diff --git a/pkg/manager/utils.go b/pkg/manager/utils.go
index 9967aa0d1..af767a291 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/utils.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package manager
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/ffmpeg"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/stashapp/stash/pkg/utils"
 )
@@ -10,15 +12,11 @@ func IsStreamable(scene *models.Scene) (bool, error) {
 	if scene == nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("nil scene")
 	}
-	fileType, err := utils.FileType(scene.Path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
 
-	switch fileType.MIME.Value {
-	case "video/quicktime", "video/mp4", "video/webm", "video/x-m4v":
+	videoCodec := scene.VideoCodec.String
+	if ffmpeg.IsValidCodec(videoCodec) {
 		return true, nil
-	default:
+	} else {
 		hasTranscode, _ := HasTranscode(scene)
 		return hasTranscode, nil
 	}