diff --git a/server/src/utils/mime-types.spec.ts b/server/src/utils/mime-types.spec.ts
index eb5dcc3421..8415debf56 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/mime-types.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/utils/mime-types.spec.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ describe('mimeTypes', () => {
 
     it('should contain only video mime types', () => {
       const values = Object.values(mimeTypes.video).flat();
-      expect(values).toEqual(values.filter((mimeType) => mimeType.startsWith('video/')));
+      expect(values).toEqual(values.filter((mimeType) => mimeType.startsWith('video/') || mimeType === 'application/mxf'));
     });
 
     for (const [extension, v] of Object.entries(mimeTypes.video)) {
diff --git a/server/src/utils/mime-types.ts b/server/src/utils/mime-types.ts
index 0512591fd3..6617f199f1 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/mime-types.ts
+++ b/server/src/utils/mime-types.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ export const mimeTypes = {
   /** return an extension (including a leading `.`) for a mime-type */
   toExtension,
   assetType: (filename: string) => {
+    // Check file extension first to handle cases like MXF (application/mxf) that are video containers
+    if (isType(filename, video)) {
+      return AssetType.Video;
+    }
+    if (isType(filename, image)) {
+      return AssetType.Image;
+    }
+    // Fallback to mime type check for any edge cases
     const contentType = lookup(filename);
     if (contentType.startsWith('image/')) {
       return AssetType.Image;