lib/components/Videos.vue
+++ b/lib/components/Videos.vue
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ import { preloadImageSize } from '../services/mediaPreloader.ts'
 import { canDownload } from '../utils/canDownload.ts'
 import { probeFile } from '../utils/isoMedia.ts'
 import { t } from '../utils/l10n.ts'
-import { findLivePhotoPeerFromName } from '../utils/livePhotoUtils.ts'
+import { findLivePhotoPeerFromFileId, findLivePhotoPeerFromName } from '../utils/livePhotoUtils.ts'
 import { playerLanguage } from '../utils/playerTranslations.ts'
 import { getPreviewIfAny, getServerPreview } from '../utils/previewUtils.ts'
 
@@ -98,8 +98,15 @@ const width = ref(0)
 watch(() => props.maxHeight, updateVideoSize)
 watch(() => props.maxWidth, updateVideoSize)
 
+const metadataFilesLivePhoto = computed(() => props.file.attributes?.['metadata-files-live-photo'] as number | undefined)
+
 const livePhotoPath = computed(() => {
-	const peerFile = findLivePhotoPeerFromName(props.file, props.files)
+	// The dav metadata links the halves of a live photo by file id. A video
+	// without it keeps the picture of the same name beside it as its poster,
+	// the way cameras save them.
+	const peerFile = metadataFilesLivePhoto.value !== undefined
+		? findLivePhotoPeerFromFileId(metadataFilesLivePhoto.value, props.files)
+		: findLivePhotoPeerFromName(props.file, props.files)
 	if (peerFile === undefined) {
 		return undefined
 	}
diff --git a/lib/utils/livePhotoUtils.ts b/lib/utils/livePhotoUtils.ts
index 1c88c71..b4f5cdf 100644
--- a/lib/utils/livePhotoUtils.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/livePhotoUtils.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ function nameWithoutExtension(file: IFile): string {
  * exactly: `IMG_1234.mov` belongs with `IMG_1234.jpg` and not with the
  * `IMG_1239.jpg` next to it.
  *
+ * Only a picture without live photo metadata qualifies: a picture that is
+ * half of a live photo of its own belongs with its own video, so showing it
+ * here would put someone else's poster on the video.
+ *
  * @param referenceFile - The file whose peer live photo should be found by name
  * @param fileList - The list of files to search within
  */
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ export function findLivePhotoPeerFromName(referenceFile: IFile, fileList: IFile[
 		// if same filename and extension is allowed
 		return comparedFile.source !== referenceFile.source
 			&& (nameWithoutExtension(comparedFile) === name && livePictureExtRegex.test(comparedFile.basename))
+			&& comparedFile.attributes?.['metadata-files-live-photo'] === undefined
 	})
 }