diff --git a/src/camera-manager/frigate/media.ts b/src/camera-manager/frigate/media.ts
index 32fe3f2b..81d56445 100644
--- a/src/camera-manager/frigate/media.ts
+++ b/src/camera-manager/frigate/media.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   EventViewMedia,
   RecordingViewMedia,
   ReviewViewMedia,
-  VideoContentType,
   ViewMedia,
   ViewMediaType,
 } from '../../view/item';
@@ -60,9 +59,6 @@ export class FrigateEventViewMedia extends ViewMedia implements EventViewMedia {
     // progress.
     return !this.getEndTime();
   }
-  public getVideoContentType(): VideoContentType | null {
-    return VideoContentType.HLS;
-  }
   public getID(): string {
     return this._event.id;
   }
@@ -141,9 +137,6 @@ export class FrigateRecordingViewMedia extends ViewMedia implements RecordingVie
     // progress.
     return !this.getEndTime();
   }
-  public getVideoContentType(): VideoContentType | null {
-    return VideoContentType.HLS;
-  }
   public getContentID(): string | null {
     return this._contentID;
   }
@@ -186,9 +179,6 @@ export class FrigateReviewViewMedia extends ViewMedia implements ReviewViewMedia
   public inProgress(): boolean | null {
     return !this.getEndTime();
   }
-  public getVideoContentType(): VideoContentType | null {
-    return VideoContentType.HLS;
-  }
   public getContentID(): string | null {
     return this._contentID;
   }
diff --git a/src/components/viewer/provider.ts b/src/components/viewer/provider.ts
index 860be540..2c5e6974 100644
--- a/src/components/viewer/provider.ts
+++ b/src/components/viewer/provider.ts
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ import { ViewerConfig } from '../../config/schema/viewer.js';
 import { canonicalizeHAURL } from '../../ha/canonical-url.js';
 import { isHARelativeURL } from '../../ha/is-ha-relative-url.js';
 import { ResolvedMediaCache, resolveMedia } from '../../ha/resolved-media.js';
-import { HomeAssistant } from '../../ha/types.js';
+import { HomeAssistant, ResolvedMedia } from '../../ha/types.js';
 import { localize } from '../../localize/localize.js';
 import '../../patches/ha-hls-player.js';
 import viewerProviderStyle from '../../scss/viewer-provider.scss';
 import { MediaPlayer, MediaPlayerController, MediaPlayerElement } from '../../types.js';
+import { classifyMimeType } from '../../utils/mime-type.js';
 import { ViewItemClassifier } from '../../view/item-classifier.js';
-import { VideoContentType, ViewMedia } from '../../view/item.js';
+import { ViewMedia } from '../../view/item.js';
 import { UnifiedQueryTransformer } from '../../view/unified-query-transformer.js';
 import '../image-player.js';
 import { renderNotificationBlockFromText } from '../notification/block.js';
@@ -62,23 +63,23 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardViewerProvider extends LitElement implements Medi
   private _refProvider: Ref<MediaPlayerElement> = createRef();
   private _lazyLoadController: LazyLoadController = new LazyLoadController(this);
 
-  private _resolvedMediaURL: string | null = null;
+  private _resolvedMedia: ResolvedMedia | null = null;
 
   private _signedURLController = new SignedURLController(this, () => {
-    if (!this.hass || !this._resolvedMediaURL) {
+    if (!this.hass || !this._resolvedMedia) {
       return {};
     }
     // HA-relative URLs need no proxying or signing.
-    if (isHARelativeURL(this._resolvedMediaURL)) {
+    if (isHARelativeURL(this._resolvedMedia.url)) {
       return {
-        endpoint: { endpoint: canonicalizeHAURL(this.hass, this._resolvedMediaURL) },
+        endpoint: { endpoint: canonicalizeHAURL(this.hass, this._resolvedMedia.url) },
       };
     }
     const cameraID = this.media?.getCameraID();
     const camera = cameraID ? this.cameraManager?.getStore().getCamera(cameraID) : null;
     return {
       hass: this.hass,
-      endpoint: { endpoint: this._resolvedMediaURL },
+      endpoint: { endpoint: this._resolvedMedia.url },
       proxyConfig: camera?.getMediaProxyConfig(),
     };
   });
@@ -128,19 +129,18 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardViewerProvider extends LitElement implements Medi
   private async _resolveURL(): Promise<void> {
     const contentID = this.media?.getContentID();
     if (!contentID || !this.hass || !this._lazyLoadController?.isLoaded()) {
-      this._resolvedMediaURL = null;
+      this._resolvedMedia = null;
       return;
     }
 
     // Clear immediately so the SignedURLController doesn't see a stale URL
     // from the previous media item during the async gap.
-    this._resolvedMediaURL = null;
+    this._resolvedMedia = null;
 
-    const resolved =
+    this._resolvedMedia =
       this.resolvedMediaCache?.get(contentID) ??
-      (await resolveMedia(this.hass, contentID, this.resolvedMediaCache));
-
-    this._resolvedMediaURL = resolved?.url ?? null;
+      (await resolveMedia(this.hass, contentID, this.resolvedMediaCache)) ??
+      null;
     this.requestUpdate();
   }
 
@@ -251,9 +251,11 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardViewerProvider extends LitElement implements Medi
     // Note: crossorigin="anonymous" is required on <video> below in order to
     // allow screenshot of motionEye videos which currently go cross-origin.
     const mediaID = this.media.getID() ?? undefined;
+    const { isHLS, isVideo } = classifyMimeType(this._resolvedMedia?.mime_type);
+
     return this._renderContainer(html`
-      ${ViewItemClassifier.isVideo(this.media)
-        ? this.media.getVideoContentType() === VideoContentType.HLS
+      ${isVideo
+        ? isHLS
           ? html`<advanced-camera-card-ha-hls-player
               ${ref(this._refProvider)}
               allow-exoplayer
diff --git a/src/ha/browse-media/item.ts b/src/ha/browse-media/item.ts
index cf3e15d7..7af3c8b9 100644
--- a/src/ha/browse-media/item.ts
+++ b/src/ha/browse-media/item.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { FolderConfig } from '../../config/schema/folders';
 import { formatDateAndTime } from '../../utils/basic';
 import {
   EventViewMedia,
-  VideoContentType,
   ViewFolder,
   ViewMedia,
   ViewMediaSourceOptions,
@@ -78,9 +77,6 @@ export class BrowseMediaEventViewMedia extends ViewMedia implements EventViewMed
   public getEndTime(): Date | null {
     return this._browseMedia._metadata?.endDate ?? null;
   }
-  public getVideoContentType(): VideoContentType | null {
-    return this._mediaType === ViewMediaType.Clip ? VideoContentType.MP4 : null;
-  }
   public getID(): string {
     return this._id;
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/mime-type.ts b/src/utils/mime-type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..480c14a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/mime-type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+interface MimeTypeClassification {
+  isHLS: boolean;
+  isVideo: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Classifies a MIME type for player selection.
+ *
+ * RFC 6838 declares MIME types case-insensitive (e.g. Frigate emits
+ * `application/x-mpegURL`), so input is normalized before comparison.
+ */
+export const classifyMimeType = (mimeType?: string): MimeTypeClassification => {
+  const normalized = mimeType?.toLowerCase();
+  const isHLS =
+    normalized === 'application/vnd.apple.mpegurl' ||
+    normalized === 'application/x-mpegurl';
+  const isVideo = isHLS || !!normalized?.startsWith('video/');
+  return { isHLS, isVideo };
+};
diff --git a/src/view/item.ts b/src/view/item.ts
index 8d9decbc..cf2d04c6 100644
--- a/src/view/item.ts
+++ b/src/view/item.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ export enum ViewMediaType {
   Review = 'review',
 }
 
-export enum VideoContentType {
-  MP4 = 'mp4',
-  HLS = 'hls',
-}
-
 export interface ViewMediaSourceOptions {
   cameraID?: string;
   folder?: FolderConfig;
@@ -40,9 +35,6 @@ export class ViewMedia {
   public getMediaType(): ViewMediaType {
     return this._mediaType;
   }
-  public getVideoContentType(): VideoContentType | null {
-    return null;
-  }
   public getID(): string | null {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/tests/camera-manager/frigate/media.test.ts b/tests/camera-manager/frigate/media.test.ts
index a217af9c..f4985155 100644
--- a/tests/camera-manager/frigate/media.test.ts
+++ b/tests/camera-manager/frigate/media.test.ts
@@ -74,17 +74,6 @@ describe('FrigateEventViewMedia', () => {
     expect(media.inProgress()).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('should get video content type as HLS', () => {
-    const media = new FrigateEventViewMedia(
-      ViewMediaType.Clip,
-      'camera',
-      createFrigateEvent(),
-      'content_id',
-      'thumbnail',
-    );
-    expect(media.getVideoContentType()).toBe('hls');
-  });
-
   it('should get ID', () => {
     const event = createFrigateEvent({
       id: 'test-event-id',
@@ -384,18 +373,6 @@ describe('FrigateRecordingViewMedia', () => {
     expect(media.inProgress()).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('should get video content type as HLS', () => {
-    const media = new FrigateRecordingViewMedia(
-      ViewMediaType.Recording,
-      'camera',
-      createFrigateRecording(),
-      'id',
-      'content_id',
-      'title',
-    );
-    expect(media.getVideoContentType()).toBe('hls');
-  });
-
   it('should get content ID', () => {
     const media = new FrigateRecordingViewMedia(
       ViewMediaType.Recording,
@@ -476,16 +453,6 @@ describe('FrigateReviewViewMedia', () => {
     expect(media.inProgress()).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('should get video content type as HLS', () => {
-    const media = new FrigateReviewViewMedia(
-      'camera',
-      createFrigateReview(),
-      'content_id',
-      'thumb',
-    );
-    expect(media.getVideoContentType()).toBe('hls');
-  });
-
   it('should get content ID', () => {
     const media = new FrigateReviewViewMedia(
       'camera',
diff --git a/tests/camera-manager/reolink/engine-reolink.test.ts b/tests/camera-manager/reolink/engine-reolink.test.ts
index d80e5a7b..6f51119d 100644
--- a/tests/camera-manager/reolink/engine-reolink.test.ts
+++ b/tests/camera-manager/reolink/engine-reolink.test.ts
@@ -1017,7 +1017,6 @@ describe('ReolinkCameraManagerEngine', () => {
       expect(media?.[0].getCameraID()).toBe('office');
       expect(media?.[0].getStartTime()).toEqual(new Date('2024-11-04T21:00:00'));
       expect(media?.[0].getEndTime()).toEqual(new Date('2024-11-04T22:00:00'));
-      expect(media?.[0].getVideoContentType()).toBe('mp4');
       expect(media?.[0].getID()).toBe('office/2024-11-04 21:00:00');
       expect(media?.[0].getContentID()).toBe(
         'media-source://reolink/FILE|01J8XHYTNH77WE3C654K03KX1F|0|sub|Rec_20241105_052353_211_S.mp4',
diff --git a/tests/ha/browse-media/item.test.ts b/tests/ha/browse-media/item.test.ts
index f7e14121..bafa6173 100644
--- a/tests/ha/browse-media/item.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ha/browse-media/item.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   BrowseMediaViewFolder,
 } from '../../../src/ha/browse-media/item';
 import { formatDateAndTime } from '../../../src/utils/basic';
-import { VideoContentType, ViewMediaType } from '../../../src/view/item';
+import { ViewMediaType } from '../../../src/view/item';
 import {
   createBrowseMedia,
   createFolder,
@@ -103,23 +103,6 @@ describe('BrowseMediaEventViewMedia', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('should get video content type', () => {
-    it('should get video content type for clip', () => {
-      const browseMedia = createRichBrowseMedia();
-      const viewMedia = new BrowseMediaEventViewMedia(ViewMediaType.Clip, browseMedia);
-      expect(viewMedia.getVideoContentType()).toBe(VideoContentType.MP4);
-    });
-
-    it('should get null for snapshot', () => {
-      const browseMedia = createBrowseMedia();
-      const viewMedia = new BrowseMediaEventViewMedia(
-        ViewMediaType.Snapshot,
-        browseMedia,
-      );
-      expect(viewMedia.getVideoContentType()).toBeNull();
-    });
-  });
-
   it('should get content ID', () => {
     const browseMedia = createBrowseMedia({
       media_content_id: 'media_content_id',
diff --git a/tests/utils/mime-type.test.ts b/tests/utils/mime-type.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecbf4f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/mime-type.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { classifyMimeType } from '../../src/utils/mime-type';
+
+describe('classifyMimeType', () => {
+  it('classifies undefined as neither video nor HLS', () => {
+    expect(classifyMimeType(undefined)).toEqual({ isHLS: false, isVideo: false });
+  });
+
+  it('classifies an empty string as neither video nor HLS', () => {
+    expect(classifyMimeType('')).toEqual({ isHLS: false, isVideo: false });
+  });
+
+  it('classifies application/vnd.apple.mpegurl as HLS and video', () => {
+    expect(classifyMimeType('application/vnd.apple.mpegurl')).toEqual({
+      isHLS: true,
+      isVideo: true,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('classifies application/x-mpegurl as HLS and video', () => {
+    expect(classifyMimeType('application/x-mpegurl')).toEqual({
+      isHLS: true,
+      isVideo: true,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('treats HLS mime types as case-insensitive', () => {
+    expect(classifyMimeType('application/x-mpegURL')).toEqual({
+      isHLS: true,
+      isVideo: true,
+    });
+    expect(classifyMimeType('APPLICATION/VND.APPLE.MPEGURL')).toEqual({
+      isHLS: true,
+      isVideo: true,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('classifies video/* as video but not HLS', () => {
+    expect(classifyMimeType('video/mp4')).toEqual({ isHLS: false, isVideo: true });
+    expect(classifyMimeType('VIDEO/WEBM')).toEqual({ isHLS: false, isVideo: true });
+  });
+
+  it('classifies non-video mime types as neither', () => {
+    expect(classifyMimeType('image/jpeg')).toEqual({ isHLS: false, isVideo: false });
+    expect(classifyMimeType('application/json')).toEqual({
+      isHLS: false,
+      isVideo: false,
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/view/item.test.ts b/tests/view/item.test.ts
index 23a2a129..e39f0fb8 100644
--- a/tests/view/item.test.ts
+++ b/tests/view/item.test.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-import {
-  VideoContentType,
-  ViewFolder,
-  ViewMedia,
-  ViewMediaType,
-} from '../../src/view/item';
+import { ViewFolder, ViewMedia, ViewMediaType } from '../../src/view/item';
 import { createFolder, TestViewMedia } from '../test-utils';
 
-describe('VideoContentType', () => {
-  it('MP4', () => {
-    expect(VideoContentType.MP4).toBe('mp4');
-  });
-  it('HLS', () => {
-    expect(VideoContentType.HLS).toBe('hls');
-  });
-});
-
 describe('ViewMedia', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.useRealTimers();
@@ -27,7 +13,6 @@ describe('ViewMedia', () => {
     });
     expect(media.getCameraID()).toBe('camera');
     expect(media.getMediaType()).toBe('clip');
-    expect(media.getVideoContentType()).toBeNull();
     expect(media.getID()).toBeNull();
     expect(media.getStartTime()).toBeNull();
     expect(media.getEndTime()).toBeNull();