diff --git a/src/base/utils/misc.cpp b/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
index aad684195..e48b1db91 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <zlib.h>
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QMimeDatabase>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QSysInfo>
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
 
 #include "base/types.h"
 #include "base/unicodestrings.h"
+#include "base/utils/fs.h"
 #include "base/utils/string.h"
 
 namespace
@@ -290,9 +292,17 @@ qlonglong Utils::Misc::sizeInBytes(qreal size, const Utils::Misc::SizeUnit unit)
     return size;
 }
 
-bool Utils::Misc::isPreviewable(const QString &extension)
+bool Utils::Misc::isPreviewable(const QString &filename)
 {
-    static const QSet<QString> multimediaExtensions =
+    const QString mime = QMimeDatabase().mimeTypeForFile(filename, QMimeDatabase::MatchExtension).name();
+
+    if (mime.startsWith(QLatin1String("audio"), Qt::CaseInsensitive)
+        || mime.startsWith(QLatin1String("video"), Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    const QSet<QString> multimediaExtensions =
     {
         "3GP",
         "AAC",
@@ -337,7 +347,7 @@ bool Utils::Misc::isPreviewable(const QString &extension)
         "WMA",
         "WMV"
     };
-    return multimediaExtensions.contains(extension.toUpper());
+    return multimediaExtensions.contains(Utils::Fs::fileExtension(filename).toUpper());
 }
 
 QString Utils::Misc::userFriendlyDuration(const qlonglong seconds, const qlonglong maxCap)
diff --git a/src/base/utils/misc.h b/src/base/utils/misc.h
index e6d4d2e29..be0583cdc 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/misc.h
+++ b/src/base/utils/misc.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Utils::Misc
     int friendlyUnitPrecision(SizeUnit unit);
     qint64 sizeInBytes(qreal size, SizeUnit unit);
 
-    bool isPreviewable(const QString &extension);
+    bool isPreviewable(const QString &filename);
 
     // Take a number of seconds and return a user-friendly
     // time duration like "1d 2h 10m".
diff --git a/src/gui/previewselectdialog.cpp b/src/gui/previewselectdialog.cpp
index cb7d9a611..73f326edb 100644
--- a/src/gui/previewselectdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/previewselectdialog.cpp
@@ -90,9 +90,8 @@ PreviewSelectDialog::PreviewSelectDialog(QWidget *parent, const BitTorrent::Torr
     {
         QString fileName = torrent->fileName(i);
         if (fileName.endsWith(QB_EXT))
-            fileName.chop(4);
-        QString extension = Utils::Fs::fileExtension(fileName).toUpper();
-        if (Utils::Misc::isPreviewable(extension))
+            fileName.chop(QB_EXT.length());
+        if (Utils::Misc::isPreviewable(fileName))
         {
             int row = m_previewListModel->rowCount();
             m_previewListModel->insertRow(row);
diff --git a/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp b/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
index 56450b9be..c5662fb44 100644
--- a/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <QVector>
 #include <QWheelEvent>
 
+#include "base/bittorrent/common.h"
 #include "base/bittorrent/infohash.h"
 #include "base/bittorrent/session.h"
 #include "base/bittorrent/torrent.h"
@@ -93,7 +94,10 @@ namespace
 
         for (int i = 0; i < torrent->filesCount(); ++i)
         {
-            if (Utils::Misc::isPreviewable(Utils::Fs::fileExtension(torrent->fileName(i))))
+            QString fileName = torrent->fileName(i);
+            if (fileName.endsWith(QB_EXT))
+                fileName.chop(QB_EXT.length());
+            if (Utils::Misc::isPreviewable(fileName))
                 return true;
         }