Major refactor of photo processing, video processing still to do

app/Casts/PostgresBytea.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Casts;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Eloquent\CastsAttributes;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class PostgresBytea implements CastsAttributes
+{
+    /**
+     * Cast the given value.
+     *
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $attributes
+     */
+    public function get(Model $model, string $key, mixed $value, array $attributes): mixed
+    {
+		// For stream resources, we need to fseek in case we've already read it.
+		if (is_resource($value)) {
+			rewind($value);
+			$value = stream_get_contents($value);
+		}
+
+        return hex2bin($value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prepare the given value for storage.
+	 *
+     * @param  array<string, mixed>  $attributes
+     */
+    public function set(Model $model, string $key, mixed $value, array $attributes): mixed
+    {
+        return bin2hex($value);
+    }
+}